kind of statement will not follow it up. The comment I read was not followed up. The commentary ran on to say that this is most likely

due to the fact that people who make such statements are "scared" by Obama's ethnicity. I don't know enough about the person I heard it from

to make that kind of judgement call. But that's sure what it sounded like when I read it... flat out fear of skin color. Not bigotry mind.

Fear of the unknown if you will.

So I ask you McCain supporters out there... does Obama scare you? And why?

woooooooooooooooow.

thanks for sharing that. i had no idea. (I don't currently live in the States.)

I've been hearing that word a lot 'inexperienced'... but WHO is qualified to be the president? was Kennedy? was Washington? or Lincoln?

experience is a copout answer. (not that you are saying that necessarily)

frankly, what scares me is having a man twice my age, and over the age of normal employment, becoming president. he's old fashioned.

he doesnt have a clue as to how I think. on the other hand, obama is young, vibrant, and does understand (from my understanding of him) me.

i could be wrong, and certainly obama and i dont see eye to eye on all, but man, mccain simply cant touch him, in my opinion.

nods

tasukigirl: hey thanks. its time for bed.

mmmm, i think its not so much that they break their promises, because these days they dont make promises, they make statements. for example

WE WILL FIX THE ECONOMY is not a promise. its a statement. and i have no doubt that put in office, either candidate would do his best to.

dont confuse promises and statements. promises MUST start with the words I PROMISE. otherwise they dont count. every school kid knows this.

anyway, you have a lot to think over between now and election day. i shall not bother you over it again. may your choice easy.

in my experience, those who say Obama is scary have also made racist comments in the past. I suspect that's true in a lot of cases.

McCain's campaign & especially his *trophy* running mate are trying to link Obama to terrorists in any way possible.

or they go for the "lack of experience" line which makes no sense. People who haven't heard of Obama before the primaries started obviously

don

don't keep up with the news; Obama's been on the national political scene since Bill Clinton 's first term.

yeah but what has he done?

other than campaigning for the presidency.

Odd thing is, enemies in war do not scare me, but politicians scare the living hell out of me. "Vote Cthulhu, why choose the lesser evil!"

MamaWise - 2yrs. nat'l senator, 7yrs. IL senator, grad. law school, author of 2 books, managed nonprofit - is.gd/3JFy for more.

Thanks for the link, but I meant what has he done in terms of introducing bills and legislation, etc.

that info is also in the linked article.

MamaWise: what has he done? are you claiming to know what he has and has not done? have you done the research?

MamaWise: moreover, what would you like him to do? headstands? 1000 freethrow shots in a row? fly around the world with man made wings?

Joankr: I've heard the same thing. its a frightful thing to recognize it and know that these people dont realize they harbor bigoted feelng

way to be mean and not answer my question... question is have YOU done the research - maybe not because you couldn't answer my question.

or maybe you have done the research, and cannot answer because there aren't any bills and legislation that he has worked on...

I really just wanted to know - why do people have to get mean when trying to defend Obama? I questioned his experience and get jumped on.

I am one that says Obama scares me (btw some things about McCain scare me too) but anyway here is what I have to ssay...

It has nothing to do with his race... that is a cop out... just because of his race... that's stupid! c'mon people...

I have no fear of Obama being a terrorist... at least Muslim terrorist...

I do have questions about the church he was affiliated with for years and the pastor that he said was his spirtual mentor mentor

*can I type guess not*

for him to claim he was obama's mentor and when his pastor starts getting heat obama claims he isn't affiliated with him...

how can you trust a man that turns his back on someone that has been by his side for so long & had been preaching the same message for years

I don't believe obama had no idea what rev wright believed & preached.

if you are a member of a congregation, you know what your pastor believes

I also dont think that obama is experienced. I have heard that his party has been grooming him for years, I haven't researched enough though

but I have also heard that he has not introduced anything into legislation & what he has done has been handed to him...

I also don't agree w/ his stance on the economy & the fact that a big part of the bailout was to help an organization that he had a hand in

to be honest I am an independant & still researching. I will not "throw away" my vote & write someone in, but I will weigh the facts I see

so I can not be judged as a racist if I don't vote for the darker skinned candidate. I think that whole argument is completely ridiculous!

and if I decide not to vote for McCain... will you judge me for ageism?? or anti pow???

and obama's former church scares me... rev wright preaches afrocentrism... c'mon where is equality? where is there love one another??

germaine: separation of church and state. it's law. remember it. cherish it.

MamaWise: im not being mean, I want to know what you want to know? Now I do. You can't just say someone is scary and leave it at that.

MamaWise: what has mccain done? what had Kennedy done? what had Washington done? sometimes you have to believe in a person.

when you have to rely on what someone has done, rather than potential, you take away from yourself the potential they could do.

obama is about change. are you afraid of change? many people are. perhaps this is what really scares you. you would not be alone. however...

join those who believe in change and obama and you will never be alone.

mopedronin just setting the record straight, I was not the one in this post who said that Obama scared me.

or did I missunderstand your first comment to me? It's difficult to analyze text vs conversation you know.

MamaWise: no, you understood me perfectly well. if that's what scares you, then I respect it. i don't understand it, but i respect it AND..

MamaWise: you answered the question as expected. I'm super happy it's not ethnicity.

if he's not your man, he's not your man. i can understand that. that's the way people are. i just find it a cop out that ppl say 'I'M SCARED

and that's it, no reason to follow it up.

heck, we are all scared of something. i'm scared my son will grow up in a horrible world, but i know if i arm him with love and understandin

he will be as prepared as anyone for the future.

=)

thanks for clarifying, I am always happy to have intelligent conversation with onyone on either side of the campaign who is courteous.

totally agree with that... I am taking about obama's character... that is most important to me...