THATS NOT TRUE!! WHY, YOU GOT PATRICK N WASHINGTON.. AND A COUPLE OF HOLY ROLLERS NOT TO MENTION SOME OF THE FIRE AND BRIMESTONE LOT ON BET WHO OCCUPY THE STANDS FOR THE “BLACK FOLKS” SPECIALLY CONSTRUCTED TO HOUSE THEM AND ALL THAT FRIED CHICKEN AND ALIZE !!. LOL!!

ITS NOT TRUE, PATRICK N WASHINGTON HAS BEEN FLYING THE FLAG FOR THE GOP SINGLE HANDEDLY !!! INFACT THEY CONSTRUCTED A SPECIAL STAND FOR THE BLACKS AT THE GOP… FRIED CHICKEN AND ALL.!!LOL!

OLOUNWA
Now that is funny lol-lol-lol !!!
By the way Patrick has not been on board so he must be in St. Paul. but being serious,I tried too watch some of it and they kept showing the same five black faces over and over and over.

AP reports are reporting that there are only 40 black delegates at the RNC this week…..What a surprise !!!!

Obama -Biden 08

Clint
“What a surprise”!!! yeah I’m surprised there are that many.

Ken Blackwell is delusional. Where has he been?
Where John McCain has gone, ( I pass), don’t want to go there, and will not go there.

Lynn Swann it’s understandable why you were not elected governor. Did the Grand Ole Party give you a chance?

The Democrat Party is the way to go!!!

OBAMA/BIDEN ‘08

How do we know that some of those forty blacks ain’t chauffers,butlers,maids and convention hall janitors picking up a couple of extra dollar ?

Republicans are anti- everything, They are not for the poor folks and the lower and middle class, point blank, Conservative Values my ass!!!!
They dont have values for real, Most of them are hypocrites, child molestors, and rapists, and theives., and most of them believe in pre-marital sex, so dont talk about conservative values, because Sarah Palin sure dont have any!!!! And then they try to cover it up, by letting the 17 year old teenager hold the baby the entire time while on stage accepting the offer of being McCain’s running mate!!!! Now aint that deception at it’s finest!! !!

Obama -Biden

PBrown
I live in Pittsburgh and I can tell you that Lynn Swann got the state nomination via default.The front runner at the time said that Lynn was the richest guy in the race and the joke backfired.Gov.Ed.Rendell told the truth by saying that whites in the middle of the state would have a hard time voting for a balck person.Just like James Carville said Pennsylvannia has Philly. in the east and pittsburgh in the west with Alabama in the middle.It is also no surprise that Obama lost in this state

jfffnn,

I told you that on another post I believe, that there are so few blacks there, that they keep showing the same faces over and over., this one man with a cowboy hat on, I got so sick and tired of looking at him!!! lol!!!

But I will be watching tonight, to see what this Woman of great morals and character will do tonight!!!! Palin….

Is it just me or does Laura Bush seem so Carol Brady to anyone???? O my God, watching and listening to her is like watching Aunt Bee on Mayberry, she is so boring and dull!!!!! O my God!!! This whole convention, the only exciting part to me was when the band was playing last night and when I finally went to sleep!!!

Obama -Biden 08

Clint
Why would you expect a ex grade school librarian too be exciting ? I take it that the band was also boring and thats why you went to sleep.Just remember too set the timer off on your tv.

jfffnn

Check out some of these quotes from the black republican party. A party of diversity and equality.

Sen. Barack Obama displayed his disdain for black Americans by choosing Sen. Joe Biden as his Vice Presidential running mate.

Further showing his lack of concern about the well-being of the least among us, Obama is the most radical, pro-abortion candidate in our nation’s history.

Obama opposes school choice scholarships, putting the special interest of the teachers’ unions above the interest of poor black children trapped in failing schools.

Sounds like your boy, Patrick. LOL!!!

Clint
I was wondering why he hasn’t been on the boards,he is at the convention.A month ago he hosted a barbque for republicans in Virginia.by the way he is just a boy but he ain’t my boy, LOL-LOL-LOL !!!

I have so little respect and interest in the republican convention that I had no intention of watching; however, the Palin saga changes everything; I’m going to force myself to watch the slant (lies) that Palin woman has for the country. I hope she comes on early in the program because at least her presence brings some drama onto the scene…sort of like Jerry Springer or reality tv.

Clint, jfffnn

I guess that sums it up. Patrick is a black republican. Imagine that!!!

I agree with you. I have watched every night and fell asleep trying to keep up with all of these
“you know you are lying” people who know better, say how wonderful Sarah is and how much more qualified she is than Sen. Obama. It’s a real joke and I certainly will take several cups of coffee tonight to hear what this highly qualified presumptive nominee for VP has to say; and here I thought that the GOP had lost its sense of humor. I want to see if she can lie like she did about giving a speech as her water broke and then being allowed to board a plane in the middle of labor for and 8 hour flight to Alaska because she didn’t want to give birth in Texas; and then returning to work 3 days later. They should have named her “Davida Crockett”. I have given birth four times and have never been allowed on a flight after my sixth month. Now I know that I am not the Governor of anything but I certainly do not know an airline that will accept the risk of boarding someone in labor on an 8 hour flight. as the line goes in “RAY” “scratch a liar and find a thief”. I think that she is a big liar and my cup overflows with lying, hypocracy and ignorance from Republicans over these last eight years. They offer up a woman who has to be taken to a workshop to be trained on foreign policy and other political subjects and people are standing around talking about how qualified she is to perhaps run this country. Then they charge the Media with sexism because they ask questions about her abilities….PLEASE!

McCain=(Bush, Cheney & Rove)

McCain=(Bush, Cheney & Rove)

exactly barbara…

am sick of the republicans i have fought them on bet for over 4yrs .. and i dont care.. i have been dogged over my anti bush views and threatened more than once on here over the yrs.but the truth will always out.. bush lied, cheney is a con man and rice is a mammy!!

Why are the majority of Blacks devoted to the Democratic Party? What has the Democrats done for Blacks as a race to garner their support?

Why is Palin’s Daughter’s pregnancy an issue? How many of you had pre-marrital sex and got pregnant, or did not step up to the plate when your mate got pregnant? Why does political sex move real issues - such as Gustav and the displaced people of New Orleans - to the back pages of the news? How many anti war Democrats payed attention to the turnover of the Anbar Province in IRAQ this weekend - which means we are closer to bring troops home - vice Palin’s daughter and the boyfriend? This reminds me of the American embassy bombing in Kenya when over 200 people were killed, but the headlines were about Monica Lewinsky’s *?$#~ stained dress. People, DEMS, and REPUBS, pay attention to the real issues and stop trying to make a soap opera out of the executive office.

