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Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] [POLITICS] Biden is screwed
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I have to agree with you Mike, which is kind of sad if you think about it. People voting or not voting someone based on the color of their skin.
 
The truth is many, probably a huge majority of blacks will vote for him for no other reason. The same is with the south where a huge number of whites will vote against him. I think everyone is fooling themselves if they think a vie-presidential candidate from the south will help bring the south on board if Obama runs. Edwards couldn't do it for Kerry.
 
One thing I am waiting for is to hear what he really stands for. He clearly is against the war in Iraq, and while that is very popular with a huge part of the nation right now, that is not the only thing that has to be considered. He seems to be in favor of higher taxes, and at least seems to be agreeing with the token attempts at addressing the immigration problem. I still need to see just how liberal he is.
 
If he is going to raise taxes, then I hope he at least raises taxes on Mike too. :-)

 
On 2/2/07, Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
On Fri, 2 Feb 2007, Mark Rages wrote:

> Here's more of that story:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/02/us/politics/02obama.html?ex=1328072400&en=38b60b4769f06eb6&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss


The title is "So Far, Obama Can't Take Black Vote for Granted," which must
mean in the primary.  If he is the Democrat candidate for President, then
he can take it for granted.

He isn't African-American (as in descended from American slaves), but he
*is* black by appearance.  To a lot of white people, he's black.  So if he
were elected, I think it would be a substantial step forward for
African-American people even though he isn't one of them.

Mike

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