I try to be colorblind, really hard.
Then I read the paper and it has articles like:

OMFG, BLACK DUDE DOES STUFF!!
Interviewer: Hey, you there, black person, how do you feel about this?
Al Sharpton: We in the black community...

So if Obama wins, we're misogynists; if Clinton wins, we're racists. Of course, if neither win, we're a backwards third-world country who can't stand to not have a white male president. Based on that theory, for whom should we vote?

LadyHawke911: So if Obama wins, we're misogynists; if Clinton wins, we're racists. Of course, if neither win, we're a backwards third-world country who can't stand to not have a white male president. Based on that theory, for whom should we vote?

Condoleezza Rice?

"If he had been a minister and never a governor, especially a governor who was re-elected ... he wouldn't be in this situation,"

The sound you hear is Pat Robertson slapping his forehead.

/and then preparing to lift an airplane with his Legs of Unusual Strength

LadyHawke911: So if Obama wins, we're misogynists; if Clinton wins, we're racists. Of course, if neither win, we're a backwards third-world country who can't stand to not have a white male president. Based on that theory, for whom should we vote?

Michael Jackson?

I wouldn't so much say colorblind. America's more wary of the alternate possibilities.

//Still says Hillary is really Chicken Boo

LadyHawke911: So if Obama wins, we're misogynists; if Clinton wins, we're racists. Of course, if neither win, we're a backwards third-world country who can't stand to not have a white male president. Based on that theory, for whom should we vote?

Well, if either Clinton or Obama wins, we're a Christian-hating pack of religious oppressors.

Hell we knew that after OJ walked free.

Being black isn't the biggest problem that Barack Hussein Obama has.

We spell `colour' with a `u' behind the second `o' - in Canada/UK.

Just thought I'd throw that in here.

Um, that is all.

If we don't vote for Kucinich, does that make us leprephobes?

Obama has black ancestors and white ancestors, so he can appeal to both groups. Likewise, he has both X and Y chromosomes, and comes from a long line of men and women, so it's not sexist to support him.

/heh

oldfarthenry
We spell `colour' with a `u' behind the second `o' - in Canada/UK.

I still think it should be "colre," to go along with "metre" and "theatre."

Hillary has a penis, so the argument is moot.

If we vote for him because he's BLACK, does that mean we're goth wannabees?

Why reject the conjunctive? Racist and misogynist

oldfarthenry: We spell `colour' with a `u' behind the second `o' - in Canada/UK.

Just thought I'd throw that in here.

Um, that is all.

We don't have time for superfluous vowels, yo, we got conspiracies to unravel!

/most of the world is not Canada/UK
//just sayin'

oldfarthenry: We spell `colour' with a `u' behind the second `o' - in Canada/UK.

You also seriously mispronounce aluminum.
Just thought I'd throw it back at ya
/alyoumineeyum

I'll take "misogynist" for a Thousand, Alex.

Has anyone seen my </i> tag?

Only if one considers Iowa to be a representational cross-section of America.

oldfarthenry: We spell `colour' with a `u' behind the second `o' - in Canada/UK.

Just thought I'd throw that in here.

Um, that is all.

Take your aeroplane back to your own country.

/I'm colorblind here.
//Green Yellow, and it sucks.

We're not so much colorblind as we are (becoming) meritocratic voters in the aftermath of the Bush presidency. Forget race, he could be some kind of robot or lizard man or whatever, so long as his voting record and accomplishments suggest efficacy he'd capture the votes of anyone remotely objective.

