If Obama does not win the election, will there be riots?

I would hope that, too. However, I don't see it...By the way, they are very hot shoes!

Thanks for the BR Yep, seems like all my avatars are of hot shoes, I love high heels

I have my issues with both candidates. Someone in between would be nice.

Yes, that is what I am talking about and it does take much to get a few people started.

Only, I think Obama needed to come to this election without all the race hoopla...Rev. Wright, the white priest, some of the things he and his wife have said. Blacks and whites need to work together to erase racism. We can be an example. Teaching the children of this generation is important. What we say and do matters. If he had just come like any other candidate, he would have more votes. My husband was for Obama until people working on his campaign told two Muslim ladies who were wearing hajibs they could not be in a picture with Obama. He knew I was upset about the way Obama and his wife seem to see white people but he said you have to look at all the issues. However, when this happened with the Muslim women, he could see my point. My husband is an African man who is Muslim. Of course, Obama is always apologizing for his people, but it continues. Always insulting someone. Some issues he is very clear on like Born Alive Bill. He is so pro-abortion that he refused as an Illinois state senator to support legislation to protect babies who survived late-term abortions because he did not want to concede -- as he explained in a cold-blooded speech on the Illinois Senate floor -- that these babies, fully outside their mothers' wombs, with their hearts beating and lungs heaving, were in fact "persons." (Taken from link below) http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCommentary.asp?Page=/Commentary/archive/200801/COM20080109b.html

As for you Elaan, don't insult her. You twist everyone's words if you don't like them or agree with them. You know my stance on things and you don't have to come to these discussions. You do it because you like to fight. How intelligent.

I agree that racism and bias are still widespread. However, I find it distasteful and ill-advised for anyone to predict another person's demise the way you did. At 24, you're still young and have a lot to still learn. One thing you need to know is that there is a reason why we cannot read each other's minds. It is not everything we think that we need to say. Statements like the one you made could be interpreted as a threat and you could be called to explain it in case your prediction really happens. The reason being that it's possible for you to actually know somebody who is planning such a thing.

But he doesn't know he isn't black.

I think what happened was wrong, but we need to learn from it and move on and do constructive things. Affirmative Action never helped. It never changed the heart of a person who didn't want to change. It is wrong to hire anyone because of color. It is an insult. You hire the person because they are the right person for the job. There is a lot of discrimination today against so many kinds of people. However, there is nothing that can really be done to erase the memories of slavery or what the Jews went through, either. It has to change in the heart of man and in the way we treat each other. Black Power will not cure it. Rev. Wright and the Catholic priest's nasty rants will not cure it. It will only antagonize people who did not commit the crimes. If Rev. Wright and the Catholic priest did not do what they did, even more people would be voting for him. You have to remember he did not just visit the church. He was there for 20 years. Long time to have that imbedded in your head. I can think of several race crimes against family members and all were committed by blacks except for two. One in particular was a horrific crime. My aunt was stabbed in the eye by a black 13 year old boy. But for none of these crimes do we hold the entire race responsible nor will we think that race has to make up for it. My husband is a Muslim and was severly beaten and left by two black men because they thought he was white. How do I know it? A young black women came to his aid and tried to help him. After talking to him she could tell he was not "white"....he just looks that way. She told him that if they had known you were not white they would have never done that. My husband is also Muslim. I have 5 relatives who are black. No racism here. However, I think Obama should not have said that he is running as a black man. What difference does it make? He is more white and Arab than he is black anyway. And his people who should know his mind, told two Muslim women who were wearing their hajibs that they could not be in the picture with Obama. They were hurt, and we hurt for them. My husband is discriminated against all the time because he is a Muslim and because he is not white. And obviously he is not alone. Holding onto slavery will not change anything. Forgiveness is the key and then moving on.

I'm glad he knows he is American. That is the most important thing.

It shouldn't be about race...but the man said that he is running as a black man. That makes it about race. When my husband looks for a job, he does not say he is applying for the job as an African man...or a Muslim man. He says that he is applying as a hard working man and hopes to be given a chance to prove it.

Yes, he did say that. You are so uninformed. You cling to Obama and he can do no wrong. If you think I start these conversations just to get more responses, why do you keep falling into the pit and answering them over and over? I mean for an educated person like yourself I am surprised. Do yourself a favor don't respond.

Once again, you make an uneducated statement. Obama has never, ever said that he is running as a black man. Nobody, at any time, has ever mentioned that he made that statement. It is totally against what he stands for. If you want to be taken seriously, you have to at least pretend that you know what is going on. First you compare the murder of a single person to slavery and racial segregation. Then secondly, you claim that Rev. Wright was witnessed telling Obama to distance himself from him. And now this. It is the media that keeps saying that Obama would be the first black president if he is elected. Obama himself has never, and will never say that. I used to be impatient with you because I thought you were spreading these false stuff intentionally but it has occurred to me that you really are probably not aware of what the truth is. You claim you are educated so it is puzzling that you know so little. Although most news corporations are biased, it is possible to get at least one that tries to be unbiased. You need to find one to balance the kind of information you take in. Your are sounding more and more like an uneducated person. If that is really not the image you want to present then you have to reinvent yourself. Or maybe, just maybe, you pretend to be ignorant so more people would try to educate you and therefore boost the number of responses you get?

Rev. Wright was witnessed telling Obama that as this campaign progress that Obama would have to distance himself from him. That makes sense. After 20 years of listening to Rev. Wright's sermons, Obama knows where Rev. Wright stands on these issues. Why disagree with him now? For the sake of his campaign, he has to. Oprah left, too. Why not before? The masses did not know that was where they attended church. They do now. And even if a person is not turned off by most of Rev. Wright's words, the G D America has to sink into everyone. That is a very shocking thing to say. If someone hates this country that much, they should leave. We don't need Black Power and White Power. We united power.

I never said that he said it at press conference. I get my information from CCN.com but if people insist that I give link I might have to turn to Youtube.com. Not everything there is spliced. I am not in slumber but I am not bitter. Unless I agree with you, I am in slumber.

If the Rev. Wright could ask Obama to distance himself from him, he wouldn't make a public show of himself at the Press Conference at the Press Club. And the woman who was with him at the time was a Hillary Clinton supporter. I must say that sometimes you have to use your own judgment when you hear some stuff. 'When a prophet prophesies to you, you have to also prophesy to yourself..'in wisdom to see whether the prophet is lying or speaking the truth. Sometimes you sound as if you just woke up from a hundred year slumber. Be the educated person that you are and go for regular news. Those youtube things are making you retrogress into illiteracy.

Thank you very much for the link. I was a very interesting read.

Yes, I am good at that!

I hope you are right!

Pray for Peace...

I agree! No rioting please.