“Please, Let’s Talk Issues and Stay Focus!” ~~~~~~~~~~~~

Americans focus must be on “SOLUTION” to the problems American Families faces daily. ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~

In the next 36 hours, the McCain campaign will be pouring millions of dollars — if not tens of millions — into negative attack ads against Barack Obama. ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~

Befor e John McCain accepts the Republican nomination on Thursday, his campaign has to spend every last dollar of primary funds they’ve raked in from Washington lobbyists and special interest PACs. ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~

Just yesterday, they aired a new negative ad in 14 swing states. His campaign manager even admitted that all McCain has to rely on is attacks, saying that for them, “This election is not about issues.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

He doesn’t want Americans to notice that the Republican platform is the most extreme we’ve ever seen — opposing stem cell research, denying a woman’s right to choose no matter what the circumstance, and continuing to spend $10 billion a month in Iraq. ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~

With so much at stake, we can’t allow another election to be determined by petty and divisive political tactics ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~

The McCain campaign is trying to distract voters from the real issues. ~~~~~~~~

They& #8217;ve come out against the life-saving possibilities of stem cell research. ~~~~~~~~~~~

They don’t even mention protecting equal pay for equal work. ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~

They support huge tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% of Americans. ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~

They& #8217;ve almost completely ignored the $10 billion we’re spending every month in Iraq. ~~~~~~~~~~~~

And they make zero exceptions for a woman’s right to choose — even in cases of %~??, incest, or to protect the life of the mother. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

If that all sounds like more of the same, that’s because it is. John McCain is offering a third term of the disastrous Bush agenda, so it’s no wonder his campaign would choose to focus on attacks instead of issues. ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~

Obama for President and Biden for Vice President! ~~~ 08

From: Prelshea
Subject: REPUBLICANS-JUST GO AWAY!
Date: Wednesday, September 3, 2008 8:12 PM

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REPUBLICANS-ARE NOT DOING ANY OF US
FAVORS!

PEOPLE ARE STARVING!

This is a message to all Republicans; and listen very carefully!

What you all don’t realize is that every behavior has a consequence whether you are from the Ghetto or from the Rockefellers…..This mother and Governor of Alaska is telling the nation tonight that she is ready to run our United States of America and she can’t even run her own househol d… .

You wanna know why, I have observed her and her family jus a few minutes on TV and this is what I saw. The pregnant daughter is standing holding the little baby and the father is just standing there looking crazy….Why on earth would you let your daughter hold that heavy baby and take a chance on her losing her baby?
I definitely see a problem with that scene….

Many parents have these children and the plan is the older siblings are responsible for taking care of them…

TELL ..IT.. LIKE.. IT.. IS.. TONIGHT- SARAH PALIN!!! !

Don&# 8217;t try and manipulate this nation into thinking that you can do it all, cause you can̵ 7;t̷ 0;.

I am also for women everything; but when you stand up there and tell the world that you are ready to lead this nation and make decision and interfere with our LIVES and our COUNTRY on the basic of what?

I HAVE A PROBLEM!!!!!THE ECONOMY IS A MESS BECAUSE OF THE REPUBLICANS AND YOU WANT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO BELIEVE WHAT?

If you were a Latino or African American, the Republicans would be ready to stone you…..

I am asking you to step down tonight!

Please do this nation a favor tonight and step DOWN!

PEACE!

Terrance its it your bush family that has caused the problems in afganistan, so shut up!!. the original objective was to go and capture osama bin laden what happened to that one?. next, its not a matter of being sheep, the republicans suck big time as for me, wild horses wouldnt make me vote for the labour party in here in the uk after the disaster in iraq..we dont have delusions of granduer the way you do ..and since when did the greedy oil grabbing republican oil executives calling themselves patriots or whatever have the right to corner that market in hyperbole?.YOU OBVIOUSLY MUST BE ONE OF THE FIVE BLACK FACES AT THE GOP… JUST HOLD UP THE FRIED CHICKEN BUCKET SO WE CAN SEE YOU!!LOL!

Olounwa, I see that your replies are downgrading and defensive. You call the Secretary of State a Mammy, and you inply that the only black people who eat fried chicken are Republicans. For your info, I am neither Dem or Rep; I do not buy either parties platform as a whole. I vote for the best candidate available.

As for National Security Objectives, where did you get your info on our military objectives - was it CNN, BBC or BET? If that is your source, then you are the sheep who drank the koolaid!

Based off the past New York Mayor comments, the GOP is a racist event. How dare they constantly insult Senator Obama to gain an applause as if they are at a pep rally. The handful of blacks that are present look like they were paid to be there. It’s ironic that everytime they show a black person, their holding a flag and they are jumping like they agree with the GOP. As a college student, the statements that were made were targeted at all black people if you read between the fine print.I’m glad they are saying negative things about the democrats because it shows their perception of humble people. The GOP IS LEADING THE WORLD inTO DESTRUCTION!

Drevelyn Minor~Da llas,TX:

If you were focused you’d no that we done discussed all those issues already.
So all that long ass posting was unecessary.

Obama/Biden Nov. 4, 08

Unfortunately, I am not at the RNC in St Paul but my heart is there.

I really like Sarah Palin and have warmed up to John McCain. I feel very proud to be a Republican.

To the topic, it does disappoint me that the Dems have such a block on the minds of the black electora te.

Howev er, I am doing my job to explain what a Republican is.

The Republican party stands for low taxes.

The Republican party stands for a strong defense of our country.

The Republican party has a firm commitment to protect the life of the unborn.

Truth fully, the black electorate does not focus on such issues. However, there is a scant few like me that feels that the GOP is our political home.

I am one of those holy-rollers that love the USA and will be voting for John McCain and Sarah Palin.

God Bless America! !!

McCai n-Palin 2008!!!

Country First!!!

Mr. Washington did they let you come from the field to watch the RNC tonight,sir. How are you going to explainb to your grandkids that I had a chance to make history. But Master Cain had been to good to me. Please.

Patrick N. Washington,

The dead has arisen! What are you 100 years old, you sound like my grandpa always repeating the same ole bullshyt. Don’t you know we is free now?

Obama/Biden 08

Don’t be droll, Duane and Sheena.

This is a wonderful night. A good Christian woman has been nominated for the vice-presidency of our great country. That is the history that I will like to be a participator.

I understand completely your desire to elect the first black president. I understand racial solidari ty.

