How do you feel about a black american running for president? Do you support it?Why or Why or Why not?

Answer 1

I've always supported it, but I think this is the first black American that has a real shot of winning - if he survives the fire of the campaign trail and the debates and gets the nomination of course. I've been optimistic that the majority of this country isn't concerned with his ethnicity. There will always be ignorant racists around, you can see that here in YA. And those people that delight in perpetrating the lie that he is Muslim were never going to vote Democratic to begin with. But the ones I worry about are the quiet racists. The ones that are very p.c. but still have that seed of racism in their hearts. When they step in that booth which person will win out? The hidden racist or the politically correct color blind person they present to the world? I know, that's pretty cynical, but it does occur to me that it's also pretty realistic. Do I think that makes it an impossibility? No, I think that Obama may be the candidate to rise above that. I'm a Hillary supporter, but I'm very interested in Obama.

Answer 2

The U. S. Constitution specifies only that the President be thirty-five years old or older and a native born citizen. Therefore, theoretically, race, sex, religious affiliation, marital history, etc., have no bearing upon a person's right or ability to run for the office. If the best qualified candidate is black and is able to win the majority of the electoral votes, he or she will be President-elect. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have both run for President. It appears that Barak Obama is quite a charasmatic candidate and appeals to a wide variety of potential voters, most of whom are not black themselves...

Answer 3

I dont care if a black president pimps out the presidential limo with some 22's and has a strip bar dance pole installed in the oval office to avoid sexual scandals or doesn't want to work a full day - Just as long as we get rid of the idiot we have now.

Answer 4

The way in which you worded your question embodies the whole problem. The President of these United States should be first and formost an American, and black, white, or whatever as an afternote.

Answer 5

To me, I don't care if he/she is black, white, brown, yellow, etc., just as long as who ever runs, that person has solid, workable, and legal policies that will make me a proud American again. I don't know enough about Barrack yet, Condi and Hillary scare the hell out of me, Mc Cain and Romney have been flip-flopping to gain support of the right wing of their party, so who is left? Biden doesn't have a prayer, I like Edwards, but he won't make it either, and now Guiliani is starting to flip-flop, for that oh-so-important right wing bloc of the Republican party. Oh, I long for the olden days, before all was a stage on T.V., before sound bites, catering to special interests, etc. And I haven't heard of anyone that is running on a third party ticket yet!

Answer 6

If the qualifications are in line and the America people support him, he will be President. America will either grow or go in the 08 elections, just wait and see after the recent Bush Administration.

Answer 7

for you who think obama is a good choice, just ask your self if the other candidates who have run for public office have been qualified for the job as far as education and experience is concerned, then ask your self if just one of them have been successful in running a city, state county , if you can find one in the whole group who didn't screw up said offices and run every thing down to nothing , then maybe you could justify electing Obama as president, but, until at least one has ran a successful office I would recommend waiting until some one proved they could produce something other than an eloquent speech who was most likely written by some one else,so what black has ran a political office that didn't end up costing the people of that
district dearly,every city has turned to slums under their management,

Answer 8

I don't care either way about a person's color if they would be a good president. I think it might actually be positive, unless that person screwed up somehow, then everyone would be all over it like it was a color/race/religious issue. Can't you see the headlines now, "The first hyphenated-American/Hispanic/Jewish/Chinese/Muslim president to suffer a diplomatic defeat..." or whatever?

Answer 9

I do support the running for president, but decide my vote on ideas and abilities, not color of skin. I think most ideas from liberal politicians are wrong and most top liberal politicians can not be trusted to be logical or truthful even some of the time. Most conservative ideas I agree with so the first African American that gets my vote would have to be someone like Dr. Condy Rice.

Answer 10

Everyone keeps saying how you feel about a black or female candidate running. Its not like hes the first black candidate. Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton.
But lets talk capability.

Bill Richardson shines brightest when it comes to straight capability based on past efforts successes of all the presidential candidates, either republican or democrat.

His resume is through the roof.
But because hes latino, thats probably going to hurt him in the polls.

I hope not, but reality would suggest otherwise.

When is it not going to be about color, gender and about what youve done and not said you would do.

Bill Richardson. Someone who doesnt need to brag why, because hes showing results for New Mexico.
Theres your best candidate. Not because hes latino, but because he gets things done!!!