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* Total population: 299 million
* White
o Including 23.2 million White Hispanics: 74% or 221.3 million
o Not including White Hispanics: 66% or 198.1 million
* Hispanic or Latino of any race: 14.8% or about 44.3 million.[22]
* Black or African American alone: 13.4% or 40.9 million
* Some other race alone: 6.5% or 19 million
* Asian alone: 4.4% or 13.1 million
* Two or more races: 2.0% or 6.1 million
* American Indian or Alaska Native alone: 0.68% or 2.0 million
* Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander alone: 0.14% or 0.43 million

Given the demographics of our country, if Obama wins, can we all stop playing the racism card, please? Because it will be awfully hard for him to win if all white people are really hidden racists as some people assert, given voter and U.S. demographics he will need quite a few of those white votes to win. I'm not white and I don't play one on TV, but boy am I sick of reverse racism. It is wrong to treat people differently because of their skin color, and that includes denigrating white people as somehow being innately racist whether they act like it or not.

It was once the journalist's job to report facts only, not to wax poetic about what they saw or to analyze and dissect it to smithereens. Sometimes I, too, turn to Fox news for a little balance. Tho' you can't really call it “balance” when it is a ~20-1 split.

What about people who fall in the middle? Forgotten by both parties. I would fully support Colin Powell but cannot bring myself to vote for BHO. Once they get into office, 95% take lobbyist money (aka, vote buyoffs), they all point fingers in the other parties' direction and 95% don't take personal responsibility for anything.

Democrats are supposed to be socially liberal. I would think they would overall be more understanding of a lifestyle choice. There are people out there who get married with a different mutual understanding about intimacy – they are called polyamorous. If sexual orientation doesn't matter to you, why would a spouse's tacit understanding and knowledge of her husband's physical relationships bother anyone? After all, she may have relationships of her own but is more discreet about it. I don't hold that against HRC. And I do agree with you that she was given the proverbial media shaft.

A vote should never be about choosing between sexism OR racism (or placating one's family). Nobody knows how you vote once you're in the booth.

Because someone else commented on the topic of guns. Yes, some people “cling to” guns and religion and are proud of it. Who cares? It is America, free country to believe and cling to whatever you want as long as it doesn't infringe on anyone else's right to the same. Bad people will get guns illegally whether they are outlawed or not. It's what bad people do. Good, law-abiding citizens who shoot competitively or at targets are the ones who follow the rules, keep their guns locked up when not in use, and are responsible gun owners. Just as our country supplies other countries with weapons, so will bad guys continue to get weapons smuggled in from other countries. On gun control I completely diverge from the liberal philosophy. In countries like Switzerland where there is a gun behind every door, crime rates and gun violence are both exceedingly low.

But here is what I did not do: I did NOT become a Republican. I became an Independent in 1986 and have remained so–forcing both Democrats and Republicans to continue to court my vote–not take it for granted. Does this mean I vote for Independents? Rarely. I am pragmatic enough to recognize the viability of any platform, but also astute enough to recognize that following any party dogma would be hypocritical and offensive to me personally.

Consider the first wave of Dems to go Republican: they were angry that their party was embracing civil rights and championing (recognizing a large, new voting block in blacks) so, since most could not fathom EVER accepting niggers in their party–they revolted and bolted. The next wave was disaffected by affirmative action, welfare, and democratic corruption in the 1970s–they were the vestiges of those who wanted to bolt after civil rights–but were too ashamed or too girded by party traditions* (*my daddy's, daddy's daddy was a Democrat…) so they stayed.

Carter and the silly old boy games played by the Dems in hamstringing Carter and disrespecting the office was enough for them to retaliate with Reagan. But a lot of those learned their lesson when “trickle down” trickled down something on their heads–but it sure wasn't money or better opportunities and they came back.

This is the group you see being susceptible to race baiting and this is the group willing to vote for any white person rather than turn this country over to a nigger or half nigger or whatever. They hide behind sexism or unfairness–but since this was never about a candidate but about their own futures–that makes little to no sense–it really is all about the skin color and only a few are honest enough to admit that.

