The editor that we have to use for this board is archaic.(spell?). Not only does it turns some characters into question marks it is almost impossible to see what you type into the Reply or Post edit box which contributes to people making typos, missing of letters, etc. cuz they cant see what they type in a clear fashion before hitting the post button. Given what we have to work with for an editor, I would hope all bloggers would understand. But you will get a blogger from time to time who will dis you cuz of your spelling which really is a typing faux pas that they feel is unforgiving, most probably because they dont necessarily care about the typo but moreso the message that you posted. LOL.
A Memo to Senator Obama
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You need an issue that plays against prejudice or typecasting. Affirmative action is deeply unpopular with white, working-class voters who see African-Americans bestowed with privileges long denied poor whites. You've suggested—obliquely, but nonetheless provocatively—that you might prefer seeing affirmative action for disadvantaged whites rather than black elites, noting that you wouldn't expect your private-school-educated daughters to need an admissions break at college. Taking a stand for affirmative action based on socioeconomic class rather than race would send a powerful signal.
These are not messages that can just be handed down from on high, from network studios or mass urban rallies. Lyndon Johnson went to Appalachia before launching the War on Poverty; Robert Kennedy went into the hollows of mining towns in his crusade against child hunger. You need to go there, too. You can sound a little haughty at times, and it is crucial that you do not condescend to voters who are proud and self-reliant but have not had your breaks in life.
Sen. Jim Webb, the ex-Marine elected from Virginia, noted recently on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that his people, the Scots-Irish who so heavily populate the hills of Appalachia, are like "tortured siblings of black Americans. They both have a long history and they both missed the boat when it came to larger benefits that a lot of people were able to receive." If poor rural whites and African-Americans could sit down together, they would find that they have much in common. When you visit West Virginia and Kentucky, you could begin that conversation with some town meetings. Webb has also observed that the Scots-Irish hill folk are by nature scrappers and fighters. That's one reason they admired Hillary and voted for her. You need to show them you are a fighter, too—and that you will fight for them.
With Richard Wolffe, Suzanne Smalley, Holly Bailey and Sarah Kliff
© 2008
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