Posted on 06/20/2008 7:38:59 AM PDT by Impy
Two black conservatives -- one a pastor, the other a leader of an urban ministry -- say they can't understand why a number of black Republicans have publicly said they are considering voting for Barack Obama this election. It should be about character, they say, not skin color.
Ken Hutcherson, an African-American pastor in suburban Seattle, says black conservatives who are supporting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama must remember what they have been saying about race for decades.
Several prominent conservative African-Americans have said they are at least considering supporting Obama because of his race. The list includes talk-show host Armstrong Williams, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, and former Congressman J.C. Watts (R-Oklahoma). But Pastor Hutcherson of Antioch Bible Church cannot believe what the purportedly conservative leaders are saying.
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"There's no way that I can vote for Barack Obama simply because of a historic moment and he is a black man. That doesn't make sense to me," he says. "We should judge people based on character and not color or historic moment."
Huzzah, someone without plaque on the brain.
Everybody knows this but nobody wants to talk about it. People better start talking about it before it gets carried away and harder to stop.
In your dreams, Dr. King.
Yes, good for them.
I would expect nothing better from Colin Powell.
It is as bad to vote for an unqualified candidate because of his race as it would be to vote against a qualified candidate because of his race.
I would never have voted for “Her Thighness” just because of the historic moment of a woman running for president.
If I can do it...others should be able to.
(Please note,however,that I'm a *real* Catholic...not one of these "Ten Suggestions" types).
I’m still trying to figure out just who the “black community” is
Thank God Powel’s wife didn’t let him run for President. We really dodged a bullet there.
The problem is there is no alternative to Obama.
Roger that. He's been off my trusted list since before Bush 43 took office.
Good for them! I’m flabbergasted by the list of so-called conservatives who would even consider voting for an anti-American, death-eating Marxist, simply because he had a black father.
Did any well-known conservative women say they considered voting for Hitlery?
His Superbowl predictions to Rush last year were right on the money. Great guy!
I'm not understanding what you are implying...are you saying that the obamination is the best there is for a possible black pres???
I can think of MANY far better.............
I thought Ann Coulter was pushing for Hillary.
Good point. However, I don’t recall her doing it because Hillary is a woman. Maybe it was all some bizarre joke that I didn’t get.
COMMUNITY DEFINED: “A social group of any size whose members have a common cultural and historical heritage.”
The “Black Community” would be the Blacks living in America just like the “White Community” would be the Whites living in America, the “Asian Community”.........the “Hispanic Community”..............the “Native American” Community....
Don’t bother thanking me; I’m here to help you.
So you're voting for Obama or not voting at all?
Whoa! That really surprises me about J.C. Watts. I guess I didn’t know him as well as I was thought to believe about his conservatism.
This whole election is going to be about race. How many people out there are going to vote for Obama just to be a part of the ‘hey, look at me - I voted for the first African-American President’ crowd? Never mind what his qualifications are.
Me too. I used to think quite highly of him. We have a local radio host named Herman Cain who ran for US Senate. He would be better than either of our current GA Senators. Not that they are that bad...he’s just that good.
Same here. I wonder how he weighs Obama's blackness against his support for partial-birth abortion? We haven't heard much from JC Watts since he left office-- is he planning to re-start his career as a Democrat?
Jesse Lee Peterson’s book was a pretty powerful read. It is titled “Scam: How the Black Leadership Exploits Black America.”
Probably Consitution Party. Certainly not Obama. I will not vote for anyone who is for amnesty, fails to protect our borders, and opposed the Cronyn amendment - this is a sell-out of our country.
No.
It’s more than skin color. How many blacks would support Obama if he were conservative?
Armstrong Williams contends that history "thrusts" him to consider Obama. But Hutcherson argues that African-Americans need to forget about their "blackness" and talk about what they can do as citizens of the United States.
"... [T]here will always be a race problem," the pastor maintains. "But conservatives vote on what is right and wrong." Hutcherson says Williams is forgetting that principle because he is excited about Obama's skin color. "... [A]nd I think that that is absolutely wrong," he reprimands.
.......Hutcherson says he will not support any candidate, regardless of party or race, who does not support biblical values.
Too bad we don't have political leaders emulating Pastor Hutcherson's conservative principles. God bless him for standing up to the heat and calling it what it is.
Okay. I think I misunderstood what you meant by no alternative to Obama.
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