Could it happen?

[gbsuey]

I know i'm not the most knowledgeable in either politics or u.s history ,and i'm in no way expressing an opinion, but i just find the idea of a black muslim getting to the white house a little hard to believe. I'm certainly not against the idea but i am just interested what other people thought-particularly as i don't live in the u.s so i don't know what feelings really are there.
hope i'm making sense! i just thought that with the whole "war on terror" charade having put muslims in a very bad light for a lot of people and considering it really wasn't that long ago that black people couldn't even sit on a bus with white people-has america moved on enough or would putting obama in the seat for the democrats be handing the vote to the republicans??
as i said,i'm just asking opinion!

[gbsuey]

i just wanted to add that the reason i'm asking this is i heard some interviews with "everyday pensylvania folk" the other day and there were a few "not in my goddam lifetime" quotes being thrown about in reference to a black guy as president. i just wondered to what extent this attitude is apparent. Also there were people talking about his religion-is that an issue to a lot of people or not??

[yeahwho]

Barack Obama the Presidential candidate is not a Muslim.

Sure, it's the will of the people. He's forthright, he's honest and has done more to get people thinking about how America can be than any other candidate. I'm voting for him.

[AceFace]

i just wanted to add that the reason i'm asking this is i heard some interviews with "everyday pensylvania folk" the other day and there were a few "not in my goddam lifetime" quotes being thrown about in reference to a black guy as president.

this is such a sad reaction. it bothers me so much that people would have a problem with a person only because of their race.

and as ^ said. Obama is not a muslim. if you've heard that then it's a media spin trying to discredit him.

[gbsuey]

Holy Fuck-sorry to all! ok- i have no clue where i got that from then-told you i was not v. knowledgeable. yeah it is really sad that people would think differently about a fellow human because of their race.
he really seems to be inspiring a LOT of people.

[abcdefz]

You could apply some logic, too. That controversy with his pastor at a Christian church...?

At. A. CHRISTIAN. Church...?

[gbsuey]

You could apply some logic, too. That controversy with his pastor at a Christian church...?

At. A. CHRISTIAN. Church...?
seriously-i'm totally cringing about that-but to be fair i didn't hear about that incident. but i do feel v v v v v stoopid. actually now i am recalling having read about him being a christian-i think the muslim thing came from one of the interviewees who claimed he was a fundamentalist muslim and i just didn't think

[abcdefz]

Go forth and sin no more.

[gbsuey]

ok so now we've established i'm a total muppet,what are your views??

[abcdefz]

My office has no windows. :(

[gbsuey]

so look into your mind

[abcdefz]

Now you sound like a hippie. :D


I probably know as little about politics as you protest that you do. But would we ever elect a black Muslim for president? Well -- why not?
We don't have any problem with Muslims -- we have a problem with Islamic extremists. Two hugely different things.

[gbsuey]

perhaps i am:)

i was hoping to forget the muslim thing-i just meant would the voting public in general be happy for a black president. and i totally get the difference between a muslim and an islamic fundamentalist
i was interested in some views from you guys in the u.s and if you'd had a sense of varied general opinion from other people-colleagues or whatever.
personally the fact he's black wouldn't matter to me so long as he stands for something decent-but i aint voting

[abcdefz]

I'm sure there are some people who, on principle, would not vote for a black person. But I think we'll have a black president within a generation,
and I think it'll be in January.