Who's playing the race card?

youngster wrote:

<quoted text>Well, supposedly, it's a free country, and I admire your honesty. Not your decision, but your honesty. I hope you're not too disappointed when you wake up on November 5. BTW, Obama's mother was white.

Eaither way it goes I will be disappointed.

Obama sees himself as a black man. That may be because his black family accecpted him where the white side did not. Just a guess though. Thats the way it seems to go most times.

Max wrote:

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Eaither way it goes I will be disappointed.
Obama sees himself as a black man. That may be because his black family accecpted him where the white side did not. Just a guess though. Thats the way it seems to go most times.

WHAT????? Where have you been? The man was raised by his WHITE grandparents! He was accepted totally by his white family ... imagine that if you can, they accepted him even though his skin was darker than theirs, gosh.

You don't have clue what you are talking about, my suggestion to you is really simple, shut your mouth.

Wondering wrote:

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LOL ... based on race. I hope ALL of white America reads this since everyone feels that black America is only voting for Obama because he is black since white America seems to so easily forget that his mother is white and he was raised by his white grandparents. So what you are saying is, you can't get past Senator Obama's SKIN COLOR, not his race!

Not is skin tone. Just his race of choice. You might be suprised just how many voters will let race decide. I am not a big fan of the current situation. However I know for a fact that I am not a fan of socialism.

Max wrote:

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Not is skin tone. Just his race of choice. You might be suprised just how many voters will let race decide. I am not a big fan of the current situation. However I know for a fact that I am not a fan of socialism.

You busted your own bubble when you stated you were voting for McCain soley based on his race and you further busted your bubble when you proved you don't know jack sh!t about Senator Obama.

Spike Lee is a racist wrote:

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His association with scumbags make him who he is.
A scumbag

Oh and McCain is so perfect with perfect friends, get real,, he is worse

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Only race card I see being played is by the repubs. Even if obama was muslim, what the fuk does it matter? Not everyone thats muslim is a freaking terrorist. Repub would not be even making an issue of muslim if obama was white.. Why should they right... What white person is muslim... Right? Atleast thats how repubs a spinning it.

Wondering wrote:

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Maybe you don't live in the same America as I do, but racism is alive and kicking butt every single day. But Seantor Obama has NEVER to MY hearing "cry racism or use race to his advantage"

Barack played the race card right out of the gate. Who are you trying to fool? If you have never heard it, you have never listened to him.
And before you ignorantly accuse me of something, I am a middle of the road voter who's had quite enough of this crap from both sides.

Dont Be Silly wrote:

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Barack played the race card right out of the gate. Who are you trying to fool? If you have never heard it, you have never listened to him.
And before you ignorantly accuse me of something, I am a middle of the road voter who's had quite enough of this crap from both sides.

I have listened to Senator Obama and I find him to be intelligent and he seems to actually care about and want the best for our nation. I don't have a clue what McCain wants because he is too busy bad-mouthing Senator Obama other than talking about what Americans really need and want to hear.

I think to white America, whenever a black person says anything about their race or struggles their race has endured, they automatically are playing the race card - that's not the case, that is the reality of the world and a long way from playing the race card.

If the media had jumped on Obama like they have Palin - all we would have heard would be about race. I don't look at color, I look at character and Obama has too many ties to people who have expressed hate for American. That is why I won't vote for him. It is not because of his color. You will not be friends with someone if you don't have something in common with them.

FRUSTRATED wrote:

If the media had jumped on Obama like they have Palin - all we would have heard would be about race. I don't look at color, I look at character and Obama has too many ties to people who have expressed hate for American. That is why I won't vote for him. It is not because of his color. You will not be friends with someone if you don't have something in common with them.

I have had friends in the past that I have stopped being friends with because they changed. People change, some times for the better, some times not. A person is not automatically guilty by assosication. And believe it or not, there is a heck of a lot of people running around in America hating it, yet, not telling everyone that. You don't have any clue what your friends are doing behind closed doors or what their real thoughts are. Your reason, to me, isn't a valid one. And one last things, many friendships start off with two perfect strangers not knowing anything about the other and finding out they have nothing in common, yet enjoy one another's company.

Obama can only use the race card on odd days.
He's half honkey all Donkey

Wondering wrote:

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I have had friends in the past that I have stopped being friends with because they changed. People change, some times for the better, some times not. A person is not automatically guilty by assosication. And believe it or not, there is a heck of a lot of people running around in America hating it, yet, not telling everyone that. You don't have any clue what your friends are doing behind closed doors or what their real thoughts are. Your reason, to me, isn't a valid one. And one last things, many friendships start off with two perfect strangers not knowing anything about the other and finding out they have nothing in common, yet enjoy one another's company.

Voting for a person for President is very important and your rationale regarding friends doesn't convince me that Obama is the man. Where are his friends who are upright? If he has any friends that are not involved in something radical, terriorists associated, etc. we haven't heard about them. If these type of people are the only friends he associates with then he is not the man for the Presidency of this Country. I agree that you don't always know what your friends are doing but I don't believe that it would take you a lifetime to figure them out.

