I am white, Anglo Saxon, Protestant. I have no problem with this at all. Obama is a beautiful, highly intelligent man. That is all that matters. Racism is a negative thing which we need to get rid of in this country.
2007-02-25 02:35:37 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Race and gender should play no part in selecting the president.
But when Obama made his comments about the war in his ciomments about Cheney he demontrated that he has neglected his duties as a Senator to at least learn a little about it. He was taking a lot of flak from people saying he was too inexperienced, his latest comments proved they were right.
2007-02-25 02:45:26 · answer #1 · answered by Jester 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
"What is your problem with having a Black President?"
Who are you talking to? Me? Did I say that I have a problem? I should assume that you are, in fact, talking to some indeterminate number of people somewhere on here who have a problem.
"I am white, Anglo Saxon, Protestant. I have no problem with this at all."
We are all going to bow down at your feet, oh Enlightened One.
"Obama is a beautiful, highly intelligent man. That is all that matters."
To you. To some of us, his ideology matters quite a lot.
"Racism is a negative thing which we need to get rid of in this country."
Yeah, and everyone wants to "get rid of" greed, too. How are we gonna do it? How do we "get rid of" an attitude from every last single person in a country of 300,000,000? Don't get me wrong; I believe that already the overwhelming majority of people are not so racist that they would automatically reject a candidate because of their skin color. The racists constitute a small minority, in my opinion. But you apparently want to purge it 100%.
2007-02-25 10:45:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't have a problem with it as long as he/she leaves their race at the door. I hear too many black people preaching about how their race is superior than others. They also talk about how they need to stick together and forget the other races. If this is how a black President would act, then I would rather vote for Nader or Perot or some other hopeless despot (I would only vote for Bush if the black candidate came out and said frankly that he hated white people). I live in the south, so I hear it from both sides about racism, but I hear a lot louder and a lot more arrogantly from the blacks.
2007-02-25 10:43:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
I have no problem with a Black president, or a female president, or a gay president or any other minority, majority or creed for president. I don't think that Hillary is the right person to be our first woman president, and I don't think Obama is the right person to be our first Black president. Frankly, we could have had both at the same time, with a great mind as well, with Shirley Chisolm, but we let that opportunity go by.
2007-02-25 11:00:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why is it that you jump immediately to race when someone says they don't like Obama? He is charasmatic, but he is still a liar, and will lie to get what he wants, just like all the other candidates on both sides.
We need a revolution in this country.
2007-02-26 03:29:57 · answer #5 · answered by didjlord 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither race, nor gender, have any bearing on who I support for president. I am only interested in what a given candidate stands for. I want a candidate who stands for the people.....ALL THE PEOPLE, and FOR THE CONSTITUTION, and FOR THE BILL OF RIGHTS!!!!
I want a candidate who understands, that the government is the servant of the people...and NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.!!!!
2007-02-25 10:46:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I have no problem with a black President, provided he's got the experience to lead our country in our best interest.
2007-02-25 10:45:10 · answer #7 · answered by panthrchic 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I have no problem with his race. He does appear to be intelligent and thoughtful. On the surface, his policies mostly align with mine. However, I do feel he needs more experience representing his constituents. I really can't commit to supporting him or not without learning more than just what he tells us. People seem to have given him rock star status without finding out the important details.
2007-02-25 10:44:16 · answer #8 · answered by Joe D 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No problem whatsoever.
If he can do the job, which I think Obama cannot.
He should ask Hillary nicely if he can be her Vice President, thereby get some experience, and will be a shoe-in after her.
We could have 16 years of Democratic rule.
And keep the Neocons far from the White House!
2007-02-25 10:41:09 · answer #9 · answered by Tokoloshimani 5 · 4⤊ 3⤋
Point taken about your race and ethnicity and supporting a black candidate for president not being mutually exclusive. But perhaps you could rephrase your question to acknowledge that there are other white folks besides you who don't have a problem with it either...
2007-02-25 10:40:47 · answer #10 · answered by David 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