Now for those blacks who love HRC: She is Bills wife. They love Bill. She is a woman. All irrelevant. Hillary is first and foremost a politician as is Obama. Where HRC enters into a world of her own is with the way she chooses to politick. HRC grew up and came of age as a Republican. A Goldwater girl. She saw more opportunities and more exposure in the Dem party than the GOP which at that time, still kept their women at home and at luncheons at the country club. In the Dem party, HRC could be witty, gritty and most importantly–SEEN.

But she brought her bad Republican habits with her. In the 1970s, during the Watergate hearings, she was caught falsifying and hiding court documents to help the Dem case–she was fired. You can take a person out of the “country” but you can't take that country out of the person. To my mind, HRC is a Republican in spirit, a Democrat by affiliation. I actually expected her to join the McCain ticket as his VP–probably like Liebermann that was floated and found to be unacceptable since the right had done such a good job for years ensuring she and Bill were hated.

But back to blacks who go Republican? They have to swallow a lot–like Willy Horton and the treatment of Ford from Tenn, they have to overlook the use of their skin color to destroy votes and consent to using them and their race as a football (like when McCain was accused of having a black child by a prostitute during his Bush race) They have to overlook, the many “we like you people, or “your people” comments and they have to continually field the questions where whites want to know–why blacks are in gangs, on drugs or on welfare as if all blacks are part of a borg and these particular blacks could speak for them.

Those smart blacks who want to rise in the party, learn to speak the I hate/am ashamed of/despise/lambast my race because….” Bullshittt which the whites love because it validates how they think and lets them continue to believe those views are not bigotted, they are just right–because see–their new found “black friend” thinks the same way.

It's ironic, because the blacks who defect and the whites who embrace them as tokens are the some of the same group who left to get away from them–but that was before they had a use for a few of them. Tokenism. Why some slaves were allowed to read or given nice cast offs and used as poster children during slavery–to prove that slaves were not treated badly. Of course it was a lie–but the pay off was great for the few who took the bait–or at least it was great as far as benefits and money/or position was concerned–how it paid off spiritually is a different story–but HEY–if there is one thing they teach and indoctrinate in the GOP is how to not let your conscience or soul intefere with monetary or moral goals.

Any black person who belongs to the GOP is either there for the benefits (with some states being Republican, the only way to have a chance at a gov job is to be Republican too and as a black Republican –they DO get beneficial treatment) Some blacks join as a gesture of anger at the Democratic party's lies, ill kept promises and fake tolerance–since there are plenty of racists in the Dem party also–and most supposed benefits either are horrible (like Welfare) or token lies. Both parties suck. But on the whole, one party is for the people and the other is for itself. Blacks who go GOP have to decide are they part of society and the people, or can they morph enough into a Republican persona to benefit–because ultimately, that is what is decided by which party you belong to. As for some of us–we go Independent. At first we seemed like fringe, until the media discovered we vote usually for either GOP or dems–but never as a bloc–only as individuals. They tried to discount us until the 1990, when it was discovered that Independents were the tie breakers–and then we were courted, feted, promised–except….its hard to promise or lie to people, when they all might want something different–after all, to be everything to every Independent is to really be a liar–and it shows. They have to gauge which clump of Independents to go for.

Is it war haters, death penalty types? gun toters? Enviromentalists? Libertarians? Fiscal hawks? The game become harder–especially since they have to go after this “fastest growing demographic” and at the same time appeal to their base.

here is truth–those who want to vote for McCain are endorsing and agreeing that where Bush put us is a great place and where we want to be–because McCain will continue right there—he has to–to appeal to and keep his base. A politician without his base is a politician dying. I've heard not only gaffes (forgiveable) and flip flops (dubious) but outright lies from McCain–a liar cannot be counted on–not even for what they will and will not do–but the dishonesty level is so high and the contempt for us so high that anyone who can vote Republican this cycle is a fool. Palin who will not honor subpoenas (like Bush did too) and is supposed to get her foreign policy experience by being close to Russia? right up there with McCain wanting endless war, lying initially about the surge and making such economic gaffes that anyone with a brain would cringe—wants to be our next leader?

And take us where? Completely over the cliff now that Jr has us on the edge? As for those blacks who think about joining McCain because HRC was mistreated–hold on to that–when you have no job and the draft is back for the next war, and the soup lines are long and the economy has collapsed, you will need that pacifier to explain to yourself why you helped to put this country in that position. Here is one Independent vote for Obama. I don't agree with all of his platform–especially the spend happy mentality–but at least I won't have to face as many fake grins and inane questions about my race from the other members of a party that I am only temporarily joining with.

