Would a black Republican candidate have gotten as much attention and admiration as Barak Obama?

Probably more. He would really be pushing the envelope.

Even as a Democrat Obama is going to prove to be too much, too fast by the time the nomination comes down.

I would hope so...

I'd vote for a black man without a problem as long as he shared my views. :)

I would hope so...

I'd vote for a black man without a problem as long as he shared my views. :)He shares my views, but there's a better contender in the race with him.

Would a black Republican candidate have gotten as much attention and admiration as Barak Obama?

Obviously not.

http://www.alankeyes.com/

Hadit beat me to it. However, their party association has very little to do with the amount of attention they've received. (And their race has less to do with it than many people like to think and/or insinuate)

He shares my views, but there's a better contender in the race with him.


Agreed.

There was a time I thought Colon powell was a good man . but the rest of them finally got to him .

I also liked what little I was allowed to hear from Alan keyes , thanks to what I suspect is a elitest controlled mafia media .

I don't think a decent person would last a month in the whitehouse . They may go in good but to stay they have to sell their souls, imo. Kinda like the 'Hotel California' .:confused:

The White House is no place for a neophyte, for sure. We've seen one way that can turn out.

Feeling lucky?

There was a time I thought Colon powell was a good man . but the rest of them finally got to him .

I think that's why he's out of there now. Too honest and good to play the game.

Would a black Republican candidate have gotten as much attention and admiration as Barak Obama?

If he was capable of stringing together more than just RNC talking points, then yes. The problem is that unless he limits himself to RNC talking points, he can't be a Republican candidate. Black or white. The RNC isn't famous for allowing candidates to ad lib, or go off on their own with new ideas that inspire people. They trot out the same tired nags that they won with back in 1994, and there's no indication that there's a new strategy happening. Hell, if they can refer to McSame as a "maverick", and do so with a straight face, then that's all anyone needs to see to get a good idea what passes for innovative thinking in that herd.

Obama is getting people who have never been involved in the political process, and is doing so because he's got a new approach to dealing with issues. He's a community organizer, and that's a whole different kind of politician than we've had at the national level in modern times. Even his campaign structure is dramatically different than any of the other national level cam,paigns. There's a good article on that in this month's Rolling Stone magazine. It's extremely efficient and instantly reactive due to how he taught his campaign leadership how to structure it.

He cut his teeth on the streets of Chicago, organizing local people to stand up for themselves and gain self determination. This isn't about convincing people that you'll "fight for them". This is about teaching people how to fight for their common good, and to recognize what that common good involves. This is a whole new way of the average citizen dealing with the government that they own.

If he wins the WH, there will be a huge sea change in how politics is conducted, and it'll start from the DNC as it reacts to his success, and mimics it for its own success. That national level adjustment to Obama's strategic and tactical success will - in turn - work its way into corporate boardrooms, and state/local functionaries, as all national level influences do. It'll be rule by majority, and the imposition of that rule by a collective structure put together by that majority. Real democracy in action.

Old as hell, but brand new if used in a national context.

I think that's why he's out of there now. Too honest and good to play the game.


He was wise to do so . I fear if he hadn't of got out, he may have been carried out .:eek7:

The fact is there have been black and female canidates in the GOP [Alan Keyes,Elizabeth Dole] and they haven't gotten any attention because most Republicans,most blacks and most women don't care for them.

Whereas most Democrats,most women and most blacks do care for either Clinton or Obama [or both].