I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: Will Obama Prove Them Wrong?

I agree with you Lilly. I wish someone would come out with an objective study of how the media has treated Clinton compared to how it has treated Obama, laying it out for everyone to see. I have no doubt it would be astonishing, even to those of us who are already aware of a bias. It also occurs to me that maybe an “experiment” like the one Lesley Stahl and her producer carried out could be objectively observed with secret cameras. I dare to suspect that the waitress, the target of the experiment, suspected of racism for making her living at Denny’s, got the first sneer and responded in kind. White people are often told (for instance in this post and in many responses) that they are unaware of the “subtle racism” that Blacks experience. I am actually acutely aware of racism, and always open my mouth to object if I see or hear it. But I wonder, are Black people in general aware of how many Blacks give whites dirty looks for walking on the street as whites; or slice and dice with their eyes just “knowing” that the white they are looking at was responsible for constructing slavery and its aftermath; or police any and all normal social interaction holding a ready accusation of “racism” at anytime - as a strategy for personal power, to control others, to avoid the downside of normal human interaction, and/or to avoid dealing with their own self-esteem issues by constantly projecting their internalized racism onto individual whites…? In my experience, it is a minority of Blacks who do this, but common enough that hardly a day goes by without being subjected to it. (And I am not counting here explicit anti-white racism, just the subtle aspects, which may be defensive in origin, but is racist in effect nonetheless.) The claim put forth now that “Obama can’t win” is a mass wielding of the issue of race to control others. The manipulators threaten to label any opposition against him “racism,” thereby undermining effective opposition. They have certainly been successful in influencing the media’s coverage of the campaign using this approach. Working class people are openly accused of being racist for supporting Hillary. Likewise for white women. Black people in support of Hillary are called “race traitors.” What a shameful way to try to win the campaign. By the way, Lesley, and ladies of wowowow.com, I think you are doing a lot of things well with this Web site, but how about taking action against racism not by carrying out unofficial experiments on waitresses in Denny’s, but by taking a race-sensitive look at this Web site. The lack of racial and ethnic diversity, obvious in the photos of bloggers, is inexcusable. By the way, what I just wrote is an example of speaking out against racism in a way that is not manipulation, just sincere observation with the obvious suggestion of the solution.

Please read up on this intelligent, self-reflective, grounded and inspiring candidate. Abraham Lincoln had the weakest resume of any president. He was bright and determined and authentic enough to surround himself with a cabinet and others who could advise and contribute for the best interests of all. One of Obama’s favorite books is Doris Kearns Goodwin’s book about this very subject. Look it up and have a read. And as to your “worse off than we are now” comment , wake up and look around and stop buying into the Hillary hype. I am a feminist and will proudly vote for a woman WHEN THE RIGHT ONE COMES ALONG. Inform yourself, do your own research and reading and make an intelligent choice for all our sakes. Please.

Wanda, with all due respect, I believe experience is less essential than sound judgement. I believe the following will be the defining moment of the 2008 Presidential Elections. On January 6, 2008 Senator John McCain was interviewed by Tim Russert on Meet The Press. Please google it, so you can hear the full content for yourself. Mr. Russert asked Senator McCain, if he had known that there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, would he still have invaded Iraq. He said, YES. He said the war was not a mistake, but how it was handled was. So with 20/20 hindsight, he would have started a war with Iraq, despite now knowing that Iraq was not an imminent threat to the national security of The United States( The reason Congress and the American public and the world were given to justify the action). This is dangerous, not wise and reflective Presidential Judgement and exactly what we have in office today. Experience can be valuable, but it is what you do with the experience you’ve acquired that matters. That is called Judgement.

I don’t even think he is as smart as he thinks he is. Doesn’t he know the words “cling” and “bitter” are negative expressions. Plus he dished on one group to another—and everyone laughed, including him. He is a smartypants, not smart! And I hope it costs him big time!

it’s probably a good thing that he doesn’t have that much experience. Bush’s group somehow stole that election, not that many people thought he was cute and still don’t. I have been hired many times for my “lack of experience” as the employers did not want to have to correct any mistakes I may have learned elsewhere and that I would do something stupid that someone else may have taught me. I believe Obama and Hillary have a great amount of experience and that McCain might be more than a little unstable. I recently even listened to a radio show that was talking about how McCain did not get to move up in the ranks any further in the military as he “lacked leadership ability” …He is a hot headed cheating husband that I worry would react with his big mouth and hot temper and get us in even deeper doo doo that the war mongers running the country now have done. He is just looking for an excuse to go into Iran next and would likely be the end of America’s little tiny thread of hope we have left to go back to being the respected country we used to be.