Why do so many fear Barack Obama?

I appreciate your response man. I just think the mudslinging has gone too far. I mean when Lincoln ran for President and the press got a hold that he had some "Black Blood" in him they attacked him too. This has gone to even further lengths with this man. No proof just flagrant slander.

Abraham Lincoln's mother was what was known as a Mulungeon(tri-racial) mix, as is my heritage. It was a mixture of American Indian, Black, and possibly Portugese blood(still an unexplained mystery). If a lot of these Racist types went back a few generations, they might not like what they find. Ha! Lincoln always referred to himself as being SWARTHY...dark! As far as Barack Obama is concerned, he is intelligent, new blood, and change, as far as I am concerned. I think our chances with him are better than John McCain. Give the man a chance and forget all the nonsense about the color of his skin.

That's what Im saying.

Fearless forecast funny. No you don't sound like a racist in fact I think you are absolutely right. I have often said the same thing. If this man was white there wouldn't be so much questioning and negative sentiment about him.

No politician is perfect and that one thing is sure!

Im having trouble believing any politican. They make all sorts of promises and never keep them. We need one to fix the enconomy and fix the mess Bush put us in to.

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This is where you are mistaken. We live in a day in age where our government will sacrifice it's own citizens to start a war for oil profits and where the population is so brainwashed they actually believe 19 SAUDI ARABS flew airplanes into our buildings thus provoking us to attack AFGHANISTAN?? Not Saudi Arabia? Fighting Islamism? Islam is again under attack here for what? You believe we are all terrorists too then? Are you a racist too? Lets start killing muslim then we can move on to N*****s and jews next? Wonder if the Native American Indian felt that way about the CHRISTIANS who came here and spread disease, raped their women and wiped out the entire nation of people in the name of Christianity. This is not the way of the Muslim and even these radical types so talked about on TV are lone nuts who should not be in the forefront of Islam or be made as the example of what an true Muslim is. When you talk like this you cannot pose any valid argument at all except that you are prejudice. When you can see past your prejudice then you can start speaking intelligently about things.

I am in no way knocking you for your endorsement of John McCain. It's your reasoning I question and the prejudice remarks I take offense to.

i think everyone, the whole country wants this man to change the world all on his own. and when you can't because no one person can do everything, then they can stand back and say i told you so. what are we doing to start the change off? what are we doing in our own little world to contribute to the whole world as a whole. until we start doing that, then we are get what we always get, and that is much of nothing.

it is a can do nation, and we can do whatever we set our minds too. so if we want things to change, then we need to change. change our way of thinking. change our way of being. we can do it

amen to that!

Go, Rodney, go!!!!!

Great response! From what you wrote, I learned a lot. I'm sticking to my original views - NOT voting democratic this go around.

You place so much "faith" in the current system of government. My question is not about race but about a man anyway. He is obviously not been involved in politics as long as some of these other old a**holes, but that is the very thing that attracts me to the man. What have our politicians accomplished that is so fricking great? Gas and oil prices are skyrocketing, unemployment as well. Beside the fact our government has been lying to us and poisoning the population for HUNDREDS OF YEARS while they bleed our pockets dry to make the minority rich. We are suffering without proper healthcare and our schools are in shambles and you place so much faith in that? Or should we blindly follow another Republican leader? Let him keep our boys over there in The Middle East so they can continue to monopolize the oil profit and let our gas price skyrocket to $10 a gallon? And so what if he attended Rev. Wrights church. I have never heard this mans doctrine but I don't believe we can be racist. After the treatment the Blackman has and is receiving here in Amerikkka, it is no wonder there is an attitude of "hate" or dissent. One should expect no less. We are witnessing the genocide of our population in plain sight and we are supposed to be happy people here? I'd honestly like to hear this man speak and you prove to me he is spewing hate. Maybe I'm wrong but what you may call racism, in some cases is just REACTION. And SO WHAT if this man was raised a Muslim? What is your problem with that? I heard there was rumors of his affiliation with Islam and was even MORE WILLING TO VOTE FOR HIM!!! What type of prejudiced thinking is that? Like Christians have been doing that great of a job or something? I'm not attacking anyone's religion but why are you attacking Islam? Again Islam is under attack because narrow minded thinkers want to box all Muslim in a box as "terrorists" when the real terrorism being inflicted upon people has been committed by our own governments. So many people have embraced Barack because they ARE FED UP WITH LIVING UNDER THIS CORRUPTED GOVERNMENT SYSTEM that lies to its residents and poisons our water supply while pumping chemicals into our air and polluting our beautiful Earth. Im not saying this man is the answer to our prayers but he is everything all these other politicians are not and that's exactly why I have to stand behind him. HOLLA!

whiteheather, the people in Germany who could still think for themselves feared Hitler when he was coming to power. They didn't understand how people could be blindly led to follow someone who was so blatantly racist and controlling. They say that History repeats itself.

