I don't know what's the worst denial, that the obama won because he's a minority, that the media didn't fully report on jeremiah wright (my favorite), or that the media didn't criticize obama because he's black. i mean, a black man should have been president as soon as blacks were guaranteed the right to vote way back when listening to the wingers
Ahh... you are right. I'm sure race did play a factor in the democratic primaries. I thought this thread was about the November election. When you said 98% I thought that you were referring to the November election as well. In the November election, the fact that most blacks already vote for Democrats and the fact that there are many fewer blacks who vote than there are whites means that the effect of voting based on race was small and if anything likely went against Obama.
I looked at the dates to see if this was a case of necromancy, but it's not. You're living in the past, man.
Interesting that you left off the very next sentence in the CNN story... Besides, in the story, CNN does not break it down further, so for all you know, those who thought race was important were white supremacists voting for Obama in order to bring about Helter Skelter.
I have met some black people who now regret not really investigating Obama's platform before voting for him. I don't really blame them either. But having said that, we were screwed no matter if it Obama or McCain won. So maybe something good came from the election. Maybe. Maybe people will learn.
Nothing will be learned. McCain was the GOP nom because of the Iraq war. But since that was decided months before the election people no longer cared about the Iraq war they had been crying about for years and only cared about finance. Obama had a better rep on finance and won.
This just shows the ignorance of the American voting populace if Obama had a better reputation on finance. Higher taxes, less free trade, higher budget deficits, redistribution of income, government influence in the private sector, and the promotion of labor unions are all platforms in Obama's shameful financial platform. No financial professional would think any of these positions are good for the country.
Please. I didn't just fall off the turnip truck. we all know what you're trying to do, though for the life of me I don't know why. It's really kind of sad... Here are your quotes in this thread: Why is it worth highlighting? You're saying Dems are racists. If it's not important, why do you care if it was under-reported? So if it is unimportant, why go out of your way to make this statement? You certainly implied it and the sole reason for starting this thread was so you and your ilk could state this ridiculousness yet again.
An appeal to the authority of "financial professionals" is probably not your best strategy these days. Just sayin'.
You are not well informed if you believe that all of the financial industry is responsible for the banking/credit malaise that we currently find ourselves in. You can't impugn an entire industry, or even firm for that matter, based on the sins of a few. Obama has made the financial industry the enemy, which is a gloriously horrific blunder, as he needs these people to help claw our way out of the mess. Yet another example of Obama the ideologue valuing class warfare/populism over prudence.
you've lost it, obama who has continued the TARP program, who is trying to partnership with investors through cheap gov't loans to purchase toxic assets, and who just met with bankers yesterday has made the financial industry the industry? ummmkay
Not that it really matters now, and I don't have any stats, but I'd guess more minorities came out and voted on this past election. My PERSONAL opinion is that race did play a factor and that's just based on many of the horrific interviews that were highlighted just after the election. It's like they picked the biggest group of idiots to comment on the election. I think race played a role, but his "Hope and Change" mantra played a bigger role. Many idividuals had know idea what it meant, they just liked the sound of Hope and Change. Again this is just based on interviews with various individuals following the election. Regardless, I moved on months ago.
LOL. I could take this much more seriously if you weren't doing in this thread exactly what you condemn in this post.
