Obama Informs NAACP His Election Will Not End Racism

It will expose those who are racist! From the post I’ve seen on this blog it is surly alive and well. PARTY UNITY! PUMA’s went out of style a long time ago!

“…His Election Will Not End Racism.”
He’s right; it will increase it.

rhys,
Obama’s run for POTUS is not increasing racism, it’s just exposing it.

what are you talking about robert?
democrats arent divided, and the DNC didnt pick a candidate, obama one fair and square, im sorry if you didnt watch the primaries or were uninformed but you and your puma pals are just boring now
i am also not a left wing radical and i support obama… oh nor am i black… oh uh
and the new yorker cartoon wasnt meant to be an attack on obama you silly man, so i guess im confused at what this convention thing your talking about is
if its meant to be like the new yorker the article was pretty good and wasnt negative or anti obama…
so are you contradicting yourself?

Unfortunately, there will always be racism, anti-semitism, exploitation etc. and it is always dead wrong. But I do hope with the nomination and potential election of Obama as president that those black folk who still harbor hate and resentment can find a way to get beyond that. Hate and resentment only damages the soul of those that carry it inside them. America is flawed and unfair in many respects, but it is a unique and incredible place that offers the promise of opportunity and equality to all.

WOW mccain just is the WORST candidate ever isnt he?
This guy has more shady people in his campaign then in LA alleys.
Posted by: bhrandon | Jul 15, 2008 10:38:40 AM
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The same can be said of Obama!
It is soooooooooooo strange that both of these :( Exceptional candidates (not) are running even in the polls.
Ya but not any division in either party, right?

Does he actually think he’s going to be elected president? Lol.

Julies,
You should hope he does. Phil Gramm is the architect of this mortgage meltdown and the banking failures.
John McCain thinks Phil Gramm is “an economic genuis”.
Under McCain you can kiss your house and your money goodbye.
But if you enjoy being homeless and penniless, then I guess McCain is your guy!

As Obama’s ratings go lower and lower against a really poor candidate like McCain will the Dems decide Hillary would be a better candidate at the convention?

As I sit back and laugh at all the fears that are echoing throughout these posts you all are not scratching the surface. Please remember that the party that you affiliate with started this ball rolling to the point to which we stand at now.
On one side you are scared for a man (first) of color (latter) to try to breathe life anew into the battered US and our economy. And on the other side of the fence we have a man who is tearing out pages from Bush’s playbook and running audibles…not to mention that he is an elder gentleman running for office.
If you all are scared and up in arms of a picture created by the NYer then you really have to do some soul searching within yourselves. You say that race relations are getting better when in reality it’s our youth that are trying to make some strides in uniting all young adults in all races to step up and make a real difference with new ideas and political viewpoints. AYet these politicians reflect your mindset and upbringing.
We made it ok for politicians to take money from lobbyists to fund their secret agenda. And yet we run when their hands get caught in the cookies jars of oil, real estate, energy and etc. We sneak off and hide instead of holding them accountable for their action because we made money off the deals that they done that the lesser members of the parties don’t see.
We have all been a witness to our current POTUS and we should all want a change for the future for our children instead of taking of our own selves. Step back from your lives and look at the US in chaos and ask yourselves, “Do you want you kids to live like this?”
We as a voting community have the power to force the candidates to speak on the issues…the question is will you take that step to do so? Regardless of what race is running for the WH, issues are still what they are to us and the world that is watching. If you want change…it starts with US first.
One thing that I am grateful for is that my parents did not teach me racism…the world did and painted a nice picture of ignorance to me. We all bleed red when it’s all over with.

Troubled
Ummm so you dont look at polls do you?
lol obama getting worse? lol
the media is just portraying it as such
obama is destroying mccain in state polls, while for some reason national polls have them very tight… makes no sense
hillary will not get the nod and if you think she will then the democrats refuse to win the election
to nominate hillary at the convention would mean somehow she has to start a campaign 20 million in the hole
LOL
yea… lets not nominate the guy whos been running a pretty succesful campaign and has all this money, and knows how to NOT go in debt
for someoen who is in debt! and has no money!
and hasnt been campaigning
oh and then totally confuse all the voters, and upset all the millions upon millions of voters that back obama
LOL yea hills getting the nod
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAA

Julie
Do you think obama wont be elected
LOL
sure looks like he will to me
THANK GOD like we need mccain in office
no thanks

Like the Rev. Wright said to Moyers…Obama says what he has to say as a politician. I hate the cadence in his speeches….but particularly when speaking to black audiences. If the 14% of blacks deliver 98% of their vote to BO (and they will) he still won’t win.
Hillary supporter for McCain!