Another Muslim basher anti Muslim! Prejudice speaks again!

BTW as far as give the pound salute. There was a time when many people gave the "Heil Hilter" salute ...look what happened. However I think his salute is the least of our worries he is propably just trying to show that he was aware this has become a new fad and using it makes him one of the guys.

I'm sure some people don't know about McCains pastor. If Obama were white no one would question his pastor and his spiritual life. Just like they're not questioning McCain. Probably because most of the people know McCain is Christian and most of the Americans are Christian and what a good, wholesome president because our world is being destroyed by _________ (insert supposed sinful evil here). Christians have this thing about anyone that is different than they are. Anyone they isn't a 'good' religion, always Christianity are evil, evil people that should not be allowed to do anything because we're obviously going to ruin the 'good lives they've built around god'. You can't have it both ways. You can't call Obama out on his 'evil pastor' and let McCain get away with it. McCains pastor is one hundred times worse than Obama but no one wants to hear it. His race and religion seem to be the only things causing trouble. People get defensive when I suggest they don't want a black president, but they get way too defensive. I don't care what color his skin is! Bull. We're still in the dark ages.

THANK YOU!!! No one is bashing McCain's pastor!!! Killing Muslim is all right I guess. We have been made to fear Muslim way before 9/11 but that only made the sentiment stronger. It amazes me how many people bring up the fact that he may be Muslim in argument like its a bad thing. THAT IS REALLY OFFENSIVE!!!

And what ever happened to separation of church and state? What would a man's religion have to do with him running for political office? Why should that matter? Do you see the prejudice here? Should I be in fear for practicing Islam? Am I a terrorist now?

I have to agree with you! I had not heard of the latest "controversy" that you mentioned....do you have a link to more information on it? I would be interested in reading up. I really don't think that McCain is the answer for our country...not if we want things to improve and change!

And quite frankly John McCain don't look like he's got fours years left to live....

Ok, I see you buy into the conspiracy theories. Jack Felder is a joke. The man also believes that Smallpox was invented by the US government to kill off Hawaiians and that virtually all known vaccines are really just a clever way of spreading diseases. Even if AIDS was created by someone, it was first recognized in homosexuals, not African Americans, and was subsequently called GRID and labeled as a Gay Man's Disease. Show me one reputable, authoritative source that backs up Jack Felder and I'll get off your back with that one. "all the guys who have in the past have failed us miserably" If that's the case then why are we living in such a great country? The economy may suck now, but obviously we've had some presidents who have done remarkable things for this government to bring us such great technology and prosperity. Not every country has a supermarket ever few miles that is jam packed with food. We have electricity, television, and internet throughout our nation. I fail to see how all our presidents have failed us and yet we have all this.

And whats the deal with the concentration camps being built here in the US? Tell me your answer for that?

The government did create AIDS with that very intention! Go to the Library of Congress and pull up the request made in 1968 by military scientists to create the disease. Thought everybody knew that already! Professor Jack Felder, a renowned Biochemist wrote a book about the very subject back in the nineties, where have you been? He even described in his book how it was possible to create the disease in a common laboratory. I admit he (Obama)has no military or political experience but all the guys who have in the past have failed us miserably. It is time for a new government! Power to the people! Not the rich majority! Who in the past has been the right guy for the job?

And they try to scrutinize that!!! Find a reason to bash him for anything he does down to his playful handshake to his wife. OMG!! They must be terrorists!

Precisely!! I welcome any change as anything would be better than nothing!

