[Rhodes22-list] food for thought

[Brad Haslett]

Wally,

Of course race is a factor in this election but it is a two way street -

http://www.gallup.com/poll/111049/Obamas-Race-May-Much-Plus-Minus.aspx

For someone who is supposedly the "post racial" candidate, his
campaign sure has a quick draw hand on the race card. I personally
don't buy into the "white guilt" business one iota.  I do have to
throttle my wife back on the Japanese every once in a while, you don't
even want to go down that path.

Yes, we closed and I ran straight to the bank with the check!

Brad

On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 8:34 AM, TN Rhodey <tnrhodey at gmail.com> wrote:
> Brad, Racism is a factor in this election and to think otherwise...well you
> must still be wearing your rose colored glasses.. Do you ever take them off?
>
>
> There will be blacks and whites that will vote for a candidate because of
> color. No one is calling you a racist but to think that race will not come
> into play seems naive.
>
> Did you close?
>
> Wally
>
> On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 9:06 AM, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Joe,
>>
>> Of course racism and bigotry exist in this country, no one is denying
>> that.  I live and work in a predominantly black city (Memphis). Our
>> former Congressman, Harold Ford, Sr., used to refer to us in the
>> mostly white suburbs as "blue eyed-devils".  One of his sons (not
>> Harold Ford, Jr. who I respect) said in the primaries this year that
>> "we can't have a Jew representing a black district".
>>
>> The issue here is "are you a racist for asking questions about Barack
>> Obama's character"?  To suggest that you are is ridiculous on the
>> surface and dangerous.  I don't care what color crayon out of the box
>> of 64 he is.  I'm not a racist so there's no reason to give the matter
>> a second thought when choosing to ask questions.
>>
>> I expect the same fair treatment of Bobby Jindal in 2012.
>>
>> Brad
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 7:44 AM, Joe Babb <joe.babb at comcast.net> wrote:
>>  > Brad,
>> > I rarely weigh in on the political debate on this forum.
>> > But racism and bigotry are sadly too much alive in this country.
>> > I know one staunchly republican couple who voted for Hillary in the
>> > primary.  Why?
>> >
>> > Because they were trying to prevent Obama from being the Democratic
>> > candidate.  Why?
>> >
>> > They explained that they didn't want a black AND a muslim to have a
>> > chance to be president.
>> > Nuff said.
>> > Joe
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