Comments on: McCain Supporters

By: AbNo

AbNo — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:23:27 +0000

@nyokki: (Credit) Oh, I understand.

By: AbNo

AbNo — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:22:07 +0000

*large ASCII art of Picard facepalming that I’m too lazy to go find*

I’m going to go play TF2.

By: nyokki

nyokki — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:21:10 +0000

@AbNo: Oh and please, don't pretend that you don't understand the points I'm making by insisting on simplistic ideas in my writing. You're an intelligent person, give me the same credit and realize that there's no way to deal w/ all the nuances of this in a mere paragraph or two.

By: nyokki

nyokki — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:18:56 +0000

@AbNo: No, I'm not voting for him based on his color. In general I agree w/ his philosophy. All I said is that in America the color of a person's skin matters. Voting for a black person says something. It's ridiculous to say it doesn't. It put him in the spotlight. His character kept him there. Both McCain and Obama have thrown several people under the bus. I don't base my votes on non-issues that negate each other. Actually I think the biggest person that McCain threw under the bus was his 2000 self. To think that McCain hasn't also had a huge pass from the media is also ridiculous. Both these men have been well loved by the media.

By: AbNo

AbNo — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:35:18 +0000

@nyokki: So, you’re choosing someone based not on the content of their character, but the color of their skin?

@nyokki: And? If you push a politician far enough, he’ll throw anyone under the bus after defending them devoitly for years or, more recently, months.

His Pastor and Mentor, his grandmother, his “close, personal friend”. Anything to be used as an advantage, and discarded like refuse when they become political baggage.

It’s really easy to do when you get a pass from the media.

By: nyokki

nyokki — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:25:02 +0000

@AbNo: Oh and in 1993, Byrd was asked by Bernard Shaw: Q: What has been your biggest mistake and your biggest success? A: Well, itÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s easy to state what has been my biggest mistake. The greatest mistake I ever made was joining the Ku Klux Klan. And IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ve said that many times. But one cannot erase what he has done. He can only change his ways and his thoughts. That was an albatross around my neck that I will always wear. You will read it in my obituary that I was a member of the Ku Klux Klan.

By: nyokki

nyokki — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:21:01 +0000

@AbNo: In this country being black means something. There's a history between blacks and subjugation. To ignore that fact is not being a non-racist, it's a different way to tell blacks that they don't count. In a perfect world, color would mean nothing, but we're not there yet. So yes, you may be right, he may be where he is in part because he is black (the fact the we keep calling him black says something too, since it's not literally true). Voting for him would mean something too...because he is black and, right here, right now, I'm ok w/ that.

By: AbNo

AbNo — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:41:39 +0000

@Caio:

“The Klan is needed today as never before and I am anxious to see its rebirth here in West Virginia.”

And that’s AFTER Byrd quit the Klan. What the hell is a “Kleage”, anyway?

By: AbNo

AbNo — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:39:19 +0000

If Obama were being “judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character”, then we wouldn’t even be HAVING this election, he’d have been cast into seclusion long ago.

I’m pretty sure MLK Junior can join the Founding Fathers in providing electricity to this country from his grave.

He’s got to be spinning in his grave pretty fast today, and all.

By: dogolopee

dogolopee — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:12:35 +0000

But by the same token all the people that are voting for obama just cause he is black are also racist. And last i checked there are more places where you can be killed for being white than black in America.