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"Let's base our decision on something more than the pigmentation of the man."

Problem is ZuQorah, that's about all we know about him. While his "hope and change we can believe in" rhetoric has the teenyboppers swooning at his feet, the fact is many feel he is an empty suit whose first priority is to steal even more money from the producers to line the pockets of his supporters, and his second priority is to raise the white flag and surrender to the islamofascists.

Even though, it WOULD be interesting to see the reaction of the professional racists if he were elected to highest office in the land.
Would they then 1) admit that racism is largely a relic of the past and find a new crying towel, or 2) would they keep dancin' with the one who brung em' and spin it somehow into his election just proves America is still a racist country?

Hmmm... I'll take door # 2, Alex!

"What does the color of the man's skin have to do with his presidential platform?"

A lot. At least in a preliminary sense, the "color of a man's skin" has strong predictive value:

"Politically, black America is almost socialistic. There's a feeling that the government is the vehicle that's going to lift us to equality, and without the government, we'll never make it." (Shelby Steele, African-American scholar)

Therefore, a knowledgeable voter who is no a socialist, in assessing Obama as a prospective president , would look for evidence of deviation from the socialist orthodoxy of the black community.

I haven't evidence of deviation. Speeches about hope and change -- with as little substance as he can manage --- may be the best way Obama can obscure a political belief system that is perfectly in line with that which might be assumed by "the color of a man's skin."

"Problem is ZuQorah, that's about all we know about him."

No, neo. That alone, stopped you from even "trying" to understand the man. Common decency keeps you from calling him "nigg_r" on the blog, so you resort to making his middle name into some epithet. Go back to your hole.

dd aka tlc.
"Common decency keeps you from calling him "nigg_r" . however it didn't keep you from using the epithet. that does speak to your decency (lack of) -
the only one in this thread that used the word "nigg_r" is you. you consistently make us try to believe that you have this mystical power to read between the lines of others posts. i suggest you simply stick to what IS written and not address what in your hallucinations perceive as what MIGHT be implied. you are a bigot of the first order and thru a thinly veiled guise of "i'm a christian" you spew hatred and vehemence and in no way represent the Prince of Peace.
obama plans to eradicate our defense systems and hamstring our military resources - to make it easier for this great country to be attacked by terrorists. take a minute and listen to his spiel...................... credit goes to a friend for forwarding this to me.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl32Y7wDVDs

ZuQorah,

Who might you be voting for and why?

TLC,

You are certainly one class act. Buz is right about you. At least you didn't find a way to launch an attack on George Bush. It's time for AJ to ban you permanently. You are vile and have nothing worthy to add here.

I think ZuQorah's chasing windmills.

She's assuming race is playing a significant role in the nomination process and it really isn't, unless we believe buffoons like Geraldine Ferraro who insist Obama's race is helping him, not hurting him.

Trust and baggage, not race, are emerging as primary factors in the Democratic caucuses.

And it appears Obama is being judged not by his race, but by the content of his character.

"And it appears Obama is being judged not by his race, but by the content of his character."

I guess that explains why Obama won 91% of the black vote in Mississippi last Tuesday against a fellow Democrat.

The same could be said for women who vote for Hillary only because she's a woman or men who vote for McCain only because he's a man.

I would love to see a black person become president just not Obama. Micheal Steele comes to mind.

Ditto for a woman, just not Hillary. Someone like Margaret Thatcher comes to mind.

Buz, your link is eye opening. Obama plans to cut our military significantly, in his own words. Meanwhile read a recent report about what the Chinese are up to with all the money they get from us from cheap goods.

http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-03-03-voa63.cfm

Unfortunately Obama's Rodney King approach (why can't we all just get along?) to foreign affairs is so naïve it's scary considering the dangerous world we live in.

The problem is, so far as "quality" goes, there HASN'T been ANYONE worth voting for since probably 1984.

Or 1992 if you count Perot.

When I read a lte like the one written by Ms. Williamson, I am struck by the sheer naivete. African Americans were enslaved because of their race. This lasted for 246 years. They were deemed to be inferior humans. They were on the same level as chattel. Fast forwarding to the 21st century does not erase the stereotypes (see Mr. Shuford's posting about blacks and socialism), biases and the animosity that others hold towards African Americans. We've seen stereotypes and biases come out of supposedly learned people such as James "DNA" Watson. Yes, things have improved significantly for some African Americans, particularly college graduates. But, almost 25% of African American households live in poverty. But, to suggest that we can get past "race" in this country, is pure folly. DuBois said it best: "for the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color line."

Just out of curiosity conundrum which candidate are you leaning towards and why if you don't mind. Thanks.

"....to vote for Obama because he's a black man."

Obama is no more black than he is white. Perhaps gray would be a better description if we're going to work on that color scale. Funny how children always pick colors such as brown and pink to describe people or draw them with crayons. It's only in adulthood, that we become so absolute.

More often than not, he's referred to as an African-American. He was born in Hawaii. His mother was from Kansas, his father was from Africa. If it were reversed, and his father was from Kansas, would he just be called an American?

He looks a lot more like his mother than his dad. Does that make a difference?

"I guess that explains why Obama won 91% of the black vote in Mississippi last Tuesday against a fellow Democrat. "

Something tells me the white/pink vote wasn't so skewed.

Dan, initially I was behind Sen. Clinton. I thought that her experience was the key. But, her campaign has become messy and her battle with Obama has become abrasive. Sen. McCain shows more respect towards Sen. Obama than Sen. Clinton does. I have to spend more time going over Sen. Obama's views on his website. Sen. McCain seems like a decent man. I agree with his view on undocumented workers. His stance on the war bothers me.

Thanks for your response conundrum.

Hillary is selling the experience factor of course and is heating up the rhetoric on Obama, that's what the Clintons do. It's worked for them against Republicans but seems to be backfiring when attempted on one of their own.

If experience is the key factor, no one can doubt McCain has more experience than the other two.