Field King
Expert
- Oct 26, 2008
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For the 1st time in my adult life I am ashamed of my country, I thought the work of the civil rights movement for African Americans the last 40 years had made great progress, but after this election I see we have taken a step back 50 years or more. I have done my own poll by watching interviews of African American voters on the following networks : CNN, MSNBC, FOX, CNBC, CBS, NBC. 99% percent of those voters when asked why they voted for Obama all replied in one form or another that it was about time we had a black man in the White house, that this was a historic moment, that they thought they would never see this day. That now young African Americans can look to Obama and see that they too can achieve anything. In summary of that poll we can see that those voters decided on whom to vote for by the color of the candidates skin rather than on the issues or personal achivement or backgrounds or experience. Exactly what the civil rights movement was fighting against (being judged by color of skin) the moment they got a chance to show that they fought to have the opportunity to choose a candidate on the " CONTENT OF THEY'RE CHARACTER AND NOT THE COLOR OF THEY'RE SKIN" they messed it up and chose by skin color. To be fair 1 voter said she voted for Obama because now and I will quote her "I will never again have to worry about my mortgage payment or gas bill again, if I help him he will help me" Now I am fine if the PEOPLE of this great nation vote Obama the Commander in Chief based on the facts of the issues and his experience and background but appears this was not the case.
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