…so Obama’s down by infinity according to David “Always Wankin'” Brooks.
Why isn’t Barack Obama doing better? Why, after all that has happened, does he have only a slim two- or three-point lead over John McCain, according to an average of the recent polls? Why is he basically tied with his opponent when his party is so far ahead?
His age probably has something to do with it. So does his race. But the polls and focus groups suggest that people aren’t dismissive of Obama or hostile to him. Instead, they’re wary and uncertain.
And the root of it is probably this: Obama has been a sojourner. He opened his book “Dreams From My Father” with a quotation from Chronicles: “For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers.”
There is a sense that because of his unique background and temperament, Obama lives apart. He put one foot in the institutions he rose through on his journey but never fully engaged. As a result, voters have trouble placing him in his context, understanding the roots and values in which he is ineluctably embedded.
Repeat after me for the next 95 days:
“THE MIXED RACE MAN RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IS SCARY AND WEIRD AND I DON’T LIKE HIM ONE BIT, NO SIR.”
Now you don’t have to read Wankboy’s column again until 2009. Use the time saved to get out the vote for Barry O, eh?
