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How racism works: McCain and Obama
From Letters to the Editors @ Fort Worth Star-Telegram 9.17.08

What if John McCain were a former president of the Harvard Law
Review?
What if Barack Obama finished fifth from the bottom of his
graduating class?
What if McCain were still married to the first woman he said 'I
do' to? What
if Obama were the candidate who left his first wife after she
no longer
measured up to his standards?

What if Michelle Obama were a wife who not only became addicted
to pain
killers, but acquired them illegally through her charitable
organization?
What if Cindy McCain graduated from Harvard? What if Obama were
a member of
the 'Keating 5'? What if McCain was a charismatic, eloquent
speaker?

If these questions reflected reality, do you really believe the
election
numbers would be as close as they are?

This is what racism does. It covers up, rationalizes and
minimizes positive
qualities in one candidate and emphasizes negative qualities in
another when
there is a color difference.

- Kelvin LaFond, Fort Worth

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Ernest Benn

No opinions at all? Odd - but not unexpected.

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Ernest Benn

This Kelvin LaFond character from Fort Worth has it all summed up:

This is what racism does. It covers up, rationalizes and
minimizes positive
qualities in one candidate and emphasizes negative qualities in
another when
there is a color difference.

Is this supposed to evoke an emotional response or something? The Obamaites are out in force trying to get everyone to believe that this election is all about race. Even Obama brings out the race card at specific times in his speeches.

Just curious, what is an advisor?

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We just did a thread of almost the same topic:
What Privileges Do McCain and Palin Receive Because They're White? - Political Fever - The Political Debate Forums

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An advisor is a member of the staff who cannot edit and delete other members' posts or issue infractions like a mod can, but can give input and vote on forum issues in the mod lounge forum. They are nominated and voted in by the other staff members.

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Walter Mondale: "George Bush doesn't have the manhood to apologize." George Bush: "Well, on the manhood thing, I'll put mine up against his any time."

What is the criteria for being nominated and being voting in?

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And that other thread is based on an email that VL (threads author) received from one of her online buddies. The first line of her OP states that her "black" friend sent it to her. Of course, it was predictable since she is a staunch Obamite. She introduced the race card right away. Was the mention that he was black make it a more credible opinion?? Why are the Obama supporters trying to steer this election towards race? Maybe to increase chances of gaining votes across America, and touching on the very strong emotion assciated with race talk.

Sounds like on of Alinsky's Rules for Radicals.

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My heavens - two white people with black friends! No, wait - only one. Dang, I need to get a new negro - my old one doesn't use email much.

I notice that you are unable to rebut the content of my post - and have decided to attack me instead.

As to the advisor job, please be assured there were three of us who came in at the same time. We cover the political spectrum. If you look carefully, you might be able to figure out who the others are.

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Here's racism!

Ku Klux Klan Members Plan to Appear at Presidential Debate Site

Corey Dade reports from Oxford, Miss., on the presidential race.

When the University of Mississippi hosts the first presidential debate tonight, the two sides of its troubled racial history could converge.

The Mississippi White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan plan to be on campus for the face-off between Republican nominee John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama, the first African-American nominee of a major party, according to a Friday report in the university’s student newspaper.

University officials haven’t commented. But, since winning the bid as host a year ago, they have used the attention to promote the university’s efforts toward racial reconciliation.

The university newspaper, the Daily Mississippian, first reported earlier this month that the white supremacist group planned to appear among the throngs expected on the Oxford, Miss., campus. The emperor of the White Knights group, whose identity was withheld as a condition of the interview, said his members would be “invisible … Our people won’t be in regalia or demonstrating. So, I guess you’ll just have to guess which of the people present are Klansmen.”

Some at Ole Miss, as the school is commonly known, worry that the possible appearance of Klan members might undermine the debate as a symbolic turning point.

Ole Miss senior Paul Quinn, who wrote the articles, said in an interview that “some people standing up and saying this is not who we are. Everybody thinks it’s pretty chilling.”

Since 1962 when students and others rioted to prevent the enrollment of the first black student, James Meredith, the school has symbolized the most violent period of segregation.
At the time, two people were fatally shot and the mob raged for 14 hours before 30,000 U.S. soldiers arrived to end it.

For more than a decade the school has worked to overcome its image, starting with the elimination of some of its Confederate Army symbols. In 2006, Ole Miss unveiled a life-size bronze likeness of Meredith, which sits at the site of the riot and 100 yards from the statue of a Confederate soldier.

Black student enrollment has more than doubled in that span to 16%.

“We know people make jokes about us,” University Chancellor Robert Khayat said in an interview. “We’ve been on the wrong end of too many messages. It’s a great opportunity to be presented to the rest of the world as we are in 2008, not as we were.”

By not wearing their regalia, the Klan members would avoid being cordoned in the protest area, on a campus practice field.

Washington Wire - WSJ.com : Ku Klux Klan Members Plan to Appear at Presidential Debate Site

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Can you show me I have attacked YOU in this thread?? Sounds like your only regress is to play the victim.

By the way, I did comment on your posted link with my opinion.

If so, then tell me who are the conservative or republican advisers here that help cover the political spectrum?? Haven't seen any yet.

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