"This is a HISTORIC MOMENT!"
...Why, because a black man got elected? SO WHAT? They were electing black politicians in the deep south in the 1860s and 70s! And call it a hunch, I suspect it was because they were QUALIFIED, and not because they were BLACK.
It's not a historic triumph, but a historic tragedy, that America elected a president almost entirely because of the color of his skin and in spite of the content of his character. He got there by milking racial division and by attacking and silencing anyone who questioned his past or his politics by accusing them of racism. This isn't a glorious step forward, it's Jesse Jackson race-baiting politics-as-usual.
"It's a historic moment!" .... yeah, so was the Reichstag fire.
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It's not a historic triumph, but a historic tragedy, that America elected a president almost entirely because of the color of his skin and in spite of the content of his character.
Not to mention his qualifications or ... oh, I don't know ... the fact that he isn't McCain.
"in spite of the content of his character."
Like McCain had character of course?
The fact that in some counties the population was like 90% slave, and that they acted as a monolithic voting block immediately after receiving suffrage for black politicians doesn't seem to have reached you, does it?
"America elected a president almost entirely because of the color of his skin and in spite of the content of his character."
You really haven't been paying any fucking attention, have you? It is almost entirely due to that "character" that he was chosen over McCain. McCain specifically chose Palin in order to rob Obama of an exclusive claim of historicity and made the sane among us all realize all the more how (frankly) enlightened his views are in comparison. I really don't think anyone was supportive of Obama due to his race alone. But if there were...well...you've got your single-issue voters, and now we've finally got some of our own!
You don't sound bitter at all, btw.
I'm willing to bet that a good number of people who voted for Obama voted for him because of Palin and not his skin color.
Even my parents who were half convinced that Obama is Muslim voted for him because of her.
They were electing black politicians in the deep south in the 1860s and 70s!
Um...who?
It's not a historic triumph, but a historic tragedy, that America elected a president almost entirely because of the color of his skin and in spite of the content of his character.
Granted, I was more in favor of Clinton, but Obama is much better qualified than McDoofus and his neurotic bitch. He's well qualified. So just admit it, you hate the fact that he's black. The fact that he's black has nothing to do with his qualifications. It's mostly the conservatards who are making his race an issue. The Democrats and liberals gloried in the moment of the first black president, and then got back to work. Republicunts are the ones still bitching about it. So get the fuck over it, he won, you lost. Boo-fucking-hoo.
They were electing black politicians in the deep south in the 1860s and 70s!
And yet blue-gummers weren't allowed to eat at the same lunch counters, drink from the same water fountains, or use the same bathrooms as honkies. It's only been about 45 years since our non-Caucasian friends have been accorded those privileges.
"They were electing black politicians in the deep south in the 1860s and 70s! And call it a hunch, I suspect it was because they were QUALIFIED, and not because they were BLACK."
Ahhh, yes. I am sure all black people yearn to return to the 1860's and 1870's when they were treated with dignity and respect.
Newsflash, I voted for Obama because I agreed with most of his positions and policies. I disagreed with many of McCain and Palin's views and I believed that our country would fare better with Obama in charge.
But of course, I bet that this person would say the same thing if Hillary Clinton were elected president instead: "Why is everyone making such a big DEAL over the fact that a WOMAN became president?! There were always female politicians! Women could vote and become secretaries and nurses and make as many babies as they wanted! Why's it such a big DEAL?" *whine, whine, whine*
@CrazyRoper: I wish someone had told Palin that.
I'll state this again. I'm impressed by Americas choice of the best candidate this time. I was wondering just how stupid you people could be after Bush got in twice and how some still support him and Palin to this day.
To see an articulate, sensible man in office today is a total reversal. That he's black with a muslim heritage is damn near astounding!
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Go to FAIL. Go directly to FAIL. Do not pass GO, do not collect £200. See this guy?:
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That's you, that is. Because you can't handle the fact that your precious Caribou Barbie and the Corpse was soundly beaten in the US Elections last year. As in the US electorate had had enough of your poster boy of the Repubicans, Religious Right, Neocons & inbred knuckle-draggers like you, RHJunior. We had to suffer Dumbya for eight years, it's your turn now.
Obama's in there for at least four years now (and the way the GOP's in disarray, better make that eight). Live with it.
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