"I told blacks not to vote for blacks, just before I told blacks to vote for blacks."

[orighu]

Originally Posted by ann.coulter2

Hypocrisy, Anyone?

"Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois today urged hundreds of blacks not to vote along racial lines next week in Maryland's Senate race. Obama, the only black U.S. senator, came to the state to rally support for Democratic Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin, who is white. Cardin's Republican opponent, Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele, is the first black candidate ever elected statewide and has been courting black Democrats."--Associated Press, Nov. 3

"The nation's only black senator, Barack Obama, D-Ill., asked voters at two black churches and at a Nashville rally to elect [Harold] Ford, a Democrat who is trying to become the first black senator from the South in more than 100 years. 'I know that all of you are going to work the next couple of days to make sure it happens, because I'm feeling lonely in Washington,' Obama said at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church. 'I need my dear friend to join me.' "--Associated Press, Nov. 5

Save these quotes for upcoming elections.

It sounds like "I told blacks not to vote for blacks, just before I told blacks to vote for blacks."

I didn't read that - I read please choose the best Demorcat for the position and in MD he believed it was Ben Cardin a white Democrat and in TN it was Harold Ford a black Democrat

I agree w/Munchkin03 - this is party line stuff and I too am registered Independent. Show me WHY you deserve my vote!

[KSig RC]

Wait, doesn't it ADD credibility that he's willing to decide on black senatorial candidates based on comparative merits (even if those are suspiciously along party lines)?

OH SHIT totally forgot whose thread this is, my bad.

[DeltAlum]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

Wait, doesn't it ADD credibility that he's willing to decide on black senatorial candidates based on comparative merits (even if those are suspiciously along party lines)?

Exactly. Including the party line comment.

I also don't claim a party affiliation, and in reviewing my votes this election, they were split almost equally between the two parties.

I hope that this election will, as many commentators and pundits have suggested should happen, move politics more toward the center.

I think the dramatic (radical?) split, fostered by both sides, has hurt the country.

[RU OX Alum]

the dramatic split has indeed harmed the country, and is a result of jerrymandering...which is why I voted against all incumbants.

[DeltAlum]

Originally Posted by RU OX Alum

the dramatic split has indeed harmed the country, and is a result of jerrymandering...which is why I voted against all incumbants.

Isn't it Gerrymandering -- after Governor Gerry? I might be wrong.

I think that -- however it's spelled -- is but a small part of the problem.

It seems to me that the extremes of both parties have been the loudest voices heard. I think that the population, as a whole, is a lot more toward the center.

As someone said, more purple than strict red or blue.

I hope that both parties got that message on last Tuesday, and that there can be some moderation all the way around.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by DeltAlum

Isn't it Gerrymandering

Yes. LOL.