The real Americans

MANIFESTO

As I've indicated before, I have absolutely no doubt that a great number of Americans won't vote for Barack Obama this fall solely because of his ethnic background. Indeed, Washington Post columnist Anne Applebaum saw fit on Monday to ask if foreigners would accept a black president in order to disguise her own apparent anti-Obama feelings.

Given the times, Republicans won't exactly push this envelope, but there are bound to be not so subtle undertones regarding this issue until the election. In other words, it'll be yet another hideous presidential campaign. It won't be as overtly awful as the execrable racist Jesse Helms's 1990 Senate campaign, but it's sure to be extremely offensive, nevertheless.