Wondering wrote:

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You busted your own bubble when you stated you were voting for McCain soley based on his race and you further busted your bubble when you proved you don't know jack sh!t about Senator Obama.

All I know about Obama is what I have seen. Believe it or not I gave both of them a good look before deciding on Mccain. They are both full of crap. And race is the only thing that I could relate to.

Not to mention all of the obsessed black co-workers that are driving me crazy. Give me a break this man is not God.

I am not telling you this to make you mad. I could care less if you agree or disagree. It is obvious that you are a hard core member of the Oboma following. I at least am honest about reasons for choosing my candidate.

FRUSTRATED wrote:

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Voting for a person for President is very important and your rationale regarding friends doesn't convince me that Obama is the man. Where are his friends who are upright? If he has any friends that are not involved in something radical, terriorists associated, etc. we haven't heard about them. If these type of people are the only friends he associates with then he is not the man for the Presidency of this Country. I agree that you don't always know what your friends are doing but I don't believe that it would take you a lifetime to figure them out.

Wow well put.

Max wrote:

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All I know about Obama is what I have seen. Believe it or not I gave both of them a good look before deciding on Mccain. They are both full of crap. And race is the only thing that I could relate to.
Not to mention all of the obsessed black co-workers that are driving me crazy. Give me a break this man is not God.
I am not telling you this to make you mad. I could care less if you agree or disagree. It is obvious that you are a hard core member of the Oboma following. I at least am honest about reasons for choosing my candidate.

I am not hard core about anything. I started off undecided and stayed that way for a long while. Then I started doing my own research and listening to what each of them had to say. Obama actually says things of substance whereas McCain seems to just want to talk about Obama and his PAST associations and say nothing about our nation and its future. You have every right to vote for whomever you choose, but you need to remember every black person (since you feel that Obama is black) isn't bad, just like every white person isn't good.

Wondering wrote:

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maybe I have just missed it, but when has Senator Obama actually used race to his advantage? Yes, his dark skin lets everyone know that he is of Africian decent and yes, to achieve what he has as a man of color is remarkable. But he isn't or hasn't said to anyone vote for me because of the color of my skin and I'll take you all to the promise land. You all need to come off that lie.
I am proud of the fact that the gentleman embraces his whiteness and his blackness because both races makes him who he is. However the color of his skin doesn't define him as a man.

he uses his race every time he talks about how "they" are going to talk about his not looking like the others, etc. Only 'they' didn't do that; could be that Obama could have been purple and it would not have mattered. Conservatives and Repubs oppose him for the radical reason that he is neither conservative nor Repub.

And when, exactly, has he "embraced" his whiteness? Was it in his book that talked about "white folks greed"? Was it in turning his grandmother into the equivalent of Jeremiah Wright? And how come we never see these folksat any campaign event to include the convention?

Since I was first able to vote. Almost 30 years ago. I have been trying to decide, am I a democrat or a republican. I am registered as an Unaffiliated
voter. But I am more worried about the democrats social programs then I am about anything the republicans can do.

So looking at both candidates and not liking or believing either one. I went for Mccain. Now that I look back at my earlier posts. I have to admit that had all things been the same. With Obama running as the conservative. I would then have considered Obama the better candidate. I still have issues with some of his earlier speeches and some of his underlying racial comments.

I know I just back peddled a bit. I guess it took you and your comments to get me to look at it closer.

alekas wrote:

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he uses his race every time he talks about how "they" are going to talk about his not looking like the others, etc. Only 'they' didn't do that; could be that Obama could have been purple and it would not have mattered. Conservatives and Repubs oppose him for the radical reason that he is neither conservative nor Repub.
And when, exactly, has he "embraced" his whiteness? Was it in his book that talked about "white folks greed"? Was it in turning his grandmother into the equivalent of Jeremiah Wright? And how come we never see these folksat any campaign event to include the convention?

Obviously you haven't been listening, his grandmother is ill and unable to travel and as soon as the election is over, his plans are to visit. And what evidence do you have that he hasn't embraced his whiteness? I think he is very comfortable in the skin he is in: both black and white. And just throwing this out there ... why is it he is always referred to as black? Simply because his skin is darker? I've heard him numerous times speaking of his biracial being, guess you missed that too.

And furthemore, on the topic of race:

Established and well-respected Conservatives have criticized McCain's campaign for the nasty and at times violent and racist tone of its political rallies ... so, how is Obama guilty and McCain isn't

Wondering wrote:

And furthemore, on the topic of race:
Established and well-respected Conservatives have criticized McCain's campaign for the nasty and at times violent and racist tone of its political rallies ... so, how is Obama guilty and McCain isn't

LOL your like that energizer bunny. Keep going and going.

They are both guilty. People are just look at Mccain under a microscope to slip up and say something even close to a racial comment. Oboma can do no wrong in the liberal medias eye.