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To: epicure who wrote (242520)	3/17/2008 11:14:08 PM
From: gamesmistress	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793846

If we wish to lessen the feeling in the black community that whites bear real malice toward blacks, I can't think of a better way to dispel that than to elect a person of color. I don't cast my vote for President of the United States in order to make any one "feel better".

To: epicure who wrote (242520)	3/17/2008 11:15:16 PM
From: mph	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 793846

You haven't actually answered my question. How do YOU feel about it? I personally think that Obama is a phony. There is no way that Wright was his mentor for 20+ years without Obama having an inkling of his deep seated hatred for "white America." If Obama were truly unaware, then he is too stupid to even hold a job, let alone aspire to the Presidency. I don't think Obama could have stuck with Wright for all these years unless he agreed with him on these extreme positions. Obama just wants to pretend to the contrary. If Obama wants to be the uniter he claims to be, then he cannot pander to this "POV..(you claim) is well established in the black community." Not all, or even most, Blacks are as extreme as Wright and his congregation. When you say that a way to dispel "the feeling in the black community that whites bear real malice towards blacks" is to elect a "person of color", what you're really saying is that we should play the token game and vote based on nothing more than identity politics. I suppose you also agree with the notion that people like Geraldine Ferraro and Joe Biden were "racist" in their comments about Obama. After all, black people think whites bear malice against them...can't say anything lest it appears to be true, right? I belief it's time to actually be colorblind. But that's not what Obama supporters are all about...at least in my judgment. < edit: I see you changed your post after I had already replied. No more references to electing a "person of color" , etc. lol.....I can see why you changed it. The comment was pretty lame.>