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	<title>Comments on: Politics:  Obama versus Clinton</title>
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		<title>By: ollie</title>
		<link>http://blueollie.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/politics-obama-versus-clinton/#comment-26483</link>
		<dc:creator>ollie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So, no black person would ever be qualified?  Hmmm......

Sorry, but one could also argue that a white person would be preoccupied with  maintaining white privilege.

Sorry, I see Obama as the best candidate for the job.  Disagree if you like.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, no black person would ever be qualified?  Hmmm&#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p>Sorry, but one could also argue that a white person would be preoccupied with  maintaining white privilege.</p>
<p>Sorry, I see Obama as the best candidate for the job.  Disagree if you like.</p>
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		<title>By: Pat</title>
		<link>http://blueollie.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/politics-obama-versus-clinton/#comment-26480</link>
		<dc:creator>Pat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 18:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Racial justice is such a large issue in this society and made of many complex themes that are legitimately issues of any political involvement.

They may not be, due to their complexity - sufficient enough to involve the courts, even the highest court - be the proper context or foundation for the Presidency - since there are many other pressing issues that are legitimately a part of the Presidential profile.

It may not be so much whether America is ready for a black President as much as it is whether a black President is sufficiently color-blind and emotionless over those issues to enable him or her to fulfill the functions of the Presidency without making them a central feature of the Presidency.

While the public may not be expected to separate them, a candidate must, and it is surely the reason that Hillary has made every attempt to isolate gender as only one small part of the attitudes that a President brings to the office. That there appears to be a large disparity between Obama and Clinton on these issues is one reason that Obama&#039;s outlook may be disfavorable concentrated upon racial justice and equality to deal with the issues of the Presidency. The fact that his prior experience is centered in programs that seek to rectify or restore equality in dealing with poverty-driven aspects of community work is evidence that these are issues closer to his heart than are the issues of the Presidency.

The Presidency requires a head in the oval office with only one perspective - the job of fulfilling those duties, not partially rooted in civil rights and equality as the overriding concern of why he or she should be there, or the attempt to move society by that opportunity as the best means to do so. The job of President is President, not Civil Rights Chief, especially when there are many other mechanisms to approach the problem. It is dispassionate intellect required in the President, not passionate captivity.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Racial justice is such a large issue in this society and made of many complex themes that are legitimately issues of any political involvement.</p>
<p>They may not be, due to their complexity &#8211; sufficient enough to involve the courts, even the highest court &#8211; be the proper context or foundation for the Presidency &#8211; since there are many other pressing issues that are legitimately a part of the Presidential profile.</p>
<p>It may not be so much whether America is ready for a black President as much as it is whether a black President is sufficiently color-blind and emotionless over those issues to enable him or her to fulfill the functions of the Presidency without making them a central feature of the Presidency.</p>
<p>While the public may not be expected to separate them, a candidate must, and it is surely the reason that Hillary has made every attempt to isolate gender as only one small part of the attitudes that a President brings to the office. That there appears to be a large disparity between Obama and Clinton on these issues is one reason that Obama&#8217;s outlook may be disfavorable concentrated upon racial justice and equality to deal with the issues of the Presidency. The fact that his prior experience is centered in programs that seek to rectify or restore equality in dealing with poverty-driven aspects of community work is evidence that these are issues closer to his heart than are the issues of the Presidency.</p>
<p>The Presidency requires a head in the oval office with only one perspective &#8211; the job of fulfilling those duties, not partially rooted in civil rights and equality as the overriding concern of why he or she should be there, or the attempt to move society by that opportunity as the best means to do so. The job of President is President, not Civil Rights Chief, especially when there are many other mechanisms to approach the problem. It is dispassionate intellect required in the President, not passionate captivity.</p>
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		<title>By: blueollie</title>
		<link>http://blueollie.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/politics-obama-versus-clinton/#comment-26034</link>
		<dc:creator>blueollie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Note:  Obama has taken on black issues as a State Senator in Illinois; one of them was racial profiling.

For example, see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aclu.org/racialjustice/racialprofiling/15958prs20000117.html?s_src=RSS&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this article&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Note:  Obama has taken on black issues as a State Senator in Illinois; one of them was racial profiling.</p>
<p>For example, see <a href="http://www.aclu.org/racialjustice/racialprofiling/15958prs20000117.html?s_src=RSS" rel="nofollow">this article</a>.</p>
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		<title>By: nospam2012</title>
		<link>http://blueollie.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/politics-obama-versus-clinton/#comment-26029</link>
		<dc:creator>nospam2012</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i dont think obama will win i dont think the world is ready for a black president in a such a society, which is a shame, but i dont feel that he has paid enough attention to the black issues.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i dont think obama will win i dont think the world is ready for a black president in a such a society, which is a shame, but i dont feel that he has paid enough attention to the black issues.</p>
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		<title>By: vonster</title>
		<link>http://blueollie.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/politics-obama-versus-clinton/#comment-25979</link>
		<dc:creator>vonster</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>1. So you ARE a neocom

2. I knew there was something I didn&#039;t like about Babs.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1. So you ARE a neocom</p>
<p>2. I knew there was something I didn&#8217;t like about Babs.</p>
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