Howev er, I am going to vote for a candidate that share my political philosophy of limited government, low taxes, and individual liberty.

McCai n-Palin 2008!!!

Country First!!!

In addition, I may have missed the 2008 convention in St. Paul but I will be running for delegate to the Republican National Convention in 2012 to reelect McCain and Palin. LOL!!!

God bless the USA!!!

God bless Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

However, I still say McCain-Palin 2008!!!

Country First!!!

If you saw that crowd I would be scared to attend.

if another Republican gets office I’m moving to Canada

Prelshea–women can have kids and still work, but of course you have been taught u “c an’ ;t.̶ 1; Don’t say Pahlin can’t. And think about how stupid u sound:”Why on earth would you let your daughter hold that heavy baby…” Yes, why would someone want their family members to hold the baby and act like a family? It’s OK–ur black. Watch what we whities do and maybe u’ll learn a thing or two.

Nobody can tell me that this Lady Palin is ready at the drop of a hat is ready to Run this country. I served in this country’s Navy for 10 years and there is no way I would be comfortable as her a commmader-in-cheif. No!!!! way!! Same thang McCain has already laid out his plan which is No!Change! We continue to borrow more and more money from China and Japan to fight a sinceless war. Replublicans continue to spend more and more money without a clue of how to make it work. Life goes as simple as this “If outcome out weighs your income you will be bankrupt” In 8 years we went from a surplus to trillions of dollars in debt and this is all fact. You say country first? You might be talking about the land but you aren’t talking about the people in the land.You have a republican Governor in California that has allowed gay marriages to go forward so you can save all the crap about what the republicans stand for except low taxes and not paying their share of them.

working class white guy,

WATCHING WHAT YOU WHITES DO IS WHAT GOT THIS COUNTRY IN HOT WATER IN THE FIRST PLACE. YOU WHITES ARE NOBODIES ROLE MODEL. YOU AND McCAIN WILL LEAD US ALL TO HELL.

The Repubs talked about no issues last night, it was an attack night, and it is so sad they had to resort to that…

If they had talked about the issues and what they were going to do for our Country, then they would sound just like Bush!!!! And they dont wanna remind Americans that they are Repubs just like Bush!!!

Obama -Biden 08

Patrick
You are truly stuck in a time warp.It it possilble that you can say anything else besides lower taxes,domestic drilling and abortion ? We all know who’s taxes will be raised,those earning $250.000 .There is already domestic drilling for oil,abortion is a fact that will never go away.What do you think will happen if abortion is made a crime ? I will tell you,abortions will not be so much a surgical procedure,it will be cheminally induced.Have you ever heard of RU486? The ingredients will be made available to the public and that drug will be manufactored and sold on the black market or there will be people with the expertise too do a surgical abortion;therefore abortion will never,ever go away whetjer you like it or understand it or not

I support Obama but we have the right to vote for whomever we decide will run this country better in our eyes; but either way they have their work cut out for them.

The Republicans are good though when you think about it: Palin (a woman); her baby(down syndrome) daughter (17 and pregnant) son (about to deploy). She’s the average woman and they are expecting to get a lot of votes from females and middle class people cause they will feel she’s living their life and know what the average Joe goes through everyday and its working with some people. There is always an angle!

jfffnn, many American men and women across the country are questioning the reason why a person is not being recognized as a person form the point of conception.

With the modern science crossing certain boundaries that offend certain sensibilities (cloning, stem cell research, gender determination), one of the greatest questions will be what is a human and when does human life began. Witht he idea of cloning, we have cross a new threshold that every reasonable person should ask where they stand on certain issues.

I say no to cloning. I say no to stem cell research. The Republicans agree with that view. That is traditional values being applied to new issues.

Patick
JohnmcCain is for embryonic stem cell research yet he is anti- choice,do you detect a contadiction ? I would like too see if human cloning really works.Even Nancy Reagan is for stem cell research.It’s a bad idea too mix science with religion,science is about facts andreligion is about beliefs,that is why there are many avenues of faith.I reconize viability out side the womb.

I am reading comments some of them are right.
Republican are about self and it to the middle class and poor to make it on our own.
It states it in the bible everybody need somebody help why is when the poor ask for help we are begging but when a rich man ask for help he is prospering.
Patrick u need to pray I understand you love your country but do your country love you.
think about that.
If your country love you why are you working hard to keep up with the Joneses and if you went to college why did you get financal ad and student loans why didnt your country pay for you to go to an ivy league school.
If someone or something love you they going to give you the best they not going to let you suffer.
I know this country dont love me because I have to fight and work for I have and my two Boys going to have to do the same if a Republican get in offices.
It not about me it about my future I want to survive a not be a issue.
remember your future is what your past shape you to be.
you can make it or not.
It not about your country its about you make the best of it .
God bless you and keep doing whatever you doing.

Terrence asked why is Palin’s pregnant daughter an issue. For me it would be an issue because of her decisions of not teaching sex ed in schools, only abstinence. Wow she’s proof that her idea really worked huh?? If her decisions affect her family that way, what will they do for the country? What sense does it make not to have sex ed in schools. Its not like they are teaching them different positions. They are teaching the risks and the science behind sex. Maybe there wouldnt be so much teenage pregnancy if they learned a little more about it during school. Palin and all republicans alike need to get a grip.

The republican party is not for african americans. Lynn Swann is a complete sellout! The republicans are a party that represents the priviledged few and everyone else comes last. African Americans at the RNC were like raisins in a pot and they kept viewing the same 5 over and over thats not America, now the DNC last week that was America a true melting pot! The Democratic party is for all people especially the common man which makes up most of America. Also the kkk supports the republican party people such as David Duke and former N.C. senator Jessie Helms who was a know bigot.

Obama-Biden 08

A BUNCH OF SELLOUTS
GO OBAMA

its not a matter of selling out as i dont understand this term .. but as far as republicanism is concerned they are all a bunch of greedy oil grabbing monopolising haliburton contractors who are earning money on the blood of innocent people and using “patriotism” to cover up the lies, deciet and promotion that they have done to line their pockets.. cheney rice, etc are nothing more than oil executives living high off the hogg at the expense of the masses…rice is A MAMMY!!. THATS HER JOB.. TO MAMMY BUSH AND COVER UP HIS LIES WITH HER LIES…WHO DRANK THE KOOL AID THERE?.FAKE ASS PATRIOTISM IS NOTHING MORE THAN SCARE MONGERING JINOGISM…FAKE AS HECK!! AND GOING TO HELL IN THE NEXT WAR WITH IRAN..!! WE ALL KNOW ITS COMING …

WORKING CLASS WHITE GUY!!! You’re an ignorant person aren’t you? Give me a freaking break with the women can have kids and still work.I am one of those working women who had kids and worked. We are talking about running a Country and I didn’t have to run a country and believe me those years was tough…

If you want to vote for a women with 5 kids and one of them with special needs, then, go right ahead and vote for Sarah Palin…

Sarah Palin can’t run this country and be a devoted mother to her children and if you and Sarah Palin wants to believe that, go right ahead…

She won’t get my vote….Like I said, many parents have these children and the plan is the older siblings are responsible for taking care of them…that’s exactly what have been happening in that family..

