Posted on 10/06/2008 8:32:39 PM PDT by Terrence DoGood
Racism, naturally, plays a part in the conversation. "I've never forgotten that he is a smart, articulate black man with a smart, articulate black wife," says Linda Wright, 34, a nurse's assistant from Houston."You think white people were just going to turn over the keys to the most important job in the land without a fight?" The overriding feeling is apprehension, a vague fear of losing something people thought was theirs to keep. "My kids love Obama and they think it's so obvious he should be the president," says actor D. L. Hughley. "I was just honest in saying life isn't always fair and certainly isn't always fair for African-Americans. But Obama has overcome so many obstacles, it's easy to forget reality."
There's not a lot of angeryetbut you can start to sense the potential for it. "I'm going to be mad, real mad, if he doesn't win," says Daetwon Fisher, 21, a construction worker from Long Beach, Calif. "Because for him to come this far and lose will be just shady and a slap in black people's faces. I know there is already talk about protests and stuff if he loses, and I'm down for that."
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Let's grow up a bit here. Did the Viet Cong riot when Kerry lost?
I remember those riots sat on my porch with a shotgun in my lap (at 19). Still own that old shotgun, and will sit on my porch with that same gun in hand (and several others) waiting the possible onslaught of rioting yuts.
For starters, I'll treat all the in-laws to Thanksgiving dinner!
Interesting. We've been worried about porous borders. They just recruited from within. Didn't even need sneaker shoe bombs!
Spread the word. One bright day we will have a black president but he or she will be a conservative
No matter how the liberal media keep trying to frame it, it is not an election about skin color. It is an election about capitalism and socialism. If Obama has a color it is the red of the USSR flag. Its the red, not the black, that drives conservatives nuts. We have over $10 Trillion in debt, and we're not gonna take it anymore. Obama and his tax and spend, class warfare, race warfare, politics of division must be defeated.
McCain/Palin need to address this racial issue. They need to speak to black voters about this. A specific TV ad, etc. It will not win any measure of votes, but this notion that there is any racism must be put to rest.
Look at John and Cindy as a family.... they adopted outside their own nationality and outside their color. Cindy has spent weeks in 3rd world countries working to bring medical care to people of color in rough terrain and horrible conditions. Check out Cindy in a flight suit!! As a former aircrew, that one really got me. Cindy has somehow fallen into the shadows, but she is a real class act. Anyway, this racial thing is stupid and must be dealt with asap.
It’s amazing how much hate there is among blacks for whites. They have carried this down in their so-called Christian churches. It’s very scary, but will make them look very, very bad if they riot.
I guess hell just froze over because I find myself in agreement with Bill Clinton when he said the Obama campaign “played the race card” on him in after the South Carolina primary. Ferraro got the same treatment.
This is offensive on all levels and should have people fired-up to vote McCain/Palin. When you look at that election map it shows that people in “fly-over” country will have the last word on who wins this election.
I think they’ve been working on this one since way before the first Gulf war.
Lets not forget that their ultimate goal is expansion first... then explosions.
Since when do American children in Missouri say the pledge if aligance to Obama?
They deleted God and America and put in Barack Obama instead. Just like in
Hitler’s Germany when Hitler ran for ‘president’.
Our the brown shirts coming?
Since when do American children in Missouri say the pledge if aligance to Obama?
They deleted God and America and put in Barack Obama instead. Just like in
Hitler’s Germany when Hitler ran for ‘president’.
Our the brown shirts coming?
To which list I would add "the odd mortar round and nuclear warfare"!
Regards,
GtG
I hope they don’t riot here in Dallas. What if they send throngs of the south Dallas crowd up north to our neighborhoods?
How do you know that isn't his white half?
And don’t forget the Black Liberation Theology/Movement has been going full swing since the 70’s. And consider that one of the Community Organizing duties was agitation training in the schools.
Obama loses? There’s no question about the result. Back to 1968 but magnified many times over. Dead people. Businesses and houses in flames. Drive-by shootings all over the place.
LOL. Ah, yes. This is all about us white folk doing what we can to keep the black folk down. Psssst...he’s half white.
^^^
The only color I worry about that I see in Obama is commie red.
LOL! I didn't get beyond the first sentence.
Do the libs understand that even as they try to set up this guilt situation--"If you let Obama lose, you're saying this country is racist"--that it only irks voters who don't like being called racist because they, in fact, have risen above racism and will vote against Obama for any number of legitimate reasons--like inexperience, the truncheon they're bashing Palin with?
LOL! I love the way you pick a thread and thanks for the ping by the way. You english prof/infantry soldier/music critic guys keep us all on our toes. Thank you for your service Brucifer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNpVvDXktQY&feature=related
sierra hull & carl berggren playing roanoke
Doc Holiday: “I have two guns, one for each of you.”
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