I have heard people refer to him as white but it's immediately dismissed because of his skin color and as you said the way skin color is looked at.
I do understand what you are saying to some degree BUT we have to face reality that up until now race has never been considered. Why? Well the Presidents have all been rich (usually rich) white men. When nearly every serious candidate up until recently has been white there has not been any contrast to compare voters reasoning regarding race.
Here's what I can tell you about myself. I have NEVER voted for or against someone based on their skin color, nor will I ever. I have however been an ignorant voter and voted for a letter next to a name (Republican or Democrat) because I was lazy and didn't take the time to research the candidates. I'd have to say age (maturity) was partially to blame but regardless of my reasoning I will never go into a voting booth again without knowing at a bare minimum the voting records of each one of the candidates. I really hope the days of whoever has the best campaign attack ads wins is over.
By taking this side I'm not saying I would vote for her in 2012 but compared to our current President's experience she is every bit as qualified (More qualified actually)as him.
This was obvious from the start. Are there any pictures of his driveway on the internet? I would bet seeing his driveway would make this even more obvious. It is probably like a 4 lane highway.
Ryan, you are absolutely right, BUT when a white candidate was winning this statement wasn't made. So the group of people is obviously the one who helped a black man become president. At least it is obvious to me. I would hope that you could pause for a second and consider how that looks to other people.
Also, I have to say Obama could be considered a white president too. I think the fact that no group of people have stood up to say he is a white president says something about how skin color is looked at in America.
I do watch tv, listen to radio, and read newspapers and news magazines and they are all saying that there were many signs that this guy was about to pop off. Many complaints had been brought against him within the military but we're so concerned with being politically correct that nothing was done about it.
The constitution is like an insurance policy for the continued freedom that has always made our country us so different and successful. When you remove freedoms (as our present leaders are doing) you begin the destruction of free enterprise which is the one thing that has always attracted the best and brightest to this country. This leaves us with the very important question, "why" ? Why would your leaders want to dismantle the very document that has made us the best and most powerful country in the world? Think about it.
You'd be pressed to find anyone with an ounce of intelligence that would deny there was a group of people who voted against Obama because he's a black man but it's just as obvious that there was a group of people who voted for Obama because he's a black man. Both groups are equally ignorant (One of which is based on hate and is understandably worse) because their votes were cast on skin color and not candidate substance.
The comment above doesn't imply which group of people need to think before they vote, simply that we all need to think, research, and review things such as voting records when deciding who to vote for. So basically don't be an ignorant voter.
I have a hard time seeing the denial; maybe I'm in denial about the denial? Frankly it doesn't matter how well thought out your vote is if you have two horrible candidates to choose from which brings me to my next point. Casting a vote is no longer enough, we all have to get involved. If deadbeats keep winning the primaries we have no hope.
I do understand what you are saying to some degree BUT we have to face reality that up until now race has never been considered. Why? Well the Presidents have all been rich (usually rich) white men. When nearly every serious candidate up until recently has been white there has not been any contrast to compare voters reasoning regarding race.
Here's what I can tell you about myself. I have NEVER voted for or against someone based on their skin color, nor will I ever. I have however been an ignorant voter and voted for a letter next to a name (Republican or Democrat) because I was lazy and didn't take the time to research the candidates. I'd have to say age (maturity) was partially to blame but regardless of my reasoning I will never go into a voting booth again without knowing at a bare minimum the voting records of each one of the candidates. I really hope the days of whoever has the best campaign attack ads wins is over.
Also, I have to say Obama could be considered a white president too. I think the fact that no group of people have stood up to say he is a white president says something about how skin color is looked at in America.
The comment above doesn't imply which group of people need to think before they vote, simply that we all need to think, research, and review things such as voting records when deciding who to vote for. So basically don't be an ignorant voter.
I have a hard time seeing the denial; maybe I'm in denial about the denial? Frankly it doesn't matter how well thought out your vote is if you have two horrible candidates to choose from which brings me to my next point. Casting a vote is no longer enough, we all have to get involved. If deadbeats keep winning the primaries we have no hope.