Charles Blow: ‘Metrosexual Black Abe Lincoln’

[babylonsister]

‘Metrosexual Black Abe Lincoln’
By CHARLES M. BLOW
Published: May 18, 2012


The New York Times reported on Thursday that a Republican “super PAC” was mulling over a plan to resurrect President Obama’s former pastor and spiritual adviser, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., as a weapon against the president.

The proposal said that it would do what John McCain, whom it labels “a crusty old politician” (Ouch!), would not do in 2008.

It called for using Wright to “increase the unease” and “inflame the questions” among independents using the episode “that’s never been properly exploited.” How I love the use of sinister verbs.

There was one description of the president that truly seized me:

“The metrosexual black Abe Lincoln has emerged as a hyper-partisan, hyper-liberal, elitist politician with more than a bit of the trimmer in him.”

This sentence is just so deliciously ridiculous, insulting and incendiary — perfect Republican fodder.

Let’s dissect it, shall we? Scalpel!

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/19/opinion/blow-metrosexual-black-abe-lincoln.html?_r=1

[abelenkpe]

1. I do not understand

How is it bad to be associated with Abraham Lincoln?

Wasn't he one of our greatest presidents?

How is it bad to be a metrosexual?

Doesnt that mean you are an urban dwelling heterosexual?

What exactly is supposed to be scary or bad?

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. I think "metrosexual black Abe Lincoln" is their caricature of how voters saw him in 2008

and they want to paint him as a disappointment after that. Not that the rest of the sentence makes sense, let alone bears any relation to reality, but that's Republicans for you.

[Drunken Irishman]

2. Better to be a Metrosexual Black Abe Lincoln than a Robotic Herbert Hoover like Romney.

[Kalidurga]

3. I read the article...

I still don't get it. But, I hope they put that out there. They will definitely look like the lunatics they are.

[treestar]

4. If they think Rev Wright is a weapon

Let them waste their time on it!

[bemildred]

6. Dang, they noticed he's black?

You can smell the lust for the days when "Willie Horton" ads would still do the job politically.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Horton#Horton_in_the_1988_presidential_campaign