Don&# 8217;t get me wrong it is ok to help out but there’s a bigger picture here….I can see it, only a real and hands on mother knows what I am saying&# 8230;..T hat̵ 7;s something you will never get or never understa nd… ;.

Peace !

Paline talks about how she was going to raise her new born baby tell me how will she have time to actually care for him I bet you the baby has a nanny and she has a maid tell her to try doing it without the help she has tell her to go to work come home cook dinner wash clothes clean house and take care of a husband.Do this for a month then come back and let me know how she feels

I recognize the viability of a human from the point of conception. I have no doubt that there where life begins and the laws of the land should protect the lives of the unborn.

black girl, this country was built on individualism not that the country should pay and provide everything for everybody.

I do not like the concept of a nanny state that tries to make an utopia instead of getting out of the way to maximize opportunity.

Obama is trying to guarantee success for everyone. That is impossible and will bankrupt us more than any war could.

Let me repeat the republican mantra for 08.

Cut taxes.
Drill here. Drill now! Pay less!
Protect the life of the unborn!

McCai n-Palin 2008!!!

Country First!!!

PATRICK .. BEHAVE!LOL! AMERICA WAS BUILT ON THE CHEAP LABOUR FROM THE SLAVE TRADE. CHINESE WORKERS BROUGHT IN TO BUIT THE RAILWAYS !! HONESTLY AND OTHER MIGRANTS PAID A PITTANCE FOR THEIR TIME AND EFFORTS..

WHEN IT COMES TO DRILLING IN YOUR OWN COUNTRY BY ALL MEANS.. WE ARE FED UP WITH THE STUPID, POINTLESS WARS THAT RESOLVE NOTHING AND DO NOTHING FOR ANYONE …PLEASE DRILL ALASKA DRY BY ALL MEANS… WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED IN AFGANISTAN, IRAQ AND THE WAR BEING PLANNED AGAINST IRAN.. WE ALL KNOW THATS THE NEXT STEP..ISOLATE RUSSIA GET TO IRAN… ALL IN THE NAME OF WHAT EXACTLY?. WHY CANT BUSH TAKE ON THE NORTH KOREANS HEAD ON?. MMMMM?.

Olounwa
You do understand what sellout means.It is another way of saying submissive negro.Put it like this, Rice is a sellout,understand now ?

YEP, A GOOD CHRISTAIN WOMAN WHO’S DAUGHTER HAS BEEN KNOCKED UP BY A SELF ADMITTED “R EDNECK&# 8221;LOL !!
NO COMEDY WRITER COULD HAVE PUT THAT ONE TOGETHER .!! THE TALK SHOW HOSTS LIKE JAY LENO ARE HAVING A FIELD DAY.. LOL!!

Patrick
I don’t know your age but I’m convinced you have dementia since you keep repeating yourself over and over and over.Do you have the abilty too change subjects and move on ?

well, its neck and neck at the moment.. we hope for the best for america but if it chooses the worst so be it…

AMERICA MUST COME OUT AND VOTE.. THE APATHY THAT THE YOUNG USUSALLY FEEL TOWARDS POLITICANS HAS TO BE PUT ASIDE FOR THIS ONE.. ITS JUST TOO IMPORTANT TO BE IGNORED.. THE REPUBLICANS ARE PRAYING FOR RAIN …..

JFFFNN I DONT KNOW WHAT A SELLOUT IS AS I DONT RECOGNISE THIS TERM ..BLACKS DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE A COMMON VALUE SYSTEM AND THEY DONT HOWEVER, RICE IS A GREEDY LYING OIL EXECUTIVE THATS HER JOB AND SHE IS A MAMMY COS SHE LIES AND COVERS UP FOR HER BOSS.AND THE WAY SHE WAS WEEPING BUCKETS OVER THAT ARIEL SHARON WAS DISGUSTING.. WHERE WAS SHE WHEN KATRINA WAS TAKING HER PART OF AMERICA DOWN..?. BUYING SHOES IN NYC THATS WHERE SHE WAS?. I HAVE NO TIME FOR HER.. ENRON CAN GO AND EAT DIRT AND TAKE HER WITH THEM…

Money twisted sense of Christianity priveledge xenophobic few = Republican party

Lets see if we fall for the same McBush this year.
If we do prepare for that 10 dollar gas because of our new war with Iran and our continued imperialistic and isolationist approach to foreign policy.

Olounwa
The young people are surly interested in this election because of the fiasco in Iraq.They don’t want too be killed for the sake of oil. At the rate things are going conscription is on the horizon,thats why more young people are for Obama/Biden.

TO BE HONEST, THE AMOUNT OF BLACKS WHO ACTUALLY GET OUT AND VOTE WILL DEPEND ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS IN PLACE TO GET THE OLD, INFIRM, OUT TO THE POLLS.. IT WILL DEPEND ON THE NETWORK OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO ARE PRO-ACTIVE AND AVAILABLE TO BE HANDS ON FERRYING PEOPLE TO AND FROM THE POLLS.. THE YOUNG, WHO SUPPORTED OBAMA THE ACTIVISTS WHO WERE OUT THERE WHEN IT SEEMED HOPELESS WILL BE NEEDED TO GIVE IT THAT ONE MIGHTY PUSH FORWARD TO GET TO THAT MOUTAIN TOP.. OBAMA IS A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH BECAUSE HE CUTS ACCROSS RACE BOUNDARIES AS A BLACK MAN.(HALF BLACK) HE CAN DO WHAT OTHERS HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO … HE HAS GOT WHITE AMERICA ON BOARD BECAUSE HE IS REACHING OUT TO ALL NOT JUST SOME..THATS A VERY GOOD THING..THATS WE HE HAS BELIEVERS NOT ONLY IN AMERICA BUT ALL OVER THE WORLD.. NOV 2008 … DONT BE LATE… !! MAKE THAT CHANGE.. GOD, WE NEED IT !!!

