Ndipe:

As much as I don't support some of the policies of the democratic party vis a vis, their support of abortion, , <snip>

dtw_sola:

Democrats do not support abortion. They support a woman's right to choose. Most democrats even find the practice morally wrong.

bawomol:

the democrats under bill clinton actually scaled back a few welfare programs.  the idea of tax-cut boosting the economy has little to no merits.  increasing minimum wages to account for inflation is realistic in my opinion.  

bawomol:

i don't see what significant tax increae u are talking about. basically the rich is getting richer and the poor is getting poorer. trickle down economics doesn't work. tax cuts have shifted the tax burden but haven't done much.

http://treas.gov/press/releases/js1287.htm

I-man:

You are missing the fundamental point.In the past,when top rates of tax were high,such as 77%,the rich bore a smaller proportion of the tax burden,with recent tax cuts their proportion has been going higher.Do you want to go back to the era when the poor bore a higher proportion of the tax burden?

Tax receipts have gone up higher than expected and are at an average historical high as a percentage of GDP,up 11% in fiscal 2006 alone.

doyin13:

Hehehehehe. . . .I see u are marketing your neo liberal credentials here.

How is someone whose mother is white a black man? At best,he is half-black.

McKren:

Black Americans are simply being naive

if they wake up from their slumber, they will understand that they can only begin to claim to be as american as everyone else when america produces a mixed President and a black first lady.

If Obama had no respects for his black roots, he will not get married to a black woman neither will he retain the name Barack Hussein Obama.

However if they are hoping that Obama should start dropping black right mantra as the basis of his campaign. It wont happen as Obama knows the dangers of doing that.

It is a fact that America as advanced as it is, is one of the most racist nation in the world.

I-man:

Black America's biggest problem with Obama is that he is not "the descendant of slaves". Many don't see Africans as one of theirs.To a large extent,a lot of our racial solidarity with African-Americans is not reciprocated.

Yes,coming from a continent and nation where tribalism reigns supreme.Obama won in Iowa,what are the chances of someone from Enugu state defeating rivals from Anambra in an election held in Anambra? Can an Ogun state indigene win gubernatorial elections in Lagos?

Make una dey cool down with your hyperbole.If you want racism, go to Russia and other Eastern European nations.Would a black or half-black man have any hope in India,China or Lebanon if he was a citizen of those nations?

Bankole01:

I-man:

Black America's biggest problem with Obama is that he is not "the descendant of slaves". Many don't see Africans as one of theirs.To a large extent,a lot of our racial solidarity with African-Americans is not reciprocated.

Yes,coming from a continent and nation where tribalism reigns supreme.Obama won in Iowa,what are the chances of someone from Enugu state defeating rivals from Anambra in an election held in Anambra? Can an Ogun state indigene win gubernatorial elections in Lagos?

Make una dey cool down with your hyperbole.If you want racism, go to Russia and other Eastern European nations.Would a black or half-black man have any hope in India,China or Lebanon if he was a citizen of those nations?

Bankole01:

Black have not been as exposed in these nations as they are in America.
America is also more urban than Nigeria. Nigerians are also less mobile and cling to ancestral homes more than Americans,

I-man:


In Nigeria,someone from Enugu LGA will find it virtually impossible to defeat someone from Udi in Udi.Wetin you go call that one? When Ife-Modakeke,Aguleri-Umuleri,e.t.c can't live together,you dey complain about America

Bankole01:

Complain about America? Far from it my good man. I grew up in America and am one of the more priviledged in my State.
America has been very good to me personally.
This however is not about me, but about the mindset of people far and wide in the nation.
Neighborhoods here are more segregated than in most Western nations.
There predominantly white neighborhoods, where I would personally venture to live in, even if allowed and left to live in peace. There are latino neighborhoods, where anyone not fitting, would frowed upon.
There are Jewish neighborhoods, Italian, Polish, Irish, etc neighborhoods. There are ofcourse predominantly black affluent neighborhoods.

This is just the fact of America and its demographics. Not a complaint or put-down.

Real-Estate and Insurance professionals will stare you away from white neighhoods, while red-lining black neighborhoods. You pay higher utilities and for services like cable in black neighborhoods also.

There is racial profiling, where police will stop you more often if you are of the darker color and or in white neighborhoods. This is part of the institutionalised racism in America!