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Somewhere between 10% or 5% of the African-American vote is going to vote for McCain. It will probably be less than for Bush, but regardless that is no different than any other election between a Republican and a Democrat. In other words, about the same amount of African-Americans are going to side with Democrats as they have in years past.

What has changed for some of us is seeing the unrestricted, pure, solid hatred for Whites. When I saw the Reverend J. Wright videos, read the Trumpet and heard the statements of Michelle Obama, I was blown away. I then read her thesis and began to look at Obama very closely in how he thought about White people. “White man’s greed” pretty much summed it up for me, and you can add a lot more that he has said that is anti-White.

I believe for those of us in the South, we did not know the level to which we were still resented. I can honestly say that most of us have spent our lifetimes trying our dead level best to be the opposite of what most have stereo-typed us to be. We heard Blacks call in to our local Black radio talk show Conservative host, and say the most hateful things about Whites. We had no clue as to what they were talking about. We had never seen or heard any of our family or friends act in such a way towards Black people. But mostly they were still mad about slavery. No kidding.

But the hate is there, and it is not just limited to the South. It is apparent that Blacks are very angry with us. In some cases I think they have a case in that Republicans have failed to properly reach out to Blacks in explaining our ideology, and how we are NOT what Democrats describe us to be. In my region of the country there is not enough unity to address gang violence, drop out rates, abortion rates and other issues the Black community is going through. And I am not speaking of government programs; I am talking about real people doing real work and making a larger real impact. Black on Black violence in Jackson is very high. So, I can see where there are legitimate complaints and disagreements. However, the level of sheer hatred is not justifiable.

Lastly, for those that want to claim Blacks are acting like the Klan, I would suggest you wait before asserting that type of description. I find it rather offensive. I can only imagine the first time Blacks went to a movie and for the first time it was about a story they identified with or had all Black actors. Can you imagine how even commercials did not have one Black in it? They bought milk, cars, appliances and detergent just like the rest of America. I sort of see their enthusiasm for Barak as being a concept along those lines. For the first time there is someone that looks like them that really has a shot at being President. It is the excitement, the possibility that draws some in. It is why some Conservative Blacks were considering voting for Barak.

With that being said, I also have heard Blacks say they wanted to kill the supporters of McCain. It was on Politico. And if you go to other Lefty sites you will read some of the scariest stuff from people saying they are Black and want their justice against Whitey, just like Rev. J. Wright and his ilk. I feel for James because those people are zeroing in on him as well as those of us that support McCain/Palin.

I have no idea what the answer is, but I will suggest this; if you are feeling hatred towards Blacks then Obama has won. He wants us divided because divided he can conquer us more easily. We are Americans, all of us together, and we have fought and died next to each other. We need each other, and will surely fall together if Obama manages to alienate us from each other. He must not be allowed to win on this point even if he wins the Presidency. He must not turn us into racist!

freeus on October 15, 2008 at 12:37 AM