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   6/16/08

   Anniepooh

   I would hope not. Any election *should* be based on the merits of the candidate and not the color of their skin.

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      6/16/08

      pobeptr

      I hold heartily agree, my problem is I really don't like the politics of either of the two choices we will have.
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   6/16/08

   BennyGreenberg

   It will be very black or white...
   
   Someone will win and somwone will lose...
   
   B

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   6/16/08

   CrotchetyOldMan

   I hope no one makes a decision based upon anything other than the candidates proposed policies.

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   6/16/08

   atlasbear

   I hope not. I hope this is an election of ideas.

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   6/16/08

   atlasbear

   I hope not. I hope this is an election of ideas.

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   6/16/08

   lettershome

   Looking at a few of the right-wing sites out there and the nut-job accusations and lies being told about Obama and his wife, don't expect an election of ideas. It's already very ugly and about to get worse.

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      6/16/08

      timethief

      @lettershome
      Agreed.
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   6/16/08

   saraho

   All elections are based on green. Money. What's in it for me? Don't raise my taxes. Etc... People vote based upon their perceived self-interests, as defined and shaped by the party commercials.

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      6/16/08

      gmoney

      I would agree 100% BUT this election has a black man running for president, so it will have a different tone and flavor to the election.
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   6/16/08

   saraho

   Every election has a different tone and flavor. For example, Ronald Reagan was the first divorced Catholic President. He was also the oldest person elected President at the age of 69. John McCain will be 72 in November.

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      6/16/08

      gmoney

      Again we agree, but maybe because I am black, I see this election in completely different light than some.
9. 

   6/16/08

   timethief

   @saraho
   In 1941, the editor Edward Dowling wrote: "The two greatest obstacles to democracy in the United States are, first, the widespread delusion among the poor that we have a democracy, and second, the chronic terror among the rich, lest we get it."
   
   Today John Pilger writes: "What has changed? The terror of the rich is greater than ever, and the poor have passed on their delusion to those who believe that when George W Bush finally steps down next January, his numerous threats to the rest of humanity will diminish.
   
   The foregone nomination of Barack Obama, which, according to one breathless commentator, "marks a truly exciting and historic moment in US history", is a product of the new delusion. Actually, it just seems new. Truly exciting and historic moments have been fabricated around US presidential campaigns for as long as I can recall, generating what can only be described as bullshit on a grand scale.
   
   Race, gender, appearance, body language, spouses and offspring, even bursts of tragic grandeur, are all subsumed by marketing and "image-making", now magnified by "virtual" technology. Thanks to an undemocratic electoral college system (or, in Bush's case, tampered voting machines) only those who both control and obey the system can win. This has been the case since the truly historic and exciting victory of Harry Truman, the liberal Democrat said to be a humble man of the people, who went on to show how tough he was by obliterating two cities with the atomic bomb."

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    6/16/08

    pobeptr

    Maybe I worded this Poorly.
    
    Will black republicans cross party lines and vote for Obama, simply because he's 'black'?
    
    Will white democrats cross party lines and vote for McCain simply because he's 'white'?

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    6/16/08

    BlueSunshine

    I'm EXTREMELY impressed how well this country has embraced a black presidential candidate. Although there are still many who I personally know won't vote for him because he's black and they willingly admit that.

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    6/16/08

    jackpayne

    Probably.

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