You mean the man of the people with a 28,200 square foot house and 400 dollar hair cuts. The one who cheated on his wife who was dying of cancer? That John Edwards? Obama has proven to be extremely smart and well spoken...
I do not disagree with the accuracy of what you say (to my knowledge), but my focus here is on his faithfulness to his policies, and Obama compares very unfavorably to Edwards in this respect.
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No problem. I will rephrase that statement: Obama represents the predominantly white ruling class and not the average black american. He does not represent the average american at all.
The reason I specifically emphasized that Obama does not represent the average black ameican is not racism. It is because the myth that he represents black americans has been especially emphasized by the media.
To accuse anyone who opposes Obama as racist is a fallacy - although way too many who oppose him do unfortunately oppose him out of crude racism, and that is quite regrettable. It is important to oppose Obama for the correct reasons, and people who oppose Obama yet like Bush are blind.
Obama has reimposed many of the banking restrictions that Bush took away. He wants to raise taxes on the wealthy, and prevent cuts to social programs. These are not republican policies, and are not reflected at all in Bush's policies.
I was not claiming that going against Obama makes you a racist, I was saying that calling him a "House Negro" without further explanation or citation was racist.
John Edward's lifestyle shows you how detached he was from the average american, i have strong doubts he would have been anymore helpful to the lower classes than Obama has been, especially considering that he came off (at least to me) as being intellectually inferior to Obama. Of course intelligence is not the only factor that needs consideration, but Edwards cheated on his wife who was dying of cancer, if someone has such a cold heart as to do that, it is not unthinkable that they would abandon the lower classes they claimed they would protect.
I do not believe that Obama represents "black Americans" specifically. He is the president, he represents every American. I disagree with some of what he has done, but overall i think he was a much better option than Edwards, who to me is the scum of the earth.