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Originally Posted by meknow
What does electing Obama have to do with historical importance?
The historical importance will be adjudged at a future time and the verdict will depend upon what he is blamed for or not given credit for as are all leaders.
I laugh find it funny listening at people saying that they are voting for Obama because he is black and it is time....and they cite "the King Dream."
yet it seems as if they do not remember what King said..."not for the color of their skin, but the content of their character."
no put down on Barack...I just think that this is a time that we need to use to inform our people about voting...the whys and whats.... we can break away from being prostituted by the parties solely for numbers sake....
barack is not better or worse than any of the three running...I am glad that he is defining his message of change. He could have handled the Wright situation much better.
Though it be sometimes costly, I would rather be myself than PC....
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since when from the beginning of time would an election not be based on someone 'similar'. why shoudl it be black people to move on? as if any other country would do differently. why do some black people put so much invincibility on themselves as if white people do not vote for their own interests. its worked for them so whats the problem?
not that him being black shoudl be the only reason, but im not naive enough to beleive that black people have not through out history made very rational descision that transend race and based on the content of the person's character. so if now they all throw that out the window to make history then hell.. so be it.
i dont think he coudl have handled wright any better, he would have probably hung himself. you cant sit in the mans church for 20yrs and then get exposed by fox and suddenly not know anything the man has been talking about.