every black person on my facebook friends list is suddenly "reveling in a monumental moment"

did they vote for him just because he is half black? (i know the answer to this one)

did they suddenly gain freedom thanks to Messiah Barack

do they really think much is going to change?

11/5/2008 7:33:22 AM

No, they think they are in charge now.

11/5/2008 7:34:18 AM

yes

11/5/2008 7:34:21 AM

^^EXACTLY what i was thinking

11/5/2008 7:34:31 AM

yeh, they think this is a huge change. I think it's dumb.

but since they view it as a huge change, can everyone shut up about equal rights, etc now, since he's president? Can we get rid of affirmative action now?

11/5/2008 7:35:06 AM

it should have never been called equal rights to begin with

MLK wanted equality, every black activist since has wanted superiority

^they are probably excited because they think they'll get more welfare and more affirmative action

[Edited on November 5, 2008 at 7:36 AM. Reason : knl]

11/5/2008 7:36:07 AM

It's a symbolic victory. The less educated blacks think their man is in charge now, they just don't realize yet that he is just another politician, not that they will ever notice/realize/care.

11/5/2008 7:37:33 AM

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/04/obama.history/index.html

there's the explanation

every single blacker voter voted for him just because of his race

how fucking ignorant is that?

11/5/2008 7:48:32 AM

^lol


speaking of ignorant

11/5/2008 8:01:23 AM

Palin killed McCain. As much as I was afraid McCain was going to be another Bush, I was terrified of having that subhuman idiot running any part of our country.

I wonder what would have happened if McCain had picked a black vice president instead of a woman, seeing as how Hillary's vote ended up going to Obama?

11/5/2008 8:06:18 AM

so you voted for a subhuman idiot to become president instead of being vice president?

11/5/2008 8:09:38 AM

^that's enough of that, pinhead

11/5/2008 8:14:52 AM

well you either voted for an inexperienced douche with idiot ideas, to become president

or

you voted for an inexperienced white trash trailer park woman who couldn't run a cash register, to become vice president.


I see you chose the first one.

[Edited on November 5, 2008 at 8:21 AM. Reason : .]

11/5/2008 8:20:47 AM

11/5/2008 8:23:11 AM

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""Because Obama has won, we will have a change in the whole world. And for that I will slaughter a cockrel to celebrate with my family," said Joseph Otieno, a jubilant Kogelo resident. "

A dude in Kenya, who is so happy that Obama won, he is going to slaughter some cock.

I work with a lot of black folks here at the manufacturing site I'm employed at in SC. If I ask them why they are voting for Obama, their answer 90% of the time is "He's black". No mention of policies. I ask them if they would have voted for Hillary if she had beaten Obama in the primaries and they say no because "She is a woman". It amazes me how dumb some people are.

11/5/2008 8:24:39 AM

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"It amazes me how dumb some people are."

11/5/2008 8:41:19 AM

^^Kogelo, Kenya is where Obama's father lived. At the party his father's family was having they were slaughtering a bull.

[Edited on November 5, 2008 at 8:51 AM. Reason : d and family]

[Edited on November 5, 2008 at 8:51 AM. Reason : ]

11/5/2008 8:45:19 AM

^his dad died in '82 in a car crash

11/5/2008 8:49:50 AM

lived i mean...oops...

11/5/2008 8:50:40 AM

OF COURSE THEY VOTED FOR HIM BECAUSE HE'S BLACK. LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO WERE ASKED SAID THAT WAS THE MAIN REASON (OF COURSE THEN THEY ALL SAY "BU... BU... BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY REASON").

11/5/2008 8:50:47 AM

Jesus Christ, people. This is HUGE for America. Sure, I can understand the disfavor about people voting not on issues but on race, but really. . .this is huge. And making bigoted commentary out of sourness is a bit juvenile, reactive, and all together ignorant to the fact that blacks (contrary to what you'd like to deny) were hardly even considered PEOPLE until 40 or so years ago, and that wasn't even wholesale. This election speaks volumes. I think he'll do a fine job.

And no, I don't think black people as a group feel they're in charge . No more than Republicans felt "in charge" during Bush's tenure. They're merely excited that the seemingly, absolutely unthinkable happened in their lifetime. Especially older generations of blacks.

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"so you voted for a subhuman idiot to become president"

gonna be honest. i'm a little surprised at your idiocy. only a little, though.

[Edited on November 5, 2008 at 8:54 AM. Reason : asfdafs]

11/5/2008 8:53:03 AM

Black are far more racists that whites. Yet they somehow get a pass.