From a Spiritual Perspective-God is making this nation put aside the hatred thats still deeply rooted and hidden in our hearts, for the blacks that think racism has died down, please use wisdom, Martin Luther King used wisdom, and we must go back to his standards, The one thing i have learned, is that we have to stand for whats right and refuse to turn around, because our country is at a very critical standpoint at this time. I think if Palin becomes VP (which i strongly disagree with)the Presidency will eventually be here’s which will be a female president,in which some has stated “will never happen”, and when Obama/Biden do win, an African-American will be the president, in which no one in this world would of thought would happen, so if you look at it, we have no choice but to repent
and love one another. The entire USA needs to repenT, especially the people of God. If my people, who are called by name, shall humble themselves and pray and seek my face, turn from her wicked ways, then will i hear from heaven and heal there land and forgive there sins.

Patrick,
Please don’t fall for the Rupublican hat track. Surfacing a couple thousand more barrels per day into our oil supply will barely make a dent into worldwide price oil. The price of energy is tied to every energy market in the world. Also can you tell me how we are paying for the 10 billion dollar per month tab that is the Iraqi war? Who is paying for that? Bush is leaving this country a massive dept financially.

I wonder how many black folk actually research the republican party?Or the democratic party for that matter? When ever I ask a black person why are they democrat all they say is because the democrats care about black people.(lol. yeah sure they do.) Then I ask them what research they have done on the democratic party or what exactly have the democrats done to help black people besides the civil rights movement and then most of them either stare at me or simply do not have an answer. Then I ask why they don’t like republicans and someone always says they only care about the rich and themselves. Then I ask them why do you feel this way and what exactly have they done to only benefit themselves and they still don’t have an answer. I’m starting to think that black people just devoutly follow the democrats partly because our political views are stuck in the 1960’s or because our bias for the two parties doesn’t allow us to see what each party truly stands for. I think this sad that we limit ourselves to one party. Doing that just stifles progress in our community, which is probably part of the reason why the black community has a lot more problems now then it did 40 years ago.

Palin is a liar and talks out of both sides of her face while the rest of the GOP just smile, nod and clap. Instead of talking about the REAL issues she chooses to insult Obama with LIES and UNTRUTHS:

PALIN SAID:

“There is much to like and admire about our opponent. But listening to him speak, it’s easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform _ not even in the state senate.”

THE TRUTH IS:

Obama has worked with Republicans to pass legislation that expanded efforts to intercept illegal shipments of weapons of mass destruction and to help destroy conventional weapons stockpiles. The legislation became law last year. To demean that accomplishment would be to also demean the work of Republican Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, a respected foreign policy voice in the Senate. In Illinois, he was the leader on two big, contentious measures in Illinois: studying racial profiling by police and requiring recordings of interrogations in potential death penalty cases. He also successfully co-sponsored major ethics reform legislation.

PALIN SAID:

“The Democratic nominee for president supports plans to raise income taxes, raise payroll taxes, raise investment income taxes, raise the death tax, raise business taxes, and increase the tax burden on the American people by hundreds of billions of dollars.”
THE TRUTH IS:

The Tax Policy Center, a think tank run jointly by the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute, concluded that Obama’s plan would increase after-tax income for middle-income taxpayers by about 5 percent by 2012, or nearly $2,200 annually. McCain’s plan, which cuts taxes across all income levels, would raise after tax-income for middle-income taxpayers by 3 percent, the center concluded. advertisement
Obama would provide $80 billion in tax breaks, mainly for poor workers and the elderly, including tripling the Earned Income Tax Credit for minimum-wage workers and higher credits for larger families.
He also would raise income taxes, capital gains and dividend taxes on the wealthiest. He would raise payroll taxes on taxpayers with incomes above $250,000, and he would raise corporate taxes. Small businesses that make more than $250,000 a year would see taxes rise.

Go Obama!

Trina on September 4th, 2008

Olounwa
RICE = SELLOUT !!! Exactly what don’t you reconize ? The definition is right there.

Candace,

Wake up, honey because you must be talking to the wrong black folks. Get out of the hood, go to universities, coffee shops, churches, speak to homeowners, professors, accountants, business owners, parents of soldiers, etc…don’t make the mistake that the Republicans are making by underestimating black America. We are smart enough to research the issues, learn the candidates and determine who we agree with. And we will drive to the polls and VOTE! Taking along our entire families. Educatio n… it’ ;s not just a white thing.

I am SHOCKED that no main-stream media network are talking this! Well frst of all I want to ask everyone when they look at RNC focus in on C-SPAN it’s te most credible news out their! You also get to have you say so! Second the DNC ahd 23% black americans attend thier convention and the RNC ONLY had 2% of black americans attend theirs!Pamela I think you or someone else should do a report on how black americams are left out the media!The media focuses only on Obama saying that he needs to work hard to get the blue collar white workers and whute females EVERYDAY BUT they DON’T mention that McCain TOO has to work hard to get the black american votes! Black americans are always left out of the media! It’s really not fair!

Seschris ,

IR 17;m not from the hood and I go to college. I’m well aware that education is not just a white thing. Why else do you think I’m willing to think critically about the parties and not just vote for the party that is most popular to vote for. Maybe you are the one who shouldn’t underestimate people. Ok so I will ask you. Why do you choose to vote the way you do? I’m assuming you are a democrat,correct me if I’m wrong. what do you like about the democratic party and what do you dislike about the republican party? Please state facts and legitimate reasons to back up your argument.Not just opinion.

Blacks underrepresented? How much are they supposed to represent? 99.9% of them are voting for Obama.

Here’s the thing I find funny. If there aren’t enough blacks somewhere, bet and others start crying like their welfare checks is late. Folks. Blacks are only 13% of the American populati on… ;.repres entation anywhere near white representation would be statistical OVER-representation, at only 13%!

Go to school and stay there until you learn something!

This blog is interesting. I am not party devoted, but what I am is an educated African-American. I recognize that we have had loyalties to both parties grasping and hoping that one of Masters parties will legitimize us and our concerns in some way. My aunt who is a republican and former mayor of my hometown, is the one who turned me off to the party. She was the first AA woman to ever and probably who will ever have such a position in a small TX town. I was organizing a chapter of National Council of Negro Women and ask could it carry her name. She told me know she was running for re-election and to affiliate with something Black would hurt her campaign. I had voted for her prior to this I didn’t this time. Patrick really think more in depth about your position. You are correct this country as well as other Western countries have an individualistic mentality. That means you go for you at the expense of others if need be. As an AFrican-American that shouldn’t be something that you support. You say REps are for low government, well not so. How is telling me what religion I should be, what my family should look like,and to have a baby by a man who raped me low government control? As a Christian I am really offended by the Reps using Christianity as a political tool, saying in so many other words if you aren’t looking like us, thinking like us, and living like us then you aren’t as Christian as we are. Where have we heard that before? These are what Whites used time and time again to justify our enslavement, the taking of our land, the murder and hanging of our ancestors, and the things that we continue to be subjected to now.

