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McCain Tests The Waters Of Race As Campaign Issue

huffingtonpost.com — As several reports have pointed out, McCain's newly announced support for Arizona's anti-affirmative action ballot initiative over the weekend represents a reversal from ten years ago, when he called a similar effort "divisive."

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  • TradeMaster007, on 07/28/2008, -9/+33McCain gets better and better. At the office we found it humorous when we read an article quote " Obama makes large advancement in Germany, while McCain sited at local grocery store." Thanks for the post
    • DavidGX, on 07/29/2008, -1/+8He had to buy a single item, with a coupon and a check, then return it.
    • jabberwolf, on 07/29/2008, -6/+10This is huffington BS.
      Not even sure how this is testing the waters?

      Look Biased by race = racism.
      Affirmative action = biased by race = Racist
      End of story. If schools want to do things right, do it by lack of income and demographics, NOT RACE!

      You can't fight racism by being racist.
      • pintomp3, on 07/29/2008, -8/+4affirmative action is racist? is that why martin luther king started the first program?

        King supported affirmative action-type programs because he never confused the dream with American reality. As he put it, "A society that has done something special against the Negro for hundreds of years must now do something special for the Negro" to compete on a just and equal basis (quoted in Let the Trumpet Sound, by Stephen Oates).

        http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1292
      • twomeyw23334, on 07/29/2008, -3/+9jabberwolf uses definitions of English words = logical
        pintomp3 trying to debunk jabberwolf by saying 'martin luther king agrees with me' = fail

        MLK was also a womanizer, does that make womanizing justifiable?

        And if he truly meant "compete on a just and equal basis" then he couldn't possibly support Affirmative Action.
      • pintomp3, on 07/29/2008, -1/+2logical? those aren't even the definitions of the words. by jabberwolf's definition martin luther king is a racist because recognized the existing inequalities still present in america and supported affirmative action
      • twomeyw23334, on 07/29/2008, -0/+1racism: racial prejudice or discrimination
        racial: Of, relating to, or characteristic of race or races.
        race: a category of humankind that shares certain distinctive physical traits
        discrimination: The act of discriminating.
        The ability or power to see or make fine distinctions; discernment.
        Treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit; partiality or prejudice:

        Is that broken down for you enough pintomp? Or are we supposed to make up new definitions to English words to satisfy your love affair with with MLK? Do you really expect me to turn my brain off and agree with you simply because "welll MLK said...." No wonder you're an Obama supporter, you make a perfect puppet. I bet you think Obama is an absolute perfect human being as well, right? I would love it if he came out against AA, two Gods saying different things, I think your head might explode.
        Here's a tip for future arguments. Try using actual arguments instead of simply referring to what one of your Gods believes. Most other people have a thought process that leads them to their beliefs.
    • eoncire, on 07/29/2008, -5/+1The real McCain.....http://tinyurl.com/bby7q
    • curtisag, on 07/29/2008, -2/+2There's only 4 Huff Post stories on the front page guys, keep spamming.
  • Cryptocracy, on 08/17/2008, -10/+20Mr pandering old-white-man-o-war puppet has no chance. the new flavor puppet will be Obama.
    • FairNUnBalanced, on 07/29/2008, -7/+4Not so fast. Don't underestimate the power of racism and hatred. Obama will have to have more than a +9 point lead in order to squeak by McCain.

      Most racists don't announce their hated to pollsters.
    • zacharytelschow, on 07/29/2008, -0/+1Changing your mind after a decade is pandering? Give me a freaking break.
    • chase001, on 07/29/2008, -0/+1Remember though, if it's close enough to steal the Right will d so like the past two elections.
  • canewediggit, on 07/28/2008, -5/+44i don't think mac wants to go down this road. might look bad if people start talking about how hard he fought the mlk holiday back in the day (it inspired a public enemy song for crying out loud). then again, his campaign can't seem to do anything right so i guess they'll go through with this too.

  • BohicaTwentyTwo, on 07/28/2008, -26/+16"Obama, who has been careful not to define his political identity by his race"

    ORLY?
    • DavidGX, on 07/29/2008, -3/+13Ya rly.
    • WasabiBomb, on 07/29/2008, -2/+1What race would that be, Bohica?
      • BohicaTwentyTwo, on 07/29/2008, -1/+2In a classic Obama moment, he claims to be "All of the Above."