It's time for the "man keeping me down" bullshit to end. You have a BLACK man as president of the USA. It's time to get off your ass and work for something instead of waiting for handouts and the gubment to wipe your ass.

11/5/2008 8:58:56 AM

^ THAT'S JUST WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY LAST NIGHT.

HOW MUCH SHIT CAN THEY TALK ABOUT WHITE PEOPLE KEEPING THEM DOWN NOW THAT WE PUT A BLACK MAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE?

11/5/2008 9:00:38 AM

the only white people that didn't vote for Obama because of race were white Democrats


the Republicans weren't going to vote for him anyway



but i guess that can't really be true because there are no racist democrats

11/5/2008 9:11:44 AM

4^

I was just using the same words someone used to describe Palin.

11/5/2008 9:17:24 AM

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"Black are far more racists that whites"

I laughed, thank you.

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"It's time to get off your ass and work for something instead of waiting for handouts and the gubment to wipe your ass."

I think it'll spark just that. I think it'll turn blacks who have felt disenfranchised with the US (ie, "fuck it the government owes me") to wanting to lay those complains to rest. Sure, there will be some who DO expect some sort of pass, but I think it'll have an overwhelming positive effect on black culture.

Man, you guys are really mad that black people are happy today. I'll go out on a limb and say that speaks volumes to a contradictory nature about the first line I quoted here.

and, even if it's true about blacks being more racist (I wholeheartedly disagree, and can't believe anyone of sane mind would say that), I'd say being treated like a dog for centuries based on the hue of your fucking epidermis is enough to fuel that. Sorry.

OMG BLACKS SOLD AND TRADED THEIR OWN PEOPLE IN AFRICA! Affirmative. But that was based on social and economic hierarchy, like slavery was throughout the world. Doesn't make it right, but it's entirely different.

[Edited on November 5, 2008 at 9:29 AM. Reason : aaaaaa]

11/5/2008 9:25:38 AM

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"did they suddenly gain freedom thanks to Messiah Barack do they really think much is going to change?"

it's similar to when OJ won his criminal trial. there will be no Obama prize, he will not pay for your gas he will not pay your mortgage. very little will change. I predict that most people will not be much better off in 4 years than they are now, they will be a little bit due to typical growth but they will be less than 10% better off and this amount will be unconnected to the president.


I wonder how many of his campaign platitudes will fall quickly to the wayside as the puppet master(s) begin the dancing. (not implying that this would be a first for a US president by any means)

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"I work with a lot of black folks here at the manufacturing site I'm employed at in SC. If I ask them why they are voting for Obama, their answer 90% of the time is "He's black". No mention of policies. I ask them if they would have voted for Hillary if she had beaten Obama in the primaries and they say no because "She is a woman". It amazes me how dumb some people are."

least surprising part.

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""Black are far more racists that whites" I laughed, thank you."

you really really haven't been around many minorities have you?

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"but I think it'll have an overwhelming positive effect on black culture."

i hope so, there are many areas of black culture that in the last 30 years have really really degraded, some in the case of Durham, propagated by the government. (building the durham freeway through your best neighborhoods is never good

[Edited on November 5, 2008 at 9:36 AM. Reason : s]

11/5/2008 9:29:44 AM

I'm loving how some of you all are pretending that there aren't white people on welfare that sit around doing nothing.....ANYWHERE


yes, it's huge that there is a black president. is it so hard to believe that black people voted democrat though? is it so hard to believe that black people are excited about a qualified candidate whose ideals align with their own, and also is black? more than that, it's a symbol of hope that a system historically designed to make black people fail through ingrained racism can, in fact, be overcome.

11/5/2008 9:35:20 AM

not at all, what many are pointing out is that race is not a valid topic of voting decision

just like it's not for anything else

[Edited on November 5, 2008 at 9:37 AM. Reason : s]

11/5/2008 9:36:59 AM

I THINK THE PART THAT I LOVE THE MOST IS WHEN BLACK PEOPLE ACT LIKE THEY'RE THE ONLY RACE AROUND HERE THAT'S BEEN ENSLAVED.

I'VE GOT NEWS FOR YOU GUYS, WHITES HAVE BEEN ENSLAVED FOR QUITE A LONG TIME THEMSELVES. THE VIKINGS AND MANY, MANY OTHER GROUPS OF PEOPLE TOOK EUROPEAN SLAVES BACK TO THEIR HOMELANDS IN LARGE NUMBERS.



THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT IT WAS SLIGHTLY MORE RECENT WITH BLACK PEOPLE AND THUS THE RESULTING FINANCIAL PROBLEMS AND SOCIAL STATUS ARE JUST NOW (SAY, WITHIN THE PAST 50 YEARS OR SO) RECOVERING FOR THEM.

