read the column linked to here and here. It's the type of thing that you might want to keep around to read again in case you ever suffer from dangerously low blood pressure.
Chait pointed out the obvious problem with stoking racist, nativist, and xenophobic sentiments in the Jewish World Review. And of course, one suspects that Parker wouldn't make these same "full-blooded American" arguments if people were trying to get a certain Austrian a legitimate place on a Republican presidential ticket. I'd also like to point out that this basically makes a complete argument against electing any black man, because if Obama's father had been African American, rather than Kenyan, he wouldn't have a shot in hell at the presidency. But I think she should have taken her argument to its logical conclusion, and argued that Obama is also from a state, Hawaii, where no one is really a full-blooded American. Because it has only been a state for about fifty years, Hawaiians don't have much allegiance to us and can't be trusted.
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so if Barack Obama were white (and maybe have a father from South Africa or even be US born), wouldn't he be the most 'American' candidate in the race because of his meager upbringing and impressive dedication to get to where he is now, especially with his path through advocating for the labor force in Chicago?
Yes. But the South Africa thing would only work if he moved because he hated apartheid. I don't know who Parker is but I hope this column ruins her career, and I know I'm not alone. Too bad lefty outrage will only help it.
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