[Jewish Press] - The significance of race in the presidential campaign is undeniable - but not in the manner Barack Obama and his supporters would like us to think. The fact is, it was race that propelled Sen. Obama to the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, as he received more than 90 percent of the African American vote in the primaries.
Yet this level of near unanimous support in the black community has never been characterized by the media as a form of racism, even though it plainly reflects widespread decision-making based solely upon race. In the early going, Sen. Hillary Clinton was running well ahead of Sen. Obama among black voters, but the instant Sen. Obama proved himself to be a viable candidate, the black vote moved en masse to him form Sen. Clinton. That is what it is. What truly matters are the efforts of the Obama camp to thwart legitimate criticism by planting the specter of racism. If Sen. Obama is to be believed, the fact that he is African-American means the very same criticisms that would be deemed legitimate if directed at a white candidate are off limits when it comes to him. Since last week, this effort to immunize Obama has picked up steam. When he was first criticized for his longtime association with Reverend Jeremiah Wright over the latter's cursing from the pulpit the United States, Israel and white people in general... - http://www.jewishpress.com/printArticle.cfm?contentid=36649 On Oct 17, 6:00 pm, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > why do people insist on calling him black. he is just as much white > as he is black. he is only exploiting his black side to dupe the > brothers into voting for him. the only time he mentions his white > side is to tell everyone his white granny is a racist. > > On Oct 17, 5:49 pm, jgg1000a <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > the desire to be consider NOT none PC... > > > On Oct 17, 2:33 pm, studio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Oct 17, 8:40 am, "d.b.baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Political correctness has taught people to lie to pollsters rather > > > > than be forced to explain why they're not voting for the African- > > > > American. > > > > This is just about as non-sensical as it comes. > > > Why do people have to lie so much? > > > > People should not tell anyone who they're voting for, period. > > > It is pollsters who make a business out of other peoples private > > > matters, > > > when it's really none of their business to know. > > > > Exercise your right not to answer questions that aren't other peoples > > > business. > > > > When asked who he was going to support; Joe the Plumber said; > > > "I don't tell anyone that". > > > > And that's the way it should be. > > > > You can draw your own conclusions and assumptions about me and my > > > motives... > > > But I could absolutely positively prove that you would be wrong in > > > figuring > > > who I support and why. > > > > I'll give you a hint though; > > > I've never voted for anyone that ever won...and am proud of the fact. > > > > For those of you that do vote for "winners"...you can expect my > > > occasional > > > tongue lashings on a regular basis. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
