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Obama: U.S. ready for black president
2007-02-19
White House hopeful Barack Obama, taking a fellow black lawmaker to task, said Saturday voters are ready to elect a black president.
I agree. President Condi Rice has a nice ring to it ...
"Some people said we can‘t do this, we can‘t do that, so we shouldn‘t even try. If I have your support, if I have your energy and involvement and commitment and ideas, then I‘m here to tell you, ‘Yes we can.‘"

The first-in-the-South contest here is seen as a test of candidates‘ abilities to reach black voters. Half of the state‘s Democratic primary voters are black. Obama responded to comments this past week by Democratic state Sen. Robert Ford of Charleston, who helped mobilize black voters for former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards in 2004, but has switched to Hillary Rodham Clinton in the 2008 presidential race. Ford said one reason he was supporting Clinton, the New York senator, is that he is skeptical Obama can win the presidency and worries his nomination could hurt other Democratic candidates.
Posted by:Fred

#15  "Obama: U.S. ready for black president"

Of course we are. Just not YOU.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2007-02-19 23:06  

#14  Yes, Condoleeza Rice, thank you.
Posted by: RWV   2007-02-19 15:39  

#13  Too bad he's not black.
Posted by: anonymous2u   2007-02-19 11:50  

#12  Hey, Reuters, why did you PaintShop my ears?" Obama
Posted by: HammerHead   2007-02-19 11:44  

#11  America is ready for a black president.
Yep, and in another hundred years, we might elect a WOMAN!
Posted by: Ebbavimble Glineger1405   2007-02-19 08:13  

#10  U.S. ready for the Best Qualified for President.

There you go, without regard for any adjectival descriptive. May the best citizen win upon merit.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2007-02-19 08:02  

#9  DRUDGE > DEMS want Bill to fill Hillary's Senate seat.

Oh, that would make life interesting in the Senate! Especially if Hillary loses the presidential election.
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-02-19 07:38  

#8  Omoter Threase2154 is right.

We're ready for a black president.

Just not a president with jug ears.
Posted by: Mizzou Mafia   2007-02-19 06:43  

#7  Regards color or gender, who cares? This empty little media creation fails all meaningful tests. The whole campaign to make him appear substantive and centrist is laughable - to all but the drones.

...And I can't help but think of Alfred E Newman every time I see that pic.
Posted by: Omoter Threase2154   2007-02-19 06:17  

#6  White House hopeful Barack Obama, taking a fellow black lawmaker to task, said Saturday voters are ready to elect a black president.



Rice-Steele '08: the "Black is Beautiful" ticket!
Posted by: Mike   2007-02-19 06:01  

#5  I thought Clinton was the first "black president"
Posted by: tipper   2007-02-19 02:03  

#4  "Some white folk people said we can‘t do this, we can‘t do that, so we shouldn‘t even try
Posted by: Besoeker   2007-02-19 01:54  

#3  DRUDGE > DEMS want Bill to fill Hillary's Senate seat.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2007-02-19 00:21  

#2  I have a dream that one day presidential candidates will be judged, not by the color of their skin, but by the goofy-ass statements that come out of their mouths.

I have a dream that one day Democrats will rise up and declare they care more about the security of this nation than about trying to screw George Bush

I have a dream that.. ah, crap. Will you look at that! Bong water all over the carpet. damn.
Posted by: SteveS   2007-02-19 00:14  

#1  I agree. America is ready for a black president.

However, America does not want a socialist, empty suit with no brain fro president. Thus, it ain't gonna be you.
Posted by: DarthVader   2007-02-19 00:09  

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