Barack Hussain Obama...........
Dec 14th 2006, 11:39 pm
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Re: Barack Hussain Obama...........
A functionally senile President sounds attractive to me.
Dec 15th 2006, 2:18 am
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Re: Barack Hussain Obama...........
Originally Posted by elfman
Call me a pedantic git (and you wouldn't be the first) but George Bush sr had been president for the best part of a year when the Berlin wall came down. How much credit he and Reagan (who was functionally senile by the last few years of his presidency) can take for the collapse of the communist bloc remains very much open to debate, and there's plenty of stuff about the Reagan administration that does warrant the description "cock-up".
Dec 15th 2006, 2:22 am
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Re: Barack Hussain Obama...........
Originally Posted by BE Widow
A bit off topic, but only a bit. Has anyone else noticed that there has been a recent increase in media ads (in the US) that feature models looking like Obama?
BTW - He'll get my vote.
BTW - He'll get my vote.
He'll get my vote too. He's good for America, IMO.
Dec 15th 2006, 4:31 am
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Re: Barack Hussain Obama...........
Originally Posted by Leslie66
He's good for America, IMO.
Dec 15th 2006, 3:24 pm
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Re: Barack Hussain Obama...........
He doesn't like queers, so he's out in my book. Plus I get the feeling he's oh so fabricated to appeal to the "minorities" (obviously as long as they're not gay). I vote for Hillary....well I would if I could but I can't.
Dec 15th 2006, 3:44 pm
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Re: Barack Hussain Obama...........
Originally Posted by Rockgurl
He doesn't like queers, so he's out in my book. Plus I get the feeling he's oh so fabricated to appeal to the "minorities" (obviously as long as they're not gay). I vote for Hillary....well I would if I could but I can't.
I wouldn't if I could and I might be able not to.
Dec 15th 2006, 4:01 pm
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Re: Barack Hussain Obama...........
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
I wouldn't if I could and I might be able not to.
Dec 15th 2006, 4:07 pm
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Re: Barack Hussain Obama...........
Originally Posted by Rockgurl
He doesn't like queers, so he's out in my book. Plus I get the feeling he's oh so fabricated to appeal to the "minorities" (obviously as long as they're not gay). I vote for Hillary....well I would if I could but I can't.
Dec 15th 2006, 4:22 pm
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Re: Barack Hussain Obama...........
Originally Posted by Rockgurl
He doesn't like queers, so he's out in my book. Plus I get the feeling he's oh so fabricated to appeal to the "minorities" (obviously as long as they're not gay). I vote for Hillary....well I would if I could but I can't.
If the New York Columnist can be believed, the minorities don't think much of him. They don't consider him Black because of his mixed race and also because he has not experienced being Black in America (inner city or southern) because of his middle class background in a state off the mainland.
Dec 15th 2006, 4:31 pm
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Re: Barack Hussain Obama...........
Originally Posted by Rete
If the New York Columnist can be believed, the minorities don't think much of him. They don't consider him Black because of his mixed race and also because he has not experienced being Black in America (inner city or southern) because of his middle class background in a state off the mainland.
Dec 15th 2006, 4:46 pm
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Re: Barack Hussain Obama...........
Originally Posted by aragorngw
Yes, and this is something he is aware of and actually has been a large part of his life trying to find this connection to Black America. However, his work in Illinois before going to Harvard shows that he is a hard working guy who wants the best for his "constituents" regardless of race. That, to me, should outweigh the middle class background in Hawaii. He also grew up as a foreigner in Indonesia, so he has the background having to struggle as an outsider. It would be a bad thing if the Black community were to reject someone as "not black enough".
Dec 15th 2006, 4:51 pm
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Re: Barack Hussain Obama...........
Originally Posted by anotherlimey
I bet I know who most Black people would vote for if it were "Joe Republican" Vs. "A Half Black/Half White" Democrat.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Officia...can_candidates
BTW McCain will be 72 years old in 2008. Doesn't that alone count against him?
Dec 15th 2006, 5:25 pm
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Re: Barack Hussain Obama...........
Originally Posted by elfman
You beat me to it. I would expect the vast majority of black people to vote for Obama before pretty much any of these people:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Officia...can_candidates
BTW McCain will be 72 years old in 2008. Doesn't that alone count against him?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Officia...can_candidates
BTW McCain will be 72 years old in 2008. Doesn't that alone count against him?
