George Will's column today: Voters basically tolerate Obama because he's Black [View all]

[TroyD]

I used to think George Will was one of the more reasonable and moderate Republicans. It's disgraceful he would write something like this.

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Why Americans Might Tolerate This Failed President

GEORGE F. WILL

Obama's administration is in shambles, yet he is prospering politically. This may not, however, entirely be evidence of the irrationality of the electorate. Something more benign may be at work.

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Perhaps a pleasant paradox defines this political season: That Obama is African-American may be important, but in a way quite unlike that darkly suggested by, for example, MSNBC's excitable boys and girls who, with their (at most) one-track minds and exquisitely sensitive olfactory receptors, sniff racism in any criticism of their pin-up.

Instead, the nation, which is generally reluctant to declare a president a failure — thereby admitting that it made a mistake choosing him — seems especially reluctant to give up on the first African-American president. If so, the 2012 election speaks well of the nation's heart, if not its head.

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http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials-on-the-right/100112-627665-obama-re-elected-even-if-hes-failed.htm