This is sad

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Originally Posted by JCL

It appears that there is implicit racism in your response there. Maybe it is just the limitations of an online forum, and not being able to express ourselves completely. After several posts about how racism shouldn't be a part of the election, why would you suggest to Quick that it goes both ways? Are you suggesting that he wants the benefit of support in one direction and not the other? If so, that is grounded in a questionable belief, and it seems an unfair and unfortunate characterization to me.

I don't think BB had any implied racism against QS. All of us are presuming, based on this and other postings from QS, that he is supporting Obama for POTUS. I agree with BB, that if you are going to be sad that some will not vote for Obama because he is black, you should also admit and lament that some will vote for Obama strictly because he is black. Either is racism, and both biases are improper. Whatever happened to the concept of judging someone based on their policies, record, and perhaps even "the content of their character, not the color of their skin"?