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		<title>2 Things About the Obama Campaign</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[2 Questions: 1. How important can the endorsement of Barack Obama by Colin Powell be, considering: Colin Powell is the one, as Secretary of State, who delivered testimony about Iraq having the Weapons of Mass Destruction. If he&#8217;s so good, why didn&#8217;t he know that wasn&#8217;t true? If he DID know it wasn&#8217;t true, why [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>2 Questions:</p>
<p>1. How important can the <a href="http://tinyurl.com/597s22" target=_blank>endorsement of Barack Obama by Colin Powell</a> be, considering:</p>
<p>Colin Powell is the one, as Secretary of State, who delivered testimony about Iraq having the Weapons of Mass Destruction. If he&#8217;s so good, why didn&#8217;t he know that wasn&#8217;t true? If he DID know it wasn&#8217;t true, why didn&#8217;t he resign, rather than lie to us?</p>
<p>2. Why isn&#8217;t the media holding Obama to his promise to take federal campaign funds, thus limiting his ability to raise money himself. The answer is this: The media is profiting from a staggering $150 Million he raised last month. They get a huge windfall in tough economic times for television and radio and in return, they support Obama.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m no fan of John McCain, <em>but what a mess we&#8217;re in for</em>. The problem with an Obama Presidency is that the real issues will be overshadowed by the ones that don&#8217;t matter: Race, experience, the charge that will be leveled that Obama <em>bought</em> the office. It&#8217;s all going to take away from the real problem &#8211; that we&#8217;ve entered the most dangerous recession of our time, and will probably suffer a <em>Greater Depression</em>.</p>
<p>I predict the race issue will be a big problem. A big portion of the U.S. is simply not interested in a black President. Militant and vocal Black America will soon become disillusioned when things don&#8217;t change overnight to put them on top. Liberal White America, who (if it happens) will have elected Obama, will bear the brunt of the Militant Black community&#8217;s anger. After all, the Democrats are still basically <em>white</em>. With the &#8220;super-majority&#8221; in Congress they expect to get, the Democrats will be seen as blocking Black America&#8217;s triumph. The backlash could be devastating, and won&#8217;t help anyone.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t envy Barack Obama if he becomes President. Black America will expect to see a White House and Administration filled with African-Americans. Liberals call fears of that &#8220;racist,&#8221; but only because they don&#8217;t believe it will happen. If it <em>doesn&#8217;t</em> happen, Obama has problems with Black America, who will believe they&#8217;ve elected him. If it <em>does</em> happen, it will scare a lot of non-black people who will have voted for Obama, and they will start to reconsider their previous assertion that &#8220;race doesn&#8217;t matter.&#8221;</p>
<p>Sadly, it does.</p>
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