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[vicarz]

I remember an old Eddie Murphy routine where he played the first black USian president, running back and forth to avoid the rifle touting rednecks. Well, a short time ago the head of the Arkansas Demos was shot by a deranged pickup driving redneck. Today, a couple more deranged rednecks were ready to shoot Obama for daring to run in the election.

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[dashrippington.livejournal.com]

It'd be nice to be able to get away from the race card. Unfortunately... as long as those that hate have children... they will teach those children to hate as well. Same with Homophobia and all other "Fear" based hatreds.

I so want to see him succeed... but I find myself constantly tempering that desire with the fact that someone out there is going to be SOOOO gOD damned mad that he's black... is gonna kill him. And THAT sux!

[vicar.livejournal.com]

WHEN someone kills him, it'll push the race thing to the international forefront and USians will look idiotic world-wide. You know, because right now we don't...

[shadow27.livejournal.com]

You mean like the weeks of race riots in the french suburbs last year or the British polices penchant for shooting unarmed young muslim immigrants? We've no corner on racism.

[american-arcane.livejournal.com]

Well, at least we know who'd end up in the office...

[underfiend.livejournal.com]

AmeriKKKa is not ready.

[msdragonfly.livejournal.com]

Yum! Ignorance!

[calibraxis-x.livejournal.com]

[http://users.livejournal.com/_blackjack_/]

I think there genuinely are people who are convinced that Obama really is a Muslim extremist infiltrator bent on turning the US into an Islamic theocracy, and consequently they see assassinating him as a patriotic duty.

(Personally, if I were going to get a Muslim infiltrator elected president, I'd pick a white guy whose middle name isn't Hussein, but nobody ever asks my opinion...)

[turbogrrl.livejournal.com]

it's important to know your demographics.

Some preaching to the choir

[sidhebat.livejournal.com]

I hope that people draw on first-hand knowledge of the fallout from Bush administration policies when they decide who to vote for. 44% of troops fighting overseas come from rural communities, and those who have horrific injuries face shortages in health care providers at home - they either have to stay far away to get care or they just don't get the treatment they need. Blue-collar workers need the government to hold companies accountable for safety and other violations. Communities that rely on agriculture should be concerned about environmental damage from factory farming and pesticides, and realize that preserving natural areas is about water quality and buffers between cities and hurricanes among other things.
If they don't want to elect a black dude, then they are welcome to their battle wounds, workplace injuries, infant deaths from mixing formula with water from hog-raising towns, and flooded homes. I'm not saying that Obama or the Democratic party as a whole will fix any of this. They will surely disappoint. However, none of this stuff will be fixed until voters stop falling for the bullshit that the far right has been especially adept at dispensing for the past few years and vote based on issues that actually affect them.

[djpsyche.livejournal.com]

I love that one of them has the last name Adolf.