Thread: Why so many whites support Obama?

Obama is my candidate because I believe he can do a better job than any of the others. I decided on Obama when he spoke here in Austin a year ago.

Originally Posted by Davocrat

I've liked him ever since he roused the audience at the 2004 convention. In that speech he demonstrated an ardor that I felt was lacking in the Democratic party at a time when it could have run Bush from office. I like John Edwards too. Obama got more votes than Edwards.

No one is a disagreeing that he is an AMAZING speaker. But Joel Osteen can get a crowd really jazzed too. And I think he sells more books.

It's the media's fault for all this focus on gender or race. Seriously I thought we were past those days, why do we need to even mentoin "the first female president" or "the first black president, if it's truly an equal society that wouldn't need to be mentoined. I don't hear the media saying the 54th white president, it's really annoying whenn CNN brings some statistics of different races and genders and who they voted for. I always judge by the actions of the heart not by the color of the skin. For example if there was a white presidental candidate and a black presidental candidate and they bot had the exact same values I wouldn't vote for the white one just because I'm white, I would vote for who I think would make the biggest positive impact.

Originally Posted by saveus

It's the media's fault for all this focus on gender or race. Seriously I thought we were past those days, why do we need to even mentoin "the first female president" or "the first black president, if it's truly an equal society that wouldn't need to be mentoined. I don't hear the media saying the 54th white president, it's really annoying whenn CNN brings some statistics of different races and genders and who they voted for. I always judge by the actions of the heart not by the color of the skin. For example if there was a white presidental candidate and a black presidental candidate and they bot had the exact same values I wouldn't vote for the white one just because I'm white, I would vote for who I think would make the biggest positive impact.

to emphasis Barrack Hussein Obamas race is not surprising since the church he is devoted too make a very big deal out of race. They have it in their manifesto to emphasis it. this is his base.

People are stupid. Even If you run a black version of Algore or John Kerry, I'm still votintg the other way. Liberal ideals are not good for this country.

I will absolve you racist sins.

My distrust of Obama is the same as my distrust of any corrupt big city machine politician. Ted Kennedy's endorsement was the clincher for me, birds of a feather flock together. The only Black politician I am seriously po'ed at is my ex-sheriff, Nat Glover, who was officially passed over for endorsement for being Black. After I voted for the SOB it leaked out he was passed over for being a left-liberal. (Don't know how much it leaked got the word from a Democratic activist I was friends with.) The then mayor Tommy Hazouri wanted a class-picture of crypto-commies like himself but he knew no one would vote for another pinko so presumably he got the outgoing sheriff to make the intemperate statement that got Glover elected. At least Obama is not flying false colors but that is the only good thing I can say about him.

No, it's that lots of people including blacks think that he's the great black savior just full of hope for all, but in fact it's all false hope, He knows very well he can't deliver on most of his promises.

His false statement that he stands for change is plain ridicilious, It's nothing more than putting a different label on the same old Democratic ideas.

He wants more government programs, more government control, and more taxes even if he won't admit it, that is in a nutshell what he wants.

His great health care program is nothing more than a plan to rob from Peter to help pay for Paul's healthcare expenses, how is that right, let alone how is his plans any different than the same old Democratic idea, what's so different about that ?

The whites who do vote for Obama are voting for him for the same reason many other people are voting for Obama, that is because they are buying his false hope and real change idea which is just a re-labeling of the same old Democratic ideas, McCain and anyone else running against him needs to highlight this fact.

Anyway, I'm white but I'm NOT voting for Obama, are you voting for him if he's the nominee ?

I'm far from an Obama supporter (and even further from Clinton). He is a good speaker, a motivator. He comes off as a great guy. He inspires people that don't really know anything about politics and thats why he will have a very good chance at winning. He's bringing the American Idol crowd to the poles in droves (they may realize that they can't text in a vote and decide not to vote later however)

I just flat out disagree with most of his policies and think he will drag the US economy, govt, security and future into the mud. It has nothing to do with his skin color, just his policies.

Originally Posted by Grez

I just flat out disagree with most of his policies and think he will drag the US economy, govt, security and future into the mud. It has nothing to do with his skin color, just his policies.

How can you compare Obama to Bush?