Deb,
Please tell all of us what in McCain’s Health Care Plan you find so attractive that makes you want to vote for him?

LOL
john mccains economic advisor (former after he called americans whiners and that hte recession was only in our minds.. took mccain a few days to throw him under the bus) Phil Gramm
LOL
vote for mccain he will be sure that america is over taken by china before the end of his first term!

Senator Obama’s pushing for reparation will in fact promote more racism in our country. Most informed citizens know that it was waring tribes in Africa who rounded up opposing tribal young people and held them for the slave ships. Also, only one southern white family in 26 held slaves and many white families lost everything in the civil war.
All Americans should work together for the betterment of all our citizens with good education and jobs. Every healthy adult needs to be responsible for themselves and their families and not expect our government to bail out irresponsible people.

The audacity of Barack Obama knows no bounds. Who does he think he is chastising anyone in the black community or America at large with his “foreign language” comments. How many languages does Obama speak fluently? He has not even grasped English as of yet, “we got more work to do”?? LOL
The Obamarama has been a media driven illusion. Obama is neither qualified or electable.
The Democrats have a chance to rectify this unfortunate situation at the DNC convention in late August in Denver when the ACTUAL vote on the nomination takes place. The Democrats should have an open process with both Hillary and Obama being placed in nomination, speeches from both and on behalf of both, both names on the ballots, and votes allowed and ALL votes counted. It would be great and demonstrate what democracy is supposed to be about.
Hillary Clinton remains the most qualified and most electable candidate in the race. Hillary has already the popular vote, winning MORE votes than ANY candidate of ANY party in history. Let’s give credit where it’s long overdue.
The Democrats would be foolish to cast aside Hillary Clinton. Until the ACTUAL votes is taken, Obama is simply the unqualified, arrogant, PRESUMPTIVE nominee!
It’s Hillary or McCain. Country first, party second.

K,
You have keep holding your breath and stomping your pudgy little feet, but it aint gonna happen!
Get over it! Hillary will more than likely become Secretary of State. Which would be great. Voting McCain is you choice, a poor one, at best.

K
you dont realize how silly you sound
yea lets nominate someone for the presidency who cant even keep her campaign out of debt
lol
lets elect hillary at the convention so we can figure out how in the world we will ever win with her as the nominee
obama is doing awesome, hes leading mccain in places he shouldnt be, and is close in places he def shouldnt be
oh and he has money and a campaign that is actually functioning
also a good idea to formulate an attack on grammar as mccain is so absolutely positively correct in most of his grammar LOL
and why ever would you attack someone for suggesting we as americans actually learn other languages…
guess what
it helps us be more competitive in the world

K
and how is mccain going to balance the budget? how is he paying for all these programs and continuing the war in iraq

Free speech.
“I may disagree with what you say, but I defend to the death your right to say it” Voltaire

Deb
if you care so much about the country why in the world would you ever vote for mccain?
if you truly are a hillary supporter why in teh world would you ever vote for mccain
what in hillarys policies that you liked so much to vote for her, are you able to draw parallels between her and mccain over obama?

Obama tough love is the best to be said
to the Black community. My son left his
family of five kids. He is one of the
young blacks that leave their wifes with the kids. One of his son join a
gang. I am a ex-probation officer(ret)
after 38 years. I saw the Blacks in jail, prison,probation and patrol. This
must stop.
Alphonso T.

It would be more interesting to hear Barack Obama speculate about the effect his election might have on racism. Negative statements can’t be proven.
So far the surface change is that he and his can talk about it but other people can’t. On the other hand, there is a subtle change that many who might have talked about it are deciding it isn’t worth the risk, while others are deciding that white guilt is for the other guy.
In short, it is having a desensitizing effect. Any idea how an Obama administration could change that post-election?

I wish Obama would quit lecturing black men. Last time I looked, irresponsible fatherhood was not limited to black men.
No, I don’t think his election will end racism. Watched an interesting PBS special last night titled “The Last World War,” referring to what has happened SINCE World War II. The author and narrator pointed out that what happened in the former Yugoslavia: despite all the intermarriage – for centuries, no less – between Christians and Muslims, it took very little to start genocide. I like what Desmond Tutu says: We seem to have a human need to feel superior to others who are different.

MLK’s dream was to have a man’s worth measured by the quality of his ideas, not the color of his skin.
Obama wants to be elected on the basis of the color of his skin, never mind his ideas, the lack thereof, or their quality.
Obama also wants to be elected on the basis of the color of his skin without thinking about the color of the skin of the people who raised him, educated him, were his neighbors, etc., etc.
MLK opposed racism. Obama depends upon it.

DEB:
Next time, how about someone like
Colin Powell?
;-)

Obama is a bad misstake just waiting to happen. May God be with us.