Reply #87: Isn't it probably more like BOTH because he's black AND liberal?

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I have no problem with anyone opposing Obama's programs when they base it on facts and a rational discussion. It's the irrational ones who compare him to Hitler or Dr. Kevorkian who seem to have an ulterior motive for opposing him beyond their words.

How many high profile politicians does the GOP run for office who happen to be African American? Isn't it a fact that the GOP is the strongest in the places that used to have slaves or practice Jim Crow and were the biggest opponents to the civil rights movement?

Obama is not all that liberal but everyone knows he's black. Of course the right wing nuts are going oppose any liberal's plan to reform healthcare. But if that liberal also happens to be black, it sure doesn't win him any favorable points among a lot of conservatives.