Obama: Is his color more important than the real issues?

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  Posted by Jessica Fri Jun 6, 2008 12:46pm PDT

  I agree with you. Ever since he started running its been all about his race. Who cares!!! I suppose the media thinks people will vote for him simply because of his color and not care about any of the issues he stands for.

  If he were to win the election, I'm sure we would have to hear all about his color for the next FOUR years!!!! ugh!

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  Posted by cassandra Fri Jun 6, 2008 1:01pm PDT

  Well i think of Obama for more than being blak i think he would be a great president due to the fact of having intrest in all the wrong things that's going on in this country will to fix the mess that Bush made helping people like myself getting good paying jobs to take care of their family so no his color really dont matter he could be green blue pink or yellow.

  i use to think that the clients was cool for our ountry i didn't hold against him that he ccheated on his wife! i fill kind of ill with thrm now cause everyone true olor can come out in due time (just plain evil)

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  Posted by india Fri Jun 6, 2008 1:08pm PDT

  you are obviously white. had you any incling of what it is like to be of minority race in this country then you would understand the absolute magnitude of finally electing a Black president. it's easy for you to minimize the importnace of his color because you have no idea that what his color means to those of us, of color, is that finally, FINALLY, there will be someone in the whitehouse who, at the very least, we can relate to. his color means that he sees this country through simililar eyes, because he was raised in it the same way we were... as a minority. of course the issues he stands for are important...duh...but it's his color that initially inspires me, especially as a minority, to even consider voting.

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  Posted by SunShine Fri Jun 6, 2008 1:15pm PDT

  To take notice of Senator Obama as a person of color, or as a non-white candidate for the presidency is one thing, and even to recognize him as the first non-white candidate to win the nomination is another worthy recognition. However, this obession with skin color is the thinking of small minds. Sadly, in this country we still have small thinkers who continue to divert the real issues, and focus more on irrelevancy. We can start by blaming the media who has turned this entire campaign into circus of primetime entertainment. It's all hype, and people will continue to feed from it. Maybe one day people will transcend through from the ignorance of old, until then I can only hope and pray.

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  Posted by BLKNIFICENT Fri Jun 6, 2008 1:17pm PDT

  WELL; AS they SAY IT ALL GOES DOWN IN history...

  i say we can DO THE DAMN THANG. we as americans must get together to appreciate one another in the U $ A...my GOD, love each other.. I AM A $INGLE MOTHER OF TWO adorable little people; DAMN; IT IS TOUGH ENOUGH TO MANAGE WHAT IS GOING ON LOCALLY; WHY IN THE WORLD -ARE- ( r e publicans so eager to compromise with non-americans)???

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  Posted by SunShine Fri Jun 6, 2008 1:23pm PDT

  To India: I'm black, and I hate to break the news to you, but Barack Obama is biracial. If you look at this accomplishment made by Obama in the proper way, you would see that it is an recognition for ALL minorities, not just for blacks.

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  Posted by Mmgirl Fri Jun 6, 2008 1:23pm PDT

  WOW! It is so sad that you feel that you never had a say before a black man ran for president. To think that maybe if you had voted in the past things might be on a different path in this country. To open your eyes up a bit I am white but I have never been the majority race where I have lived. I grew up in a poor home and we lived in the ghetto. I have defended this country through military service right next to every other race there is. White is no longer the majority in this country. Open up your mind and see past color!

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  Posted by Mmgirl Fri Jun 6, 2008 1:27pm PDT

  SunShine 8 I compeletly agree with you! However the person before your post would say you must be white because you just don't get it. I honestly could care less about race. I want to know that the person I am voting for can do the job. I want to know where they stand and I want that information readily available to me. I do not want to sort through hundreds of articles to find the 2 sentances on how he feels about taxes because they are all focused on his color. That was my point in posting this.

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  Posted by SunShine Fri Jun 6, 2008 1:37pm PDT

  Misty, I agree with you about the way this campaign has been covered. As a black woman, obviously I do recognize that this is indeed a monumental event, with having a minority as one of the nominees for the presidency of the United States. But as you stated, it seems like the media has headlines Obama's campaign with his minority status. I mean, we don't need to hear 20 minutes about his racial accomplishment, then hear about 5 minutes of his political views! It's time to hear more about his views....the election will be here in 5 months!! Let's get busy in choosing the right president to lead us further into the millennium. God be with us all.

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  Posted by Mari Fri Jun 6, 2008 1:40pm PDT

  His color shouldn't matter, but in reality, he's a black man in America. When he wasn't "Barack Obama," he was a black man with the "black man's" experience. I'm glad he had the privilege of growing up in Hawaii and experiencing the world, but Barack said himself that if he was arrested, he's be identified as "black." So why be ashamed of being black during the good times, when he knows his identity during the bad.

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