I think prior to Bush there was a private consensus amongst evangelical Christians that "If we get a True Christian (i.e. wealthy caucasian methodist/protestant/baptist) into the white house, surely that'll fix everything. Because the problem with this country obviously can't be us, it must be everyone else, and a real upstanding Christian leader from our ranks would easily sort everything out. With the power of Christ behind him, how could he fail? The more religious a nation we become, the more we will prosper" Of course people of any worldview think this because of favoritism towards people who share their views, a sort of 'ideological nepotism'. At any rate even former evangelical supporters seem to have at least partially realized their mistake, as they've dropped support for Bush in droves. The problem is that now they've thrown their support behind Huckabee, probably thinking "That last one was a fluke. Obviously a TRUE Christian wouldn't have screwed up so badly, therefore Bush wasn't a true Christian, he was just a faker. Huckabee's the genuine article, let's get HIM into the white house and turn this into a Christian nation! After all I can think of no example where mixing church and state has resulted in anything other than utopia, am I right?"

I'm no less susceptible to ideological nepotism as an atheist than any christian or muslim would be, which is why I make a point to harbor no delusion that an openly atheistic candidate would necessarily be a better leader than a theistic one; "voting your beliefs" accomplishes nothing except making yourself into a readily used resourced for candidates seeking to sweep up large demographics by pretending to be a part of them. Besides which I'd rather look past what they wear on their sleeve and judge them by how they have voted on issues in the past and what they have accomplished with their lives. This approach would improve the decision making process for people of any ideology and thwart the ambitions of genuinely lousy candidates who otherwise would be able to get into office by exploiting the public's tendency towards ideological nepotism.

If anyone's still thinking of voting for Huckabee out of some misguided sense of religious duty, please reconsider. Next to Obama, the guy is a clapping, singing passenger of the 'short bus' that is modern America. Do we really want to put him at the wheel?

If Obama has nothing to hide then why is he so brown?

BillCo: Being black isn't the biggest problem that Barack Hussein Obama has.

I don't think the number of people turned off by a name is significant. If it is, Huckabee and Willard Mitt have problems of their own.

Anyway, knuckledraggers turned off by a man's name don't sound like the progressive types who would line up for a black guy whatever his name was. Or a Mormon, for that matter.

LadyHawke911: So if Obama wins, we're misogynists; if Clinton wins, we're racists. Of course, if neither win, we're a backwards third-world country who can't stand to not have a white male president. Based on that theory, for whom should we vote?

RON PAUL

I've often wondered if a lot of the support for B. Hussein Obama comes from a bit of 'White Guilt' that causes people to vote for him specifically because he is black.

I read that headline as my prick was misogynistic. Hardly.

Colorblind or misogynistic?

Probably the first.

The "misogynist" part relies on Hillary being electable on her own merits. Of which she has none except "used to sleep with President Clinton," and apparently a lot of people have that in their resume.

Shaggy_C: I've often wondered if a lot of the support for B. Hussein Obama comes from a bit of 'White Guilt' that causes people to vote for him specifically because he is black.

I've often wondered if obsession with his middle name comes from a bit of "white racism" that causes people to vote against him specifically because he's black.

Shaggy_C
I've often wondered why people use Obama's middle name? Is it to provoke some anti Islamic fervor? Is it to stir up images of Saddam and link Obama to terror? Why do it? Are you racist? Xenophobic? Stupid? I don't any of the GOP middle names, why is Obama's relevant? It's not like he chose it and if he changed it one can only imagine the Fox newscasts.

Heh.
That HL reminded me of the recent report of a "scholarly" paper from Israel where
the authors attributed the lack of IDF soldiers raping Palestinian women to.....
....
wait for it.....
....
RASCISM!!!!!

//Yes, they seriously suggested that if their fellow Israelis were truly not racist against
//arabs they'd be showing their love by raping them.

//This particular exercise in USA moonbattery merely proves to illustrate that if
//you take "Women Studies" or "African-American Studies" you WILL see causes
//for grievances not apparent to the average person not so blessed.
//Whether or not they exist - or are justified.

Great minds and all ... Cheers Mandrake

scottso: BROS BEFORE HOES



Yeah man.

Of course you know Obama is only half and half race wise. Still:



I LOL'd

Shaggy_C: I've often wondered if a lot of the support for B. Hussein Obama comes from a bit of 'White Guilt' that causes people to vote for him specifically because he is black.