Also I find it sad that A White person can stand up and claim to be Christian and we are like “oh this good ole Christian White man or White woman” and we never call them into question. However, Obama had to continously prove to America that he was Christian, even Black folks are still running around doubting that he is. When are we really going to overcome?

I just would like to mention that the reason Gov. Palin’s daughter was holding her brother was because she was hiding her baby bump, not because her family feels that the oldest should take care of the youngest. Gov. Palin’s husband has decided that he will take on the role of Mr. Mom and that is awesome. About time men step up to the plate and give women a chance to break through the ceiling. Anyway, to continue on why Gov. Palin’s daughter was holding the baby, they did not want anyone to see that she was five months pregnant at the time. They wanted the media to have their say first and then they would allow her to show her belly. I also would like to mention that I have a huge problem with Gov. Palin because she is some what of a hypocrite. She preaches abstinence, but apparently her sermon fell on deaf ears in her house. How does she expect parents to honestly accept teaching their teenage children abstinence only in school when her own child did not listen at her own high school where they teach abstinence only. It is not going to happen. I believe that teenagers need to be taught everything, from abstinence to condoms to STDs that can be contracted from making stupid mistakes so they are prepared completely to make their own decisions off of the credible information that has been provide to them. We live in reality not Sugar Plum Valley where everything is wholesome and sweet. Teenagers don’t listen, they don’t care and they think they know everything so the only thing we can do for them is to make sure that they do know everything, about sex, and the consequences that come with their decisions. I also have a problem with the pro-choice option too. I do not believe that the government should be allowed to dictate what I can and cannot do with my body. I do not have to answer to them. The only one I need to answer to about my decisions in life is the Lord and John McCain and the Republican party does not look like God or Jesus. If I wanted to be controlled, I would live in a foreign country where freedom is obsolete, instead I live in the U.S.A. where I am supposed be free to choose what religion I want to practice, what I want to do with my body, what I want to wear, free speech etc. From what I can see, the good Ol’ U.S.A. is heading towards a dictatorship and most of us are going to be looking for a way out. Canada is looking real nice right about now.

JFFNNN WHY ARE YOU RICE A “SELLOUT ” ??. RICE IS JUST BEING HERSELF .. A GREEDY OIL WAR PROFITEER. WHAT IS A SELLOUT ANYWAY?. IS THERE SOME SECRET CLUB THAT ALL BLACKS MUST SUBSCRIBE TO IN AMERICA?. SHE HAS NOT “BETRAYED HER RACE” AS THERE IS ONLY ONE RACE..THE HUMAN RACE..I KNOW MANY BLACK AMERICANS DONT SUBSCRIBE TO THIS IDEA AND A LOT OF WHITE AMERICANS DONT DO EITHER..BUT ITS THE TRUTH.. WE HAVE ETHNIC DIVISIONS WITHIN IT..condilizza rice doesnt owe her “Race”. anything . if she did she wouldnt have spent her time in Nigeria in the early 90’s working against ordinary nigerians to fill the coffers of her fellow americans in enron.. she acts as an AMERICAN pure and simple..she is a NEO CON.. and i hate her accordingly .. as a NEO CON… pure and simple. if obama barack was a NEO CON acting the same way as she has done and continues to do, i would hate him too..

Candace,

You misunderstood me, no one said that you were from the hood I said talk to people outside the hood. By pesenting your questions to a variety of blacks; your bound to get more results than you’ve been getting. But don’t make the mistake that many have made, do not underestimate black voters. A lot of non-Obama supporters are up in arms because they think that Obama supporters don’t have sense enough to critically analyze the issues from both sides and make an intelligent decision. The same can be said for white folks voting for McCain. I made my decision to support Obama as soon as I found out that he was running for President because I had read both of his books, researched his voting record, his work on the South side of Chicago and his stance on the issues that concern me. I am an informed and educated voter and I have shared my political views many times on this very blog because I choose to so so NOT because I was challenged to do so as you are doing now. I applaud you for pursuing higher education. Please continue to do your homework and go to college that can only strengthen your critical analytical skills.

joyB i agree with everything you have said.. america is more likely to turn to the extreme right towards dictatorship and the groundwork has already been done with the patriot act..the political hypocracy is breathtaking..you have a country that is the in the grips of the forces of change and the forces of sameness and more of it.. seriously its going to get very ugly before the end of this process. i expect that this website will be shut down for the duration of the elections like it last time..in 2004.Americans have to come out this time and vote, especially the young ..it is so important because its going to change the course of history.. choose obama and america will shift to the middle ground ,choose mccain and its worse than more of the same..its that endless war senario i talked about on this very same website 4yrs ago… america will just keep embarking on wars against all mankind .. “to protect herself” ..yeah., right to fill the coffers of already rich, greedy oil executives..What was the iraqi war?. an excercise in public works and private gain.. CAN I SAY HALIBURT ON?.disg raceful. !! giving contracts to the businesses of govt officials like that is unethical and immoral. yet these idiots claim the moral high ground.. over what exactly?.America gets away with it because of the SHEER FORCE OF HER ARMY .. thats all.. we all KNOW THE SCORE..BUT NO ONE IS UNDER ANY ILLUSIONS.. i would hate people to jump ship but it looks like it will happen if barack obama doesnt get in this nov..i have watched every presidential race since the mid 70’s as a very curious teenager … This one is different.. this one is going to decide just what type of power america is and how she uses it..

I find Palin to be extremely hypocritical and dangerous. She is risking the health and very lives of those Alaskan children by forcing her religious views. She can not be allowed to bring the mess to the country. Pregnancy is not the worst outcome from unprotected sex! America is supposed to be a melting pot where we all are free to worship as we feel. Who wants a president who forces there religious values on us. Pro-life is based in religion. NOBODY is going to tell me what to do with my body. Not a senile old man and not a pompous baby making machine. McCain and Palin are NOT role models. She gave a good speech, spoke well, took shots at Obama but she did not discuss or clarify her stance on: Healthcare, Education, War and the Economy!!!
BTW: Where is the diversity in the Republican Party?

