Great post from Kathy. I don't quite get this either. Mickey calls on Obama to do cynical Sista Souljah move--repeatedly as Kathy points out. Obama refuses to play black folks in that manner, indeed recoils from it, but still substantively addresses the issue of doing for self. Mickey's response? How dare Barack Obama seriously engage black voters, instead of using them to curry favor with whites!! How dare he actually act like, you know, a black guy running for president....or a white guy with even an ounce of class...
There is a certain type of public intellectual that's made a career speaking on race, that will be in trouble should Obama win. God forbid these dudes actually have to search for some framework beyond whether Harvard should have affirmative action at its law school. Or whether welfare--ten years after it was reformed--destroyed the black family...
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It's amazing Micky Kaus can pump out as many articles as he does, given the number of goats that he blows on a daily basis.
What did Obama do to Kaus? He's been unhinged about Obama for a long time. I'm trying to figure out why.
But, you don't lie when you say that he's been salivating for a ' Sister Souljah' moment against the Black community from Obama. It's like he's invested in it.
He's written it too many times; I haven't figured out why it's so important for him.
I read his column today, and I was like, WTF? Jesse has a point? Obama's ' talking down'? Oh, I guess that's why he's been cheered by Black folk...we're just too dumb to know, and it takes Mickey Kaus to tell us.
Kaus hates on Obama because 1) he's black and 2) he's a liberal. End of story. Kaus is one of those ex-hippies who has spent the rest of his life trying to convince white middle class people who don't know he exists that he's not a commie, so he has to bash everyone who questions the GOP.
It's sort of funny. Kaus demanding Obama ' Sister Souljah' Black folk, and the stuff Obama says that he THOUGHT would mean ' Sister Souljah', Obama's getting cheers from Black folk, which means that Kaus is clueless..LOL
Mickey's only saying that cuz there have been so many commentators calling this Obama's "Sister Souljah" moment. Kaus is nothing if not predictable in his contrarianism.
Nordy hit on what I was thinking. I had no idea Klaus was even still in the public sphere after the whole goat blowing thing. I guess it's a good thing I pay just shy of nada attention to Slate anymore.