Reply #35: I think more people are voting for Obama, [View All]

[Super Soaker Sniper]

not a Black man. I am not voting for a Black man. What would the "spin" be on DU if McCain was the Black Candidate and Obama was the White one? Everything about both candidates exactly the same as it is now. Issues, age, party just a transposition of colors. Would McCain as a Black candidate for the Republicans be lauded as historic an event as Obama as the Black Candidate is now?

Maybe I am nieve, maybe it is because I am in my second interacial marriage and have a second pair of bi-racial kids, but I do not see race that big an issue or the main deciding factor on who anyone votes for. I see someone voting for McCain soley because Obama is Black naseatingly disgusting. But, seeing someone vote for Obama solely because he is Black and not because of character or issues disgusts me just as much. It is not and should not be about race!

The historical significance of a Black candidate winning the Presidency would be little to celebrate if that candidate was a right winger, don't you think? Don't think it could not have happened. Condi Rice would have been a formidable candidate if she had been convinced to run as she is more popular among the Republicans than McCain.

For those of you that may wonder, my first wife was Puerto Rican. My present wife is Black. Not that it mattered to me. I did not really look past female as a qualifier.