Is Obama a Racist? In Obama's Own Words

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Monday May 19, 2008 · 7:36 PM PDT

2008/05/19 · 19:36

I had been intrigued by Barack Obama, and I recently
finished reading his first book, "Dreams from My Father: A Story
of Race and Inheritance." More specifically, the edition of the
book was published by Three Rivers Press, New York, New York,
Copyright 1995, 2004, paperback edition, ISBN 978-1-4000-8277-3
(Original edition ISBN 1-4000-8277-3).

In 1995, Barack Obama was 34 years old.

Some of his statements in the book were enlightening,
especially about what I interpreted as Obama's inner turmoil
about his social identity.

But, some of his statements in the book disturbed me by what
seems to me to be racially negative comments and stereotypes.
Some of the statements were also negative about American children
and American tourists.

Pensereo

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Friday May 16, 2008 · 7:14 PM PDT

2008/05/16 · 19:14

Challenge: Let' Help the Superdelegates Decide Their Votes

In the spirit of grass roots participation, to help the
Superdelegates decide for whom to vote, let's build a list of
PRO's and CON's about Barack Obama as a candidate for president.

I'll start with five of each.

PRO -- Obama gives inspirational speeches about changing the way
government runs in Washington and about how change should work
from the grass roots to the top, not the other way around.

PRO -- While in the Illinois legislature, on October 2, 2002, at
an anti-war rally in Chicago sponsored by local anti-war
organizations, Obama gave a speech against the U. S. waging a war
in Iraq. Obama stated he was not against all wars, just stupid
wars.

Pensereo

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Thursday May 15, 2008 · 8:48 PM PDT

2008/05/15 · 20:48

Obama: Mediator? Somewhat; Leader? Please Tell Me Where and When

In Harvard Law School, Barack Obama was President of the Harvard
Law Review and was sort of the "old man" among his fellow
students there.

Most of his fellow students at the Harvard Law Review were a few
years younger than he was. Often he felt that disputes between
opposing parties were childish. He had considerable skill in
getting opposing parties together by facilitating them to split
their differences; that is, by facilitating compromises. He was
an effective mediator at the Harvard Law Review.

As president, however, I wonder how effective Obama would be as a
mediator. As a U. S. president, Obama would not be the "old man"
mediator as he was on the Harvard Law Review who helped in
settling "childish" disputes.

Pensereo

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Wednesday May 14, 2008 · 3:05 PM PDT

2008/05/14 · 15:05

In Obama's Own Words: For Supporters and Nonsupporters: Part II

For Obama Supporters: Enlightenment
For Clinton Supporters: Encouragement
For McCain Supporters: Ammunition

For all those persons who had neither the time nor the
inclination to read over 480 pages of Barack Obama's first book,
here are some quotations taken from that book, "Dreams from My
Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance", by Barack Obama,
published by Three Rivers Press, New York, New York, Copyright
1995, 2004, paperback edition, ISBN 978-1-4000-8277-3 (Original
edition ISBN 1-4000-8277-3). For your information, in 1995,
Barack Obama was 34 years old.

This "Part II" covers Chapters 9-14 of the book.

[PRELIMINARY NOTE: I have CAPITALIZED WORDS that I want to
emphasize. These words were NOT capitalized by Obama].

Pensereo

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Monday May 12, 2008 · 4:54 PM PDT

2008/05/12 · 16:54

In Obama's Own Words, for Both Supporters and Nonsupporters:
Part I

For Obama Supporters: Enlightenment
For Clinton Supporters: Encouragement
For McCain Supporters: Ammunition

For all those persons who have neither the time nor the
inclination to read over 480 pages of Barack Obama's first book,
here are some quotations taken from that book, "Dreams from My
Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance", by Barack Obama,
published by Three Rivers Press, New York, New York, Copyright
1995, 2004, paperback edition, ISBN 978-1-4000-8277-3 (Original
edition ISBN 1-4000-8277-3). It is noted that in 1995, Barack
Obama was 34 years old.

This "Part I" covers Chapters 1-8 of the book.

[PRELIMINARY NOTE: I have CAPITALIZED WORDS what I want to
emphasize. These words were NOT capitalized by Obama].

Pensereo

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Wednesday May 07, 2008 · 10:10 PM PDT

2008/05/07 · 22:10

Pres. Bush has been ridiculed quite a bit for his "Mission
Accomplished" moment relating to the Iraq War, and rightly so.
In my opinion, he failed to comprehend the difference between
winning a battle and winning a war.

Now, some Democrats are encouraging a move toward what may be
their own "Mission Accomplished" moment -- a call for a premature
ending of the presidential nomination process and unofficially
nominating Obama. That is, the Superdelegates are being
encouraged to unofficially nominate Obama before the Democratic
National Convention even convenes.

For the Democrats supporting Obama, winning a battle against
Hillary Clinton is nowhere close to winning the war against
John McCain. Why should the choice of the best warrior against John McCain be prematurely determined? I guess, so that some folks can early proclaim "Mission Accomplished".

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In Obama's Own Words, for Both Supporters and Nonsupporters: Part I

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