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Shut it BM.
Thought you was taking a break anyway?
I can see them.
:? here.
Tranquil
My favorite REM song Di.
Simply beautiful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPzb28LVSa0&feature=related
Rod Stewart: Forever Young
@slayer wrote:
I heard every TV station last night and radio/Tv stations today state the election was not about race.
This couldnt be more wrong- Obama was elected because he energsied a black vote and calmed white liberal voters into voting for him. His colour may have been an irrelvance to white voters but it was ESSENTIAL to black voters (in some areas 96% of Afro Americans voted for Obama) who voted for him- his colour played a fundamental part in HIS election. Had Hilary Clinton been the candidate, the Democrats may still have won but the turnout would have been low, a minority of afro americans would have voted and we wouldnt be thinking we have witnessed a world changing event (akin to JFK assassination, the fall of the Berlin wall, man walking on the moon etc).
It was about race but it wasnt about racism.
It also leaves the Republican party akin to Labour in the early 80’s- appealing to a diminishing core support (white, conservative) and having to reinvent itself.
I believe what you say to a point…I do think that most black people of America did vote for Obama because he was black…I mean of course they did….it was about time that black people have the very exact same opportunities. Last nights election was the most watched and talked about of all. Its a huge deal for the black people.
However…I think that Obama really got in because the American people as a whole are sick of what the Republicans have done to their country along with other countries…Sad they voted them in twice before they realised though. :roll:
