I don't think that it will

Michael Wolraich — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:21:16 +0000

In reply to Maybe if we can get poor and

I don't think that it will really make a big difference against healthcare. Obama is still too popular. But it's a disturbing trend. This bill will not be the last we hear of the "Obama hates white people" theme, especially if his approval ratings drop.

Maybe if we can get poor and

scofflaw — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:32:24 +0000

In reply to Persecution Politics: Slavery Reparations and "Health Redistribution"

Maybe if we can get poor and middle-class whites to believe that health care will benefit lazy, undeserving black criminals (and all those scary brown people invading this country to go on welfare and take our jobs) -- the nonrich white folks will turn down health care for themselves just to make sure those nonwhites don't get it.

I guess they're hoping to use racial arguments to get white folks to vote against their own economic self-interest, again. Works to starve social assistance and public education budgets. Worked for segregation and slavery. See, e.g. Derrick Bell, And We Are Not Saved. See also Thomas Frank, What's the Matter with Kansas?

I like to think it won't work this time -- people of all ethnic groups feel insecure in their jobs, if they haven't lost them already. They know they and their families could lose their health care any minute. I like to believe all this embarrassing town-hall-screaming means the Republicans/Big Pharma can't find a genuine groundswell of anti-health-care support. Or am I just isolated in my comfy liberal bubble?

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I don't think that it will

Maybe if we can get poor and