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Some Conservatives See Race In Powell's Obama Endorsement
Colin Powell's decision to endorse Barack Obama has sparked a mini-debate of sorts over both the significance of the endorsement itself and the role that race has and will play during this campaign. In the immediate aftermath of his appearance on Meet The Press, several prominent GOP officials - ...
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There's No Reason To Back Obama Besides His Race (And Other GOP Maturbatory Fantasies) [Crappy Hour]
Jezebel — ... Meet the Press never sounded sweeter to my ears. MEGAN : Except that even my mom last night who doesn't watch it was like, can you believe that Rush Limbaugh says it's just because he's black? It's starting to get a little amusing, she's got this growing mental list of all our relatives and neighbors who listen to Rush Limbaugh because they've started admitting to it, and I can practically hear her crossing names off her Christmas card list. She is so offended that people she knows buy his crap, almost like she didn't really know that actual non-crazy-seeming people ...

There's No Reason To Back Obama Besides His Race (And Other Masturbatory GOP Fantasies) [Crappy Hour]
Jezebel — ... Meet the Press never sounded sweeter to my ears. MEGAN : Except that even my mom last night who doesn't watch it was like, can you believe that Rush Limbaugh says it's just because he's black? It's starting to get a little amusing, she's got this growing mental list of all our relatives and neighbors who listen to Rush Limbaugh because they've started admitting to it, and I can practically hear her crossing names off her Christmas card list. She is so offended that people she knows buy his crap, almost like she didn't really know that actual non-crazy-seeming people ...

The Esteemed Colin Powell Endorses Obama & As Expected Some of My Fellow Conservatives Cry Race.....NOT!
Afronerd: putting the Black Bourgeoisie back on top(of the Ghetto Masses) — ... "And I think this adds to my calculation -- this is very hard to measure -- but it seems to me if we had the tools to measure we'd find that Barack Obama gets two votes because he's black for every one he loses because he's black because so much of this country is so eager, a, to feel good about itself by doing this, but more than that to put paid to the whole Al Sharpton/Jesse Jackson game of political rhetoric." For more, click on the link below: Some Conservatives See Race In Powell's Obama Endorsement

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