maybe it was because the other choice was a lying, cheating 90 year old grandpa who thought that we were too stupid to see thru his POS choice of a running mate. Call it the perfect storm, but choosing the alternative would've sucked much worse.

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i believe that both choices were bad but i voted for mccain the black white has nothing to do with it its about jobs which party keeps people working

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MA's top ethnic groups.
1. Irish 22.5%
2. Italian 13.5%
3. English 11.4%
4. French 8%
5. German 5.9%

I don't see black very high on that list... In fact, I don't see it on there at all for massachusetts.

MA voted Obama in very clearly.

You can't think of it has a black man being voted in because technically it wasn't.

It was either another Clinton or Obama for President. Obviously Hillary couldn't pull it off. Obama just speaks much clearer and gets the points across.

Ross Perot.. er.. I mean John McCain couldn't get words out of his mouth to save his life. We needed a strong decision maker, otherwise, this country LITERALLY would have fallen apart.

Also, I don't even think the majority voted based on politics (being democrat or republican). Obama is just extremely intelligent and WANTS to better this country. He doesn't want to be in the public eye just to get his face out there. He's embarrassed about how this country had been running through the Bush administration and knows there was a lot of work to do and he's been doing it since he set his foot into office!

You see how much more gray hair he has now then the day he started?

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MA will always go for the democrat. It's EXTREMELY democratic, so why would you expect any different? lol.

If you don't think that him being black affected the black populations votes overall, you are ignorant yourself. I remember seeing the polls and it was around 90% of the blacks were for Obama. Ridiculous.

Honestly, I would rather of had an old veteran who has been in office for many many years then someone who's never had a fucking job before (yea yea, he was in the senate for a year, woopty!). Especially when all he does is talk out of his ass, and has NO MEAT behind anything he ever says. Obama has lost a TON of credibility and people are already regretting their decision. Look at polls anywhere, all are now turning against him. He is making awful decisions and he's letting congress push him around. Well, that's what he is, a push over. He doesn't know wtf he is doing, and more than likely that won't change.

Fact is: Obama is still handling this whole presidency as if it were a big campaign. Except, he's not running for anything, he is already the president. I swear he just enjoys hearing himself speak. I for one, can't stand listening to his bullshit, as I think anyone with half a brain would see right through it... but you know, I've been wrong before, it is America.

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He's doing a great job. All the billions of dollars spent on creating jobs. So far only 38,000 new jobs. And unemployment at all time highs. 13% unemployment in RI still. Bang up job he's doing. Spend some more money jackass.

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He should be selling BLACK TACOS!

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Everyone keeps calling him a "black" man??? Why not call him a "white" man? He is half black & half white, but you never hear about that. I didn't vote for him, but after he won, I did have high hopes for him & I'm white. Unfortunately he's failing this country terribly. He only cares about himself & that's it. He's an arrogant a** for sure.

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#12, some good points. he just might as well carry that TelePrompter around like a carry-on laptop, since he doesn't have a single original idea that isn't carefully crafted to appeal to everyone. This guy has NO hard truth to bitch-slap the lazy US with and that includes all the countries who expect a handout from us.

Not to tangent jump, but WTF? We have double-digit recession in this country in some states, and I have part-time jobs going empty because people would rather sit on their ASS than earn even a few dollars IN THEIR FIELD. I'm not talking about flipping burgers here.

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So you think... that because he's in office, the economical downfall is his fault? It was already on a downward spiral! It can't do one of these: \ and then: / It slowly changes direction. If it weren't for Obama, there would be a steeper decline in this economy. It has to level off before it goes back up. The Bush administration tried doing it the republican way... i.e. their way. Now, Obama is doing it the democratic way... i.e. the people's way. THAT is why he speaks so much. This country had NO CLUE what was going on with congress and at the white house during the bush administration because it was all kept under wraps. Do you think Obama would be publicizing every little thing they do if he thought it was going to fuck shit up?! NO! He is pushing everything he can through is short 4-year term and getting it moving as fast as possible to make up for lost time with the lazy previous president that COULD NOT speak for himself! You've seen him try! Now, we get a VERY articulate Obama for a president and people have a right to complain? How so?! McCain, yea... he's been in office for decades. But look how long it's taken anything to get done! Then you throw Obama in the mix and shit starts happening. Whether you see it as bad or good, SOMETHING is happening! And everything that goes on in washington is reported to the public with the videos on the whitehouse website. So there is constantly stuff happening and the people of this country are entitled to keeping up with it online! FINALLY! Someone in the presidency is taking advantage of the technology this country has! McCain would have brought us back to the stone age!

