Or will people be able to look past this. Seems like it may be a big deal.
2007-03-03 11:06:54 · 16 answers · asked by Isaac 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
No, people will not punish a man for the sins of prior generations. If that was the case, the Kennedys never would have become so politically powerful.
2007-03-03 11:11:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
A lot of Americans are descendants from people in those days. There's a possibility that any white person who had relatives here at that time could have been slave owners.
It's extremely hard to find out, though, and unless there are actual records lying around from the late 1700's-early 1800's, I question the complete accuracy of this claim.
2007-03-03 11:12:43 · answer #2 · answered by amg503 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A person should not be held responsible for what ancestors did or didn't do. On one side of my family there were slave owners, and one of my ancestors gave the slaves their freedom. That ancestor was also said to be part of the underground that helped slaves get freedom. So what would that do to me, I had both sides covered.
2007-03-03 11:18:06 · answer #3 · answered by Virginia C 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Let me first state that I am NOT a fan of Obama. That said, what his ancestors did with slaves should NOT affect his candidacy unless he were to indicate support for their being slave owners.
2007-03-03 11:13:56 · answer #4 · answered by azohawk 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
How can a man be responsible for what his ancestors did? I'm sure if he could change the past he would - but he's stuck with it. If the skeletons in the family closet stopped people from running for government then just about everyone would be disqualified.
2007-03-03 11:18:34 · answer #5 · answered by Mordent 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
why half the leaders family trees include slave owners
in the past anybody with money had slaves
2007-03-03 11:14:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nothing. It is Nothing.
When Bill Clinton was Attorney General & Governor of Arkansas, he despised blacks.
But in Washington, DC, he became the First Black President.
(Democrat Politicians "blow in the wind". Democrat Voters don't care.)
2007-03-03 12:07:36 · answer #7 · answered by wolf 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some of our presidents actually had slaves. Many businesses deliberately hire illegal workers for less than they could own slaves.
I doubt he will promote slavery or the exploitation of the poor.
2007-03-03 11:29:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Please.....many of our legislators, especially southern legislators, have had slave owners in their family in the past....
The Civil War is over - the Union won. Slavery is outlawed..get over it.
2007-03-03 15:27:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would what some ancestors did in the past, legally yet, affect a person today?
2007-03-03 12:09:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