Fail doesn’t get more epic than Planet Janet’s blog in the Oz today, comparing Barack Obama and Noel Pearson. Because they’re both orators..and…they’re um…and…it’s not that they’re both black.
Not at all. A US President from urban machine politics, child of an international marriage, identified as part of a modernised, urbanised formerly enslaved populace, is totally comparable with the regional de facto leader of a remote area people, hunter-gatherer/kinship based at the time of colonisation, and dealing overwhelmingly with the challenge of that distinctive cultural collision.
Obama’s down-the-line progressive left. Pearson’s eclectic (or confused). Obama’s running the largest economy and military in the world. Pearson’s fighting a local land-use issue. Different politics different challenges different worlds.
But according to Planet he’s ‘our’ Obama. Jesus, how sickening. How utterly patronising. What better demonstration that the white right thinks of Pearson as their pet. Not Pearson’s fault, but he’s in the terrible position that his opponents accord him more respect by contesting him on ideas and strategies. His ‘friends’ still can’t get over the amazing fact that he’s bl…bl…..bl……
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http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/janetalbrechtsen/index.php/theaustralian/comments/our_obama_beats_theirs/ is a better link
Apologies for Guy’s errant hyperlinking. Fixed now in text.
It’s not easy not being white.
And yet again, you continue to prove her worth to News ltd.
Stop bitching and most of all, stop clicking!
Every click is a win for the people you’re fighting against
It would appear that Rundle is the only one fixated on colour.
Manifest of a deep-seated inferiority complex perhaps?
Colour blind La Albrechtsen was all about the message.
Do you often see things that aren’t there?
I too did not see it as a discussion re the colour of their skin, rather their ability to deliver oratory that moved the listener.
on that point, both are more than capable.
Perhaps Rundle needs to remove the coloured glasses.
Pearson’s fault, but he’s in the terrible position that his opponents accord him more respect by contesting him on ideas and strategies.
surely it’s at least partially Pearson’s fault. Every right wing hack and politician (particularly Tony Abbott) namechecks Pearson at every opportunity. He himself plays up to it, by producing drivel in the Oz that might as well have been written by Greg Sheridan.