All I know for sure about Sarah Palin is that she is FERTILE!

Go Obama.

I feel sorry for the college student who is not taking politcs as a subject this one subject you need add to schedule and black History.
The people of color made this nation and the white man stoled it and destroy it for greed and the past is coming back around to knock us on our butt.
Last nite I laugh about the convention because every one who gave a speech talk negative about the other party but they never said anything about how they deserve to be a leader you have to earn leadership it not going to be handle over to you people going to have to realized as long the white stick together they going to keep trying to lead us to hell but alot of us know when we are leading wrong and when we stand up they call us elite we are not elite we are smart and we can play that game they are playing.
Politics is nothing but a game it can be good or bad it according to the person.
I always felt like this How can you tell me something when you not doing it and that with anything.
Palin can not tell me How to Be A Woman,Mother or Wife because she is not doing a good job.
Mccain can not show me what a man should do because he is not the head of his family his wife wear the pants and everythings else.
God state in the bible.
God,Man,Wife, Children and it not following in order I am not voting for anyone is not in order.
Like Obama stated This is not about me it’s about the Country (people).
If you read that bible it will tell you how your household should be run like a government system.
If you can nott run your household how can you run something else.(nation)
Trust me God looking at that and he see alot of disappointing feature.

Republicans don’t give a f**k about nobody but the rich. I am a working class black male getting by paycheck to paycheck. Republicans don’t understand what it’s like to be broke. They don’t understand what it’s like to have the bill collectors constantly ringing your phone all the time all day every day. I had a brother that went to fight in Iraq and by the grace of God he is back home safe. Republicans don’t care about the people in the hood. As far as black republicans, to me a black republican is a Uncle Tom or an Oreo. I don’t care about offending any black republicans I’m just calling it the way I see it. Americans are constantly b**ching and complaining about how high gas prices are and yet a lot of Americans are voting to put the people that are responsible for the problems we are having back in the white house. I encourage not just every black person but every American to go out this November and vote for Obama. I sure as hell will. VOTE BARACK OBAMA 2008!!!

crazyblackman:

I agree with you man. I don’t care about black republicans either, cause they don’t give a shyt about me. That byooch last night ain’t say nothin that’s gonna help me live better!

Watching the RNC Convention was like watching a bad comedy show…Sarah Palin was the comedian all she did was tell bad jokes to get a laugh and applause the entire time she was up there.

Obama 08!!!!

john steward you crack me up already!!! talk about hypocracy… marvel at the double speak double standards coming out of the mouths of the fox news team now that their baby mama palin is under fire.. these guys are the biggest hypocrites going.!those republicans are crazy!!!

everyone watch newt gingrich and john steward go head to head over palin’s attitude towards abortion infact watch is whole take on the republican convention… the allegories are hilarious…!! there was an interview with the resident british comedian who was interviewed by channel4 news for our stations .. and what he said about the republicans was pretty scary.. they are mad!! pure and simple.. mad people who say things that are so out there and mean it… the whole world wants obama , americans want more of the same..

Palin is just another ultra-right wing Republican, born again who passes judgement on the “sinful” until they happen to be in her own family, at which time similar pronouncements from others become “inappropriate and off-limits.” Welcome to the land of Larry Craig and so many other hypocrites with feet of clay. How can anyone be surprised by the “do as I say not as I do” attitude of these holier than thou phonies anymore?

Lack of Judgement. The mom allows herself to get pregnant at a risky age and delivers a downs baby. She “teaches” her daughter to “just say no” to sex. On the sexual front, Palin shows very poor judgment. When my daughter learned how to drive I didn’t think “just say no” to accidents was good enough, so I insisted she wear a seat belt too. Just in case. By the way, Palin was in favor of the bridge to nowhere before she was against it. And she kept the money! Now she’s following “quick draw” McCain down the flip flop highway.

OMG - I cannot believe how nasty you democrats are. Republicans want everyone to live the American Dream. Why do millions of people come here— legally or illegally?? To have the freedom to be successful and make money! Republicans recognize that if Joe Brown or Keisha White work hard for their money— opening a business– expands that business— that Joe and Keisha should reap their rewards. Democrats have created a government gimme free-for-all that really pisses me off. I definitely know that there are a lot of people that need assistance— to give them a HAND UP and not just hand outs is what we need. 3 years after Katrina and 17,000 trailers still being lived in?? GET REAL— I work hard for MY MONEY - and do help out whenever I can. And being Christian does NOT mean judging– it means coping and living the life that is handed to you in a loving, caring and respectful way. Why is it that pro-choice is the acceptable ideal as long as that choice is not life?

Steve please you know godd and well the republicans do not want everyone to live the American Dream. The republicans are for the “priviledged few” and everyone else comes last. The republicans are not for the “common man” Thats not true about the Democrats and the “give me free for all” 8 years of Bush America has the highest unemployment rate, home foreclosures,high gas prices(also Bush owns oil). America is in decline electing McCain will be the same Bush presidency and it will get worse. The republican party only represents main stream America and is only out to help “the priviledged few”

Wow, I have been watching the RNC everyday; though I am not a republican, I want to know exactly what the republicans are up to. Of course, they are up to their old tricks of resurrecting African American stereoty pes̷ 0;specif ically by referring to Obama as a “smooth talker.” Then they ridicule Obama’s experience working with the community. They sounded so contrite, stupid, and homogeneous because politicians have to work with and for the people. They even all look alike to me, with those fake plastic smiles. Then, they panned the camera to this hispanic dude holding a sign that read “Hispanics Love McCain”…but dude was the only hispanic there…what’s up with that?

Seschris,

You told me to get out of the hood, In order to get out of the hood I would have to be in the hood first.I guess I took your comment more literally.
Of course some have critically analyzed the issues and that’s why they support Obama, but I find many more have not. And I guess you could argue that the same thing can be said about white folk and McCain to a certain extent or just voters in general. I find that to many people vote strictly based on party affiliation or tradition. Many don’t really analyze the issues or their candidate’s stance on the issues or what the causes and effects might be if their candidate implements their position on an issue. That goes for all types of people not just blacks. I feel the major difference between black and white voters is that there normally isn’t an overwhelming majority of white people or any race for that matter except for blacks who vote so monolithically for one party.So I disagree with you when you say that the same can be said about white folks who vote for McCain. How is that true when you have so many white folk voting for Obama? Obama couldn’t have been the democratic nominee on the black vote alone and he wouldn’t be in a dead heat with McCain right now with only African-American support either.Remember Black people are only I think about 12 or 13% of the population.

