More Obama Commentary...

[badstar]

After a couple more days existing in Baltimore and overhearing more conversations about Obama, I have another thought...

While I understand the massive historical significance of electing a black man to office...

For pete's sake people, the pigment in his skin isn't what's going to get the job done.

Additionally, to the three or four people that I've overheard saying that he's "not black enough" and that we need someone with darker skin- the fact that his skin is a little lighter than yours isn't gonna hinder his ability to do the job.

Comments

[fuego.livejournal.com]

And it's all because of his skin color (or lack thereof!)

[wasabi-poptart.livejournal.com]

I think the point is that it took somebody very special to break the color barrier, and we're lucky he's in charge now instead of a half-wit pseudo-cowboy.

[fuego.livejournal.com]

This is quite true, the guy clearly has a lot going on for him to get elected in the first place, and yeah, I know there was an additional extra something that made a certain contingent of the population willing to vote for OMG! A Black Man!

I didn't mean to imply that glitteringlynx thought that his had anything to do with his skin color- I know she doesn't. It was just a sarcastic remark in regards to the way some people are talking about this whole thing.

[fuego.livejournal.com]

I know there was an additional extra something that made a certain contingent of the population willing to vote for OMG! A Black Man!

(And I'd like to think that whatever it was, these people were voting for Barrack Obama who happens to be a black man, not A Black Man...but there will always be people who will vote for someone because it's A Black Man or A White Woman or A Woman or A Man or A Protestant Christian or...whatever, and not for the actual individual)

[glitteringlynx.livejournal.com]

lol

Well if ppl want to be that ignorant, we cna't really stop them, can we?