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antiimperialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 02:02 AM
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Poll question: Would America be receptive to a 100% black, dark-skinned candidate?
As you may have heard, Barack Obama won Iowa today. He's light skin and half white. He might win the Democratic nomination. The media loves him.

Would America be as receptive to a dark-skinned 100% African American if this hypothetical candidate had the same qualities posessed by Barack??
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mrreowwr_kittty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 02:03 AM
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1. America would be receptive to Obama if he were green. nt
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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 02:03 AM
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4. exactly
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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 02:03 AM
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2. he was the darkest of those running and did pretty good
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Vickers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 02:03 AM
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3. "As you may have heard"
:rofl:

FTR, I voted "yes" but mainly as a hopeful romantic.
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Egnever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 02:04 AM
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5. This is a fucked up poll
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antiimperialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 02:05 AM
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7. You are overly sensitive nt
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 02:04 AM
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6. Compared to the current asshat? He/she could be purple.
And what is your point, pray tell? WHO gives a shit, on DU? :eyes:
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tblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 02:20 AM
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8. No. Much of America is still very racist, especially in the privacy of a polling booth.
Maybe not Democratic Primary voters, but in a general election, heck, we haven't even had a nominee who is Jewish or a white woman. And Republicans are very, very good at playing the race card.
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cutlassmama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 02:27 AM
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10. At first, I did want Hillary because she was a woman...I know, stupid idea
Obama was my second choice, but in the past few months, I changed my mind to Obama. He's the BEST candidate for the job.
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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 02:20 AM
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9. "As you may have heard"
LOL
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 02:28 AM
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11. What. The. Fuck.
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Anouka Donating Member (712 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 03:02 AM
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12. black is black. what a dumb question posted.
this is not what people need... particularly since Obama isn't campaigning as black, or biracial, or exotic, or half-white -- he's campaigning as an American who wants to help America out of the past 7 years, 8 years of b.s.
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thoughtcrime1984 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 03:05 AM
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13. agreed
The ones who would vote for him currently would vote for him if he was darker. Bad question.
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readmoreoften Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 03:07 AM
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14. No. I don't think so. And I think it's fucked up. /nt
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