Post-Racial President Offering Up Racially-Charged Dog Whistles For Black, Hispanic Voters

Instapundit asks what this portends for his 2012 slogan, when his ass is actually on the line-- "Get Whitey, Vote Obama"?

If this were just one little slip, maybe I'd give him the benefit of the doubt. In fact, I did, as I passed on the "punish your enemies" line for Latinos.

But now he's telling Republicans -- whom the media never tire of telling us are mostly white -- they'll have to "sit on the back"?

What? The Post-Racial President seems to awfully comfortable with this sort of stuff.

Whoops! Drew corrects me; he said "sit in the back," not "sit in the back of the bus," which is how I heard it. He didn't say that, but I heard it that way.

But quite right, he didn't say "of the bus." Seems kind of implied, to me. That's what makes racial dog whistles fun; you get to say something without fully saying it.

posted by Ace at 05:18 PM

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