Stop and think of the history for a minute.

[Keystone Phil]

Obama identifies as black, but he is not.  His ancestors were not slaves, but slave owners.

When trolls make more sense than the rest of the posters in a thread... words... fail...

I was waiting for this ever since I posted the topic so now that that's done... 

[Eleanor Martins]

Obama identifies as black, but he is not.  His ancestors were not slaves, but slave owners.

Remember: no matter how black Obama's skin is, deep down inside he's an old white man.

99% white 1% black = black

[Lief]

This really is historic. This is the first time in the history of the western world that a non-white has had at least a 50-50 shot at being the leader of a western nation. The first time that a member of a race that was once enslaved and then discriminated against has a chance to lead a nation.

[Erc]

This really is historic. This is the first time in the history of the western world that a non-white has had at least a 50-50 shot at being the leader of a western nation. The first time that a member of a race that was once enslaved and then discriminated against has a chance to lead a nation.

There have been black Governors-General of Canada....

[JSojourner]

Candidates that I support always lose, Phil. Iron law of the Beet-centered universe.

Beet, welcome to my world.  At least your candidate made it all the way to the end.  Mine petered out with less than one percent in Iowa.  I'm such a Doddball.

(I support Obama now, but saying my guy won is kinda like saying Italy won World War Two after switching sides...)

[Lief]

This really is historic. This is the first time in the history of the western world that a non-white has had at least a 50-50 shot at being the leader of a western nation. The first time that a member of a race that was once enslaved and then discriminated against has a chance to lead a nation.

There have been black Governors-General of Canada....

For the purposes of making sweeping historical observations, I chose to ignore that.