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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

It’s Ok To Vote For Obama’s Skin Color Because He Is The First Legitimate Black Candidate

I guess Shirley Chisholm, Jesse Jackson, Lenora Fulani, Alan Keyes, Carol Mosley Braun and Al Sharpton weren’t legitimate candidates then.  At least according to syndicated columnist and member of the editorial board of the San Diego Union-Tribune Ruben Navarrette Jr.

...some white Americans are turning themselves inside out to come up with excuses for why they’re not supporting Obama. It seems like just yesterday that these folks were arguing there is no racism in the immigration debate, and now they’re insisting there is no racism in the presidential election.

Some want to know why it isn’t racist when 70 percent of African-Americans vote for Obama but it is when 70 percent of whites vote against him.

The answer has to do with history. Over the decades, black Americans have had plenty of opportunities to vote for white people for president. And they have done so. But this is the first time that white Americans have a chance to vote for an African-American with a shot at the presidency. And what are they doing?

Many are responding quite well. Obama won the votes of many — to borrow a phrase — “hardworking white Americans — in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and Wyoming. But, elsewhere, as Obama said in a recent interview, people may need to get their head around the concept of an African-American even seeking the presidency, let alone winning it.

So, according to this, if you’re not supporting Obama you’re not “responding quite well” to having a black candidate.  What utter bunk.

It’s worth noting that Obama isn’t the first black with a shot at becoming President.  All of the blacks who have run in the past had a shot.  That they didn’t become President was a matter of paltry support, not skin color.

Obama may come closer to the White House than any black candidate before, but they’ve all had their shots.  Which makes supporting Obama as the “first black candidate with a shot” absurd.  If you want to support Obama because of his policies, that’s great.  As an American you are perfectly free to do so.

But to support him merely because he’s black is, while perfectly legal and acceptable under our laws, so repentantly shallow as to be pathetic.  If we are to be a color-blind society we must actually be color-blind.

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What drek.

I was actually considering Obama seriously, which is to say I thought he was less objectionable than Hillary! and that I have for some time now been less than satisfied with McCain.  Then I started to get to know Obama’s record and associations, and found he was actually the worst of a bad lot.


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Rodney Graves on May 14, 2008 at 03:33 pm
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If the American voters that have aligned themselves with Obama, and proudly refer to themselves as ‘Obamaniacs,’m Would do just a teeny bit of research, they would learn of his inadequacies!

His attempts to capture the votes of Evangelical Christians by inferring that he is also a Christian is inanity at the best.

His being one that associates with known Civil Terrorists, political contributors of a criminal bent. a (so-called) Minister that advocates rebellion and the like tells all that is needed to know.

Every promise that Obama has made on his ‘stump’ will be taken directly from our tax dollars and, to date, he has promoised ovwer $330 BILLION that we will be FORCED to pay!

Instead of running for office, he should be running for his life!

Lee S Gliddon Jr on May 14, 2008 at 05:21 pm

But he is not black. At least according to the definition used by the “african american” community leaders. Just ask them.


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2Hotel9 on May 14, 2008 at 06:16 pm
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I love how Rob likes to interject his own choice of words into another persons statement, when he attempts to quote them.  It proves to me that not only is there a lack of honesty in over half the posts, but also that there is probably a combination of that and a lack of understanding.

What Rob is doing is interpreting a choice of words to make a non-argument.  Certainly other blacks ran for the Dem nomination, we all know this, but none of them were able to get the sort of support Obama is getting.  None of them had a “real shot” at landing the gig.  For some reason Rob is upset at that choice of words?  Probably because he doesn’t like the idea that someone made an argument.

Hannitized on May 14, 2008 at 08:38 pm
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I love how Hannitized always tries to convince us that Obama and his surrogates aren’t actually saying what they’re saying.


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Rob on May 14, 2008 at 08:40 pm

I also like how Hannitized characterizes each and every opinion that differs from his as ‘dishonest’.

It has gotten very old.

Ken McCracken on May 14, 2008 at 08:49 pm

I notice too that almost invariably, H’s forays here start with an attack on Rob.  I believe it’s the rhetorical equivalent of “little man syndrome.”


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I see it this way: You get the most flak when you’re over the target.

When Hannitized comes unglued it’s evidence to me that I’m particularly on-target with a post.


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Rob on May 14, 2008 at 09:04 pm

Rob, people aren’t buying your racism doesn’t exist line. It is quite disingenuous.

