Wednesday, October 8, 2008

"That One"

My opinion of McCain keeps falling. I thought he was an honourable man who would run an honourable campaign. All the lies that the campaign is saying about Obama is horrendous. But, the straw that broke the camel's back was when McCain referred to Obama as "that one" in the October 7th debate. As a little white girl, I grew up in the southern part of the US in the 1950s. Negroes (as they were then called) were usually referred to as sub-human, not really up to the intellect and wisdom of white people. They were 2nd class citizens. McCain referring to Obama as "that one" was an attempt to dehumanize him. McCain's anger at a person like "that one" was palatable. It was Freudian, and showed his white superiority feelings, and that totally disgusts me. Women used to be 2nd class citizens. Can you imagine the uproar if Biden referred to Palin as "that one"? The mind boggles.

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