"Race is arguably the biggest issue in this election, and it's one that nobody's talking about.The polls do remain close. Gallup released a new poll today that was conducted September 14-16. It shows Obama regaining a few points to 47% versus McCain's 45% among registered voters.
The differences between Barack Obama and John McCain couldn't be more well-defined. Obama wants to change Washington. McCain is a part of Washington and a part of the Bush legacy. Yet the polls remain close. Doesn't make sense…unless it's race." - Jack Cafferty
The question is: Why does the media continue to make race an issue? McCain is clearly QUALIFIED to be president. He has overwhelming experience and know-how. Jack Cafferty and media elites like him continue to call this country racist. It's a tragedy. Of course race will continue to be an issue if we continue to make it one. So, should a man like Barack Obama be elected simply because he IS black? Would that mean that we defeated racism? Or would it mean that Americans just don't want to be perceived as racist, so they elected a black president?
If we want to move on as a country and get rid of racism for good, we must treat everyone completely equally! The equality that I'm talking about does not give African-Americans any advantage over white people in education, living standards, or media coverage in a presidential election. Everyone should be required to earn their own way, just as John McCain and Barack Obama have done so far. They are both great men of American fortune and HARD WORK.
But there continue to be persons in the media community like Cafferty who give a handicap to Obama as if he shouldn't be allowed to earn the presidency with his experience, values, and policy decisions.
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AP has a major story out today on this topic -- how "the race question" might be playing out this election cycle.
http://news.yahoo.com/page/election-2008-political-pulse-obama-race
I dont think either of them is qualified Obama has too little experiance and mccain is too old. He has a lot of Lapses when he talks, maybe 8 years ago he would have worked, but not now.
What's worse, is that the vice presidents are the same. Palin too little experiance and Biden is almost as old as Mccain. We have a nice system in place where it doesn't matter if the coin toss comes up heads or tails, we still loose.
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