Black Support for Obama.....

bergall · 01-20-2008, 04:17 AM

Does anybody consider black support for Obama as racist ?
For whites who will NOT vote for Obama based on race, is it any less racist ?
Why then, is the former never mentioned and the latter discussed ad-infinitum ?

BigTiny · 01-20-2008, 06:18 AM

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Â*Â* Why then, is the former never mentioned and the latter discussed ad-infinitum ?

It's not allowed.

Big Duane · 01-20-2008, 07:07 AM

define "black" ?

bawanajim · 01-20-2008, 07:20 AM

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define "black" ?

Anyone that can use the "N" word with out the fear of loosing their job.

sachiko · 01-20-2008, 07:22 AM

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ORIGINAL: bawanajim

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ORIGINAL: Big Duane

define "black" ?

Anyone that can use the "N" word with out the fear of loosing their job.

Wow, that is an excellent definition and I'm not kidding either.

Charlie P · 01-20-2008, 08:16 AM

That black vote went for a white candidate last election, just like the hispanic vote went for Hillary in Nevada, yesterday.

Champlain Islander · 01-20-2008, 01:14 PM

Way to go Jim. You nailed it and great pick up DLG.

Aught Six · 01-20-2008, 01:30 PM

I can't get over the simplicity of some pundits' analyses. There are a good many people who believe that race alone is the greatest factor in an election.

There is as much of a Black or Hispanic vote as there is a White vote, i.e. very little. Politics goes way beyond skin color.

bawanajim · 01-20-2008, 01:50 PM

I feel hate is a far more important factor than race in this election, people truly hate Wya,people truly hate Hillary, as for ObamaI don't think anyone knows enough about him tohate him like the others. He stands for nothing so how can you be against him.
In my mind his name will harm him more in this election than his skin color.

Beau Ouiville · 01-20-2008, 02:47 PM

Well, to answer the really insignificant question of this post, maybe some black support of Obama is from black people who know far more about him than some white people and sense a community of interest. Further, there was not a well-spring of black support for the other five or six previous black presidential aspirants (I can name them for you!) so its not simply blackness that's attracting these black folks.

Then you have white folks listening to and disseminating false internet rumors about Obama's church, his religion and even his dead father.

Basically, it would be racist for black folks to refuse to vote for a white candidate because that person is white. Based on the previous races, I don't see much evidence of that. Similarly, it would be a racist decision for anyone to refuse to vote for a black person because of his or her race.

You got that now?