11/5/2008 9:38:13 AM

I doubt he has black friends

11/5/2008 9:42:31 AM

this election really brought out the best is A LOT of people

i may have to re-arrange my top 25 friends

11/5/2008 9:44:47 AM

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"every black person on my facebook friends list"

Look whitey, 2 people does not a sample make. chill out hombre.

11/5/2008 9:45:03 AM

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"this election really brought out the best is A LOT of people i may have to re-arrange my top 25 friends"

lol, this is why i don't list/rank friends, well publicly or on a actual list at least

11/5/2008 9:47:37 AM

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"THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT IT WAS SLIGHTLY MORE RECENT WITH BLACK PEOPLE AND THUS THE RESULTING FINANCIAL PROBLEMS AND SOCIAL STATUS ARE JUST NOW (SAY, WITHIN THE PAST 50 YEARS OR SO) RECOVERING FOR THEM. "

HAHHAHAHA SLIGHTLY?!??! from the VIKINGS to 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY AMERICA???

wow.

11/5/2008 9:49:25 AM

stop being a choad to the easily confused

11/5/2008 9:50:42 AM

WELCOME MR. OBAMA



[Edited on November 5, 2008 at 9:52 AM. Reason : ]

11/5/2008 9:52:02 AM

there it goes

11/5/2008 9:53:05 AM

I, personally, wasn't terribly thrilled with the election results.

With that being said, pointing out that black people only voted for Obama is pretty much irrelevant

How about rural South Carolina, Kentucky, Texas, Alabama......you don't think these folks just may have leaned towards McCain b/c they didn't want to see an African America in the oval office?

I'm just saying it's probably a wash

11/5/2008 9:54:34 AM

when Kennedy won the catholics were pretty pumped.

same thing.

11/5/2008 9:54:42 AM

^^EXACTLY what the fuck i was gonna say.

11/5/2008 9:55:31 AM

I actually had someone on the street tell me "I'm a Democrat, but I'm not voting for no nigger."

I just said WOW and walked away.

11/5/2008 9:56:48 AM

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"Sure, I can understand the disfavor about people voting not on issues but on race, but really. . .this is huge."

Joel, just shut the fuck up.

We could have elected the first goddamn dog as president too. That'd be huge as well right?

The point when people vote not on the issues is when we're really in trouble.

[Edited on November 5, 2008 at 10:02 AM. Reason : \/ Does that begin to make it right? Or something to celebrate? To the ingorant.]

11/5/2008 9:59:18 AM

I mean, really, consider it. Folks have historically voted Democrat just because they're Democrat. Same with Republican. And I can guarantee you deep southerners, etc didn't vote for a damn Kennedy because they were sympathetic to civil rights.

John, pop a pill and eat a dick. It is huge, and comparing this to electing a dog is a glaring showcase of your deteriorated brain. And, as I just stated in this same post, people have long voted negligent of issues.

wait, really? a DOG? because dogs were treated as third rate citizens in a country they helped build. ooohhh wait a minute you're trolling.

right?

[Edited on November 5, 2008 at 10:02 AM. Reason : asdfasdf]

11/5/2008 9:59:47 AM

Quote :

"HAHHAHAHA SLIGHTLY?!??! from the VIKINGS to 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY AMERICA??? wow."

YOU DIDN'T READ THE WHOLE STATEMENT YOU STUPID METRO ASS COCK FUCK. I SAID "THE VIKINGS AND MANY, MANY OTHER GROUPS OF PEOPLE."

THE MAIN POINT WAS THAT BLACK PEOPLE AREN'T THE ONLY ONES WHOSE RELATIVES WERE ENSLAVED AND TREATED LIKE DOG SHIT.

[Edited on November 5, 2008 at 10:03 AM. Reason : ]

11/5/2008 10:01:50 AM

^well, that's good. at least you acknowledge how fucking vague you are.

11/5/2008 10:03:24 AM

EXACTLY.

YOUR METRO BITCH ASS FAILED TO READ MY POST AND NOW YOU WANT TO BACKPEDAL.

11/5/2008 10:04:44 AM

well we live in the United States and not Europe.

11/5/2008 10:07:46 AM

lol i'm not backpedaling. I'm letting you know that your fucking reference was obtuse, vague, and didn't mean shit. wow.

11/5/2008 10:12:16 AM

DID YOU JUST CALL ME OBTUSE?

I'M GOING TO PULL A SHAWSHANK WARDEN ON YOUR ASS BITCH.

11/5/2008 10:13:52 AM