Byron York's Demographics By Scott Horton

http://harpers.org/archive/2009/04/hbc-90004875


Byron York's Demographics
By Scott Horton

From the Washington Examiner:

On his 100th day in office, Barack Obama enjoys high job approval ratings, no matter what poll you consult. But if a new survey by the New York Times is accurate, the president and some of his policies are significantly less popular with white Americans than with black Americans, and his sky-high ratings among African-Americans make some of his positions appear a bit more popular overall than they actually are.

"More popular than they actually are?" Of course, this conclusion is reached after making the mathematical adjustment contemplated in the Constitution as adopted in 1789. In Byron York's world, it seems, black Americans are still three-fifths citizens. They're apparently not capable of making objective political judgments like whites, and particularly the (dwindling) number of whites who support the G.O.P. One of the most unintentionally revealing posts I've ever seen.