Comments on: Sarah Palin and the Iron Lady factor, American voters and racism, Country music and crossing over, and other Campaign 2008 observations http://www.bloggernews.net/117564 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:47:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: narendra panjwani http://www.bloggernews.net/117564#comment-605432 narendra panjwani Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:48:22 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/117564#comment-605432 Re. the quoted passage above which says that if Obama loses, it would be 'coz of racism. I don't think it is so clear. Is it 'racism' if many white and brown voters are unsure of Obama being able to lead the American nation, as a society? Yes, McCain & Palin are NOT obviously better options, but they are white, and therefore familiar...One can perceive the McCain-Palin team as a safer/more prudent option, without being racist...And then, one can decide to be adventurous and go for Obama! Mary Mary, quite contrary, as u must've heard... Re. the quoted passage above which says that if Obama loses, it would be ‘coz of racism. I don’t think it is so clear. Is it ‘racism’ if many white and brown voters are unsure of Obama being able to lead the American nation, as a society? Yes, McCain & Palin are NOT obviously better options, but they are white, and therefore familiar…One can perceive the McCain-Palin team as a safer/more prudent option, without being racist…And then, one can decide to be adventurous and go for Obama! Mary Mary, quite contrary, as u must’ve heard…

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