[Old Sarge]

63% of registered voters said they believe voters are prepared to elect a qualified African-American as president

We've already done that!

[the invisib1e hand]

some things aren't black and white.

Obama is one of them.

[trumandogz]

About 75% of whites and 85% of blacks say they support interracial marriage.

What a shame that so many people are opposed to interracial marriage.

[SCHROLL]

there’s a big difference between electing some one qualified who happens to be black than there is electing some one unqualified (Obama) simply because he’s black.

[stylin19a]

Is DeFreece basically saying Obama isn’t black enough ?
(No response needed ...it’s a rhetorical question)

[socialismisinsidious]

"He is close enough to what is a tolerated white norm, very much what is palatable and acceptable and good."

What kind of back handed loaded pile of crap is that? Hey Prof. you are a twit no matter what your skin color is! The real racism: his white students who support Obama are probably doing so only because Obama is black and they want to show how open minded and inclusive they are.

There is one reason I'm NOT supporting Obama: He is a Socialist!

[taillightchaser]

I don’t care if he’s black, white, purple or pink-—he is an idiot and not presidental material!!

[Gay State Conservative]

How many white RATS would vote for Dr Rice?

[Hot Tabasco]

29% said they thought America was ready to elect a black president

I've said time and time again, there will never, ever be a black president elected from the Democratic party, the party of true racists.......

[AmericanExceptionalist]

"Obama doesn't really push people to consider what diversity really is," says Alfred DeFreece, a black teacher at Eastern Michigan University, who says many of his white students favor Obama. "He is close enough to what is a tolerated white norm, very much what is palatable and acceptable and good."

This is the core of multiculturalist doctrine. The American mainstream (incorrectly identified as "what is a tolerated white norm") is seen as oppressive. Only those who pursue an agenda of victimology, and wish to divide America into numerous subgroups, are sufficiently "authentic."

[Verginius Rufus]

I think Harold Ford, Jr., came closer to winning than he deserved to because of his race, not that he lost because of his race. He was an unpleasant young twit with no particular qualifications, far to the left of most of the people of his state, who got as far as he did (election to the House of Representatives) because of his family name.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

When Obama loses the primaries they’ll say it’s due to bigotry. And after all, it’s hard to choose among socialistic junior senators...

[boomop1]

You got to get rid of Jackson and Sharpton two chief agitators to get a color blind America, just a start.

[sinanju]

Ironic, but unsurprising that it’s conservatives who don’t give a damn what sex or color their candidate happens to be while the progressive, enlightened liberals are obsessed with it.

“It does not matter if the cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice.” Deng Xiaoping.

[kempo]

After 9-11, I don’t know anyone who is going to vote for a guy with a name like Barack Obama.

[Myrddin]

I wouldn't vote for Obama because he's a stinking socialist. If being black was a requirement for a candidate, I would be doing cartwheels for Alan Keyes. Michael Steele would also be high on my of list candidates.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Is Obama too racist to admit he is just as much white as he is black? Is he ashamed of being white?

[Lizavetta]

Ahh, yes. Don'tcha love the black candidates who opine for a color blind society.

And then turn at warp speed to the race card when they get criticized, as other politicians get criticized.

[Vigilanteman]

Gee, I hate to break the news to these stupid young whitey supporters, but Obama is popular with whites because he is white. Also, he is being pushed hard by the enemedia.

Obama was raised by rich white grandparents after mama failed in two marriages, the second one to a jihadi. Obama's only claim to blackness is his sperm donor. I cannot call someone who disappeared on a two-year old a father. Then, again, I wasn't married to his mother, so maybe he had good reason for bugging out.

[neverdem]

Mr. DeFreece says he wonders whether Sen. Obama would be able to aggressively push social programs that help blacks in poverty and end discrimination.

Color has nothing to do with it. It's the socialist pap like that coming out of his mouth that's the problem.