OMG i am shocked. what ray is posting here is disgusting vitriol and nastyness of the LOWEST order. did i read correctly that he is a lawyer by profession? one could never tell from his writings.
ray, these same things you twist about obama and his mom are the very same things which, to me, make him IDEALLY SUITED for understanding and governing modern america. we are no longer all white ppl descended from the Mayflower. This nation is made up of many and varied races and cultures and we are ALL Americans. Someone who has had the advantage of living in several countries as a child, thereby has the unique perspective of multi-cultural understanding, appreciation of varying racial & cultural perspectives, and a global-thinking mindset- built right into his thinking. That is precisely what will make Obama superior at addressing global issues and America's part in them, understanding foreign policy and perspectives, and fixing the mess the Rethuglicans have made of our image to the rest of the world. He will be able to engage with other countries and cultures in a POSITIVE way - not just a warmongering way. these old-school republicans don't have a flickin clue how to negotiate and be friends with the rest of the world, all they know how to do is put down, and start wars with, other races & cultures to make themselves feel big.
McCain addresses the nation as if the only ppl he needs to speak to are the small-town white straight people; as if they are the ONLY ppl in this country - or at least the only ppl he finds worthy of addressing in his ads and speeches. He, just like Dubya, completely ignores the fact that a HUGE part of the USA is multi-cultural, multi-racial, and multi-ethnic. These people are the ones who make up America now, it's not just straight white men anymore. Obama's mindset is an INCLUSIVE one; to him, all these various parts of the population are equally American and equally worthy. -- McCain just ignores them, just like Dubya did with the ppl of New Orleans in Katrina.... that entire siutation was a purely elitist, (not to mention racist) action and nobaddy can't tell me NUTHIN otherwise.
but guess what, the various races and cultures that make up this country are not going to go away. Immigrants and ppl of color and culture are a major part of our population now. McCain doewsn't even acknoweldge their existence - and Palin is even WORSE with her active use of racial slurs IN PUBLIC. The 2 ah dem have no effin clue how to deal with anyone who is not white.
Obama has a buyilt-in understanding of the entire multi-racial/ethnic/cultural balance because of his mother, who IMHO was SMART to raise him that way.