Keepin' it Real in Stockport

The Canton Repository which endorsed Obama over the weekend ran the following in their "Notes and Quotes" section today:

"The color of Mr. Obama's skin — he will not carry this area. Down here, Friday afternoon is when you wash the sheets. Saturday is when you hang them out. Sunday is when you wear them."

William Nesselrode, 64, of Stockport, Ohio, on why people there are unlikely to vote for Sen. Barack Obama for president. 

The more the differences between Obama and McCain come into focus, the more the race becomes generational.  Those of Mr. Nesslerode's age remember in stark horror and indignation "Rough Hough".  It has crystallized their views of race relations ever since, and set us on a very hard road.  Those with the "white is right" mindset will never change.  I don't believe all the dinosaurs died in just a few years, and I don't believe all the racists will pass in just a generation.  More's the pity.