        "I am the son of a black man from Kenya and a white woman from Kansas. I was raised with the help of a white grandfather who survived a Depression to serve in Patton's Army during World War II and a white grandmother who worked on a bomber assembly line at Fort Leavenworth while he was overseas. I've gone to some of the best schools in America and lived in one of the world's poorest nations. I am married to a black American who carries within her the blood of slaves and slaveowners - an inheritance we pass on to our two precious daughters. I have brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, uncles and cousins, of every race and every hue, scattered across three continents, and for as long as I live, I will never forget that in no other country on Earth is my story even possible."
      • WasabiBomb, on 07/29/2008, -1/+1Ah, so because he's presenting himself as being a non-racial candidate, his campaign is based on race. Gotcha.
  • ippey, on 07/28/2008, -6/+21I'm still pro-Obama, but even the people quoted in the article both say that they don't think this was a planned strategy or actually intended it to appeal to white voters. Like even this article says, it's been 10 years. He's allowed to change his mind and adapt to what is being presented to him how he sees fit.

    I'm all for bashing McCain, but only when he really deserves it.
    • macweirdo42, on 07/29/2008, -3/+7What's changed in 10 years is that McCain has learned his place. He's learned that if he's to make it anywhere in the Republican party, he'd better damn well toe the line.
    • ancafm, on 07/29/2008, -2/+2even if this was not a planned strategy, it is a terrible move. look at the logic that is all to easy to stick to McCain now. McCain opposes affirmative action (opposition is widely recognized as a rather "white" issue) --> some conservatives have claimed Obama rose to prominence because of affirmative action --> Obama is black --> McCain opposes black people --> McCain is racist. Even if this logic chain is exaggerated or unfair to McCain its all to easy to make. This was a terrible choice for McCain, and if no one advised him against it within his campaign that was also a terrible decision.
    • jaxcs, on 07/29/2008, -0/+110 years ago, sounds like a long time, but it's really better understood as 2 presidential races ago, when he last ran for president. Unless he can show how and why he developed this change of mind, he is absolutely a flip flopper who is running to the right in the bid for president. One other major change from the earlier bid and this one is his embrace of religion. Eight years ago, he largely rejected religion, this time around, he comes with a pastor.
  • sethorama99, on 07/29/2008, -26/+24Huffingtonpost? BURY
    • pintomp3, on 07/29/2008, -14/+11head in sand? BURY
      • sethorama99, on 07/29/2008, -8/+12Because I realize the Huffington Post is just a clearing house for digg confirmation bias?
      • pintomp3, on 07/29/2008, -3/+6maybe you should try refuting the information instead of shooting the messenger.
      • jabberwolf, on 07/29/2008, -3/+5Huffington dick up your butt? Burried up there?!!

