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Old 10-10-2008, 05:38 PM
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To those who have called this thread dumb and dislike how it has deterioted I agree with you but the racist slant bothers me. I guess this is as good a place as any vent my feelings on it.

To say there may be a racist undertone to this election by many of the electorate would probably be accurate. There was the same in 1960 with JFK on his religion....heck, during the primary Mitt Romney had to have a press conference to explain his religion.

You cannot make it go away, and you hope that those it influences are not so many to sway any election.

Having said that, you also cannot if you are the "offended" that everything is racist. Sen Obama has a given name. Everyone knows President Clinton's middle name and President Bush's middle name and so on back through our Presidents.

Sen Obama has a given name...IT IS HIS NAME...yes, because of what that name is, some folks use it in a non respectful manner, BUT IT IS HIS NAME. The sensitivity to it bothers me. If he is elected are we to NOT use his full name because he will be offended ?

I will never use it because it will detract from anything else I say because it will be deemed inappropriate, but it bothers me that I have to even be concerned about it. It seems to me that if those who support him would stop yelling racism everytime someone uses his full name it may just disappear !

I hope this makes sense...just had to vent !