[Rhodes22-list] POLITICAL food for thought

[Andrew Collins]

On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com>wrote:

> I would say that when 95% of voting blacks are expected to be voting for
> the black candidate, it would indeed be naive to believe that racism
> isn't rampant.
>
> Wonder what the world would say if we were "expecting" 95% of the whites
> to vote for the white candidate?
>
> Yes indeed, racism.
>
> TN Rhodey 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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