        Sorry this is huffington crap as usual.
    • whytheam, on 07/29/2008, -7/+7I love you
    • zombies187, on 07/29/2008, -1/+1You could at least use a complete sentence.
      • paulmer2003, on 07/29/2008, -1/+2Huffpuff dosn't deserve a full sentence.
  • NegativeDigg, on 07/29/2008, -13/+2FLIP....FLOPPER!! Is this guy serious?
  • smash20, on 07/29/2008, -20/+9***** you, two of my friends died testing the waters of race as a campaign issue.
    • Albumen, on 07/29/2008, -5/+6OK, that's officially over. It was funny the first couple of times but please... let it go.
    • zombies187, on 07/29/2008, -1/+1Never was funny...
  • joe8pack, on 07/29/2008, -9/+15If you liked Bush , you'll love McSame - older, crankier and a richer douche bag by far. I don't think you can find an old white guy with better intentions and more money and less ability to run this country, a lethal package just waiting for an uneducated voter to put him into office.
    • superkendall, on 07/29/2008, -11/+6Bush and McCain are totally separate. Bush in no way tried to control spending, while McCain has sworn off earmarks. Furthermore McCain and Bush have disagreed a LOT over the past few years...
    • Seann7656, on 07/29/2008, -8/+6I'd actually take Bush over McCain
    • twomeyw23334, on 07/29/2008, -3/+2So what makes you better than those trying to equate Obama to Jeremiah Wright?
      Obama actually had a closer relationship with him than McCain to Bush. If your candidate is actually so much better how about demonstrating it by comparing him to the person he is actually running against.
      • FrenchAnarchy, on 07/29/2008, -2/+2Have Rev. Jeremiah Wright's policies been ruining America for the last 8 years? I thought so...
      • twomeyw23334, on 07/29/2008, -0/+1Was Jeremiah Wright president for the last 8 years?
        thought so...
        McCain != Bush
        Obama != Jeremiah Wright
        If you need to equate one of these to get a knee-jerk negative reaction from people about a candidate than you have a damn poor leg to stand on. Although, when your other leg is "change" and "hope," I guess I can see how any arguement, regardless how inaccurate or crappy, would be necessary.
    • r3negadeX, on 08/11/2008, -0/+3What has Obama done to show you that he has a better ability to run this country? Not a McCain supporter, but just curious.
    • joe8pack, on 07/29/2008, -0/+1Talk amongst yourselves, I gotta use the bathroom, be back in a minute.
  • crackberri, on 07/29/2008, -16/+10What happened to “this race is over” ***** earlier today by you Liberal numnuts? Guess you got scared…….
    • gdehms, on 07/29/2008, -4/+7I don't think any Obama supporters think that the race is over yet. There have been upsets before and it would be quite easy for that to happen if Obama supporters stopped .... supporting him. In the polls, although Obama is 9 points ahead (according to CNN), it is quite easy for that to swing the other way.
    • crackberri, on 07/29/2008, -7/+1"Obama-McCain Matchup: Blowout Or Trench Warfare?
      huffingtonpost.com — Pollster.com has at the top of its front page a chart suggesting that the presidential election is all but over." 672 Diggs "supporters"

      Also, I'm shocked the Clinton News Network only "gave" him 9 points......
    • gdehms, on 07/29/2008, -1/+2You're acting like Digg is an accurate representation of the American population. By Obama supporters, I'm not just talking about Digg Obama supporters, I'm talking about all Obama supporters. Getting off the internet generally helps with this understanding.

      Then again, trying to discuss this with a person so clearly biased as yourself is futile so I think I'll just stop here.
    • crackberri, on 07/29/2008, -3/+2Sorry, but I don’t think the 672 Digg supporters were Bush supporters…...

      Additionally, getting off the Internet to obtain my news from CNN while drinking Kool-aid is not my cup of tea.

      Regards,
  • mrinsanity, on 07/29/2008, -7/+3Dayam, cracka!
  • cadmiumpaint, on 07/29/2008, -6/+13McCain remembers a time where he could have called Obama "boy" and it would have been politically correct. Maybe he still lives in that time.
    • freebsdmike, on 07/29/2008, -9/+6I remember a time when anyone could say what they wanted as long as they weren't white, oh wait that time was 5 min ago.
      • Drogoganor, on 07/29/2008, -3/+2bawwwwww
      • cadmiumpaint, on 07/29/2008, -3/+2are you completely ignorant to the history of racism in America? i think so.
      • freebsdmike, on 07/29/2008, -1/+4@cadmiumpaint

        No, I'm not ignorant to the history of racism in America.

        Yes, at one time blacks or wtf ever were discriminated against. However, in this day in age it's completely reversed. People who are white and aren't racist get completely shafted by both their own people and everyone else.

        I'm sorry people were slaves, but seriously get the ***** over it.

