Is Obama Really This Powerful?

No

I've heard Obama can lift fifteen times his own weight and also, ALSO, I heard he can fly.

When he's on the pcp.*

*I may not have heard any of that.

Oh Kiala... you so crazy!!!

Ts Catzurday! Post sum Catz damit.

I see your sarcasm, Joe.

I see it through the internets.

Yes, I think Obama may just be that powerful. If He wins in November, it will change what a lot of people think is possible in America. I'm sure the cynics are lined up to tell my how naive I am, but for a black man raised by a single mother to be elected President...well that's a big deal.

Hm. Kinda simplistic and ostensibly about race? Sounds like Matt Davis time (tm)!

I recently visited a wonderous place called Chicago. And you know what? Black people and white people routinely interacted there. When they did, there was nothing whatsoever to suggest that one party was superior or inferior to the other: it was just two people talking.

And gawd help me;I even felt like I could criticize the views of a black person there, and they would understand that I could do that because they're just a person, and not some sort of endangered species who will wilt away under the glare of rational debate.

There was none of the immediate defensiveness that accompanies these interactions in Portland. Now there's a nasty chicken or egg question here as to why that might be- and I'm not gonna be the one to ask it. I'm leaving that to some other arbiter of what is racism and what is not.

Wait a second.... There were black people in the Pearl this weekend?!?

How'd they get through our defenses?

Wow. First the whole racial profiling thing and now this? Matt, you are just full of white guilt. You know, since you hate white people and you hate being white, I know of a way you can at least feel like you're black. All you have to do is call white people racist names and rob a 7-11.

Wow, now you see Matt, we have abolished racism in our country. Poof gone! That's why white Americans get so defensive when you bring up race issues. White people have worked long and hard to wipe racism from the face of the earth (at least in the US), and all we expect, is that you acknowledge that it no longer exists. Is that so hard?

Where can I apply to get a job at an English newspaper criticizing the UK on all things race related? I can only imagine how well they would take to an American pointing out the tremendous racism past & current in their society.

Slavery wasn't instituted really by Americans anyway. More an English export than anything else.

Anyhow, I like yr articles Matt.

Let's see, which countries started the slave trade to the 'New World' hundreds of years before America existed as a nation ... oh that's right, never mind facts.

i was on the u.s. virgin island st. john around the time of the south carolina primary when i first got genuinely excited about obama. st. john is a tropical paradise populated mainly by black people (and white tourists like me). in every restaurant i went to, cnn was on at every moment, and people were hanging on every word. it was wonderful to see people so excited about politics. plus, obama handled bill clinton's sore losing there with pure class.

Someone needs to deal with their inferiority complex.

The comments of "that black girl" truly express what is drawing people to Obama. It is about feelings rather than facts. At a time when so many of us feel badly about our lives due to the economy, the politics, or our own personal dissatisfaction, Obama makes us feel better. I would hope that black girl could within herself draw the strength to walk through the Pearl and feel at ease. But, unfortunately she does not have the ability to do so, as many others don't. In a culture that consistently medicates itself to feel better, Obama is now one of the medications we can use. Unfortunately, he does not have the wherewithall, the vision, or the ability to effectively make a difference in our lives where it matters - better jobs, a healthier environment, and universal health coverage. If he had this know how he would have made substantial differences for the people of Illinois where he was a state senator for 8 years.

Anyone else notice that when people start calling Matt out on his bullshit, he goes in to hiding and doesn't respond. What a pussy.

I think that's called baiting, PP. And on occasion I'll rise to it, but only when I feel the criticism needs answering. In this case, I've said my piece and I'm asking for YOUR opinions.