Obama too often overlooks women in his "real-world" examples. I don't have the data, but I'd bet the majority of households in this country are headed by women. When the economy tanks, women suffer as much and perhaps more than men, especially as so many of us are THE head of household.Yet all everyone talks about is "Joe" six pack. I'm not trying to diminish men. I'm only asking why women are so overlooked? Especially when statistically, the average "Joe" in the US is really Jane (we're barely 51% of the US population).
Full disclosure and a serious question. What does this say about me:
There is a swagger to Obama's walk that really bugs the crap out of me. Perhaps it reflects his confidence, but to me it reveals cockiness.
There it is. That's my reaction. There's a hitch to Obama's giddy-up that really unnerves me.
What does that say about me? Is it racist? I honestly want to know, because I take full ownership of the way I react to Obama's walk. If the consensus is that my reaction is racist, then I fully accept that I am racist. I'll work on that. But for now, I'm just sayin'.
ETA: For the record, I'm not claiming cluelessness. I think it's racist.
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For the record, here's my reaction to McCain's walk.
Gee, I never paid attention to the way he walks, I'll have to look closer. LOL on the McCain walk, though. His (McCain's) temperment scares me more than Dole's way back in the day.
BTW I don't think not liking the way someone walks is racist. I bet if you found another-raced person (how's that for PC?) that walked that way, you very well may have the same reaction. Since we don't know him personally, we wonder and speculate that it could be due to a certain cockiness that you don't like. Not necessarily because he's of a different race. Maybe the walk reminds you of someone else you know and really don't like and you impose (is that the word I want?) those feelings onto Obama.
That's my armchair quarterbacking of that.
And I agree w/you on the woman thing. He needs to include single mom and working mom examples too.
I haven't noticed his walk. But, there's no way in HELL that you are even a little bit racist. That much, I *know*.
I've seen Obama talk about his single-mother mom and his grandmother. He's convincing when he goes there because it is his life. But too often he's on the stump talking about the unemployed male.
I have never met a male who's default setting wasn't to just consider males (some must exsist though). I don't like the way he walks either, and I don't think it's due to his race.
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