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Since there are no black Senators, do you think Obama's seat should go to another black man?

SodaHead Politics 2009/01/07 00:47:39
Yes, we need the black representation in the Senate.
No, race should not matter.
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After President-elect Barack Obama won the race for president in November of 2008, Obama knew he would have to leave his seat as Illinois Senator. Now, Obama's seat on the Senate is empty and the government officials of Illinois are searching for an acceptable replacement. However, since Obama left, there are no black Senators... so should Obama's senate seat go to another black man?
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  • tipo mastr 2009/01/19 16:55:22
    No, race should not matter.
    tipo mastr
    +6
    Martin Luther King Junior's dream was that all people would be treated equally, not that blacks would gain more rights. Saying that a black person deserves the senate seat more than any other race is just as racist as saying that a white person deserves it more than other races.
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  • Valerie Hearn 2010/01/31 23:52:22
    Yes, we need the black representation in the Senate.
    Valerie Hearn
    I believe a qualified individual should occupy Barack's seat. It does not matter to me what the person's nationality is. QUALIFIED ONLY!
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  • Sandi 2009/09/28 18:01:24
    Yes, we need the black representation in the Senate.
    Sandi
    Doesn't matter to me as long as they are Honest and can do the JOB!
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  • Freddie Wilson 2009/09/23 03:48:57
    I think Obama's senate seat should....
    Freddie Wilson
    I think the seat should go to the person who will represent the american people that is struggling to survive and to keep this country strong.Do i play the race card?not unless I am dealt a 'race' hand,then I play the hand that I was dealt.
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  • BY 2009/08/04 04:17:28
    I think Obama's senate seat should....
    BY
    be filled by one of these guys:
    obamas senate seat filled guys
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  • glo 2009/05/30 04:21:32
    No, race should not matter.
    glo
    To me it really dosn't matter, a brain is a brain, I'm sick of this race thing. If we where all color blind would it matter. the color thing was tough doing slavary and was passed down from to the child from the parent. Now it is time to brake the chain and become color blind. If the person has the wisdom and education to get the job done so be it.
    STOP THE CRAP!!!!!!! (FROM A WOMAN OF COLOR)
    I'm sleepy i may hav mispelled some words, take the mistake for love.
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  • Max7 2009/05/23 01:24:07
    Yes, we need the black representation in the Senate.
    Max7
    I think that Rev. Jesse Jackson's son would be good for the seat that Obama had. The young Jackson has a different flare than his father, and I think that he would do well.
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  • Bernard 2009/04/10 16:42:04
    I think Obama's senate seat should....
    Bernard
    I think Obama's seat should go to the best qualified candidate that's capable of doing the best job for their constituents.
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  • kame 2009/03/25 23:08:54
    Yes, we need the black representation in the Senate.
    kame
    No, I do not.
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  • God's Servant , Showing God... 2009/03/13 21:24:43
    Yes, we need the black representation in the Senate.
    God's Servant , Showing God's Love And His Will !
    +2
    Black, White, Blue, Yellow, Red,or Green, who care,s .
    I want the right man who is for the people.
    A Senator is only a name, lets hope for a man who is honest and truthful.
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  • memzie 2009/03/12 03:45:36
    I think Obama's senate seat should....
    memzie
    I think the seat that Mr Obama let empty should be filled by a good Democrat now black is okay, white or other would be great, too.
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  • tr3v10 2009/03/11 18:57:18
    Yes, we need the black representation in the Senate.
    tr3v10
    boc kicksass and takes names
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  • rvrwmn 2009/03/09 16:29:41
    I think Obama's senate seat should....
    rvrwmn
    +1
    The seat should go back to Obama, then we could really make history.
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  • Bernard rvrwmn 2009/04/10 15:58:27
    Bernard
    Its always the same in each generation! No matter what your IQ,level of education,past accomplishments or lifes record....a black man with any kind of positive outlook on life and carrying a dream is a real threat to those who really don't have much of a life. My dad once said it best "you can't hate someone who's done nothing to you without manifesting that same hate for yourself that one has to live with 24/7.
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  • Kylie4USA 2009/03/09 14:56:39 (edited)
    No, race should not matter.
    Kylie4USA
    +3
    This is absurd! Whatever happened to being just an American? I have many black friends, one in particular is like my sister and I see absolutely no differences between us. This poll makes the implication only a black Senator can represent a black populace. I think it's racist to make such a profoundly ignorant statement!
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  • Charles E 2009/03/09 01:22:01
    No, race should not matter.
    Charles E
    +2
    Only the people who think they can gain by using the race card think race is the most important requirement. I prefer honesty and an understanding of the Constitution to any racial test. That is why I voted for the Black candidate opposing Obama for Senate.
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  • Rosco Bonifitucci 2009/03/05 19:37:38
    No, race should not matter.
    Rosco Bonifitucci
    +3
    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., an avowed Republican, said it best, " I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”

    Liberals, the Mainstream Media and the vested racial animosity groups drove us back 45 years.

