Not one of my most recent comments was directed at anything you wrote. And my comment about my experiences with the black community wasn’t a slam on them or you and quite frankly I don’t see how you could have taken it as such. As a group they tend to support one of their own color, and as a group they are very anti-gay. This isn’t my opinion it is fact. This election showed it.

here is a good snapshot or at least a comprehensive list…
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/us/general_election_mccain_vs_obama-225.html

I am the brute squad!

Of course!

For the rest, the line was taken from the scene where Westley explains to Prince Humperdinck what “the Pain” entails. It isn’t pretty.

Dan

I don’t suggest that black people didn’t vote for Obama because he’s black. I’m sure some, (many? a majority?) did. But as Becky suggested earlier, voting by association wasn’t so frowned upon when it came to Sarah Palin (and let’s face it, SHE was the one really running on that ticket). It was OK for working women, or people with special needs children to identify with her on those similarities alone. Of for McCain because they are veterans or former POW’s. Or for Hilary because she’s a woman.

I don’t deny that you have experiences in the black community that I don’t. However, it’s fairly evident to me that you haven’t had the experiences with black people that I have. So which of our views is correct? Neither and both.

I am not vouching for its veracity but if true says it all as far as I am concerned:

“Fully 96 percent of black voters supported Obama and constituted 13 percent of the electorate, a 2-percentage-point rise in their national turnout. As in past years, black women turned out at a higher rate than black men.

A stunning 54 percent of young white voters supported Obama, compared with 44 percent who went for McCain, the senator from Arizona. In the past three decades, no Democratic presidential nominee has won more than 45 percent of young whites.”

96% It is amazing to get 96% of anything. So for anyone to say that race alone in this election is not a huge, huge, huge issue is just burying their heads in the sand, especially given the proposition 8 outcome and related information provided by Dan. And based on my personal experiences with the black community neither fact surprises me in the least.