Do it.

DO IT!!!

Imagine the flushed red faces that would show up at work the next day spouting all kinds of racial slurs about Obama sponsoring one their NASCAR puppies. It would drive the rest of the office into the Obama camp for sure! Imagine all the flushed cheeks behind some of these comments here..........

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Obama is such a freaking tool

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I have never seen more hatred towards a politician that has done nothing wrong than I have seen for Obama.

Do you guys even pay attention to his senate voting record? Have you ever read or heard about the type of work he has done in communities. Have you ever listen to his speeches?

Or is your opinioin of him based on his name and race?

Every place I go, I hear negative things about this man, yet, the negative comments are never really tangible.

I never hear anyone say, "That damn Obama, he voted against the war". Or, "Damn Obama for voting for improved VA benefits for our vets coming home from Iraq... even though McCain voted against it".

As a black man, I can truly say that Obama is the first "black" leader in my generation (I'm 32) that most of the black community if actually proud of. We never really endorsed or liked Jessee or Sharpton. They just got all the lime light... well just because. We never asked them to represent us, they just had big mouths.

Obama is an educated, classy, and straight forward individual whom I have had the pleasure of meeting on several occasions and I whole heartly believe in his aspirations of making this coutry a better place.

I believe that the real issue is the fact that there are many whites in this county have a feeling of entitlement and they feel that a black man doesn't DESERVE to be present of the United States simply because he is black. The idea is just too foreign to them and they aren't comfortable with the concept.

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@ "nastinupe1"

Republicans don't like Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Hillary... The right not liking Obama has nothing to do with his race (except for a few red-neck inbreds out there).

Any Democrat in the race will be criticized by the right because the nation is polarized...not because he is black. The issues of this country go much deeper than one of the candidates skin color. Healthcare, the war, SS, abortion, taxes....are all fundamental diffences that separate the left and the right. Calling this a "black issue" is taking the easy/shallow way out.

This is not about race no matter how bad you or the black community wants it to be.

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@ merkaba

I don't want this to be a "black" thing. I'm just calling it for what it is. Never in my life have I seen a candidate been challenged about his religion, race, or name the way Obama has. Never before have I seen a candidate challenged about his patriotisim the way Obama has been. Never have a heard so many Democrats say that they wouldn't vote in this election because Obama is running. Never before have I read about so many individuals who have historically voted Democrat report in polls that they are considering McCain... not because he's a great candidate, but because they just don't want Obama to win.

And like I said before... without any real reason.

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Not to mention the media. Everyone is making this a "black" thing. They have polls about how race affected peoples votes in the exit polls. I've never seen that one before. They talk about him being black all the time.

People see him as a black man before they see him as a person. I go through the same thing, even when people don't mean anything by it.

I have a neighbor who always calls me "bro". I live in a white nerighborhood. He never calls anyone else "bro" except me so it's clearly beacuse I'm a black man. That doesn't mean that he's a racist, but it shows how he subconsciously see's me as a black man. He calls everyone else by their name or calls them "man"... like "hey man bla bla bla."

I don't get offended by it, but I feel like it shows how people see you for your color before they see you as a person.

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nastinupe1... He's as much 'black' as he is 'white'. So you yourself are trying to use race as an advantage.

Or is his white heritage worthless?

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@ nastinupe1

Politicians haven't been criticized for patriotism or religion in the past????

How about when Bill Clinton was running and he was considered an unpatriotic draft dodger? How about when Huckabee ran an add where there MIGHT have been a cross in the background? He was put on the cross himself! If you've never seen a race/gender poll then you must not have been in a state where a black/hispanic/female candidate was running for office.

These are not NEW issues. You are overly sensitive due to the fact that you share the same race and desperately want him to win.

As you said, Democrats are not voting or are voting for McCain because they don't like him. That's a problem with the Democratic party. Republicans would be strongly against ANY Democrat because of deep seeded issue differences.

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RACE!

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Hold on now. I'm all for Obama. I can't stand to see John's face, I just want to punch him, not sure why, :P.

This NASCAR thing though, just stop Obama. Come back to the real world and help us real people out.

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You know what. I'm going to leave it at that. And I really do hope that the majority of Americans view him the way you guys claim to. Regardless of if he wins or not, I want people to judge him as a person.

And as a black man, I hope that he wins so blacks in this country can stop all their complaining and get off their asses and do something with thier lives. Stop using slaverly as an excuse. Slaverly ended in 1864. Jim Crow laws were outlawed 50 years ago. It's time to move on. And hopefully Jesse and Sharpton will just go away.

When I do have children, I will make sure that I teach them that they live in one of the greatest counties in the world and that they should be thankful to be here and that no one owes them anything and if they ever want anything in life, they need to get off their ass and work for it.

With that said. Obama was actually approched by the racing team, not the other way around. And Obama declined. The team also approached McCain as well.

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nastinupe1

Right on. I don't like a lot of Obama's policy, but I think he has the public appeal to really bridge the gap in this country.

Bridging the gap might be more important than policy right now. Enjoy your weekend.

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"Do you guys even pay attention to his senate voting record?"

You mean his stealth record in the Illinois legislature where he voted "present" most of the time? Or did you mean his record in the US senate where he hasn't introduced a single piece of legislation?

" Have you ever read or heard about the type of work he has done in communities."

You mean the Grove Parc Plaza development in his own Illinois legislative district? Obama funneled money to developers but the housing project isn't fit for human habitation.

"Have you ever listen to his speeches?"

Have you ever read his speeches? They sound good, but on paper there's no substance. He's not a good public speaker, he's a talented teleprompter reader. Whenever he departs from his prepared text or has to ask a genuinely challenging question, the "umms" and "ohs" started stumbling out and he makes gaffe after gaffe.

Let me ask you, if it's racist to not want to vote for Obama because he's "black", isn't it racist to want to vote for him out of racial pride?

I was proud of the fact the Joe Lieberman, an observant Jew, ran for VP in 2000. Nonetheless I voted for Bush because I differ with Lieberman on many issues. What's best for the Jews doesn't necessarily mean voting for a Jewish candidate.

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""Do you guys even pay attention to his senate voting record?"

You mean his stealth record in the Illinois legislature where he voted "present" most of the time?"

Actually, there's a vaild reason why he did.

Check out Factcheck.org (and it's related sites) to understand the truth behind the smoke and mirrors (on BOTH sides).

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I love how with two words I started a debate, :P.

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What a sell out. I used to like him, but the more pandering he does, the less respect I have for him.

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