I completely understand that you can get emotional over the historical significance of having the first black man be president--without supporting him as a candidate, for any reason. I completely enjoyed the inauguration and the emotional reactions by many in the country to the 2008 election. I 100% empathize with any black person who watched that take place and were moved to tears. Who wouldn't? I think you have to be pretty callous to not appreciate those feelings. I made my kids sit down and watch tv during the election and the inauguration and we discussed the monumental nature of that moment, based on our history as a nation.
That said, CP is a very smart man, and I don't believe he would vote for anyone based on race alone--I don't believe he would have voted for Condi Rice, for instance, if she had ran(and I wish she would
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CP wasn't happy with how Bush handled things, to put it mildly, and he wasn't having more of the same. I'm surprised that he would object to Romney, though, because Romney is nothing like Bush. Frankly, I wasn't happy with Bush either, particularly in the last two years of his presidency. His first term was his best one.
For some people, I do think that the romanticism of having our first black president DID prompt them to vote for Obama, and their objectivity was missing. Objectivity is what allows us to set aside emotions and be logical.
I do understand why many, many people voted for Obama in 2008. Some because of race; that's a fact. Some because he made a lot of great-sounding promises. Some because they just liked the guy. I
don't understand why so many would want to go back and vote for him again this time around. He has failed to deliver on so many campaign promises, it is staggering. I don't think he has a clue what he's doing, especially in regard to the economy. The main reason I'm going to vote for Romney is simple: He's a businessman, and a good one. If one of these men can fix the economy, it will be Romney; not Obama.
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