Won’t Somebody Think of the White Men?

[babylonsister]

:cry:

http://washingtonindependent.com/66790/wont-somebody-think-of-the-white-men

Won’t Somebody Think of the White Men?
By David Weigel 11/5/09 4:26 PM


From the conservative Committee for Justice, a key player in judicial nomination fights, comes this reaction to the nominations of one Hispanic and one African-American judge to circuit court slots.

Does President Obama or his advisors believe that southern white men are likely to be bigoted, making them unfit to serve on the second most powerful court in the land? We hope not and readily concede that it is difficult to know if any such stereotype lurks in the White House. The absence of southern white male circuit nominees could, instead, be an innocent coincidence or the not-so-innocent byproduct of a judicial selection process dominated by racial and gender preferences.

But regardless of the reason for the pattern we noted in 2007 and again now, even the appearance that Democrats are biased against southern white men is a potential problem for the party generally, and for President Obama’s goal of transcending old racial divisions.

Read the whole thing, which puts this in better context but still comes off as a little tone-deaf.

[treestar]

1. Even the appearance?

:rofl: White men went to McWhite and certainly Southern white men did. Obama won without them.

[MellowDem]

3. Here's a fun map...

http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/11/white-men-are-not-very-progressive.php

Of course, Obama DID get 41% of the white man vote, but a lot of that drag downwards can be attributed to some, err, outlier states for obvious reasons. Still, 41% of the white man vote the first time a candidate with noticeable African ancestry runs is not too shabby. I would've guessed less personally. But white men are becoming more progressive year by year I think. And white women are the biggest voter group anymore.

[treestar]

12. Washington, Oregon and Vermont!

Great states!

[insanity]

14. I'm glad to be a white-male voter from Oregon!

Even though our population is not very diverse, we are pretty open-minded people here in the Big O.

[Clio the Leo]

2. Which is why he chose a southern white man for his press secretary.

And trust me, as a University of Alabama fan I can tell you, you dont get more redneck than them Auburn people. :)

[Cha]

7. But, it's

Gibbs!

[ShortnFiery]

4. Now the blond bimbo on CNN is asking if this highly intelligent man had been "radicalized"

by those evil Muslims.

They're really pulling it out of their ass tonight. :crazy:

And they're all OUT to kill our white men. :P

[RepublicanElephant]

5. well when these confederates are ready to concede defeat and re-join the union...

we'll be waiting with open arms.

[ShortnFiery]

6. You jest, but some in The South consider that The War isn't over yet.

:scared:

[RepublicanElephant]

9. oh believe me, i know!

they still call it the "war between the states."

the union should have finished reconstruction, then we wouldn't be dealing with most of this rebel nonsense today!

[provis99]

11. No, the open minded ones call in the "War between the States"

Most of the white guys I knew in Mississippi still called it the "War of Northern Aggression". Seriously.

[treestar]

13. Yep

And they insist persistently that the South had more money and the only reason for the Northern "aggression" was the South's amazingly valuable goods! In this myth, the South paid most of the taxes. And slavery of course had nothing to do with it! Northern people are in fact worse racists and did not free their slaves. :rofl:

[LatteLibertine]

8. 41% of white males voted for President Obama

and I was one of them.

[Thrill]

10. Wasn't Obama's first Justice pick Lee Hamilton's nephew??

[butterfly77]

15. That is what the problem is with these people..

they look at everything through color and their first priority is for white males instead of just looking at the country as a whole.

Isn't it time now for them to practice the what they have been preaching for years about the American people that is why they are losing their damn minds,they have finally realize that the country as a whole is just not white.

They are angry because many have known this for decades and have been living and working together for years.. These people are scared as hell that the supreme court will look like America next up: A Native American

[StarfarerBill]

17. Exactly.

They see their power and privilege slipping away, and it scares the crap out of them; hence the latest manifestation of their hate and fear with the Teabaggers, Birthers, Deathers, etc.

[ej510]

16. Southern white males (the majority) are pro-life repukes.