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#1 Democrats in rural strongholds refuse to give backing to Obama
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06-08-2008, 05:02 PM
Johnny Telvor was not happy about Barack Obama becoming the Democratic presidential nominee. Not happy at all. Standing outside the sturdy courthouse in the sweltering heat of a West Virginia afternoon in the small town of Williamson, Telvor smoked a cigarette and bluntly gave his opinion of Obama's historic mission to be America's first black president. 'We'll end up slaves. We'll be made slaves just like they was once slaves,' he said. Telvor, a white Democrat who supported Hillary Clinton in West Virginia's primary, said he planned to vote for Republican John McCain in November. 'At least he's an American,'...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008...hillaryclinton
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GoldwaterGuest
06-08-2008, 05:18 PM
Out of all the reasons to vote against Barack Obama, this guy chooses his skin color. :|
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06-08-2008, 05:23 PM
I think a lot of people will vote based on skin color, sadly; this guy is just honest enough to say so. I can't see how voting for Obama will fit with my interests at all, which is my objection to him; it's policy-based, not complexion-based.
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06-08-2008, 05:30 PM
But behind such optimism, another America looms. It is an America far from the headlines that have proclaimed Obama's candidacy a revolution that will atone for a race-tinged history. This is the America where outrageous rumours that Obama is a Muslim are readily believed. It is the America where Telvor is able to voice a sentiment that 'Obama might actually be the antichrist' without apparent irony or fear of contradiction.
poor, white Americans
I don't actually even believe that a huge percentage voted for Obama only because he is black.-
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In actual dollars, President Obama’s $4.4 trillion in deficit spending in just three years is 37 percent higher than the previous record of $3.2 trillion (held by President George W. Bush) in deficit spending for an entire presidency. It’s no small feat to demolish an 8-year record in just 3 years.
Under Obama’s own projections, interest payments on the debt are on course to triple from 2010 (his first budgetary year) to 2018, climbing from $196 billion to $685 billion annually.
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06-08-2008, 05:33 PM
Looks like the media is trying to invent a narrative--and a reason for a totally unqualified candidate not to win. If Barack loses, the world media can say, "Look at those racist Americans!" and not , "Why did the Democratic party aid and abet a completely unqualified guy to become the candidate?"
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GoldwaterGuest
06-08-2008, 05:37 PM
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06-08-2008, 05:44 PM
I'll bet you there were just as many out there who didn't want a woman telling them what to do either. In some places, they went with race, in others they went with gender. Six of one, half dozen of the other. The sad thing is that EVERYONE was more qualified than Obama, and the most qualified (Dodd, Biden) couldn't even get a foothold. Even that king of insanity, Dennis Kucinich, got more coverage.
And Biden was gotten out of the way early by being accused of racism for saying that Obama was "articulate." This was the same crap the Obama folks used on the Clintons. Some day, we have to get to the point where we overlook the race baiting and vote for the more experienced person anyway.
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06-08-2008, 05:45 PM
I think you're right. I worked the polls at the primary here and was sadened by the horrible comments I heard from the voters.
I don't care what Obama's race is - it's his policies that worry me.
Originally Posted by elspeth
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06-08-2008, 07:34 PM
Besides he's mulatto not black. So if we don't vote for him we're also 50% racist against whites.
Woe to those who call evil good
and good evil,
who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter.
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
and clever in their own sight.
Isaiah 5:20-21
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06-08-2008, 07:56 PM
So Obama's not an American? What does it take to be an American?
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