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“O, Bomb It On The Mountain”

By Pseudoanonymous

Of course, Dennis Perrin is probably right:

“We’re a better country than this,” Obama assures us. Really? What movie has he been watching? All I saw last night was collective mania and delusion. The fact that a black man may lead the next phase of empire is genius, a beautiful cover. How long the con will last is anyone’s guess. Obama still needs to get past McCain and a lot of suppressed white racism and fear before we’ll find out.

Those who believe I get an erection from writing such “cynical” thoughts either don’t know me or haven’t seriously read my work. I’m saddened by all this bullshit. There’s a younger man in me who wants to believe, but can’t, not when the truth stares us right in the face. As I watched Obama majestically riff, sitting with my 12-year-old son, a part of me wanted to be proud, to share this historic moment with a boy who hasn’t seen the kind of open racism that was casually expressed when I was his age. It would be so easy to do. Look at those faces in last night’s crowd. They crave change so much, desire a different reality, that they simply gave themselves to Obama, gazing upon him as The One who will make it all better. The symbolism was powerful, no doubt about it. Then the camera would cut to Joe Biden, breaking the spell. I don’t care how good Obama is on the stump, Biden’s still a savage pig. God, what a dreadful human being.

I’m not as convinced as Dennis, but he’s betting the odds. However, no matter how right Dennis is about the bogosity of hope, he’s also right about this:

But watching Obama last night gave me another thought, that of driving American reactionaries even crazier, which will happen should the president be of color and have that last name. Obama in the White House will seriously fuck with their fat heads. Good. I can definitely live with that.

Oh, yeah. That part is going to be made of pure win gravy, no matter what else happens.

Full post as published by Arkansawyer on August 29, 2008 (boomark / email).