I agree with you , and Iive had similar experiences in school ranging from people getting angry and calling him a muslim or idiots saying they wished he would just get shot.

To the OP, I'll try to offer my opinion on some of your points.

The issue of him being an "African American" is a misnomer. He is only half black. People, including he, tend to forget or ignore this for convenience. His girls are more "African American" than he is. His mother was white. He is considered "black" because the old Jim Crow laws, if still practiced, would have labeled him black. They were written by a racist congress, and local governments to discriminate against ex-slaves. They even considered a person with 1/16 African blood to be black. So....yes he is an "African American" if one uses the old Jim Crow laws as the criteria by which to determine a person's race. My question to you is this: would you or anyone else still consider him an "African American" if he was born with blond hair and blue eyes? A fair question considering his parentage.



The Muslim issue....The Muslims have no greater loyalty than Allah, the Koran and Muhammad. There is no room for compromise or tolerance of other beliefs......at least to my simple understanding of it. This loyalty is in direct conflict with our Constitution and our ideals. Obama states he is a Christian. To many it is irrelevant, to others it is. I will take him at his word till he proves otherwise.



It bothers me badly that he is considered "The One" or as one German citizen put it after the Berlin speech, his "New Messiah". My mother-in-law actually believes he is the anti-Christ. I don't believe it for numerous reasons, but this whole cult of personality is unsettling none-the-less. He is a man. No more, no less. He is susceptible to any and all human frailties, lusts, prejudices, emotions, etc. just like you and I. He is no savior.



On the issue of race.....it was not the reason I voted for McCain. I have no issue with a black person being president. I would vote for Colin Powell or Condi Rice in a heart beat. Boy wouldn't the later have been a conundrum for the Democrats? I do however wonder about the issue to this extent, much was made in the media of some whites not voting for him because he is "black". I wonder how many blacks voted FOR him only for the very same reason. Oh yea.. I forgot...only us white folks can be racist


On the assassination issue. I pray to God every day that it does not happen.


I did not vote for Obama. I do however want him to be good for this nation and to be a good president. Who knows.....if he does well I may vote for him in 2012.

Agreed completely. I'm getting really sick of people who think this guy will fix everything.

I'm a member on a local message board that is decidedly liberal dominated. I cannot believe the attacks that I have received on there for not supporting Obama.

There is one moderator who is a heavy set white gal who looks for racism under every rock. To her everything is about racism. She even bans people and locks threads when she if offended by their comments. Recently, ten threads were locked and one poster banned. Needless to say, someone created quite a stink about it and the threads were unlocked and the poster reinstated by the board owner. I stop in the tonight to find the threads locked again.

Many of the others attack you if you even suggest anything negative about him. They accuse you of being a fear monger for pointing out flaws in his policies. This is supposed to be from the Free Speech party. Some of us really try to debate the issues and our differences and disagreements in the policy but it always turns to us being racist or fear mongers.

I'm glad that America elected a Black man as President. I think it's great. I just wish it would have been someone who is not so liberal. I guess we will soon see how he governs. I really hope he moves to the center.

I must say I agree with you on the point of people playing the race card in a way too. I really only personally saw racism from one direction. However, I have read about people saying that if you don't support Obama you're racist. I think people need to support their candidate because they support them.

I think had the media not hopped on the Obaaama bandwagon, this election would've been completely different. I think McCain would've done fine. (Although now it sounds like there was some tension between he and Palin). Overall though, not to sound too negative, the winner was racism. It came out from both sides and took over part of this election.

Show me one time Obama has called non-supporters a racist. You are projecting things that your own party says, and possibly a few dumb democrats, onto a whole party.

Quit lumping everyone together like we are all the same.

Originally posted by Hugues de Payens

The issue of him being an "African American" is a misnomer. He is only half black. People, including he, tend to forget or ignore this for convenience. His girls are more "African American" than he is. His mother was white.

Actually, his being referred to as an "African American" is not a misnomer at all. In fact, it is more appropriate to refer to him as an "African American" than to refer to all black people as "African Americans."

His mother was American, his father was Kenyan. Kenya is in Africa. So...... Ta da!!!! African American.

However, he is only half-black. There is a difference between black and African American, although most people never even think about how stupid it is to refer to all black people as "African American."

If a Jamaican black person or an Aboriginal Australian (to give two examples) relocated to America, they would also be considered an "African American," although in reality they were neither African nor American. So you're right in that the term itself is a misnomer, but it is not a misnomer when applied to Obama. Therein lies the difference.

Let me address this "half-black" garbage:

He is black. If you saw him on the streets you would say he is black. Also, he IS an African American because that's what we call black people now. Some might be Jamaican... fine. They are also African American. Why? Where do you think they came from? The French and British had slaves in the Caribbean also.

So, yes. He's black, just like every other person you've called black who was half white.

I've been surprised by the number of white people who say they do not like Obama simply because he is a black man. I am, in the interest of full disclosure, a white guy. I didn't vote for Obama. I didn't vote for McCain, either.

Quick example: I'm sitting in a class at a university East of the Mississippi when a girl sitting next to me said this: "Black people are just ignorant." Obviously, the girl, who is white, is the ignorant one.

Anyway, just throwing in my two cents. What has surprised me most is the way some whites say they do not like Obama simply because he is black. They don't even bother attacking his proposed policies and such, just the color of his skin. That's a shame.

I did not vote for him, but I am wishing the best for him and for our country.

Most of the people I have heard spouting anti-Obama stuff are just plain afraid of him. Fear is very powerful among those who call themselves conservative.