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Black Conservatives Grapple With Pull Of Obama
NPR ^ | July 16, 2008

Posted on 07/17/2008 7:04:32 AM PDT by AmericanMade1776

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What happened to the dream? Where man is judged by the content of his character, instead of the color of his skin? Where a man is judged by what he stands for, instead of the color of his skin. Voting for Obama just because he is black , is stupid. We will never evolve in this country , if the only reason a person votes for someone is because of the color of their skin. America just has to dig deeper, to the issues to what this Country stands for.
1 posted on 07/17/2008 7:04:33 AM PDT by AmericanMade1776
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To: AmericanMade1776

Just the idiot ones, though, right?


2 posted on 07/17/2008 7:05:23 AM PDT by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: AmericanMade1776

I think this subject has been pretty well beaten up around here....


3 posted on 07/17/2008 7:06:00 AM PDT by misterrob (Obama-Does America Need Another Jimmy Carter?)
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To: AmericanMade1776

What a lot of blather. We have a secret ballot in this country - there’s no need ever to tell anyone how you voted. Many people lie about who they voted for anyway. Some want to appear to have voted for the “winner”, others lie because their candidate turned out to be an unpopular President.


4 posted on 07/17/2008 7:07:49 AM PDT by chickadee
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5 posted on 07/17/2008 7:07:54 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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This is a LIE.

“Armstrong Williams” told Laura Ingraham on break that he found Barack’s campaign “interesting” but said in no unclear terms that he would be voting for McCain.


6 posted on 07/17/2008 7:08:17 AM PDT by weegee (Obama loves America like Bill loves Hillary.)
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You should know it is BullStalin because it comes from State Run media, NPR. “All things considered” if you happen to be an east coast lib.


7 posted on 07/17/2008 7:09:15 AM PDT by weegee (Obama loves America like Bill loves Hillary.)
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BHO should pick Sheila Jackson-Lee as his VPOTUS as she is
a black woman and her knowledge of outer space is only a
little better than his knowledge of America.
8 posted on 07/17/2008 7:10:24 AM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran (Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto!)
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If black conservatives are voting solely based on the historical significance of possibly putting a half black man in the White House, they were never conservative to begin with.


9 posted on 07/17/2008 7:11:16 AM PDT by erikm88
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"Many conservatives who happen to be black see it as a dilemma because they're wondering what they're going to tell their children and grandchildren 20 years from now when they had a chance in American history, which is rare and has never happened before, to pull the lever [for a black presidential candidate]," Williams tells host Michele Norris.

I should think he would be more embarrassed to tell his children and grandchildren how he sold out his principles and his country in his its time of need just because of skin color. What kind of message does THAT send to the next generation.

I hope Williams never makes another nickel writing anything. He needs to find a new career, like maybe going out on the street in fishnets and servicing men for $20 a pop. It would be more honest than what he's apparently been doing all these years.

What a disgusting excuse for a human being he is.

10 posted on 07/17/2008 7:12:40 AM PDT by Maceman
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To: erikm88

That what I was thinking from the title alone....


11 posted on 07/17/2008 7:16:21 AM PDT by thebaron512
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To: AmericanMade1776

It is not a matter of color, it is a matter of character. I’ll tell my grandchildren, depending on the outcome, that “I saved or tried to save America by not voting for the WRONG Black Candidate”.


12 posted on 07/17/2008 7:17:27 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (I voted Republican because no Conservatives were running. FREE LAZAMATAZ)
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Grapple With Pull Of Obama

...uh, what's the space science term for an object with infinite gravity...?

13 posted on 07/17/2008 7:20:06 AM PDT by NativeNewYorker (Freepin' Jew Boy)
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I should think (actually, "I hope" is more accurate) that, before voting time comes around, a lot of these black conservatives -- after hearing Obama inanities, day after day -- will suddenly shake their heads and say "What was I thinking?"

In the interim, though, they don't do the cause (conservatism), which they claim to espouse, any good with these public statements about Obama's "appeal." All they do is make themselves look foolish, considering how everything that comes out of Obama's mouth is either (a) outright communistic or (b) utterly devoid of any meaningful substance.

14 posted on 07/17/2008 7:20:27 AM PDT by NewJerseyJoe (Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
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To: Maceman

Read post 6 before you make up your mind.


15 posted on 07/17/2008 7:21:02 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: AmericanMade1776

I hate this phrase “happen to be black.” George Carlin did a great monologue on that once, like it was a trait like, “happens to be a Rotarian,” or “happens to be a member of my church.”


16 posted on 07/17/2008 7:22:19 AM PDT by LS (CNN is the Amtrak of News)
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Black Conservatives grapple with voting for Obama.....

All three of them?

17 posted on 07/17/2008 7:22:35 AM PDT by zeestephen
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“If black conservatives are voting solely based on the historical significance of possibly putting a half black man in the White House, they were never conservative to begin with.”

So true. But let’s give black conservatives the benefit of the doubt. It takes a lot of courage to be a black and be conservative at the same time. In my family, it was even hard to be a Republican, and an extremem Republican at that, with all of the Dem history.

I can’t even imagine how tough it is to be a principled conservative and be black. But, let’s not take NPR’s slant here, wait for Williams and others to speak on their own. I think we’ll see Williams and others at McCain rallies.

There are a few conservatives who won’t even vote for McCain. They don’t seem to be on the hook.


18 posted on 07/17/2008 7:23:23 AM PDT by rbmillerjr ("bigger government means constricting freedom"....................RWR)
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To: AmericanMade1776

I can understand the appeal that an Obama presidency may have to black conservatives. Though I disagree with Obama on virtually everything, his nomination certainly signifies that America has come a very long way since segregation.

It wasn’t too long ago at all that black children couldn’t attend white schools, couldn’t use shared water fountains, etc. Regardless of Obama’s policies, his election would be a noteworthy milestone in how far race relations have come in the last 50-60 years. I can see why such a milestone might be important to a black conservative.

It not only signifies that we’ve come a long way, but it truly proves the conservative premises of the American Dream and American Exceptionalism. That a member of a racial minority can rise from nothing to gain a nomination for the most powerful post in the country is a truly remarkable turn of events. Conservatives should acknowledge, not deny, such a milestone ... and take the opportunity to show the public that America isn’t the racist, sexist country that liberals would have you believe. Take the opportunity of Obama’s nomination to show American exceptionalism in action ... and thus prove the voracity of conservative thought.

H


19 posted on 07/17/2008 7:24:23 AM PDT by SnakeDoctor ("You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas." -- Davy Crockett)
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What are they going to tell their children? How about this?

Son (or daughter) twenty years ago a marxist, abortionist, enemy-appeasing, big-government, energy-blind, far-left liberal ran for President at a time when we were threatened by Islamic Jihadists who wanted to kill us all, and when our economy was on the verge of serious harm due to dependence on foreign oil...and I voted against him. And I would do it again tomorrow.

Otherwise, these "conservatives" would be selling out their children and their country for hype, and prostituting and whoring themselves politically in the process.

THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA

20 posted on 07/17/2008 7:24:58 AM PDT by Jeff Head
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