    In November, America elected a black man as president. Disregarding his race as a factor in stating they wanted a change. But for the past year, Liberals, Race Ambulance Chasers, the Mainstream Media have worked doggedly to destroy King's vision. And to turn back the hands of time so that instead of being able to judge a man on the content of his character, they are forcing America to judge him based upon the color of his skin.
    America turns a deaf ear to King and instead marched backwards to the days when the content of a man's character was secondary to the color of his skin.

    94% of all Black American voters cast their ballot for Obama. Tell me they are NOT racist!!

    Put the BEST American in Obama’s empty Senate seat. BETTER YET HAVE AN ELECTION FOR IT AND LET WE THE PEOPLE SPEAK.

    NOT WE THE BLACK PEOPLE. BUT WE AMERICANS.

    TIME FOR RACICISM IN ALL ITS DIBILITATING AND ROTTEN FORMS TO BE DOA!!

    You racists, get over it!
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  • rob 2009/03/04 16:59:22
    No, race should not matter.
    rob
    tired of the race card being played for any reason for any party!
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  • Bernard rob 2009/04/10 16:19:05
    Bernard
    I agree! However, the reality of it all is that people are going to play that card consciously or subconsciously. Lets face it! Race becomes an issue anytime a person of color takes a positive step towards progress because everytime they do they are initiating the response by a lot of racists and bigots out here to "play the race card" in defense of keeping with stereotypic attitudes . ...and if called on it; accuses others of playing it . It shouldn't be that way but thats what it is until each successive generation dilutes these attitudes over time. Then and only then people will be able to look at each other as a person and not as a color.
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  • G.P 2009/03/04 16:49:39
    No, race should not matter.
    G.P
    +2
    what matter is qualification not race
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  • Joves the Instigator 2009/03/04 00:22:29
    No, race should not matter.
    Joves the Instigator
    Of course not. How about they give it to someone from a third party and, do something diffrent.
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  • Bernard Joves t... 2009/04/10 15:42:56
    Bernard
    Yea ! ...and I'll bet you've got just the parties in mind that you'd like to see there too!
    KKK, or Nazi !
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  • Joves t... Bernard 2009/04/11 02:17:44
    Joves the Instigator
    Why is it that you are instantly a racist if you dont think that someone should be put in because they are black? Sounds like you are the one with a problem. And yeah the Constitution Party members are all Nazis.
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  • zin (chief rages against th... 2009/02/25 13:55:50
    No, race should not matter.
    zin (chief rages against the machine)
    +1
    no just get people who are good at thier job,regardless of race
    that has nothing to do with being a good politician
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  • Olivia {weird} 2009/02/24 22:15:12
    I think Obama's senate seat should....
    Olivia {weird}
    It can't just be ANY African-American. If a Caucasian is better at the job than another African-American then don't give the senate seat to the African-American
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  • rusty shackelferd 2009/02/23 18:10:56
  • MOLLOY 2009/01/24 13:30:26 (edited)
    No, race should not matter.
    MOLLOY
    +2
    The seat should go to who ever fulfill the position, on their own merit,
    we should stop going into this road of race, religion, one is appointed because of his experience, what he could deliver and before anything to be patriotic, loyal to his country so he can serve it well with total dedication and love.
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  • tipo mastr 2009/01/19 16:55:22
    No, race should not matter.
    tipo mastr
    +6
    Martin Luther King Junior's dream was that all people would be treated equally, not that blacks would gain more rights. Saying that a black person deserves the senate seat more than any other race is just as racist as saying that a white person deserves it more than other races.
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  • Giorgi tipo mastr 2009/03/06 20:42:50
    Giorgi
    Right On!!
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  • sergio 2009/01/11 14:01:17
    I think Obama's senate seat should....
    sergio
    +3
    be decided by the voters, not these horse trading politicians
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  • Walking Turtle 2009/01/11 09:58:21
    I think Obama's senate seat should....
    Walking Turtle
    be held in abeyance until we have a proper Article V Constitutional Convention. We MUST clean up the mess the Bushistas have left for Obama to make his own. (www.foavc.org for more details.)
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  • cheroke55 2009/01/09 18:32:11
    No, race should not matter.
    cheroke55
    +2
    Race shouldn't matter, but it's been a long time coming for African Americans to be represented again. If not Obama's seat, maybe Rahm Emanuel's seat will be won by an African American.
    It's not a matter of race, it's who best represents the state.
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  • belle 2009/01/09 16:16:18 (edited)
    No, race should not matter.
    belle
    +4
    It should go to the most qualified person no matter race or gender. Remember race is no longer a factor.
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  • Rege 2009/01/09 15:40:46
    No, race should not matter.
    Rege
    +1
    There can be a wrong white man or a wrong black man,man
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  • bombkamp 2009/01/08 03:22:29 (edited)
    No, race should not matter.
    bombkamp
    +6
    Obama is a illegitimate president-elect, born in KENYA. He's never revieled his certificate of birth. only a Certification of Live Birth that is not proof he was born in the uSA. Do your homework. Chicago corruption has been rampant for years, do some research.

