Just curious... Answer anonymously if you'd like (create a new profile). I'd like to know if race is still a barrier in the USA. If OTHER reasons would stop you from voting for him, please post. Thanks!
2007-02-11 15:02:43 · 24 answers · asked by brassinpocket 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
No, I'd refrain from voting for his inexperience. He reminds me much of John Edwards in 2004. He didn't have the experience to become president, but he'd get enough by being VP under the other guy. Edwards was also a one-term senator. (I was living in NC at the time and thought it was amusing how he told people that he'd put our issues first and didn't seem to do much of anything but try to look pretty in front of the camera.)
I have a sinking feeling that he'll end up as Hillary's runningmate in '08.
2007-02-11 15:16:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Skin color means almost nothing to me. A person's ethics and principles mean everything. (My wife and children are part black, my grand kids are also half Mexican and my niece is half Japanese. Skin color means nothing.)
However, I will not ever vote for a liberal. There is no condition that would entice me to consider the liberal beliefs in any way workable or even rational. I have voted that way, years ago and even worked in several liberal campaigns when I was younger, we all make mistakes. But age and observation have convinced me that the liberal agenda is bound to fail as it becomes a greater and greater tyranny while attempting to become socialist. Socialism is an abject failure, always has been and always will be. Thus, the forerunners of socialism are inherently failures too.
Sometime in the future I might consider voting for a conservative because they are somewhat more realistic but not much. And they are almost as dishonest as the liberal 'Leadership'. It seems unlikely but I might someday vote that way.
In truth, I vote against almost everything on every ballot because I believe we are far too over governed already which results in over taxation which results in greater poverty and unemployment. The only things I vote for are stricter sentencing for criminals and repeal of almost any other law.
Someday, somebody is going to be able to tell me a single valid function of government but so far nobody has managed it.
2007-02-11 23:21:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would never vote for Obama because I don't like his left-wing politics and because I think he does not have enough experience to be president. I couldn't care less whether he's black, white, brown, yellow or green.
If anything, his race is gaining him votes. If he were white and a first-term senator with such a flimsy background, does anyone really think he would be a candidate this year, let alone one of the front-runners?
2007-02-11 23:32:13 · answer #3 · answered by Prof 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No race isn't an issue for me.I like many people want the impossible in politics.A politician for the people one who doesn't lie or color in shades of grey every chance they get.One who isn't all about "their" own agenda like the current president.And one who can think and act for themselves instead of as a puppet with strings being pulled by some unseen person/s.
I want someone who will make me proud that I trusted them with my values and aspirations for not just a better country but a better world.I want a LEADER not a follower like Bush Jr.
And I want someone who at the end of their term when all is said and done I don't feel like a fool for voting for.
So, no color and gender are definately not an issue the time has come for change and we are so very ready for a change.
M.G
2007-02-11 23:17:55 · answer #4 · answered by Malia G 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
His being black would not preclude him from getting my vote. The only thing that would do that would be if I disagreed with the majority of his platforms. So far from what I have discerned, I would vote for him. We need a new start and I don't want to perpetuate a cycle between the Bush's and the Clinton's. That dynasty is done.
2007-02-11 23:10:51 · answer #5 · answered by thequeenreigns 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Obama's race is NOT the barrier, it is his ideas. He is a Liberal and wants to repeat the same failed experiment of socialism in spite of the fact that it has been tried again and again and it still fails.
Anyone who keeps repeating the exact same experiment and expects a different outcome must be insane!
I think I would have voted for Gen.Colin Powell. I would vote for Dr.Rice (a two fer-woman and black), Walter Williams (economist, professor, and talk show host), Thomas Sowell (economist and syndicated columnist), or Alan Keyes.
2007-02-11 23:18:26 · answer #6 · answered by plezurgui 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, I just hope when we do finally get a black president that he's voted into office because he has good principles and ideas not just because he's black. I believe that the individual is more important than the groups we put people into.
2007-02-11 23:09:34 · answer #7 · answered by Brian P 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I plan on voting for him. Race is not an issue. Besides Obama is both black and white. He had parents from both races.
2007-02-11 23:10:44 · answer #8 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The fact that he is black would have nothing to do with my vote. He is probably more apt to get my vote because we need someone very different in office. WF
2007-02-11 23:08:02 · answer #9 · answered by towanda 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, absolutely NOT. It's because his politics are too far to the left for me and I don't feel that's best for America, especially in times of war.
2007-02-12 06:46:53 · answer #10 · answered by Truth B. Told ITS THE ECONOMY STUPID 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