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Originally Posted by BigRapidsJackass

But in states with roughly 15-20 percent black populations, white voters flock to Hilary. They seem to fear black people with political power

We now see that to rise to power he had to create the same messy coalitions as any other candidate -- yes, that meant sucking up to buffoons like Rev. Wright and currying favor with old '60s radicals like that Ayers guy (remember, his district included Hyde Park and the University of Chicago radical crowd).

It'll be hard to distance himself from all that now. That's sad, because I really think he is a sensible candidate, far more centrist than Hilary, far more open to new ideas to solve old problems.

What is the white fear? I tend to lean to comic Jon Stewart's idea, and he asked Obama this directly, "do you plan on enslaving the white race when you get elected?" Is that it? Or giving all the money that's left in the US Treasury (is there any, or does Bush just print it now, when he needs it, like for the economic stimulus rebates) to black people and doubling the taxes on whites? What is the fear? That Louis Farakhan will be Secretary of State? Could he do a worse job than Cheney and Rumsfeld?

Jackass, I forget how old you are. I'm 58. I stayed out of the Vietnam War, and the draft, by being a college student and then getting a high enuf lottery number. I still think the Vietnam War was a bad war, just like the Iraq War is a bad one for America (and the world for that matter). William Ayers was a bomb planting radical but hey, I protested the war too!

It's all spin. Why do you call Rev Wright a buffoon? I watched him on Bill Moyers Friday and he came across as very thoughtful and likeable. It's people like Rush and the corporate media who constantly play JUST THE GD AMERICA 7 second clip, out of context, that paint him as a threat. And here we have Rush actively calling for riots in Denver, burn Denver down during the Democratic Convention. Why isn't RUSH thrown off the air like Imus was, or at least suspended or even just reprimanded? Or jailed for inciting to riot?

I think Hillary is far more centrist than Barack, which is why I don't like her. She sounds like a Republican half the time. I will never get past that dodging sniper fire in Bosnia snafu. Obama stands for change which we desperately need. He saw that the war in Iraq was wrong from the get go. He has superior judgment to the other 2 candidates. Look at the big picture.