I absolutely disagree. A black man in the Republican party has as much of a chance as anyone else.If McCain were black, he would not even have made it through your own primaries.
When I read that, I heard Groucho's voice.I absolutely disagree. A black man in the Republican party has as much of a chance as anyone else.
That's your fault. Those of us that see past race don't have that problem.When I read that, I heard Groucho's voice.
Doesn't really surprise me much. Since he's the first black to be president they're going to show the effect it has on black people.So its 11ish EST and i'm watching the polls on tv and then Obama's declared the winner so everyone is going nuts. I keep switching between all the major news networks just to check out what they're showing.
I'm on channel 4 and they're showing some black people jumping up and down hugging each other. I switch to channel 5 and they're showing some black lady crying. I switch to channel 7 and they're showing 3 black teenagers celebrating, hi-fiving and even throwing up different hand signs lol.
All the networks did this for at least the next 30 mins before I just went to sleep.
So I guess white people aren't excited about Obama winning? I understand he's the first afro-american/minority president but I just thought it was weird at the time. Like the networks were worried that they couldn't show some excited white folk because theres now a black president and they'd be labled the racist network or some BS.
Same people, same issues, just different melanin levels
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the guy on the right would have won by a "landslide"
Yeah, I watched a bunch of different channels. They showed plenty of whites, latinos and asians celebrating too. You can go to youtube or wherever to confirm this for yourselves. Sorry to burst your bubbles.
Obama made gains with every demographic and won states in every region. It was a landslide.
You can't marginalize this. It just won't work. Sorry.
Yeah, I watched a bunch of different channels. They showed plenty of whites, latinos and asians celebrating too. You can go to youtube or wherever to confirm this for yourselves. Sorry to burst your bubbles.
Obama made gains with every demographic and won states in every region. It was a landslide.
You can't marginalize this. It just won't work. Sorry.
You could say landslide as far as the electoral college goes, but 65 million to 57 million votes, a difference of 8 million votes, or 6.3% is not a landslide.You know when Bush beat Kerry with 51% of the vote, the papers read, Country Divided.
Now with Obama beating McCain with 52% of the vote, the papers read Obama wins by landslide.
If you really want to look at a landside victory study the 1984 election. (Also in 1980 I think the margin was greater).
Obama's victory is around the same level of victory Bill Clinton had over George H. W. Bush as far as electoral votes, but with a smaller % of the popular vote.