I'm color-blind about Obama, as I believe many others are. He could be blue and I'd vote for him (although I don't like the color green too much).

I voted for him because he's, IMO, smart, thoughtful, has better judgement, is closer to the positions I believe in much more than McCain.

Once the Republicans and the media started to play up the race issue I thought about that as a BONUS -- something extra - a significant triumph over centuries of slavery and racism.

There is no other way to see it: If anywhere in the world a race of slaves eventually got to see 'one of their own,' become the political leader of their nation -- it's a story of great triumph, of great historical import.

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I'm color-blind about Obama, as I believe many others are. He could be blue and I'd vote for him (although I don't like the color green too much).

I voted for him because he's, IMO, smart, thoughtful, has better judgement, is closer to the positions I believe in much more than McCain.

Once the Republicans and the media started to play up the race issue I thought about that as a BONUS -- something extra - a significant triumph over centuries of slavery and racism.

There is no other way to see it: If anywhere in the world a race of slaves eventually got to see 'one of their own,' become the political leader of their nation -- it's a story of great triumph, of great historical import.

Will this end racism? It's actually a ridiculous question.

Murder, robbery, rape, wife-beating and racism seem to be evils we always will have with us and I'm pretty sure happen in all nations and have happen throughout all of world history.

But there is also kindness, generosity, love and and not caring about race or religion.

I'm not responsible for how others live; I'm only responsible for myself. From my own experience, I'll add, I can only think of one bad experience due to race with blacks and five or six good experiences with blacks helping me out or inviting me in to good times.

I'm rather tired of hearing people talk about USA racism,esp. on the verge of seeing a black (half-black) president elected for the first time.

I'm rather tired of hearing this, too, when people fail to realize that black slavery was first delivered to the Americas by the Dutch, over 400 years ago and enthusiastically continued by the British, French and Spanish.

The USA didn't start the idea of black slavery.

What I see more obviously is great struggles and great sacrifices to end slavery (hundreds of thousands of soldiers killed in the USA Civil War before the slaves were freed.)

There was not just slavery in America, but the overcoming of slavery. And now even more so.

@LoPhatt -- Yes, more than 65-million of us 'bought into his plan,' and voted for Obama this week.

Would you have wished we voted for McCain?

65-million of us thought that voting for McCain would be like playing Russian Roulette.

Maybe, too, the surprising, overwhelming and spontaneous World Cup quality celebrations that broke out in my country, 4,000 kilometers coast-to-coast -- and the celebrations of multi-millions worldwide is something to consider.

Even many of those who didn't vote for Obama over here realized -- realized in an instant second, in a whoosh of the declaration of an Obama victory -- that a major triumph in our American history had happened.

We felt good about it.

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@LoPhatt -- Yes, more than 65-million of us 'bought into his plan,' and voted for Obama this week.

Would you have wished we voted for McCain?

65-million of us thought that voting for McCain would be like playing Russian Roulette.

Maybe, too, the surprising, overwhelming and spontaneous World Cup quality celebrations that broke out in my country, 4,000 kilometers coast-to-coast -- and the celebrations of multi-millions worldwide is something to consider.

Even many of those who didn't vote for Obama over here realized -- realized in an instant second, in a whoosh of the declaration of an Obama victory -- that a major triumph in our American history had happened.

We felt good about it.

A scientist might look at this; a scientist would look for reasons why. Why were multi-millions of people dancing and chanting and celebrating in the streets on Nov.4th/5th?

That is certainly something to consider.

I'd suggest, too, that Obama may be one of the great presidents in our history for the work and things he does in a most difficult of times, an incredible disaster of two wars, a collapsing economy, loss of jobs, homes, factories and industries, a stock market plunge in people life savings, an attitude of divisiveness and hate stirred up by the Republican Party to divide and conquer us, etc.

I don't envy him the job. When the celebrations were over I think every person woke up realizing: darn...these a damn lot of work to be done.

I'd rather give him a chance to get started Jan. 20th that *hit on him, if that's okay with you.

He's also made it clear he needs H-E-L-P and I'm gonna do what small bit I can to H-E-L-P him -- rather than for some unknow and unfounded reasons start kicking him around and downplaying his potentials.