In article <ffMHk.2092$hc1.1271@flpi150.ffdc.sbc.com>,
SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:

> Kenneth wrote:
>
> > Hi Steven,
> >
> > Have you noticed that when folks say the sort of stuff
> > represented in the top paragraph they never seem to say
> > "I'll never vote for a man because..." It's always the race
> > that those folks latch on to.
>
> Well there is some hope, as my mom's friend (in Florida) finally did say
> that Sarah Palin was the final straw, and that she would vote for Obama.
> She had been a Hillary supporter, and maybe it was just anger at Hillary
> losing that turned her against Obama earlier. Palin could turn the most
> angry Hillary supporter away from McCain.
>
> Most people are probably mildly racist, though it does seem to be
> improving from generation to generation. I'll never forget being in
> China and visiting my girlfriend's relatives in Guangzhou. Her cousin
> who was about 18 asked me "do you like black people?" I told him that
> there are people of all races that I like and people of all races that I
> dislike. He told me that he didn't like black people. I found this
> puzzling since in all the time I was in China I hadn't seen a single
> black person, though there had been an incident in Beijing where some
> black exchange students were barred from using the public swimming pool.
> I asked him "how many black people have you met?" Of course the answer
> was "I've never met one."

Well, what was it about Sara Palin then, she wasn't ugly enough?
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