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frickaline Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 08:57 PM
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6. While this may be true of some, to make a generic, blanket statement about why a group voted the
Edited on Wed May-07-08 08:59 PM by frickaline
way that they did is pretty presumptuous. Maybe someone else just thought it might be cool to have a black president? Or maybe someone thought, "oooo snappy dresser!", or, "hey now there's a name I can spell!" I mean you have no idea what goes on in some people's head.

Perhaps this post reflects why YOU voted for Obama, but to make this assumption of the entire black community seems kind of like Rev Wright speaking for the whole black church. ;)


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