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Black Like Me [Black Conservatives & Obama]
National Review Online ^ | June 19, 2008 | Peter Kirsanow

Posted on 06/19/2008 8:27:54 AM PDT by Uncle Ralph

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Color of skin ought not trump content of character.
1 posted on 06/19/2008 8:27:54 AM PDT by Uncle Ralph
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To: Uncle Ralph

40 years passed by and unfortunately only one - Michael Steele - passes integrity test...


2 posted on 06/19/2008 8:32:23 AM PDT by alecqss
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To: Uncle Ralph

Obama is not black. He is HALF BLACK. Half Marxist. Half socialist. Half anti-American. Half anti-military. Half anti-defense. Half racist. Half anti-Constitution. Half power mad. Half tax crazy.

Our enemies delight at the idea of him in the White House. God help us.


3 posted on 06/19/2008 8:32:35 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: Uncle Ralph
My Italian ethnicity has never been a deciding factor in who I vote for. I would vote for the WASPy-est WASP over any candidate of Italian extraction in a second if said WASP was pro-life, pro-family, pro-2A, and anti-big government and the other was not.

It's a no brainer. To vote against your principles and in favor of racial or ethnic identity is to be a slave.
4 posted on 06/19/2008 8:33:15 AM PDT by Antoninus (Every second spent bashing McCain is time that could be spent helping Conservatives downticket.)
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To: Uncle Ralph

“This hope is shared by many whites as well, liberal and conservative (let’s face it — the cohort of black conservatives thinking about voting for Obama isn’t likely to tip the election). The premise underlying it is that a black president may be more effective in using the bully pulpit to address certain issues. Just as a Democrat Clinton could sign welfare-reform legislation, and foreign-policy hawk Nixon could go to China, a black president may be able to touch what are third rails for a white president. A glimpse of that possibility was on display on Father’s Day, when Obama addressed (albeit rather tepidly) the issue of absent black fathers.”

This hope is BEYOND phony and false.

Obama’s in with the race hustlers. He will set BACK race relations due to his relationship with extremists like Wright and others.

This is more Obamedia PIFFLE.


5 posted on 06/19/2008 8:33:57 AM PDT by WOSG (http://no-bama.blogspot.com/ - co-bloggers wanted!)
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I should amend my comment to say that the columnist makes similar points. This “Obama will heal our racial divisions” is not what the columnists are saying but what Obama campaign and media are peddling. Its Koolaid drinking nonsense.


6 posted on 06/19/2008 8:35:36 AM PDT by WOSG (http://no-bama.blogspot.com/ - co-bloggers wanted!)
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To: Uncle Ralph

They are fools.


7 posted on 06/19/2008 8:35:47 AM PDT by Impy (Hey Barack, you're ugly and your wife smells.)
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To: Uncle Ralph
From the article;

"The premise underlying it is that a black president may be more effective in using the bully pulpit to address certain issues."

Kinda like Obama's "...eloquent speech on race relations" in which he told America...It's a black thing! Whites can't understand! Deal with it!

8 posted on 06/19/2008 8:35:49 AM PDT by Roccus (People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient....then repent.)
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, “I am wondering if this is the time when we get over the hump, where an Obama victory will finally, at long last, move us beyond some of the old conversations about race.”

OH hells no!

As long as liberals are around, they will exploit race!
In fact, I expect it would just be the beginning of an all new race based form of government.

There are still black conservatives that see Obama for what he is. Of course, the MSM will ignore them utterly.


9 posted on 06/19/2008 8:36:04 AM PDT by Names Ash Housewares
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...McWhorter, who has written extensively and eloquently on issues pertaining to race in America: "I want him to get in because, in a way, it will put me out of a job."

Dang. I used to admire him so much. He was on my dissertation committee and I thought he was wonderful. He'd argue against that commie Haitian nut DeGraf on the creole-list, he'd read Ayn Rand, he stood up against all sorts of hate when he wrote "Losing The Race."

To have him sink back and be seduced by an inexperienced but charismatic Marxist whose closest friends are race-baiters and bomb-throwers is really depressing.

To think that in the end, color trumps all...

If I had to pick between a black conservative and a white liberal, I'd pick the conservative every single time. Ten out of ten. I just don't get it.

10 posted on 06/19/2008 8:37:15 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady (Obama supporters. Letting the little void do the thinking for the big void.)
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To: EagleUSA

As a Conservative black woman, I too feel this conflict. I am excited at the prospect of Obama getting this far and that our country has progressed enough for him to be a serious contender. On the other hand, I disagree with just about all of his political platform. So as a black conservative, that puts me in a quandary when I would like to support him but cannot if I really stick to my beliefs. God BLess America!


11 posted on 06/19/2008 8:37:52 AM PDT by brwnsuga (Proud, Black, Sexy Conservative!!!)
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To: Uncle Ralph
Color of skin ought not trump content of character.

Indeed... and if used as a major factor in voting... it questions the character/intellect of the voter.

12 posted on 06/19/2008 8:39:25 AM PDT by johnny7 ("Duck I says... ")
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Anybody who considers race to be an important factor in a candidate should leave the gop.

Racism is for democrats.

13 posted on 06/19/2008 8:40:02 AM PDT by Schnucki
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a black president may be able to touch what are third rails for a white president. A glimpse of that possibility was on display on Father’s Day, when Obama addressed (albeit rather tepidly) the issue of absent black fathers.”

And here I thought it was because Barack Obama grew up with an absent ARAB father. Who knew this issue meant something to him because of skin color and not because he came from a broken home?

14 posted on 06/19/2008 8:40:28 AM PDT by weegee (In 1988 Lenora Fulani was the 1st black woman to appear on presidential ballots in all 50 states)
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To vote for someone because of the color of their skin is as abhorent as not voting for someone because of the color of their skin.
15 posted on 06/19/2008 8:41:50 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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To: brwnsuga

If you disagree with “...with just about all of his political platform” how can you feel conflicted?

I wouldn’t vote for my own father or mother if they ran on a ticket I disagreed with.


16 posted on 06/19/2008 8:43:35 AM PDT by ladyjane
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To: Uncle Ralph

Irish Republicans voted for Jack kennedy in droves...


17 posted on 06/19/2008 8:44:55 AM PDT by EssieMae
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To: johnny7

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm


18 posted on 06/19/2008 8:44:55 AM PDT by EssieMae
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To: brwnsuga
I think there are many here who would support a black candidate and we've heard some good conservative arguments from Walter Williams and Alan Keyes and other black conservatives.

While it would be “landmark” to elect a black man as president, would it help or hurt the cause of black politicians to be associated with a man that many see as Jimmy Carter II? Would the failings of his administration be used to paint all black politicians?

How is Barack Obama on discussions of race? He's pulling scabs off of old wounds and using some dangerous rhetoric. Doesn't sound like he will bring any kind of unity (national, not ethnic) on this issue.

His own books contain passages of his own racism. He slurred a black friend of his who entered a relationship with a white woman (just like his own parents did).

It seems to me that he has a lot of psychological issues about his own family. He needs counseling, not the presidency.

19 posted on 06/19/2008 8:46:19 AM PDT by weegee (In 1988 Lenora Fulani was the 1st black woman to appear on presidential ballots in all 50 states)
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So does his white mama not count?

Oh yeah, he said she didn’t. Even though his white grandparents practically raised him, he has CHOSEN to identify with his black absent father. WTH?


20 posted on 06/19/2008 8:46:52 AM PDT by Southerngl
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