    ps- every single US president has come from the loins of a WHITE woman, he's not black. Too bad, he would've made history.
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  • KKK bombkamp 2009/01/11 15:46:12
    KKK
    +3
    If this is true, then he cannot be President.

    If he is not a natural born US Citizen then it is against the law for him
    to be President.

    This needs to be documented, what can anyone add to this.
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  • davidh ... KKK 2009/01/16 01:18:23
    davidh BN-0
    http://www.factcheck.org/elec...

    http://www.factcheck.org/askf...

    http://www.factcheck.org/elec...
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  • davidh ... bombkamp 2009/01/16 01:16:22
    davidh BN-0
    You are so full of shit. They are right Ignorance is bliss, isn't it? How about you do some research before you open your mouth (Or type)?

    http://www.factcheck.org/askf...

    http://www.factcheck.org/elec...

    http://www.factcheck.org/askf...
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  • Truth B... davidh ... 2009/03/14 15:35:36 (edited)
    Truth Bandit
    Thanks for the links, read them thoroughly, still have yet to simply see a "long form birth certificate" from Hawaii, this needs to be shown to counter the conspiracy theorists and crazies. Daniel J. Berg, a democrat lawyer from Phila., Pa, had a sworn affidavit (I saw it) from Obama's paternal grandmother swearing she was at bedside when he was born in Mombasa Kenya. The theory goes his mother and father flew to Hawaii, as they also did with his sister after her birth abroad, to assure U.S. benefits - you can see why political conspiracy nuts would go ape nuts here. So maybe these people are full of crap, but a "long form birth certificate" would sure shut them up - Hawaii is a democrat controlled state and the hospital administrator is an Obama supporter, would be two more conspiracy theorist claims. See, it goes on and on without just publicly presenting an embossed "long from birth certificate" - who knows who could be FOS - chances are you're right, but I'd really like this put to rest for once and for all with the presentation publicly of a "LONG FORM BIRTH CERTIFICATE". Factcheck.org according to many conservatives and liberals alike is clearly non-neutral - have to do better than that to quell these conspiracy theorists - look at the 9/11/01 and Kennedy conspiracy theorists, the...""
    Thanks for the links, read them thoroughly, still have yet to simply see a "long form birth certificate" from Hawaii, this needs to be shown to counter the conspiracy theorists and crazies. Daniel J. Berg, a democrat lawyer from Phila., Pa, had a sworn affidavit (I saw it) from Obama's paternal grandmother swearing she was at bedside when he was born in Mombasa Kenya. The theory goes his mother and father flew to Hawaii, as they also did with his sister after her birth abroad, to assure U.S. benefits - you can see why political conspiracy nuts would go ape nuts here. So maybe these people are full of crap, but a "long form birth certificate" would sure shut them up - Hawaii is a democrat controlled state and the hospital administrator is an Obama supporter, would be two more conspiracy theorist claims. See, it goes on and on without just publicly presenting an embossed "long from birth certificate" - who knows who could be FOS - chances are you're right, but I'd really like this put to rest for once and for all with the presentation publicly of a "LONG FORM BIRTH CERTIFICATE". Factcheck.org according to many conservatives and liberals alike is clearly non-neutral - have to do better than that to quell these conspiracy theorists - look at the 9/11/01 and Kennedy conspiracy theorists, they will never give up. I suspect these people will, only when they see a public presentation of a LFBC, not the word of a democrat in Hawaii who voted for Obama, or factcheck.org funded by Obama supporters. "May the blue bird of peace and prosperity grace your door step or poop on your pedestal."
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  • 012009 2009/01/07 03:42:27
    No, race should not matter.
    012009
    +1
    The seat should go to the person duly appointed by the sitting Governor of Illinois. Too bad a good man has been appointed in the midst of this circus.
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  • wyotech 2009/01/07 02:20:13
    No, race should not matter.
    wyotech
    +6
    Burris actually ran for this seat and the voters chose NOT to elect him. The seat needs to be filled by another election.
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