Was not trying to make this a discussion on religion. But idol worship is a sin. That flag the symbol of our country? There should be a picture of a blackman carrying a burden getting whipped and that would make it truly our symbol. Or better yet a man hanging from a noose! I love this country, it is our government I cannot stand for. Yes we have freedoms here denied to people of other countries, never denied that, but I also know there is a dark side to this country. If the Bible or religion has nothing to do with politics then why is the fact that this man has an Islamic background have to do with anything? Another 9/11 excuse. Prove that was not a massive plot designed by our own government to fuel sentiment for this bogus war? How do airplanes drop of sight from national radar without arousing suspicion? Where were the wreckages of the airplanes that supposedly hit the pentagon and crash landed in Pennsylvania? We need to wake up and realize the wool has been pulled over our eyes and YES our government WILL sacrifice its own citizens for they own greedy purpose. WAKE UP PLEASE!!!! The last war that we benefited from was The Civil War. What freedom was at stake for us in America WWI and WWII were fought overseas. Our government policies never changed before or after. Hitler was not killing Jews in America. The closest thing America has had to an attack was Pearl Harbor and I bet those Japanese airmen would have never made it to shore in California without being shot down. Now who in there right mind would attack America unprovoked and risk getting destroyed? Are you seriously saying that we are that unsafe? We've been led to believe we are that vulnerable and fear is what is fueling this idea. Even you are motivated by fear as you speak of being attacked. That was no attack that was a cover up. I don't know Rev Wright's doctrine but I do understand the anti America sentiment as I am a blackman in America. Maybe you cannot relate to that but I don't remember seeing any white men lynched from trees! I don't remember any white males being enslaved while there women and children were snatched from them! Or any white man being denied the right to vote until the 1960's! Or were any White men and women subjected to the Tuskegee Experiments in Alabama? The Global 2000 bill targets non WHITE people for eradication, so of course you may feel safer than we in this country. You may not feel betrayed by the country you live in and love. Are your sons targeted by the police on a constant basis? YOU CANNOT BLAME PEOPLE FOR FEELING THIS WAY AND WE HAVE NO NO CHOICE BUT TO ACCEPT IT? We were stolen from our homelands and robbed of our true culture, so we have no other home but here. I do love this country but I know what it has been built on and whose blood lined the soil. You speak of losing our rights and I do pray if McCain get in office we don't lose them. It's funny you say "when" Obama takes office as if you believe he will. I still don't think he has a chance....

You claim he has no allegiance to this country because he doesn't bow to it's flag? That pledge says nothing of pledging allegiance to this country it says "..pledge allegiance to the FLAG!" Would I stand by a man who doesn't practice in idol worship? Yes! I don't pledge either because I do not bow to anyone except God. Not any graven image and by the way its a sin read the Bible (or Qur'aan). Would I stand by a man who vows to stop future production of weapons of mass destruction? Absolutely! Why because I a man of peace. Maybe this will start a trend. STOP BUILDING WEAPONS THAT CAN WIPE OUT THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE!!! Umm do you want to be hit with a nuke? I don't and we need to start focusing on peace instead of warmongering. This thinking is spawned from 9/11 when we were led to believe we were attacked. Lies. We were made to believe we are that vulnerable. we can find a dime on the beach from outer space if we wanted to. Send a missile into Bin Ladens toilet bowl by remote control if we wanted to. Cmon we need more weapons? Either support him or vote for McCain is my argument.

"Would you stand by a man who doesn't practice idol worship?" Obviously you do. And obviously you want to turn this into a discussion of religion, so I will work with ya here. You bow to a God that has not been proven, but you cannot bow to the symbol of our country? The country that, assuming you live here, gives you the freedoms to practice your religion, whatever it may be? If there is a God, which I choose to believe there is, it is one God no matter what you call him or her. Possibly you should think about moving to Iraq. Don't preach the Bible to me, as the Bible has NOTHING to do with politics or who will lead this country. Obama professes that he will "stop the global production of nukes". You believe him? Great. When you get hit by one after we have no way to protect ourselves, you will not be able to cry the blues, thankfully. However, if your family members are the ones that are hit by that same nuke, try not to cry as you wonder where your false, lying candidate is hiding in his protected hovel. Cutting down our military spending, including weapons research, is what gave us 9/11 in the first place. It is what made us vulnerable. Now you profess that we should vote for a candidate that does not support our military? Maybe the next time we get attacked, we should invite the killers to lunch and talk about it. Because that is what Obama will do. And while he does, over 3000 Americans, men, women, children of our country will be lying in their graves with more joining them daily. We should vote for a man who cannot stand the thought of his true roots, we should vote for a man who supports people such as Reverend White who blatantly damns the existence of America while living in our country, taking advantage of our freedoms and making an earning with his blasphemous words? We should vote for a man who has no way of understanding what it means to send your loved one off to war and hope that he or she returns, or to lose that loved one? "Man of Peace" or not, you enjoy daily the freedoms those wars have given you over the many years of our history. Can't pledge allegiance to a symbol of your country? The country that gives you those rights? I will vote for McCain, and hope that people such as you, with your blind faith in a man that does not deserve it, do not put a man into office who doesn't support our RIGHTS as AMERICANS. Regardless of race, religion or color, we all celebrate, enjoy and use our rights on a daily basis. Pray to your God, whomever that is, that you do not lose them when Obama takes office.