        BTW this is coming from someone with a Mexican wife who has a step father that's black. I'm just sick of white people getting ***** over by these laws.
  • AWBoy666, on 07/29/2008, -26/+30Huffington. Buried.
    • AzzidReign, on 07/29/2008, -8/+8Elephant avatar. Buried.
    • AWBoy666, on 07/29/2008, -4/+9You know, that's the best response I've seen yet! Props! (and no negative Digg)

      In any case, you HAVE to love that my comment is at +14/-16. That means that almost half of Digg's population is tired of the Huffington *****! Finally!
      • WasabiBomb, on 07/29/2008, -5/+5... and yet you keep getting dugg down, and we keep getting Huffington Post links on the front page. Strange.
      • bphicke, on 07/29/2008, -4/+4WasabiBomb, it is mostly because of people like MakiMaki that game digg.
      • AWBoy666, on 07/29/2008, -6/+6Wasabi - It's funny......your comment is at -1 while mine is at 0! My conservative comment is now more liked than your crappy liberal one! Huzzah!
      • FrenchAnarchy, on 07/29/2008, -3/+4What exactly makes it *****? Just because it's from the Huffington post? Did you actually read the article?
      • bphicke, on 07/29/2008, -3/+3I don't read the huffington post anymore. They have lost all credibility. I just bury every one I see.
    • zombies187, on 07/29/2008, -1/+2You couldn't just digg the IDENTICAL comment above?
      • AWBoy666, on 07/29/2008, -2/+2It's very important that my followers see my comment :)

        And I did digg the one above. I wanted to emphasize how important it is that this story get buried.

        Thank you to the 26 people who gave my comment a +1!!!!
      • zombies187, on 07/29/2008, -0/+2"It's very important that my followers see my comment :)"
        You mean your boss don't you? Hahaha! You are a for real McCain paid troll! Cool. I wonder if your bosses are aware of diluted the validity of conservative has become with this program? It seems pretty obvious who they are.
  • AzzidReign, on 07/29/2008, -21/+2***** you. Two of my friends died while testing the water of race as a campaign issue.
    • johnnyfistfight, on 07/29/2008, -2/+1I knew them well. Jeebus will watch over them now as the wise old goat herders watches over his goats and fishes.
    • zacharytelschow, on 07/29/2008, -0/+1In Soviet Russia, campaign waters test you.
  • Seann7656, on 07/29/2008, -6/+14It's not flip-flopping, It's Alzheimer's.
  • Brassbud, on 07/29/2008, -6/+10"Obama, who has been careful not to define his political identity by his race...". Did these people even listen to his Berlin speech?
    • WasabiBomb, on 07/29/2008, -3/+3What race would that be, Brassbud?
      • Brassbud, on 07/30/2008, -0/+0the one that makes him "look different" than most other US politicians that have visited Berlin?
    • zacharytelschow, on 07/29/2008, -2/+2People against affirmative action are racists, but when 90% of blacks vote for Obama it isn't racist. Don't worry, the hypocrisy isn't going anywhere.
  • whytheam, on 07/29/2008, -20/+13Martin Luther King Jr. whould not vote for Barack Obama. Especaily because Obama supports affermative-action. Martin Luther King would most likely support Bob Barr, if not him then McCain.
    • pintomp3, on 07/29/2008, -4/+19The exploitation of King's name, the distortion of his teachings for political gain, is an ugly development. The term "affirmative action" did not come into currency until after King's death--but it was King himself, as chair of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, who initiated the first successful national affirmative action campaign: "Operation Breadbasket."

      King supported affirmative action-type programs because he never confused the dream with American reality. As he put it, "A society that has done something special against the Negro for hundreds of years must now do something special for the Negro" to compete on a just and equal basis (quoted in Let the Trumpet Sound, by Stephen Oates).

      http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1292
    • FairNUnBalanced, on 07/29/2008, -0/+1Is this sarcasm? I don't get it.
    • whytheam, on 07/31/2008, -0/+1Martin Luther King Jr. Wanted ALL PEOPLE to have equal opportunities. When you saw a man, he didn't want you to see a Black or White man, he wanted you to see a man.

      I Have a Dream:

      "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."

      "I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together."

      "And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, 'Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!'"
  • jfreeman, on 07/29/2008, -6/+12Why don't they call anti-affirmative action anti-discrimination?
    • darkphenox, on 07/29/2008, -4/+18because some people don't want it to be remembered that affirmative action is still discrimination.
    • bradysdaman, on 07/29/2008, -3/+12good call, the law is extremely outdated and its about time someone took the lead in putting an end to it
    • FairNUnBalanced, on 07/29/2008, -7/+5By the way, that's the exact platform of the modern KKK. FYI.
    • jabberwolf, on 07/29/2008, -5/+8Look Biased by race = racism.
      Affirmative action = biased by race = Racist
      End of story. If schools want to do things right, do it by lack of income and demographics, NOT RACE!
      You can't fight racism by being racist.
      Anti-descrimination would be people against the KKK or something like that.

