Reply #5: Gee. I guess that's why we voted in droves for Al Sharpton in 2004.

[Connie_Corleone]

And don't forget the huge support we gave Carol Moseley Braun when she was running for president.

Oh wait. We didn't. What a surprise.

It's not just because he's black. He's the first black candidate who has a chance of winning. He was a community organizer, was a civil rights attorney, taught Constitutional law, served eight years in the state senate, is a U.S. senator, he spoke out against the Iraq war in 2002, etc.

There is more than one reason why some black people would support Obama.

Oh, another thing. The reason some black people voted for Steele in Maryland is because they wanted to. We don't all think alike.