And more power to you sister! I know our brothers in the military are just doing there job and I have no qualms with any of them. It is the government they work for I question. I wish every troop out there a safe passage. Thanks for responding.

Thank you for that. Blinded by the hype is right!

You are very welcome! I like a place where I can speak my mind and actually have freedom of speech. I'm a military spouse so I have to mostly smile and take it almost everyday.

Even the process is corrupt! I can't help but to think that after all this debate, John McCain is going to be our next president anyway.

I would run. If I had anything in politics, I would so run. And I would do it with dignity and honor. My campaign would go something like this: "I will TRY my best to work on world peace, hunger and the environment. I will promise to never lie to you because my momma taught me right from wrong. I will try to get the good bills passed and create a better health plan for everyone. I will do all this as long as my damn cabinet members don't vote down every damn bit of good I try to do for this country. As for world peace, nations will hate us always because we are the least oppressed and can do more with our lives. That is not our fault, but I will urge them to remember all the help with food and money expenses that we are trillions of dollars out of just to help them get back on their feet after wars and disasters. That alone should stand for something good in this world, because without our freedoms to help, they would be much worse off I would think. And in conclusion, I will not be changing anything we have in place in this country that our forefathers hashed out. And further more, Guantanamo Bay would cease to exist. There is enough crap in the world without adding dinky joints like that. Oh, and I promise never to cheat on my spouse so that I have to kill over 100 people to cover up the extent of my sins." My presidential speech

I'd vote for you

LOL the best sounding lies. I have said before it is important to remember we are dealing with politicians the corrupt kind of animal out there....

Let's hope not..

And I believe it is that sentiment that will change foriegn relations worldwide just having this man as the new "face" of America.

A lot of people keep saying he is not letting anyone in on his intentions when he says "change" but you know what? I think he plan may be so radical maybe some things are better left unsaid and thusly cannot be destroyed before they get a chance to be implemented. This man may change the entire structure of our government or maybe at least get the ball rolling. It's what I'd do. Maybe I'm out on a limb with that one, but I am willing to take a chance on the man

Terrorist ha! Nowadays what does that even mean?

"Then there are those like me who keep hearing him say how we need change and that he is going to change things, but are still waiting to hear exactly what and how he is going to change. It's great to say we need change. We all know we need change. I want to know what he has in mind, though BEFORE he gets my vote." In answer to your comment about not knowing what Obama has in mind when he says "CHANGE", here is the link to his blueprint for change: http://www.barackobama.com/issues/ It is located on his website, and can be downloaded from the above link. I am not trying to defend him, rather give you the information you seek. I have been supporting him since reading this document. I truly believe that - if he actually means what is said in this document - that his politics are the best for our nation at this time. However, I do have some serious misgivings about him and his character. Some of this stems from the preachings of Rev. Wright that Obama has listened to for 20 years, and some of it is just plain gut instincts. I do agree with his stance on most issues, but I also wonder if he will stand behind them. I realize that a President is only as good as his senate, congress, etc will let him be, but so many politicians lie to the American people at election time, that we really do not know who to trust. I know that I do not want another 4 (or possibly 8) years of failed Bush policies. We do need change, desperately....but it needs to be the right kind of change, and it needs to be well planed and thought out. No matter Who gets elected in November, it will be a long time before we see any real change. Things have gotten so bad that it will take a long time to fix them. I am afraid that people will vote for Obama looking for a "quick fix" for our nation's problems, and then will not re-elect him because he could not produce these quick solutions. While I do have doubts about him, some that I cannot even explain - just a feeling, I do believe that out of our given choices he is the best option for our nation at this point. Ron Paul would have been the best choice, but I don't see that happening, at least not now. I do not have a problem with either race or gender in this election season (or any other for that matter) - I did not think that Hillary was the right woman for the job, however. With the choices that we have left the best candidate - at least in my opinion - is Obama.

McCain has gotten crappy treatment too. There have even been morons here on this forum claiming he's not an American citizen and shouldn't be allowed to run for president. Their excuse is that he wasn't born in the continental United States. He was born on a naval base in Panama a US territory at the time. He's also been accused of being a racist, a traitor, and many other ridiculous things. One person on these forums even compared him to the Manchurian Candidate because he was a POW.

I don't doubt McCain is receiving this type of treatment too. But the main argument I hear about McCain is about his age and his health. Can John McCain hold out for four more years? He isn't under constant attack at every step. It is obvious there is "fear" of this man (Obama).

Precisely