white male texan on washington journal just said for the first time...

[RepublicanElephant]

...america saw obama not as a black man, but as a man.

[lamp_shade]

1. Oh.... my heart !!

[1Hippiechick]

3. Oh, my heart, as well....and my eyes are filling with tears of sheer joy. Oh, that that would be

true!

happy:cry:

[thepurpose]

2. There were an aweful lot of calls from TX today. At one time 3 or 4 in a row and

for the most part none that I recall really slammed Obama which one might expect from a red state.

[MagickMuffin]

33. We Texans are not ALL "Red" necks

I happen to be very liberal Texan. Although my county was one of the biggest winning percentages in any US county by population 1 million+ who voted for Bush.

However, we are correcting our past sins and will turn Tarrant County BLUE. The Tarrant Obama has rgistered 40,000 voters. And we still have until Oct. 6th to register voters.

If they ALL vote for Obama then WE will turn Tarrant BLUE.

Texas is working extremely hard to GOTV for Obama.

[codjh9]

40. Good luck w/Tarrant County - I used to live there (Arlington) but am back in Hays

(where I grew up)... moved back to take care of my mother until she passed away last year. I know Travis will go Obama, but I hope Hays does too, even though I doubt we have much of a chance of winning the state.

[Jazzgirl]

42. I do live in Arlington.

I am glad to hear this. I will certainly be doing my best to help Arlington go blue!!!

[MagickMuffin]

45. Thanks we're gonna need it

I think the problem with Tarrant is the people just don't get out and vote:cry:

Hopefully Obama will help change that anomaly.:evilgrin:

[kimmerspixelated]

43. Howdy!

I grew up in Tarrant County myself! Trying to get back to Tejas with all my heart!

[MagickMuffin]

46. What part of Tarrant did you grow up in?.?.?

I lived on the Eastside all my life. After graduation my parents moved south Tarrant County. However, I didn't live with them at the time.

I hope you can make it back here as well, although that depends where you are now.

Keep me posted if you make it back:hi:

[kimmerspixelated]

51. Southside near Seminary Hill.

Attended Paschal High in the 70's.

[TNMOM]

4. Wow. I agree.

For the fundies, this was a game-changer. Obama was perfect in who he was, and perfect in what he was not:
1. Shrill/angry black male
2. Unintelligent/inarticulate black male

Plus, Obama wasn't taking shit from no one.

[NOLALady]

27. It makes you wonder why the fundies

can accept the shrill angry white males such as McCaint

and the unintelligent/inarticulate white males such as Bush.

:eyes:

[Captain Hilts]

5. I think that is true, just as they did Colin Powell. nt

[Lex]

6. Excellent point.

Hadn't thought of that in that way.

[Captain Hilts]

My firm did polling about Powell in late '95 and he could have easily been elected Prez....

he just couldn't have gotten through the Republican primaries as he was pro-Affirmative Action and pro-Gun control.

[Patiod]

18. My brother the Rush fan agreed

He worked in central NC, deep, deep in fundie territory, and the Republican good old boys he worked with all thought Powell was great, and would have voted for him.

They looked at him as a General, not a black General.

Which is progress, I guess.

[Captain Hilts]

22. Yes, this is why the military experience actually breeds some progressiveism...

among people.

People in the military have dealth with black Americans as equals and have taken orders from them.

Hell, when I was growing up the sub force was lilly white. Now, the head of subs Atlantic has been a black admiral - Bruce Grooms. And he has also been head of the Naval Academy. There have been several black admirals in the navy and sub skippers too. It's interesting, you're now starting to get Asian and Indian-descent sub skippers!

Between that and voting for Doug Wilder as Gov. of VA. Voting for a black man just isn't that big a deal for me as it might be for folks in the middle of the country or who have not been in the military community.

[babylonsister]

24. Right. Except he didn't run for anything. And is a rethug. Spot on. nt

[rucky]

7. He's connecting, Tweety!

So shut your yap about white male working class voters already

[Fluffdaddy]

10. That remains to be seen. Talk me up on Nov 5th

The Bradley Effect is real

And leave my Tweety Man Crush alone :D

[chupacabranation]

17. Tweety is 62 years of delicious n/t

[BeyondGeography]

25. The Bradley Effect is 26 years old and was nowhere to be seen in the primaries

Exit polls were off, but ask John Kerry how much stock should be placed in those. To give another example of its irrelevancy, Harold Ford, a good DLC'er by the way, actually finished with a greater percentage of the vote than the final polling indicated he would get.

