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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:14 AM Original message |
An angry Haitian-American addresses the question, "Is Obama black enough"? |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
1. I'd vote for batchild if he'd get BushCo out of the White House. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 09:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. Me too, but I think we need to ask is he bat enough? |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
2. Absolutely agree. These same people, though, will celebrate Condoleeza Rice and Colin Powell. |
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Frances (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I don't think you are being fair to native born blacks |
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pagam (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Obama is native born. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:36 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. It's funny how many people don't seem to know that |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:43 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. You're absolutely right. If he was not born in the States, he couldn't run for president. n/t |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:36 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I'm not talking from a perspective outside being black. |
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pagam (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
4. Divide & Conquer |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Bingo. n/t |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 01:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. You're exactly right |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 02:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Dearest Beaconess |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 08:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. I love you, too! |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. The cons are really afraid of Obamarama |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 03:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. quiet.american just stated in post #6 that this originated in |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 08:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. But it's a technique we should study - AND emulate. Turn it back on THEM. |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 08:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. My shot at it . . . |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Well, that makes absolute sense, certainly. |
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ripple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
10. Is it just me, or does he have tears in his eyes in that photo? |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 12:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I wondered the same thing -- it's a very affecting photo. nt |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
13. I just happened to watch the annual Meeting |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 09:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. I agree with your last statement with just one caveat |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
17. It wasn't too long ago the fact that one had even a smidgen of black ancestry |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 08:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I heard Obama say in an interview that when he's waiting for a taxi... |
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mbali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 09:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. What do they call a man whose father is African and mother is white? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
24. So much for Tiger Woods and Colin Powell |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 10:04 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Tiger Woods helped perpetuate this problem |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 10:46 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Obama is a biracial man |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 10:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Obama's social experience |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 12:46 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Yep...... |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 06:48 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. I understand that, if you are biracial, your "race" is chosen for |
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michaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 06:41 AM Response to Original message |
31. He is a "person" running for President. |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 10:21 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I have really been saddened by the amount of attention... |
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Dracos (318 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
34. This guy must be working for RUSH |
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