“We The People”

Republican Philosophy

“Us versus Them”

Democrat Philosophy

“Together we can succeed”

Republican Philosophy

“May the best man win”

Democrat Philosophy

“Remember the Golden Rule”

Republican Philosophy

“Whoever has the Gold, Rules”

Democrat Philosophy

“A woman has the right to choose”

Republican Philosophy

“A woman’s place is in the home”

Democrat Philosophy

“Every child deserves a chance”

Republican Philosophy

“We love your child ’til the day it’s born”

Democrat Philosophy

“Separation of Church and State”

Republican Philosophy

“Guns, God and Country … in that order”

Democrat Philosophy

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that ALL men are created equal”

Republican Philosophy

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all REAL men are created equal” (“Boy,” “Queer” and “Little Lady” aren’t included)

Democrat Philosophy

“Fiscal responsibility means Pay as you Go”

Republican Philosophy

“Pay as you go? You mean taxes? We believe in Bonds… mortgage your children’s future… our children will inherit.”

I also believe that sexism was one factor that kept her from winning the nomination, the sexism of the press and the general population. But I believe we have to come together, not because we’re afraid of what our families would say or because we’re afraid of being racist. As Hillary Clinton supporter Gloria Steinem said in 2007:

But the greatest reason for progressives to refuse to be drawn into an irrelevant debate about Senators Clinton and Obama is that it is destructive. We can accomplish much more if we act as a coalition.

We will only see change if we live the change we want to see.

“Senator Hillary Clinton has made history in this campaign. Not just because she is a woman who has done what no other woman has done in the history of this country. But becasue she is a leader who inspires millions of Amercians with her strength, leadership, and her commitment to the causes that have brought us here tonight. I congratulate her on her victory in South Dakota and I congratulate her on the race she has run throughout the entire campaign. We certainly had our differences over the past 17 months, but as someone who has shared the stage with her many times, I can tell you that what gets Senator Clinton up in the morning even in the face of difficult odds is exactly what sent her and Bill Clinton to their first campaign in TX all those years ago. It is what sent her to work for the Children’s Defense Fund, and made her fight for Health Care as first lady. It is what lead her to the United States Senate and has fueled her barrier breaking campaign for the Presidency. An unyielding desire to improve the lives of ordinary Americans no matter how difficult the fight may be. And you can rest assure that when we finally win the batle for Universal Health Care in this country, and we will win that fight. She will be central to that victory. When we transform our energy policy and lift our children out of poverty it will be because she worked to make it happen. Our party and our country are better off because of her and I am a better candidate for having had to compete with Hillary Rodham Clinton.”

I would hardly call that a “light address” as you described it.

Senator Clinton said the following of Obama:

“I want to start tonight by congratulating Senator Obama and his supporters on the extraordinary race they have run. Senator Obama has inspired so many Americans to care about politics and empowered so many more to get involved. And our party and our democracy is stronger and more vibrant as a result. So we are grateful. And it has been an honor to contest these primaries with him just as it is an honor to call him my friend. So tonight I would like all of us to take a moment and recognize him and his supporters for all they have accomplished.”

On a night that by all accounts was history making and that Senator Obama clinched the number of delegates needed to win the nomination, we can see that your article is obviously inaccurate and blatantly partial. You are seeing what you want to see. He did more than lightly address her. He noted that she broke barriers and described her remarkable feat as a woman and as a public servant. I thought those reading your article should have an opportunity to judge for themselves. Obama even decalred that he was better off because of her. But you say, “He lightly addressed her . . .”

“Everybody in the band is marching the wrong way, except for my son.”

hillary lost the demo nomo because she is a liar, not genuine, and embodies the same ‘ol school/good ole boy politics. (besides, no one wants bill’s ass back in the white house!). obama supporters want something fresh and different that is why we voted for him in our primaries.

to blame hillary’s loss on sexism is as short-sighted as crediting obama’s win to reverse-racism (whatever that is supposed to be!). obama won because he is the BETTER CANDIDATE.

if you are mad and decide to vote for mccain simply to get some ‘payback’ at the demo party, you are an idiot…you’ll be just as ignorant as those who voted for bush in the 2004 election because the were afraid of gay marriage…