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Ah yes...McCain's base then, evidently, isn't only racists, but also knuckle-draggers. I don't believe I've ever felt any sort of hate in my heart for any other ethnic group, so I can only assume I'm a knuckle-dragger.

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ORIGINAL: HighPlainsDrifter

Ah yes...McCain's base then, evidently, isn't only racists, but also knuckle-draggers. I don't believe I've ever felt any sort of hate in my heart for any other ethnic group, so I can only assume I'm a knuckle-dragger.

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McCain already has the vote of those diehard republicans and those who have legitimate concerns about Obama's stand on issues.

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ORIGINAL: ljmac

Obama is not black. He's mixed race. That's an undeniable genetic fact. His daddy was black. His mama was white.

An odd thing about Obama running as a "black man," is that he has so little in common with many American blacks. He grew up on a tropical island and in the south Pacific. He never lived with another black family member from the time his daddy ran away when he was about two to the time he married. His experience growing up was unlike the experience of children from Michigan, West Virginia, Missisippi, Illinois, or just about any place in America.

When it comes to race, what concerns me about Obama is not his genetics or his appearance. It's his values and attitudes. He seems racially ignorant. Rev. Wright, "typical white people" are afraid of blacks, the comments about rural (i.e. whites) people clinging to guns.

There is nothing wrong about being mixed race.

And by the census law, an incrediblly stupid one mind you, that means he's black. Why is that such an issue?

Of course the other problem is that some of McCain's supporters are racist, or at least use race baiting to try and scare people into not voting for Obama. I'm not saying everyone is but there is a vocal minority who are and, whether it's fair or not. that paints everyone because no one is trying to tell those vocal few to shut up.