      Affirmative action is straight color bias period.
    • FairNUnBalanced, on 07/29/2008, -3/+3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Association_ ...

      http://www.davidduke.com/

      Again, the exact platform of the modern KKK. Read it.

      Secondly, Your understanding of affirmative action is either grossly ignorant, or intentionally slanted.
    • thatsmyaibo, on 07/29/2008, -3/+6Affirmative Action is racism at its finest. People fail to realize that. Why should an eligible white student not be allowed into a school just because they have reached a cap number on his race and need more from other races to be labeled as an equal? I think white people are most discriminated against in this day and age. Policies like this and people like Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson are a poison to their respective communities.
      • FrenchAnarchy, on 07/29/2008, -4/+2Wow...
        White people are not the most discrimated against, not even close.
      • FairNUnBalanced, on 07/29/2008, -2/+2"I think white people are most discriminated against in this day and age." --thatsmyaibo

        "I can prove massive racial discrimination against White people in jobs, promotions, education, etc." --David Duke
      • FairNUnBalanced, on 07/29/2008, -2/+2By the way, the "cap number" you use in your example is illegal and simply not how affirmative action works.
      • zombies187, on 07/29/2008, -1/+2Thanks fairnuubalanced, for speaking out. The diggtards have no idea what you are talking about.
      • jfreeman, on 07/30/2008, -1/+1Considering that whites are the only group for which it is acceptable to display open contempt / discrimination towards in today's American society, that's partially true. Consider how whites, as a group, are blamed for many of society's ills in books, magazines, television, and that such ideas are actually treated with honest consideration. Or how "black people cannot be racist." There's an undeniable, pervasive double standard in America today.
    • UnMannedMission, on 07/29/2008, -1/+2It's a bit funny most of you are AA=racism, when you consider that the greatest benefactors of affirmative action has been white women
  • superkendall, on 07/29/2008, -3/+7Well at least McCain came to his senses on this one. It's kind of funny that Digg would promote news that McCain has taken a position that will help him with voters who support the measure, unlike Obama.
  • concept03, on 07/29/2008, -3/+12This is a non-article. Where was the story? This is all sizzle and no steak.
    • zacharytelschow, on 07/29/2008, -0/+2I'd argue the sizzle isn't really there, either.
  • GregFD3S, on 07/29/2008, -11/+3If this guy gets elected, I am moving to Canada.
    • Albumen, on 07/29/2008, -1/+13That's right man! Fight the power by running away from it. Works every time!
    • superkendall, on 07/29/2008, -3/+7Better start packing.
    • bradysdaman, on 07/29/2008, -2/+9good, we all prefer you there
    • akchrs, on 07/29/2008, -0/+5merci beaucoup
    • ancientshoes, on 07/29/2008, -1/+7why wait? get your sorry ass out now and don't let the door hit you on your way out
    • thatsmyaibo, on 07/29/2008, -1/+3You're a true patriot.
  • johnnyfistfight, on 07/29/2008, -14/+16Another diggingtonpost story! Haven't seen one of those in 30 or so seconds.
    • WasabiBomb, on 07/29/2008, -2/+2Another digger complaining that Digg, a newsite in which stories are basically elected by the readers, is getting stories elected by the readers. Haven't seen one of those in ten or so seconds.
  • freebsdmike, on 07/29/2008, -6/+16We need affirmative action like we need aids.
    • Zarokima, on 07/29/2008, -4/+9My grandpa scored highest on the tests and had an exemplary service record, but was denied promotion to fire chief in favor of an average, nothing special, black guy. Affirmative action does nothing but deny jobs to people who deserve them just because they're white. It's racism, plain and simple.
      • TheGuruStud, on 07/29/2008, -1/+6but but but you owe me whitey....

        I'm about ***** tired of that thought pattern and behavior. B/c when they get the job and still fail in life, guess what, they blame it on whitey. They'll never better themselves being spoon fed. It works the same with anything.

