Pennsylvania Governor says Whites Aren’t Ready to Vote for Obama

 Cross posted at Political Gravitas!

This is what Ed Rendell, governor of Pennsylvania, had to say about his constituents:

“You’ve got conservative whites here, and I think there are some whites who are probably not ready to vote for an African-American candidate,” Rendell told the editorial board of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in remarks that appeared in Tuesday’s paper.

 Before I even get to my rant I just wanted to point out that Ed Rendell is considered one of Hillary Clinton’s biggest supporters. This begs me to ask the question, is he hoping that his constituents are too racist to vote for Obama? After all, he doesn’t care how she wins, as long as she wins, right? Once again the left has to play the race card to try to help Hillary get the nomination. I am thoroughly enjoying the way race has been pitted against gender in this election by the party that is supposed to be color and gender blind. You can’t read an article by the mainstream media about Obama which doesn’t remind everyone that he is trying to become the first black president. As if we needed reminding. And I thought conservatives were supposed to be the racists. WRONG!

 Now on to my rant.

 The first part of Ed Rendell’s statement is what draws my attention. He says, “you’ve got conservative whites here”. Why does this draw my attention? Because he follows up the “conservative whites” part of that statement with his proclamation that these whites may not be able to vote for a black man, meaning Obama. I say meaning Obama for a reason, and I will explain this next.

 The key words in his description of his constituents are “conservative” and “whites”. He is right to assume that conservative whites won’t vote for Obama, but he implies it is because conservative whites are racists. Conservative whites are, I know this is hard to believe, CONSERVATIVES. Obama is NOT A CONSERVATIVE, that is why conservative whites won’t vote for him. It has nothing to do with the “whites” part of his statement and has everything to do with the “conservative” part of the statement. Conservative whites would have no problem voting for a conservative black man if they felt he was the best candidate.

 Why is it that white, conservative men are the only group of people in America about whom it is still okay to stereotype? I am getting so sick and tired of this I can’t even express my outrage.

 Throughout this election process it has been the liberal Democrats who have constantly brought race into the picture. This is yet another example of liberal Democrats bringing up race and reminding everyone that Obama can’t be elected because he is black. Who are the racists here? I think Obama can win, in fact I think he has a better chance of winning a general election than Hillary. That scares me not because he is a black man, that scares me because he is even more liberal than Hillary.

 That is the real difference between conservatives and liberals. Conservatives look at the issues and vote with their heads, they vote for the candidate that best holds their ideals. Liberals look at the candidates and vote with their emotions, they vote for which candidate makes them feel better.

 Here we have a Clinton supporter again injecting race into the race by saying conservatives won’t vote for Obama, conveniently forgetting that conservatives won’t be voting in the Democrat primaries. Why? Because he is trying to play the race card for the general election, he wants to persuade people to vote for Hillary because she is white, and as a white person stands a better chance of being elected. What is more racist than that?