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Black / white. Wahtever. I just wish people realized that they were voting in a social worker. I'm in sales, so I know how important charisma is to closing a sale. People buy from people they like. But then you need to implement and you need a whole different goup of truly competent people to actually KEEP the sale. I agree- he has charisma, but I don't see the substance. Face it - what you see is what you get - a not very kick ass social worker running the country. And he is telling everyone how awful the US has been until him! What an incredible ego! In doing so, he's selling all of us out, too.

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#19, you Obama supporters have your heads way too far up his ass... you're right, SOMETHING is happening, is it good? fuck NO! He is acting way too fast, and not doing the right things. Not even close to the right things actually. You can try and try to keep defending him for whatever reason but it won't get you or this country anywhere.

#20 is and #12 are right on point. He has no substance to anything he says, never has, never will. He enjoys trying to sound smart with nothing to back anything he ever says up. Period.

Yea Bush was not a good speaker, but honestly I got some humor listening to him, so atleast that's something. Listening to Obama makes me want to chop off my ears. Woopty, he's "articulate", just because he's "articulate" does not mean he can run a country, and he seems to be doing a damn good job proving that. McCain was old, yes, but honestly, he won every debate I saw... Why? He actually had meaning behind his words. People were just too stupid to see through Obama's charismatic personality.

I still love how everyone blames the Bush administration, when in reality, years back when CONGRESS turned to Democrat, is when the huge economic downfall started. Pay attention, and actually know wtf is going on before you speak up. Please.

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Charisma will just have to lead this country then won't it.

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Just completed a European tour... Most of the working class think our President's decisions are laughable considering our founding father's beliefs. They've warned of ever increasing unemployment, and taxation beyond our wildest dreams. History is certainly on their side, and they see us heading down a slippery slope, with the good President buttering the slope with shovelfuls of lard.
I can't seem to get a taste for the kool-aid some seem to enjoy.

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Weak argument. 90% of blacks vote Democrat; they did so for Gore and Kerry. So once again a little over 90% voted for the Democrat, Obama. They didn't swing their voting patterns significantly for Obama. To say that they voted for Obama because he's black, therefore, is simplistic and factually untrue. Obama's liberalism aligns with the voting inclination of blacks. If anything I would say we have a black President because white Americans saw what one hick with no clue could do to the nation's economy and foreign policy in 8 years and said never again.

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#23- yeah, okay. What "working-class" Europeans know about our founding fathers' beliefs could fit on the head of a pin. Did they tell you all about how George Lincoln sailed the potamac just before abolishing slavery?

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#24!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's perfect!

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#24 you're sorely mistaken. You clearly aren't considering the fact that a shitload more blacks voted in the 08 election. I wonder why... Also, there were tests done, which got on TAPE, blacks being asked questions about Obama's plans. They would ask them the complete opposite of what Obama's plans were and say he was for them, they would agree and say that's why they were voting for him. Not to mention, one of the questions were "Do you think Sarah Palin was a good choice for Obama's VP?" The person said "Yea, I think she will be an awesome asset to Obama's campaign!" That's BULLSHIT and you know it! Hell, I know quite a few people that straight up said they were voting him solely because he's black.

Obama had won the race the moment the primary was over. He even knew it. Again, if you think this had nothing to do with his win at all, then I don't know what to say. You're clearly lost...

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#27- more blacks may have turned out, but that doesn't alter the central argument that blacks vote 90%+ for Democrats in elections prior to Obama. To argue they fundamentally changed their voting because Obama is black is therefore flawed. After Bush, I'm convinced America is tired of hicks. We might vote for an educated, judicious white guy, but not again for some John-Wayne-wannabe ignoramus.

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I wouldn't mind so much about Obama if he had a job before, never mind lead anything (no the 18 months he was in office doesn't fucking count, he did shit). Seriously, we might as well give an infant a wrench and tell it to build us a car.

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THREE CHEERS FOR HEALTH CARE REFORM!!!

Hip-hip HOORAY! Hip-hip HOORAY! Hip-hip HOORAAAY!

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I'll be proud and happy to stay in a country with Obama as president and peel off the old South for the rest of you ignorant crackers. There, you can hold your racist views, live by religious superstition, speak in tongues, beat your wives, eat greasy food, make "I" into a ten-syllable wood, interbreed, scratch your balls, elect really stupid people into office, and fight dogs. Please put up a fence to protect yourselves from foreigners and so none of you escape.

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Hahahahahahahahahaha! Fuckin' hilarious. What a joke! Good one. ROTHLMAO. I know this can't possibly be a serious comment.

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fucking niggers
hahahaha at #31
"scratch your balls and fight dogs," wtf? haha
what a dumbass.

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ok the word 'nigger' has been way over used and the u.s. as a whole should be way over that word and i have nothing against him and really all of you who still think this is a big topic, wow how long is it till election day... o yeh it was like 2 years ago so all of you shut up and no i didnt vote for obama and no i didnt vote for mcain either. i voted for nader

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