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Black Conservatives Grapple With Pull Of Obama
NPR ^ | July 16, 2008

Posted on 07/17/2008 7:04:32 AM PDT by AmericanMade1776

Conservative commentator Armstrong Williams, who is African-American, says he's torn between voting for Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama in the November presidential election.

"Many conservatives who happen to be black see it as a dilemma because they're wondering what they're going to tell their children and grandchildren 20 years from now when they had a chance in American history, which is rare and has never happened before, to pull the lever [for a black presidential candidate]," Williams tells host Michele Norris. "It creates quite a dilemma because there's not something wrong with Sen. John McCain; he's very impressive."

Williams notes that McCain is a war hero and has carved out a reputation as a maverick in the Senate who often bucks his own party.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008electionbias; armstrongwilliams; blackconservatives; defundnprpbs; npr; obama; obamacon; publicradio; taxdollarsatwork
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To: NordP
NordP wrote: Well, they're going to be ABLE to tell their children that they followed the DREAM of Martin Luther King, Jr. and they're not racists.

That should be a good start to have a man "judged NOT by the color of his skin, but the content of his character."

AM1776 - I swear I didn't read your 1st comment until I went back to read my posting to my hubby before I printed it. Great minds!

Keep the dream alive, vote for CONTENT OF THE PERSONS CHARACTER!

41 posted on 07/17/2008 3:20:39 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776
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zeestephen wrote: Anyone here doubt what the story line would be if Obama was a black Republican Conservative? Millions of black Democrats would be explaining that they are voting against Obama in order to defend timeless political principles, and that race has nothing to do with it.

That is the truth, we all know the Democrats in Illinois had a choice between two blacks for the senate...Obama or Alan Keyes... they could of voted for a man who was 100 percent Black and conservative..but instead the chose Barry... a little iffy man with a checkered past. a Pot smoker and terrorist sympathizer.

42 posted on 07/17/2008 3:24:29 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776
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To: AmericanMade1776

Obama is pro-abortion.
McCain is pro-life.

Obama wants Black kids to continue attending failing inner city public schools.
McCain wants inner-city families to recieve private school choice vouchers.

If you think that the long-held status quo of abortions and public schools are the answer, then Obama is your man for staying the course.

On the other hand, if you want the option of sending your children to better schools, and don’t want to see your children aborted in the womb, then McCain is the obvious choice.


43 posted on 07/17/2008 3:38:06 PM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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