The main point of my original post was not that Black people don’t think critically about their candidate, as I feel this is true for people of all races not just black. I was more trying to say how voting monolithically with out even looking at both sides hurts black people more than it helps us. In your first post you said that the republicans underestimates the black vote. How come you say that the republican party does this but you don’t imply that the democratic party does this? or were you just referring to this election year and the black turn out for Obama? I personally feel that both parties underestimate the black vote. I mean the democrats don’t have any real reason to take black voters seriously because they already know black voters are a slam dunk come election time and Republicans don’t have to take black voters seriously because they already know that black voters devoutly vote democrat regardless. How does strictly voting for one party decade after decade really solve issues in our community?
Especially when neither party actually says they are for or against issues that concern black voters. The last time a party has actually had a strong platform concerning black issues was the civil rights movement, which was the democratic party. That’s why I made the statement that black people’s political views could be stuck in the 1960’s.So I’m guessing the thing to do is to stick with the party that helped us out nearly 50 years ago.

You said that you made your decision to support for Obama as soon as you found out about him running for president.It’s good that you did your research but I cant help but wonder if you did such in depth research on all the other candidates who was running before you gave Obama your full support? If not than how did you know that Obama was the best candidate for the issues that concerned you?

I was just curious when I asked you about your party affiliation.I didn’t mean it as a challenge so if you felt insulted I apologize.

After watching Sarah Palin stand there and read from the Podium which someone wrote for her, and all of a sudden, she gave the best speech ever….
Give me a freaking break….She made very nasty remarks about Barack Obama, and not one word of truth in it…I am pissed off about that…

She even tried to quote some things Obama had said in his speech…..

You all remember when Jeb Busch the President brother said: The truth is useless. You have to understand this right now. You can’t deposit the truth in a bank. You can’t buy grocieries with the truth. You can’t pay rent with the truth. The truth is a useless commodity that will hang around your neck like a albatross-all the way to the homeless shelter. And if you think that the millions or so people in this country that are really interested in the truth about there government can support people who would tell them the truth, you got another thing coming. Because the millions or so people in this country that are truly interested in the truth don’t have any money.(Shelia Samples)…..

This is what Sarah Palin said about Barack Obama in her speech&# 8230;.

̵ 7;some use change to promote a career’,
some use a career to promote change&# 8221; 230;.

Here& #8217;s what Obama said in his speech:

The change we need doesn’t come from Washington,
change comes to Washington.

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There ’s more things in her speech that sounded like Barack Obama, you get my drift 230;..

This woman was a Journalist and knows how to speak very well….That doesn’t work with me… ;OMGR 30;.

PEACE !

Candace..I have to co-sign with you on why Blacks vote Democrat. I was raised to believe the bull, and follow the line too. But now, I’m tired of the same ol’ same ol with that . We need to take responsibility for ourselves. We need to have our stuff together regardless of Obama or MCain. They both have made promises that they aren’t going to keep if elected. Everyone should vote according to their personal core set of beliefs and values. Who can you identify with according to that? I’m voting due to party beliefs, not race. Get ready for another Republican in the White House everyone.

GOD FORBID CHERIE, WHAT DID THE LAST ONE DO ?. WHY ARE YOU SO STUPID TO BELIEVE THAT THE REPUBLICANS ARE GOOD AT ANYTHING BUT MAKING WARS AND LINING THEIR OWN POCKETS ON THE PROCEEDS..?. YOU DONT HAVE TO VOTE DEMOCRAT BUT YOU DO HAVE TO LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE.. SO I SAY GET READY FOR A DEMOCRAT THIS NOV… YOU CAN ALWAYS MOVE TO A SOUTH AMERICAN DICTATORSHIP AND FEEL RIGHT AT HOME..

AS FOR THE BLINDING HYPOCRACY.. TELLING OTHERS TO DO AS I SAY BUT NOT AS MY FAMILY DO PALIN CAN GET LOST.. THE BIT.OCH IS JUST THAT A BIT.OCH… AMERICA MUST GET RID OF THE GOP ..IF THEY DONT THE GOP WILL GET RID OF AMERICA.. THATS FOR CERTAIN…

Thanks Cherie, It’s nice to see someone who thinks as an individual.

Working class, huh? Aren;t all of us that work for a living “working class”? Blue collar/white collar really doesn’t matter. I keep seeing comments about the GOP being hard on working Americans and the Dems are much friendlier; well, what, exactly, is a “working American”?
And another thing, why isn’t BET airing the RNC as it did with the DNC? All of this bias is turing me away fast. We have a bunch of lemmings here.

I honestly think that this is the hardest year to vote ..I am an African American Catholic..and I am torn between Obama and McCain…There are so many black people that are so for Obama and they don’t even know what he stands for…I hate that I have to choose between who cares for the poor and who’s religious beliefs I can agree with…My religious beliefs are more on the McCain side..but being a person of color that came from a low income yet working family might have to go with Barack…Its like what do you choose..something you believe in or who really cares about you…I really like Barack Obama..but I’m not one of those people that are like “Obama or Die” just to follow everybody else…If people would find out what both candidates are about that would be good…

I think that most of us were told from the start that all black people are Democrats..and many generations of people vote Democrat without knowing what Democrats are about…It just hit me at 28 years old that I need to research my Democratic party…I honestly see no one I can relate to in this race 100 percent

Candice,

At 28 years old what makes you think that you know what most black people were told about anything..or that you are the only black person intelligent enough to research and get politically informed?

I am a registered Democrat. Unlike some democrats I don’t feel obligated to vote democrat at every election. I weigh the candidates stance on the issues and I decide who speaks to my concerns. This election I will be voting for Obama and nothing the republican party has said has changed that yet. Sarah Palin has made me more certain of my choice. McCain’s political views and judgement make me sad for America and where he would lead us.

After seeing the GOP convention I am convinced that Obama will now win the election. The opponents have NO PLAN, NO PROGRAM, and no more tricks up their sleeves.

Barack Obama is projected to already have in the bag 153 Electoral votes of the 270 he needs to be elected President. The way it looks McShame McCain and Pitiful Palin are toast. We just need to make sure that in the states like NH, PA, FL Obama gets those electoral votes. The pressure is on. Ideally I do not think Obama is strong in certain areas. He just needs to surround himself with right team. A change we do need. I am telling you the Old Boys network is fuming. I cannot wait to flaunt in their faces. Yep, um hmmmR 30;̷ 0;… ;… Now you said African Americans could not do what…?