Comments on: Candidate Obama's Sense Of Urgency

Dem. Says He's Not In A Hurry To Run, But Wants To Tackle Problems

[msnett]

I for one am amazed how the Media is making it seem like African American's as a whole are against this man. That's the quickest way they thought they could bring him down. It's obvious negativity from other races is expected but to get him in the jugular they want to make it seem that the very people who he may consider his motivation aren%u2019t welcoming him. I am also disturbed that on the home page every bullet point about Obama and this interview points out negativity; -He inhaled, -Not black enough -Is he Qualified, -Funny Name. I mean come on is he Qualified? Why are we going to the extreme to question his qualifications? Is it because he's black? As if we put our last president under this same microscope. (It's obvious we would have sent the horns blazing with the word Ignorant light in bold letters if we had.) Then they run out of things to say, so to belittle him even more they bullet "Funny name". We are losing focus of the fact that this could be the leader of our country not just the first black man in power.

[gunownerdan]

DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS CAN ****************.

[kateback-2009]

As a 44-year-old, white male who has had the good fortune to have worked with many great leaders, including in communications positions for a former president and the Governor of California, started and sold an internet business (working out of a garage in Los Angeles), been a single parent (now married and the parent of three), and, as an entrepreneur who spends a good deal of time in Mexico, has walked the daily tight-rope of 'success' and 'failure,' I've never considered supporting, much less voting for, anyone associated with the Democratic party.

Based on my own experience both in business and helping influence public perception, reading Senator Obama's 'The Audacity of Hope,' and learning more since his announcement, I feel passionate, again, about our future. It's clear to me that he's undeniably the real deal %u2013 and should be our next president.

[paint17]

I thought the opening bit about Senator Obama's name was unnecessary. 60 Minutes is one of the few remaining news shows that I feel I can trust. If 60 Minutes starts channeling Fox News, I'll soon add them to my listed of untrustworthy news shows. Senator Obama's name, like the color of his skin, has nothing to do with his qualifications (or lack thererof)to be President of the United States.

[sakenney1]

Obama has more experience than one of our greatest president Abe Lincoln. Lincoln never made it to the Senate and he presided over the most fractous time in our history. Plus we elected George Bush and where did his experience get us?

[jonster3-2009]

And I would ask that you extend to me the same courtesy you would ask for yourself: Don't assume you know more about me than you do, and please try not to tar and feather me with your racist brush simply because I may disagree with you. It's a well-worn and very tired tactic.

[daylily6]

johnstar3, I am a retired Librarian. Don't assume you know more about me and African American people than you know.
I am off to the Gym.

Have a good day!!!

[daylily6]

I am a retired librarian. Don't assume you know more about me and African Americans than you know. I have to get to the Gym now.

Have a good day!!!

[jonster3-2009]

Daylily, how did I prove the point that Barack Obama could be killed at a gas station? I'm assuming that, by my bringing up some salient facts, you feel I've exposed myself as a murderous racist.

As a white American who was lectured by my father about the use of the N word and took it to heart, I find it sad that I must accept a blanket charge of being racist because I merely point out statistics that are indisputable.

Marinate in your victimhood all you want. But also remember Oprah, Colin, Condi, and yes Bill Cosby, as well as all the others who decided to take the opportunities offered up by the better part of this nation and better themselves through education and hard work.

[jonster3-2009]

Definitely Michelle Obama was speaking of a white killer at that gas station. Otherwise, she wouldn't have attached the disclaimer "as a Black man." She was also hinting at what is to come. If we Americans don't think this will bring peoples' sensitivity about race to the fore, we're mistaken. I could see the air go out of Barack when his wife made that remark. And it's interesting that CBS used it to highlight their interview. Many white Americans feel they are off the hook for their guilt over treatment of black people, and have felt that way for years. It was our generation of baby boomer whites and blacks who overturned the institutitional prejudice directed at black people in this country. Now we react to charges of racism differently. We want to know. Why are 70% of black families without a father in the house? Why are the crime figures for black perpetrators so disproportionate among all the other groups? There are serious questions African Americans need to ask themselves (or face stern lectures from Bill Cosby) before wild card charges of racism and hints of gas station murders, such as the one Michelle Obama refers to, are taken to heart. Without an admission of complicity in their own predicament, which no politician is brave enough to address, charges of racism will not be heard with the depth of gravity as they once were.