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Old July 17th, 2008, 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by henschman View Post
i say the opposite -- if he wasn't black, there is no way a 2-term senator with no experience would have gotten so much attention and interest that he was able to throw his hat in the ring as a major contender for president, and then actually beat somebody like Hillary Clinton. It's the whole image of "change" thing that gives Obama his appeal, and his blackness is a part of it.

i also think there are a whole lot more people that will vote for obama just because he's black than people who won't vote for him for that reason.
Are you saying even if Dan Quayle could read a teleprompter and knew how to spell potato, he wouldn't be elected President?

Say it isn't so.
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