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VOTE.
Konrad Beerbaum:
--- Quote from: basstronix on November 05, 2008, 07:21:33 am ---This election was nothing more than a popularity contest. Obama is a smooth talker with great speaking ability. He is also, of course, not white. Instant win. No one cares what his policies are.
Welcome to the Socialist Republic of Obama.
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Really? You've narrowed it down to speaking ability and race? You don't think the situation the country is in after 8 years of republican leadership had something to do with people's decision? The president will always be blamed for the bad economy, or applauded for a good economy, whether they had much to do with it or not.
VC:
Speaking ability is an important thing. Politics has always been about the speech, it's traditional.
As for race, I was thinking about that last night, mostly because suddenly everyone is chanting ITS A VICTORY FOR BLACKS EVERYWHAR! on TV. I started thinking about black people who could run for president and if I would think about their race within the first second. Obama? Yes. Jessie Jackson? Yes. Will Smith? No. Oprah? Yes. Bill Cosby? No. Colin Powel? No. Despite what the people with political stake in the matter want to say, we have a cultural divide here, and it doesn't run between black and white, it runs between those who characterize themselves with their "black-ness" and those who characterize themselves with their personality.
I think Bass' comment is that Obama is cuturally black and there are a lot of culturally-blacks and whites who are empowered politcally by increasing the power of the culturally black who worked very, very hard to put Obama in.
However, the responsibility lies with the Republicans. Collectively, they were a bunch of yellow-bellied pansies who wouldn't stand up against the liberals and they deserved to lose.
Loafie, Hero of Dreams:
atleast you voted i hope? democratic participation is paramount
Jeron [SharpSh00tah]:
I voted :)
Loafie, Hero of Dreams:
--- Quote from: Viashino Cutthroat on November 05, 2008, 05:15:01 pm ---However, the responsibility lies with the Republicans.? Collectively, they were a bunch of yellow-bellied pansies who wouldn't stand up against the liberals and they deserved to lose.
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They also kind of royally fucked up the country. Not like we went from record surpluses to a recession the likes of which hasn't been seen in 80 years or anything. Just sayin'.
Epic lose republicans.
I should probably delete this thread. Political discussions on teh tubes always turn into an epic pile of shit.
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