A Black President??
 

Is the United State mature enough to either elect or not elect a black man on issues alone and not race!!

I am sure there will be alot of blacks that will vote for Barack because he is black and on the flip side there will be alot of whites that will not vote for him because he is black!

Or is John McCain just a better choice?

I don't care if someone is purple with pink pokadots, as long as they do something to get this country turned around. Anyone who will vote for someone based on race is a fool!!!

Bush has done a fine job running this country into the ground and whomever takes over has one heck of a challenge and headache ahead of them. Why on earth someone would want the job is beyond me.

Honestly I don't know, I'd much rather have Obama as President cause McCain is talking about staying in Iraq for like 5-10 more years and I'm against that 100%! Don't get me wrong would McCain make a good President? Sure he may but I think Obama will do more to make America what it use to be and once was. In my opinion Obama reminds of alot like JFK and Lincoln but race shouldn't have a damn thing to do with people's decision on voting but that is the way things are so just got to get use to it! But I'm sure he'll win the White House cause I think America is ready for change even if they have to vote for Obama!

My ex was gonna vote for hillary just cuz she is a woman.

That's why we "voted change" two years ago. Look at what it's gotten us. Why on earth Obama decided on using "Change" as a slogan is beyond me. I guess he is counting on the American voting public to have a 15 second attention span.

Personally, I'm still waiting for the Democrats to fulfill their 2006 promise to fix the fuel prices. I guess when they said they would "fix the fuel prices", they meant they would let them double in two years and sit idly by and do nothing.

Double L wrote:
Double L do not get McCain wrong in his intention. When the war in Iraq is won it is his intention to remain in Iraq as a presense, much like our presence in Japan/Germany etc. The time frames that he was mentioning was not in war or conflict.

Obama reminds me nothing of JFK or Lincoln. JFK by todays standards would be a moderate Democrat or he would have changed parties as a Moderate Republican. Lincoln was a Republican. But...Obama reminds me much more like Carter. Argueably the worst President in United States history. Obama is an extreme Left wing Liberal, non constitutionalist, and will turn our country into a Socialist state or near Socialist....some have compared him to a Marxist.
The country is definitly ready for a Black President or a Women President. Just NOT Obama or Clinton.
McCain is not necessarily the best choice as President either, but what do we have.
Both the Republican and Democrat Parties have strayed so far from their core principles they resemble nothing of what they once were.

What is Obama expecting to change the country into? (possible reitorical question)

I agree that this country needs change, however how can someone with NO experience pull that off?

Obama has been campaigning for President since he was elected to the Senate. His voting record is almost non-existent. And this is his 1st term as a senator. I don't know who is backing him as the poster child for change, but it has nothing to do with his experience. He has no experience and no real platform.

First of all the war in Iraq cannot be won no matter how long or short we stay there. They HATE AMERICA and as long as we are ther they will fight. My son just recently got out of the Marines (2 tours over there) and just based on comunicating with him for 14 months while he was there my opinion is we see enough good propaganda on american tv that to keep us happy. But here in the states the media is handcuffed and cant show the bad. Talk to those that have been there. Dont get me wrong the war has improved things for some Iraqi people(schools , buisnesses and the like) but politically they will never live with a full democratic government That said McCain may very well make a good president in my opinion, but he a Republican and look what they have done to this country. Democrats want to make money just like the republicans but they want everyone to make money, republicans are all about the rich getting richer. The sad thing is McCain will win because this is the United States and theres no way a black man or a woman or both on the same ticket will be elected and thats sad because it will be soley based on the color of his skin. I will vote for Obama because i think we need the changes he talks about. Just a thought , Be safe BJS

My issue is not black or white, man or woman, nor young or old!

But can my house hold or my country continue to substain in the direction that we are headed!

Obama might be a young senator but McCain has admitted that the economy is not his strong point! He is a military man that has old ideals!

A grumpy old man that wants to fight the world on our dime and hard work!!!

How true, I wouldn't vote for Obama or Clinton for one issue. Gun Control. Obama and Clinton have long anti-gun records and quite frankly I'm one of those "bitter" people who clings to guns. aka I practice my constitutional right to bear arms. These two must never see the oval office if America still values it's civil liberties.