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Originally Posted by flstf
You may be on to something here. I'll admit that part of his appeal to me is his underdog status and overcoming the negatives associated with his race and name even though I disagree with almost all his policies.
I do think you may be giving white voters a little too much credit assuming they will vote from a guilty conscience. Maybe that is because my family is from the south and I have many/several relatives and friends who are racist. And no, I will not reject them but I will denounce their racist opinions. I don't think many of them will have an epiphany and decide to vote for him because they suddenly realize they were wrong all these years.
I don't think it makes much practcal difference which of these three candidates wins but it may be good for the country in starting to heal our racist past if a black man like Obama could hold the top spot for a while.
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I can't speak of Southern voters and racism, I'm not well acquainted, but I can tell you white guilt runs DEEP in the north, which is sort of ironic historically.
This isn't a Virgina slims add, its the reigns of the most powerful nation in human history, you don't give those to someone so people can feel there is some sort of healing of some past injustice.
Were he a conservative, I'd be happily on his bandwagon, but I will not give up my principles for symbolism. I'll agree there is a bit of seductiveness giving in despite deep policy differences, but it is no less racist to me than refusing to vote for him because he is part black.