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Blogs like JJP are simply KIIIILLLLINNG the old guard of politics - I LUV IT!
And a BIG "VIRTUAL DAP" to you!!!! :>) :>)
This new meme is probably a tactic to convince black voters that Obama will set them back.
www.jedreport.com/2008/07/okay/now/mccain.html
The article begins: "Gold star goes to the first person who can figure what the ****** his real position is on ending the war."
I still must have my "DISS THE DUDE" attitude on. And 'MCANCIENT" helps me keep it on!
WHEW! (DEEP BREATHS!)
Black people voting 80, 90 percent for the black guy OH NOES! CAN'T HAVE THAT! THEY AREN'T THINKING CRITICALLY! THEY'RE THINKING EMOTIONALLY! THEY'RE GIVING OBAMA A PASS BECAUSE HE'S BLACK! THEY'RE GOING TO BE DISAPPOINTED IF A PRESIDENT OBAMA DOESN'T GIVE THEM THEIR WAY! OH NOES!
It just boggles the mind.
And yes Town, what is this "mythical" pass that Obama is getting?? I really want to know that too. Hell, Tavis bashed Obama for weeks while singing Hillary's praises, I listened to more than enough black folks holler about Obama's Father Day speech on black radio, and Jesse flat out called him a n*gger...but he's getting a pass?? All that's left is too waterboard the man until he cries Toby...damn. Well, whatever, I don't care....HELL YEAH I'M VOTING FOR HIM BECAUSE HE'S BLACK!!! That's what I'd tell any of em that approached me with that bull....
Whew!!! (Deep breaths)!! :>) :>) :>)
Is a presidential candidate's race really the most important thing....or should we elect someone based on their actual postions (a novel thought!)?
(and excuse my language on a Sunday) Black people bitch when someone says that electing Obama could actually help to quell (NOT END!!) racism in this country, but then directly/indirectly suggest that every non-black person (or, in some sick twist of logic, some black people!!) who isn't voting for Obama is a racist. White people bitch when they disagree with Obama and are called racists, but then are accused of having "guilt" when they say that the Obama ascendancy might be good for this country.
Is this the most important issue we face?
Most important is in the eye of the beholoder.
I'm just of the opinion that racism-from all sides-isnt going anywhere, and that dwelling on it-by anyone-isnt helpful.
I think the problem comes from the fact you have people on TV talking reckless about a whole group of people, based on polling data, when there is no way to get a real sense of what they think--i.e. making assumptions about Black people that support Obama and why White people don't.
But, but, despite all that, I also find it interesting the standards that Obama is held to compared to other candidates in the past and even McCain. I have never seen someone that has had to twist, turn, duck, and dodge to please so many people at one time or be called a traitor to his race, unpatriotic, or a flip flopper.
Every other ethnic/racial group can support their own (ex. Jewish people) without any cries of "reverse racism", yet when WE support our own, we're criticized. GMAB!
I'm tired of US having to act like The Get Along Gang when it comes to racism, always being expected to include other groups into our world despite the fact that we're still left on the outside looking in when it comes to their world. Quite frankly, I think it's high time that WE put US first, then maybe we'll get some respect!
The "they're only voting for Obama because he's black" meme is the excuse black Republicans offer up to their party to explain why their endless shilling isn't getting the GOP a good return on their investment.
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Anyone surprised this showed up on CNN?
They think they're slick. I will continue to refuse watching that network.
I second everthing that you said. No one questioned the "black vote" when we voted for John Kerry's boring ass. I don't know what the hell he stood for other than stem cell research. And that he was a dem. I voted for Wes Clark in the primary though.
Quick story--There was this nice Jewish guy on a talk radio show here in Atlanta a few months ago, he talked about voting for Lieberman, becase he was proud to vote for a Jewish man for president.
His whole show, he wanted black people to call in and answer if they were voting for Obama because he is black. He kept saying, "if you are, I understand, but is it right?". I am thinking, right or wrong is not the point. It is a personal choice, for whatever reasons.
He had his chance to show ethnic pride and vote for who in the hell he wanted without the MSM talking every night about Jewish people being wrong in voting for Lieberman because he was Jewish.
This shit sucks!
WHEW! (REAL DEEP BREATHS!! :>) :>)
If the price we have to pay for this presidency is more vigilance amongst ourselves to get our own shit together, my man couldn't have come along at a better time.
Ya'll better pray no one like me ever gets appointed as Secretary of End Self-Loathing cause I will get that shit together and over with.
Okay... Brown Man, the floor is yours >>>> Back to your SELF-LOATHING PROGRAMMING
www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/obama.prayer/index...
Pundits (political scientists, too) have no choice but to speak in generalities. There are 300 + million Americans. We have to aggregate and yes, sometimes, even stereotype. Quite frankly, because blacks actually vote together more consistently than any other group, that's just what happens. As long as blacks actually vote Democratic 8:2 or 9:1, nothing will change.
But wait... he's not running for president of Black America so that's the non-critical thinking, excuse everything excuse critics of Tavis Smiley, etc. like to use.
A-freakin'-mazing.
STOP LYING!!!!
But it's not about what you got mixed up. It's the fact that you would choose to lie. Whatever issues you have with Jesse or whoever, if they are as bad as you suggest they are, then there should be no reason for you to lie but for some reason you felt comfortable doing that and apparently feel comfortable with Obama treating everybody else but Black folks the way politicians are supposed to.
"Go ahead, choose the former... [to be upset about]."