I guess you could say that about the Jews (because of WWII). The "Native Americans" from the colonization. Philipinos from the Spanish American War and subsequent occupation, et al. I doubt it.

There is a simple way to test this. Go to Alabama for a primary. If Obama doesn't get assassinated, disappears or is arrested for being a "boy", then we can start saying that America is possibly going color blind.

trev29: Are you racist? Xenophobic? Stupid?

Considering I'm an Obama supporter...I think you're missing the point. It's like taking away the word from the other side; kind of like blacks calling oneanother attractive and successful African-American, it takes power away from the term and makes it less able to cause a furor or emotional reaction. Which you just appeared to have. So, go B. Hussein Obama!

I think if we're going to start calling candidates by their middle names, we should start with Huckabee, whose middle name is Fudgetoot.

"If anyone's still thinking of voting for Huckabee out of some misguided sense of religious duty, please reconsider"

It isn't a sense of religious duty. I really like his views. He and Thompson are closest to what I believe.

The only way religion come into it is Obama. I think he's a wolf in sheep's clothing...pretending to be a Christian when he's really a Muslim. No way in hell I'd vote for a Muslim!
If a Muslim extremist was running for POTUS, do you think he'd be honest about what/who he really is?

BillCo: Being black isn't the biggest problem that Barack Hussein Obama has.

Right. His biggest prolem is retards. Like you.

They're both rabid socialists. The government should take care of all the small peoples.

This color/vagina thing is all moot.

Cake Hunter: ink if we're going to start calling candidates by their middle names, we should start with Huckabee, whose middle name is Fudgetoot Dale.

glassa: I think he's a wolf in sheep's clothing...pretending to be a Christian when he's really a Muslim. No way in hell I'd vote for a Muslim!

trev29: Why do it? Are you racist? Xenophobic? Stupid? I don't any of the GOP middle names, why is Obama's relevant? It's not like he chose it and if he changed it one can only imagine the Fox newscasts.

Funny thing is, had he changed his name as a teen or young man, the same mouthbreathers would be shouting "What's he trying to hide?" and wondering if his name change was indicative of a man too ambitious and calculating to be President.

glassa: I really like his views. He and Thompson are closest to what I believe.

Uninformed bigoted douchebags?

Wait...you're right.

glassa: "If anyone's still thinking of voting for Huckabee out of some misguided sense of religious duty, please reconsider"

It isn't a sense of religious duty. I really like his views. He and Thompson are closest to what I believe.

The only way religion come into it is Obama. I think he's a wolf in sheep's clothing...pretending to be a Christian when he's really a Muslim. No way in hell I'd vote for a Muslim!
If a Muslim extremist was running for POTUS, do you think he'd be honest about what/who he really is?

No, he would tell American people there won't be any nation building on his watch, that he will be a compassionate conservative, that he will balance the budget, etc. Then after he is elected, he will uncover the true lying devil inside of him.

glassa: "The only way religion come into it is Obama. I think he's a wolf in sheep's clothing...pretending to be a Christian when he's really a Muslim. No way in hell I'd vote for a Muslim!"

See, this is what I was talking about.

glassa: "If anyone's still thinking of voting for Huckabee out of some misguided sense of religious duty, please reconsider"

It isn't a sense of religious duty. I really like his views. He and Thompson are closest to what I believe.

The only way religion come into it is Obama. I think he's a wolf in sheep's clothing...pretending to be a Christian when he's really a Muslim. No way in hell I'd vote for a Muslim!
If a Muslim extremist was running for POTUS, do you think he'd be honest about what/who he really is?

Wow. A Huckabee theocracy supporter who thinks that Obama is a secret Muslim. Color me surprised.

glassa: No way in hell I'd vote for a Muslim!
If a Muslim extremist was running for POTUS, do you think he'd be honest about what/who he really is?

Every Muslim is a Muslim extremist?

Thank you, glassasshole for informing me of that.

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