I do hope there is a decrease in racism, but sadly, that's not what I've seen. I saw a lot of people voting for Obama simply because he was black. Choosing one candidate over another based solely on skin color is racist. I'm not saying Republicans weren't doing the same thing (in fact, I'd be willing to bet some were), but I had conversations with some Obama supporters who told me that's precisely what they were doing.
OK, NOW I'm pissed. Because I have had it with whites who say it is racism to support Obama because he is Black. That is BULLSHIT. Black people have been voting FOR whites for years. We have NOTHING to prove to YOU or anyone else. Conservative whites, on the other hand, either need to convince me that there has never been anyone of color worthy to run for any major office or get off the high horse. Did you know that Obama was only the 5th EVER Black Senator?
On top of that, if you knew that Black person better, you would probably discuss it enough with them to know that they REALLY meant Black and QUALIFIED. I am Black, so I will bet the mortgage I have a MUCH larger sample set than you, and Hillary would be President if Obama had not convinced many people (including many blacks ) to vote for him. Many Blacks were supporting Hillary, and would not vote for Barack until they heard him, saw his message, and believed that he would be a good President, not just a Black one.
I believe that many people think that Black people just voted for Obama because he was Black because they have been doing the EXACT SAME THING FOR YEARS, voting on color. Newsflash!!! Black people have been rising above what many whites have done to them for 4 centuries. Don't mire us with the hangups that we do not have just because some of you do.
And as far as raising taxes and Demorcrats go, we prefer that those who have been blessed by our system and its riches pay a bit more when times are tight. We realize that there is a certain amount you need to live off of, and that Oprah and Warren Buffet and John McCain already have ends met. They will not be harmed by a return to an old tax code that represents only 4% of salary over $250,000 and was in place in a decade where they managed to do quite well.
As for his "entitlement" programs, Barack will have all the money he needs when we stop spending hundreds of million of dollars in Iraq. In fact, the nearly $1 Trillion we have spent would have kept use nicely out of the shitter if we had invested it wisely and you Republicans could have had your kickbacks to the wealthy and your White House. But Bush fucked up...did not take the advice of many wise peple, and now the Republicans can shake their heads all they like...there is a new sheriff in town and his name is Barack Obama. So TREMBLE. And you'd better hope that he does well because after this last one, we don't have far to fall.