Graeme on May 14, 2008 at 09:39 pm

Eunichized,

Hows the surf?


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Rodney Graves on May 14, 2008 at 09:57 pm

Graeme,

I don’t think that anyone who has listened to a full sermon by the wrong reverand Wright would conclude that racism doesn’t exist; it’s just not as common in the places the democRATs tell us to look as it is in their on hearts.


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Rodney Graves on May 14, 2008 at 10:00 pm

Reverend Wright is a blatant racist.


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goon on May 14, 2008 at 10:36 pm

I love how Hannitized always tries to convince us that Obama and his surrogates aren’t actually saying what they’re saying.
When Hannitized comes unglued it’s evidence to me that I’m particularly on-target with a post.

Well, I hate to side with the troll, but on this one he’s mostly right.

Jackson and Sharpton were never considered serious candidates. In the same way that we never considered Huckabee a serious contender.
On that one, comparing a character (Sharpton) that even most blacks despise with Obama is folly. However, I must take exception with:

For some reason Rob is upset at that choice of words?  Probably because he doesn’t like the idea that someone made an argument.
I love how Rob likes to interject his own choice of words into another persons statement, when he attempts to quote them.  It proves to me that not only is there a lack of honesty in over half the posts, but also that there is probably a combination of that and a lack of understanding.

Obama and his campaign have repeatedly pretended that race is an issue to overcome. That’s beyond dishonest. If Barack Obama was white, he wouldn’t even rank in the polls....John Edwards (the white Barack) is proof of that. Barack Obama’s success is due to two factors. The lesser is that he promises to make everything eutopia without details. This gets a small group of stupid people to support him. But the major factor is that he’s black. And that’s the ONLY reason he’s in this campaign.

Kenny on May 14, 2008 at 11:28 pm
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So I guess that shrub came to the table with a serious resume for being prez ... oh yeah people decided he was the type of guy they wanted to have a beer with . 8 yrs later they can’t even buy a beer .

regmax on May 15, 2008 at 02:24 am

How cleaver the Leftists that call Bush Shrub how funny.


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goon on May 15, 2008 at 02:30 am

Absolutely correct! Racism is alive and well, and thriving in the Democrat Party. sanni, the racebaitingpovertypimp, is the most obnoxious racist commenter to grace sayanything. Hell, it makes wetback look like Mother Theresa.


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2Hotel9 on May 15, 2008 at 05:11 am

When Hannitized comes unglued

Gee, Rob, when was he ever glued??



A troll is someone who only wants to stir up trouble, not have an honest debate.  Some signs that a poster is a troll:
* Dodges questions from other posters * Refuses to give sources
* When one of its arguments is shown to be false, either ignores the proof or moves the goalposts.  Heh. (From the LGF faq)

Proof on May 15, 2008 at 05:16 am
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As a life long Republican, I have decided to vote for what I believe in when I get to the polls this November. Well this year it looks like all the Republicans in this state that I could vote for, and the president are out of luck on this vote, I will be voting Democrat right down the line.

billybob68 on May 15, 2008 at 05:23 am

So it’s OK to vote for Obama because of his race, you just can’t vote against him because of it (that would be racist).

And you can’t vote for one of his opponents because of race because that too would be racist.

electnixon on May 15, 2008 at 06:19 am
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Didn’t vote for Mao = “anti-Chinese racism”
Didn’t vote for Hitler = “anti-Austrian racism”
Didn’t vote for Ho Chi Minh = “anti-Vietnamese racism”

Didn’t vote for Stalin = “anti-Georgian racism”
Didn’t vote for Lenin = “anti-Russian racism”

Personally, if Barack Obama was a mulatto version of Ronald Reagan or George Washington, I’d vote for him in a second and not because he is Black. I don’t think there are that many Republicans in this country who would vote against a conservative who happened to be black/female/indian/asian/gay/blue or purple. I think that conservatives tend actually more accepting of people who don’t look like them as long as they think like them. Doing so would be the worst kind of identity politics.

Michael K on May 16, 2008 at 12:14 pm

I don’t vote for people based on skin color.  That is the most demeaning suggestion, but coming from liberals, I can understand their thinking?
I don’t vote for people based on their gender, the handedness, their nationality or anything else like that.  I vote for people based on their integrity, honesty, intelligence, education and tested life experiences.


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Chief RZ on May 16, 2008 at 12:38 pm
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