        I've seen several students pass at the private college (nearly all white school) I attended, b/c they pulled the race card at the end of the semester when they were failing badly (not to mention continual tardiness and not following instructions, which is instant expulsion if a white kid does it). They didn't even pay the 10s of the Gs that I had to.
        It's ***** like that pisses white people off, then, some ***** hippie and black people call us racist.
      • FrenchAnarchy, on 07/29/2008, -3/+1That's a cooked story, hombre. I read that exact same comment a month or two ago, by a different poster.
      • Zarokima, on 07/29/2008, -1/+2***** you did, FrenchAnarchy. If you really want all the details, I can get them tomorrow (Google, as expected, failed to provide any immediate and linkable source). What I do know off the top of my head is he did eventually make Chief of Training for the Shreveport Fire Department, and upon retirement was replaced by Brian Hollis, the current one.
  • sharternarter, on 07/29/2008, -11/+6Obama will never be president.
  • DivisibleByZero, on 07/29/2008, -2/+7"Regarding the flip-flop, Murdock notes the fact that a full decade has elapsed since McCain's previous position. 'He's changed his mind, and I think he's doing the right thing.'"

    This guy's got a point. It is possible to change your mind about something. Maybe McCain thinks things have changed?

    It is good to challenge Obama on this though. I understand his own reasons for trying not to talk about it, but it is an important issue, so I'd like to hear the guy's thoughts if I'm going to vote for him.
    • WasabiBomb, on 07/29/2008, -0/+1You know, it'd be a lot more believable if he'd changed his mind a while back, instead of while he's running for President against a voter who's perceived as black.
    • zacharytelschow, on 07/29/2008, -1/+1"...so I'd like to hear [Obama's] thoughts if I'm going to vote for him."

      Give it about two months. Regardless of which side of the issue you're on, he'll tell you whatever you want to hear.
      • WasabiBomb, on 07/29/2008, -1/+1Are you sure you want to compare Obama's flipflops to McCain's?
      • zacharytelschow, on 07/29/2008, -1/+1Obama changes his position over what he has claimed are his core principles. McCain has been changing his mind over things of minor importance, sometimes when compared to positions held as long as a decade ago. Where was Obama a decade ago? High school?
      • WasabiBomb, on 07/29/2008, -0/+1So you're willing to admit that the military, and funding thereof, is of minor importance to McCain?
  • lebaige, on 07/29/2008, -6/+9I bet if I made a post that said McCain is an evil racist war mongering devil man who will eat your children and throw you in prison, it would be an instant front page hit. Oh, and war for oil. Ubuntu. Bush nazi. Obama rules.
    • Drogoganor, on 07/29/2008, -5/+3Nobody forces you to be here.
      • jabberwolf, on 07/29/2008, -1/+2And even if you were born a dumbass, doesnt mean you should continue to be.
    • ancientshoes, on 07/29/2008, -2/+2hit the nail on the head
    • jabberwolf, on 07/29/2008, -3/+2You forgot an iphone post too !
    • ricky125, on 07/29/2008, -0/+3Try it.
  • Depthfunction, on 07/29/2008, -8/+10Seeing all of the racist comments that have been made about Obama since the start of his campaign, not only here on Digg but elsewhere on the internet and in the real world has only served to demonstrate just how much we still need affirmative action in this country.

    Obama's presidency will go a long way towards burying a lot of the racism that still exists in this country. Under President Obama, we'll be closer to a time when affirmative action isn't needed, but for now, the truth is that is necessary.
    • twomeyw23334, on 07/29/2008, -2/+4You start out by asserting your disdain for racism, and then attempt to use that to support forced racism. There's no such thing as good racism, you can't make up for racism by mandating opposite racism, that's just ridiculous.
    • superkendall, on 07/29/2008, -2/+3What the hell. Link to one single story on Digg about Obama with a racist comment in the past week.

