Comments on: Obama’s Race an Asset for Young Voters

By: mannning

mannning — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:37:33 +0000

As a Southerner born well before the turnaround in racial discrimination, and as one that has worked closely with people of black descent for over 40 years, I have absolutely no problem with a qualified black as president. The key word being "qualified".

There is precious little that I can absorb about Obama that would qualify him in my mind for the presidency of the United States.

By: od

od — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:13:09 +0000

I thought Ferarro was the only person who could look at the history of presidential elections (or even primaries) in the US and conclud that black men have a decided advantage over white men and women ...

I'm not a huge fan of Obama, but I think he was right when he said being a black man was neither an advantage nor a disadvantage to him in running. The votes he gains for being black will balance the votes he loses for being black.

By: Fausta

Fausta — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:33:57 +0000

Yes - they are making it an issue, for a number of reasons:
1 - as a candidate, his resume is totally unimpressive. Not to pick on you, James, but your resume is more impressive than Obama's.
2 - His grasp of the issues is flimsy at best.
3 - The Democrats believe in identity politics because it furthers their agenda of dependence on the government, but they have to couch it as "not an issue" while being "an asset" for fear that it will would sound like racism - which it is.

It's gotten him far. Will it carry him to the White House?