"You've got conservative whites here, and I think there are some whites who are probably
not ready to vote for an African-American candidate." - Gov. Ed Rendell
not ready to vote for an African-American candidate." - Gov. Ed Rendell
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RACIST OR HONEST? YOU DECIDE
RACIST OR HONEST? YOU DECIDE
Gov. Ed "Don't Call Me 'Fast Eddie' " Rendell met with the editorial board of the Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette last week to talk about his latest budget. But before turning the meeting over
to his number-crunchers, our voluble governor weighed in on the primary fight between
Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama and what the Illinois senator could expect
from the good people of Pennsylvania at the polls:
"You've got conservative whites here, and I think there are some whites who are probably
not ready to vote for an African-American candidate," he said bluntly. Our eyes only met
briefly, perhaps because the governor wanted to spare the only black guy in the room
from feeling self-conscious for backing an obvious loser. "I believe, looking at the returns in
my election, that had Lynn Swann [2006 Republican gubernatorial candidate] been the
identical candidate that he was --well-spoken [note: Mr. Rendell did not call the brother
"articulate"], charismatic, good-looking -- but white instead of black, instead of winning by
22 points, I would have won by 17 or so."
I know I have a habit of sometimes zoning out in these meetings, but it sounded to me like
Mr. Rendell had unilaterally declared Pennsylvania to be Alabama circa 1963.
Post-Gazette last week to talk about his latest budget. But before turning the meeting over
to his number-crunchers, our voluble governor weighed in on the primary fight between
Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama and what the Illinois senator could expect
from the good people of Pennsylvania at the polls:
"You've got conservative whites here, and I think there are some whites who are probably
not ready to vote for an African-American candidate," he said bluntly. Our eyes only met
briefly, perhaps because the governor wanted to spare the only black guy in the room
from feeling self-conscious for backing an obvious loser. "I believe, looking at the returns in
my election, that had Lynn Swann [2006 Republican gubernatorial candidate] been the
identical candidate that he was --well-spoken [note: Mr. Rendell did not call the brother
"articulate"], charismatic, good-looking -- but white instead of black, instead of winning by
22 points, I would have won by 17 or so."
I know I have a habit of sometimes zoning out in these meetings, but it sounded to me like
Mr. Rendell had unilaterally declared Pennsylvania to be Alabama circa 1963.
Was he suggesting that Pennsylvanians are uniquely racist in ways that folks in the states Mr. Obama has won so far aren't?
By the way, Mr. Obama won Alabama on Super Tuesday, thank you very much!
What accounts for Mr. Rendell's overweening confidence that, no matter what, he'll always find a way to overcome the odds by
at least 17 points even in a racist commonwealth, but that Mr. Obama can't?
If Mr. Rendell, a Clinton backer, is right about Pennsylvania's racial attitudes, maybe we should get a new state slogan. How
about: "You've got a friend with a pointy white hood in Pennsylvania"?
By the way, Mr. Obama won Alabama on Super Tuesday, thank you very much!
What accounts for Mr. Rendell's overweening confidence that, no matter what, he'll always find a way to overcome the odds by
at least 17 points even in a racist commonwealth, but that Mr. Obama can't?
If Mr. Rendell, a Clinton backer, is right about Pennsylvania's racial attitudes, maybe we should get a new state slogan. How
about: "You've got a friend with a pointy white hood in Pennsylvania"?
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