If Obama still thinks that being black makes a difference, he might not be suitable to be president of a country that should be colour-blind.

 

It's just like when most attacks on Hillary immediately had you labeled a sexist. It's ridiculous over-sensitive nonesense. I'm not saying that there aren't racists or sexists out there but to take every critical comment as such is ridiculous.

He is pointing to a very real thing.  My mother finally admitted she would not vote for him because he is black and she is a lifelong democrat. Attack ads using his "funny name" his wife's so-called militancy, etc, cannot be construed in any other way but as hinting at the "not like us" quality of WASPville.

 

See ya.

 

Sodaiho,

The question is not whether he is perceived as different from "WASPville" (he most certainly is), but WHY he is perceived as different.

Colin Powel and Condi Rice are certainly not perceived as different in the same way Obama is, and they are as black as he.

It's not racism to notice differences between people. A Democrat is not a Republican. And some Democrats are not like the Clintons.

Your mother probably doesn't like him because of how he and the party treated Hillary. He used his being black as an argument to vote for him. That is a reason not to like him.

I like the Clintons, I don't like Obama. I like Condi Rice, I don't like John Kerry. I prefer the white woman over the black man and the black woman over the white man. But their skin colours and gender are a coincidence and have nothing to do with my selection. (Except in as far as I do think that presenting Saudi Arabia with a female US president would be a grand idea!)

I would vote or have voted for McCain, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Powell (who speaks Yiddish!), George Bush, and Rice; but not for Obama. Make of it what you want, but calling it racism is idiotic.

(Al Gore would be in the list before he nutted away.)

Powell: http://www.snopes.com/glurge/powell.asp

Conversly, I like smart over not smart, intellectual and progressive over whatever we might characterize the conservative movement.  While I was a Hillary supporter, I am now an Obama supporter.

I understand your POV, though.  I am really thinking about it in the following way, if I were a McCain strategist how I might expoit an existing subtext of racism in the US?  Is it racist to do so?  I think so.  Are they thinking like this?  I think so. It is part and parcel of what we often call institutional racism.  

See ya!

 

I believe if these two fine folk were running for Presifdent ofthe US they would, indeed, be perceived as "different" and their race would play a role in that perception. Racism is alive and well. If it weren't I really don't think we would be having this conversation.

See ya!

 

 

I liked "be well" better. 

  The point is that OBAMA not McCain is the accusing those who are against him of racism.  Read those OBAMA quotes again. 

exactly

  Obviously, the whole above race thing didn't work for him.  Now he wants white guilt votes.  "I have to vote for Obama, so I'm not racist."

  Yes but these are not attack ads from the opponent.  These are Obama's words not McCain's.  It is a presumptive accusation of racism and its wrong. 

  I agree.  If there is a specific instance, call out that specific instance but to generically say all critics are racis/sexist whatever is wrong. 

You can't have it both ways.  Let's be real, I've read so many articles on here that are in fact point blank about Obama's name, his skin color and least of all is what he stands for, that is just thrown in for good measure.  Let us just call it what it is and stop sugar coating it. 

I think he meant on the dollar coins (since they are displaying presidents). And yes, McCain does not look like any of them either. In fact, none of the presidents look like them since the coins are BRONZE (or at least that color).

Come to think of it - isn't Obama MORE like those pictures than ANY president before? Hmmmm????????

It is really hard for him to forget what he is when it's thrown at him from every corner don't you think? 

It is a constant reminder in articles like these, same difference!

An article like this is a direct response to his bringing up the issue. Not someone else making a statement about his race, HIM making a statement about his race.

FS, I just wonder if you would still support him if he were a white candidate. Why is it that if blacks support Obama because he is black it's not considered racist? What is the difference? I know Spike Lee says black's can't be racist but I'm not buying it. How is supporting someone only because of thier race acceptable?

As long as Hussein can keep everyone on defense by calling them racist, he never has to answer any questions of substance. Not that the Main Stream Media will ever ask him anything harder than "where do you buy your clothes at?" I believe when he debates McCain, if McCain appears to have the upper hand Hussein will call McCain a undercover Racist and walk off stage screaming " I will not be on the same stage as a racist"

Who throws it at him? He is the only one who ever mentions it.

McCain's people say something about Obama being useless or inexperienced. Obama says something about being black. McCain's people say that that is unimportant and he is still useless. And Obama's people accuse McCain's people of bringing up race.

Why did Obama have to mention that he looks different from the other Americans who spoke in Berlin? Was he afraid that the Germans would not notice that he is black?

Because he wants to guilt more whites into voting for him. He already has the black vote. No Germans are voting.



I haven't seen any yet. I loved the Sacajawea coins though. I wish we would get rid of the dollar bill so people would actually use them.


lol - The equivalent of this episode would be if McCain started accusing Obama of making ageist remarks when Obama never made them.