Comments on: Voting For Obama IS Fighting Racism

By: helenl

helenl — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:51:56 +0000

Hi Pure Common Sense. Do what? You don’t even know me. How do you know why I voted for Obama? Did you read my master’s thesis, “Making All Things New: The Redemptive Value of Unmerited Suffering In the Life and Works of Martin Luther King Jr.”? I guess you put in more years than I did at a major university studying African American history, so you know all about that “intellectual substance.” Nice try.

By: purecommonsense

purecommonsense — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:39:28 +0000

The Left calls every attack on Obama racist because they have no intellectual substance to say in its place. They’re backed into a corner – so they play the race card!

Ok, so you voted for Obama just because he was black. At least you admit it.

By: Federal Farmer

Federal Farmer — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:28:43 +0000

I agree. if you are interested, pls see my posting at http://soozah.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/rush-limbough-on-the-banking-queen-and-the-magic-negro/

By: This Is What I Meant « Windows Toward the World

This Is What I Meant « Windows Toward the World — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:24:45 +0000

[...] This is what I meant, when I said, “Voting For Obama IS Voting Against Racism.” [...]

By: helenl

helenl — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:46:30 +0000

Ha ha.

By: white guilt

white guilt — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:25:44 +0000

Hi , Im white guilt and Im here to tell you to let me go. Youve never owned slaves, youve never done anything to harm blacks, so let me go. You have no reason to feel guilty, other than thinking John Edwards could have done anything good besides lying and being a hypocrite.

Again, let me go.

By: helenl

helenl — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:01:38 +0000

Hi-Old-Man, Welcome to my blog. I agree with you 100%.

I don’t know why anyone thinks I will vote for Obama only by race. There are many reasons to vote for Obama over McCain. For example his domestic policy (health care) and his foreign policy (end the war and get along with other nations). But when I vote for Obama, which I surely plan to do, it will be a vote against racism.

Even campaigning for Obama helps break down racism, because it shows people of different races working together toward a common goal: Electing Obama.

This thread has been red-hot only because of my title and some of the comments by people who didn’t read (or understand) what I said (or even know the discussion began on Bookworm’s blog). LOL

In my post I said, Voting for Obama is a perfect opportunity to begin the fight against those triple evils:[racism, poverty, and war]. That is true because Obama will fight those evils not because he is black.

McCain is not against the war. McCain is not in favor of helping the poor (not in favor of health care for the poor). So how can we fight racism by voting for him? The triple evils must be fought together, according to Martin Luther King Jr. Voting for Obama is a vote to fight poverty, a vote to fight violence (war) and a vote to fight racism. Win. Win. Win.

Could a white person fight the triple evils? Yes. Try voting for Obama.

And everybody, Stop saying “this is the greatest country in the world,” but you’ll be voting for the “lesser of two evils.”

By: Old-Man

Old-Man — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:50:23 +0000

Helenl, I like your blog, and I agree with the vast majority of the things you said in this post. I am neither Republican nor Democrat. I’ve been independent since Nixon, and every political compass test I take, I seem to fall dead center. But the one thing I think I am hearing you say is that we should vote for Obama to show we are fighting (or willing to fight) racism. I haven’t decided who I will vote for in November, but I can assure you I will never vote for anyone for President just for the sole purpose of fighting racism or just because he is black, just as I wouldn’t vote for someone just because he or she is white. And if anyone else does, then I can not believe they have the country’s best interest at heart. Racism, as you said, is unfortunately alive and well, but this country has much more serious problems than racism that will destroy it. That said, I just made the comment to my wife the other day that Barack Obama has an opportunity to be the best President this country has seen in many, many decades, and I hope he seizes upon that opportunity. I believe he will be President because I do not think McCain (or maybe any other Republican) can win because of what the Bush administration has done to our country over the past 7 plus years. Knowing what I know today, I would probably vote for Obama, but I am paying a very lot of attention to what each candidate is saying (and not saying) and doing, so I will hold off on my final decision until later in the year. Good luck on your blog.

By: helenl

helenl — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:54:21 +0000

Hi JSF, “Gosh, I thought how it worked was like, you create a blog where you write things, and it has these fields at the bottom where others are asked to write things, and then ….”

And then, what? The purpose of my blog is to write about my poetry and the poetry of others, to promote the breakdown of racism, poverty and war. I write about things that matter to me. The WWW is very big. If you don’t like my blog, visit others. If you do, stay and feel welcome.

Obama is the candidate I choose to endorse. If you want to endorse someone else on a blog, get your own:They’re free. And so am I to tell you Obama isn’t “throwing anybody under a bus”; he’s in the difficult position of campaigning for the presidency. He has to try to be “all things to all people,” which is, of course, impossible. But he is a black man, so we can fight racism if we vote for him.

By: JSF

JSF — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:38:13 +0000

“Hi JFS, I make leaps all the time.”

– Well, OK. Leap away. How’s it working for you lately that your post-racial candinate is throwing the Left under buses left and right these days?

“If you want to understand me, read my blog. If not, get your own and say what you want.”

– Gosh, I thought how it worked was like, you create a blog where you write things, and it has these fields at the bottom where others are asked to write things, and then ….