11-05-2008, 01:03 PM | #21 |
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I wish Collin Powell would have been the first African American president.
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11-05-2008, 01:28 PM | #22 |
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While I still don't like the policies Obama espouses, I can grasp the significance of the moment and hope he has success as the President. It does me no good to wish for his failure just so the repubs can get back in.
Interestingly enough the first negative spin I saw on it came from Tavis Smiley, and African American talk show host. The gist of what he said is he fears Obama's election will make people think we aren't still a very racist society with a lot of inequities to cure. I suppose you will hear this from Jackson and Reverend Al at some point. I assume they don't want to lose that card they play so well. |
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For the past several months I have been told by several people that this country was too racist to vote in an African American for President. I don't live or work in Utah (I'm in the midwest) and have heard this view constantly. A lot of people I work with have expressed that their were so many americans who would say they would vote for an African American but when at the polls do the opposite. Its at least refreshing to know that this subtle racism didn't happen.
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I'd have preferred JC Watts.
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It will be a real day, when a conservative African American Republican lesbian is elected President.
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