Time to update your thinking.

[Ikonoklast]

35. Go away.

Relentlessy negative, and flying under the radar.

[vanderBeth]

8. This is great.

America moving beyond race and looking at the issues.

[rainbow4321]

9. The Ft Worth Star Telegram poll says it all:

Sen. John McCain (R) 2355
33%
Sen. Barack Obama (D) 4787
67%
Total Votes: 7142



http://www.star-telegram.com/767/story/936537.html

[K Gardner]

11. Wow !

[RepublicanElephant]

12. double-wow!

fort worth is no bastion of liberal ideology!

[crazy_vanilla]

32. I live in Fort Worth and I have seen the times a-changing

Yet there are still too many freepers for my taste. I wish we could fill the state with Dems. Blue Texas!

[MagickMuffin]

36. Current Numbers

Sen. John McCain (R) 2936......................33%

Sen. Barack Obama (D) 5976...................67%

Total Votes: 8912

[Hepburn]

13. Wow...fucking wow....

...that makes me feel very good this morning! Thanks for sharing.

[Captain Hilts]

14. Remember, Texas has a HUGE amount of military installlations. They have a tendency...

to see black Americans within that lens.

This is why racism in military areas isn't nearly as prevalent or as persistent as areas without the military.

Us folks that live in the military community have a tendency to see black Americans as 'Marines' or 'bubblehads' or whatever, FIRST, then as black, tall, short fat or whatever.

[ecstatic]

15. It's psychologically impossible to just view him as a "black man" after all this time

Whether someone hates him or not, is racist or not, it's been 4 years since Obama has been on the scene. He's a good man. That is obvious to anyone who takes the time to listen.

[goclark]

16. As an African American that made my day

It takes a small piece of my heart when I see them refer to him as African American or something Muslim or whatever is different than A MAN running for President.


He is a MAN.
A MAN!

[CreekDog]

39. As a white American, it made my day too

:applause:

[Bravo Zulu]

19. If you are out in the ocean drowning!

And someone on the beach is going to throw you a rope and life ring to save your life!

Do you care what their nationality or their religion is?

[BklynChick]

20. yes.we.can.

[The Backlash Cometh]

21. It's about fucking time.

[eshfemme]

23. That heartens me too.

But it also gives me pause because then I think, wait... then what DID you think of Obama before you thought of him as a man?

But I guess we have to accept the good with the bad in this case. Slowly but surely progress is being made.

[NOLALady]

26. It gives me pause also.

It makes one wonder what he thinks of black men.

[FatDave]

28. My father-in-law...

...is a blue-collar union democrat, and I've heard him say more than a few racist things, N-word included. During the primaries he complained an awful lot about both Hillary and Barack, and I was worried he was going to go to the dark side. Saw him a couple weeks ago and he was going on and on about how great Obama was and smacking down McCain like a DUer. It was great to see.

[Gregorian]

29. I kept thinking last night. For some, the truth is going to outshine the judgment .

Now some racists will begin changing.

[No Elephants]

30. Um., no. Some of America has always seen Obama as a man. Apparently, this jerk saw him as a man

for the first time last night and is projecting his racism onto everyone else.

[Oak2004]

37. People cease to be jerks when they come to their senses n/t

[grantcart]

31. If he is right then it will mean a landslide

[Phredicles]

48. Yep - you KNOW we're in good shape when this guy's on board:

[democracy1st]

34. kick & R

[me b zola]

38. Closer to the dream...

[codjh9]

41. I'm a white male Texan who never, ever, has voted Repub., and never, ever WILL! :^)

[RepublicanElephant]

44. the man

[Solomon]

47. LOL That's great!

[Cha]

49. Well, there ya go..America

is catching up! Nice personal observation he made.

[MANative]

50. Tears of joy and jubilation!!!!

:cry: :applause:

This thought just made my heart swell and tears are flowing freely. I will LOVE having this great man as my President. I haven't had a President for so long...

[shanti]

52. true

did you hear what chris rock said on the maher show friday nite? he said that if obama had been someone like flava flav, it would NOT be happening.