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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TRANSLATION: We get the Liberal Messiah crowned King or there will be a race war.
I quadruple dog dare this idiot, and his ilk, to try. Now I have an extra reason to vote for McCain-Palin.
Well, “protests” might be one thing to happen. But “protests” and “stuff”???? What is the “stuff”????
Why is it ok, or understandable to some, to have rioting after an event such as the Rodney King verdict, where some black felt our justice system failed?
Why was there no rioting by white folks after the OJ verdict, in which many similarly felt that our justice system failed?
“If he loses we tell people it was because of his big ears....”
So Ross Perot and Dumbo will then storm through the cities?
There are tons of stories out there like this and those that say the ONLY reason one would not vote for Obama is racism.
I was in NYC this weekend and there were these painted trucks parked on the streets that said “Imagine loving your President...Vote Obama”.
True...sorta. But in lumping them all together, as the press is bound to do, the press elevates the scum that commits these crimes in plain view up to and above the level of the quiet people in those same places who respect the law and end up being the real victims. The people who tell the rioters to stop are ignored, while the thugs who are filmed throwing cinderblocks at people and property and made into heroes one to two months later.
Hey it's done wonders for the Cuban low power rice cooker industry!!!! And the astronomers in NKo. have the most unlightpoluted view of the nighttime sky!!
Uh, they won’t be rioting here in Dallas. Well, Oak Cliff maybe but who cares, it is a crappy part of town anyway!
LOL!!!!
Agree 110%!!!
If those jackasses riot, should Obama lose, send in the National Guard and spank ‘em down quickly!
No sympathy for that kind of garbage...
Kinda like the OJ trial, back in the mid-90’s, when a MURDERER was found “NOT GUILTY”, and there were shots of black folks dancing in the streets and hootin’ and hollerin’ and praisin’ Jesus, in churches... What a wonderful site that really helped racial relations, in this country!
The election has squat to do with RACE and EVERYTHING to do with letting a VERY liberal, un-qualified, inexperienced, JUNIOR Senator gaining control of this nation...
You didn't see to do too bad.
I have been saying that all along. Sad, but true.
From your lips to G-d’s ear!
Well, I’m not surprised.
I would like to point out that the L.A. riots (a la Rodney King) indeed began in Long Beach, where this fine, young construction worker was interviewed. I remember it like yesterday, because I attended a landscaping show at the Long Beach Convention Center that very day, and we left early to high-tail it back to San Diego. What a coincidence!
Oh, I'm stocking up on pizza stuff too. I wonder if they make pizza MREs.
If he loses, I'm out in the sticks, but with an Ann Arbor mailing address, I'm more about concerned about the white trust fund babies rioting than I am about the blacks in Willow Run going after me when the rich folk are in nearby Canton or Ann Arbor itself. I'll be carrying my .357 that day just to be safe, and at home I have a 12 gauge and a few other defense mechanisms.
Racism won’t be the problem... Radical Islam will!!!
the “race war” will only last until the shops are cleaned out of DVD players and boomboxes, etc.
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