Reply #135: The fear that Obama cannot win is often based on racism, but not necessarily...

[Pacifist Patriot]

indicative of racism on the part of the person holding that fear. For example, my father hasn't a discriminatory bone in his body but he's neither deaf nor blind when it comes to his neighbors. He knows they won't vote for Obama because he is black. So he extrapolates that into a fear that too many other voters are racist as well thereby dooming the Democrats' chances to take the White House if Obama gets the nomination.

I'm not as pessimistic as my dad. I think Obama can win. But I'm also a realist and know there will be idiots out there who vote against him or choose not to vote because they don't think an African American should be president.

So yes, I think "Obama can't win" comments pretty much always have the fear of racism tied up with them.