For the first time in American politics we have a woman and an African-American in the running. It’s ugly out there and I’m not talking about attack ads. I am talking about the racial divide. No one last night on CNN had balls enough to answer the question posed by Lou Dobbs about race helping to get Obama votes. Obama garnered 81% of the black vote in North Carolina. Are people blindly voting for the black man? Does he really share the same experiences and values with the average black voter in NC? Are people simply voting for him because it’s the first time in their lives that they get to vote for a black man?
These are real issues that people are afraid to address. Let’s put it this way: put on your red sequin shows and pretend. What if there was a gay white man running against a straight white man in the Democratic primaries (to make things “even”). Would you as a gay male blindly vote for the gay male candidate? Would you vote for him if you didn’t agree with him on an issue such as gay marriage? Right now you would say, “Of course not!” Well, think again. How good would you feel voting for the first gay man. I’d feel pretty good. I felt great voting (again) for my woman Hillary. It is somehow fulfilling to vote for someone so much like you. I hated voting for John Kerry, but had to to combat Bush (how well did that work?).
Barack Obama is black so he gets the black vote. How stupid does that make Americans look? The world must be looking at us and laughing at our naivete that we don’t look at the issues before casting our votes. Think about it!
I personally don’t believe that Obama is electable. He does well with blacks and the well-to-do. Hillary does wonderful with the elderly, non-black rural and suburban voters, and blue collar workers. The blue collar, elderly, and gay voters that make up the “Hill-dawg’s” constituents are what I call real Americans. I say “real Americans” because they are the ones that matter in early November.
There are still violent racists in this country and it’s not time for him. She’s got more experience and while polarizing, we are much more ready for a woman in the White House. I’m your traditional moderate Democrat from a blue collar family in rural Pennsylvania that looks to her to solve my problems. She will. Unfortunately, I have major doubts as to whether she will be nominated by the DNC. If that does not happen, I will help the community with its due diligence in choosing the more gay-friendly candidate. I don’t know who that is yet.
Fine, call me racist. Luckily I spent 6 years living in the New York metro area, thereby having to face my fears of people from various ethnic backgrounds and worked hard to purge those prejudices. The news media looks at African-American populations while determining the electability of Obama. How wrong is that? How dumb does that make us ALL look?
Are people voting for Obama simply because of his race?
- Yes (63%, 5 Votes)
- No (25%, 2 Votes)
- Not Sure (13%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 8
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