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Runner Coug · 11-05-2008, 03:43 AM

it may be that Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have become instantly irrelevant. All their blathering about racism will be answered by "America elected an African American President".

You don't get any better "scoreboard" than that.

il Padrino Ute · 11-05-2008, 03:52 AM

That's a good point, but we still have Rangel.

Gidget · 11-05-2008, 03:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Runner Coug

it may be that Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have become instantly irrelevant. All their blathering about racism will be answered by "America elected an African American President".

You don't get any better "scoreboard" than that.

I SO agree.

Ma'ake · 11-05-2008, 04:04 AM

This goes a loooooong way toward healing persistent (but shrinking) wounds. My wife was brought to tears tonight, saying she could never have believed as a child that a black man could become president. This whole thing took her back to her childhood in the south... something I've come to appreciate better, but I really can't fully know.

Obama will help pull up the AA community, challenge them... some kick in the butt, healing.

Jackson, Sharpton, Wright... all step aside & let the new generation take things from here.

11-05-2008, 03:43 AM	#1
Runner Coug Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 945	If there's a silver lining to this election it may be that Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have become instantly irrelevant. All their blathering about racism will be answered by "America elected an African American President". You don't get any better "scoreboard" than that.

11-05-2008, 03:52 AM	#2
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	That's a good point, but we still have Rangel. __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

11-05-2008, 04:04 AM	#4
Ma'ake Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SLC Posts: 441	This goes a loooooong way toward healing persistent (but shrinking) wounds. My wife was brought to tears tonight, saying she could never have believed as a child that a black man could become president. This whole thing took her back to her childhood in the south... something I've come to appreciate better, but I really can't fully know. Obama will help pull up the AA community, challenge them... some kick in the butt, healing. Jackson, Sharpton, Wright... all step aside & let the new generation take things from here.