Blitzer: Is the U.S. ready for an African-American president? A sensitive subject indeed.
Weren’t we color blind when he won Iowa. Iowa, a state that is 94% white? Matthew Balan captured the most important portion:
Costello repeated a theory proposed by Andrew Kohut of the Pew Research Center, that Hillary Clinton’s victory could be partially attributed to “poor, uneducated whites who don’t participate in polls and who often don’t vote for blacks.” She also pointed out the fact that there are nine female governors, but only one black governor in the United States; as well as the fact that there are 16 female senators, but Barack Obama is the only black in the Senate.
So if a poor uneducated black person votes for Hillary, what will the excuse be? Obama is the only black in the Senate, but not the first. He would have had company in Michael Steele, but we all know how that turned out. He was everything but a respectable black man. It was okay to be racist towards him, he was running as a Republican. Harold Ford Jr was defeated in his Senate bid in 2007. One would be hard pressed to use race as a reason for his failure. He was was elected to Congress in 1996, and was reelected four times by an average of 80% of the vote Here are the previous black Senators:
1. Hiram Revels in office 1870-1871= Republican
2. Blanche K. Bruce in office 1875-1881=Republican
3. Edward William Brooke in office 1967-1979=Republican
4. Carol Moseley Braun in office 1993-1999= Democrat
5. Barak Obama in office 2005-present=Democrat
Maybe Obama is being judged on the content of his character and not by the color of his skin.
January 11, 2008 - 07:56 PM on January 11th, 2008
It just may ready for a Black President. I would vote for a Black candidate…if (and only if) that Candidate was a REAL Conservative.
January 11, 2008 - 08:31 PM on January 11th, 2008
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January 11, 2008 - 08:56 PM on January 11th, 2008
I would vote for either a woman or a black for President as long as I felt they were qualified. ( Run Condi Run) Neither Hillary nor Obama are qualified for the job. She’s not only a flaming liberal, but a corrupt one at that. HE’s not just a flaming liberal, he’s is utterly naive when it comes to being able to perform the functions of the office.
As liberals, they’re both fundamentally uneducated in the manner in which an economy actually functions and therefore unsuitable for the position of President. Likewise they are ignorant of the functions of a military, a fact that would impede if not eliminate their ability to act as Commander in Chief.
I’m not a racist or a sexist, I’m just not stupid enough to consider either of those in my determination as to who is competent enough to lead this country. Condi – Yes. Fred – Yes. Rudy – Yes. Mitt – Yes. Hillary, Obama, Edwards – Not no, but HELL NO!.
January 12, 2008 - 08:22 AM on January 12th, 2008
I’d vote for a black or a woman and there are several I could name that I’d vote for. But I would never, ever vote for Obama because aside from being way too naive and liberal he is a muslim. I am not yet ready to vote a muslim into government office in any position.
January 12, 2008 - 09:00 AM on January 12th, 2008
On a state/local level, I have voted for blacks that have won and didn’t win..I didn’t think of the color of their skin, I thought of their platform..We haven’t been given a good choice for a black POTUS..yet!
Bon Bon, many people are thinking the exact same thing!