      People do not care about race in this campaign. They care about ideas.
      • jaxcs, on 07/29/2008, -1/+2Does it have to be this week? How about the Obama sock puppet or T Shirt where he is pictured as a monkey? Does the fact that he is identified as a Muslim have to do solely with the fact that he is name is Obama or does his skin color have something to do with the "confusion".
    • thatsmyaibo, on 07/29/2008, -1/+2I don't think Obama has to win to make that point. It is being made now as he is the front runner for the Democratic party. I just want whoever is qualified and unfortunately neither of them are. We don't need 4 years of a horrible presidency just so this country can make a racial point. I think your thought process on that is completely wrong.
  • DivisibleByZero, on 07/29/2008, -1/+3From the original article:
    "When the Arizona Legislature considered a similar plan 10 years ago, McCain told a Hispanic group that 'rather than engage in divisive ballot initiatives, we must have a dialogue and cooperation and mutual efforts together to provide for every child in America to fulfill their expectations.'"

    Sounds more like he was pandering to hispanic voters in 98 than he is pandering to white voters now.
  • EnderMB, on 07/29/2008, -11/+7Buried for leftist Huffington Post spam.
  • Papajohn56, on 07/29/2008, -6/+12Obama supports Affirmative-Action, that's pretty racist. It's just turned in other directions.
    • pintomp3, on 07/29/2008, -4/+6martin luther king did too. i guess he was a racist also.
      • cadmiumpaint, on 07/29/2008, -2/+3he supported it as a temporary measure...as a bridge. not as a permanent fixture in society.
      • pintomp3, on 07/29/2008, -1/+2right. a couple decades of corrective measures make up for centuries of brutal slavery. the justice system is perfect now and there are no hints of racism. police don't shoot unarmed black men or tase them to death while in police custody. all institutionalized racism has ended.

        /sarcasm
    • Papajohn56, on 07/29/2008, -0/+2affirmitive action is pathetic, people should get in on merit, not color or minority group
  • FairNUnBalanced, on 07/29/2008, -4/+2Sweet. Another of the major talking points of the KKK freebsdmike. Kudos.
  • Spoomeister, on 07/29/2008, -0/+3Misleading headline! I thought he'd dumped Cindy for a black lady in her 30s.
  • RUBourd, on 07/29/2008, -2/+2It's all Dubya's fault.
  • ancientshoes, on 07/29/2008, -3/+5I don't know about you guys, but I don't see anything wrong with qualified white guys getting passed up for a job by an unqualified black guy because of his skin color.
  • nastronomical, on 07/29/2008, -6/+3I don't know about you guys, but I don't see anything wrong with qualified white guys getting passed up for a job by an unqualified black guy because of his skin color.
  • MrXfromPlanetX, on 07/29/2008, -4/+6I'm sick of Huffpo. They had an agenda to get Obama elected even before he got the nomination. How about covering any of the other candidates for a change http://digg.com/elections

    They have this program to sign up to help with news coverage for candidates, so I tried it out. I believe it's called "Off The Bus" or something like that. The only option has been to cover Barack Obama.

    I blame the media for Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul not making it farther in the election process. How much news coverage the media choses to give someone, directly impacts how much support they get. If that wasn't the case, the Republican Party wouldn't have got stuck with McCain.

    NPR is just as bad as Huffpo. Around the time of primaries I did a Google search for both Barack Obama and Dennis Kucinich on NPR "'candidate name' site:npr.org" Kucinich had close to 500 matches and Obama had close to 20000.
    Check out how bad NPR gave the shaft to Ron Paul http://mrxfromplanetx.com/2008/05/17/how-npr-cover ...

    We need to bring back the equal access laws. Michael Powell (Colin Powell's son) got rid of them while he was head of the FCC, http://mrxfromplanetx.com/orwell-rolls-in-his-grav ...

    We also need a law passed saying you can't conduct a poll on candidates and leave particular candidates out of the poll, there for fixing the poll. I also believe opinion polls -- particularly for elections -- need to have every question made public along with the poll. They should not be able to publish results without disclosing exactly what questions they asked to get the results.
    • superkendall, on 07/29/2008, -2/+2We do NOT need censorship through equality laws, despite the overwhelming coverage for Obama. Remember that such overwhelming obvious bias can hurt as much as help, when the voter tires of it...
  • MikeFallopian, on 07/29/2008, -3/+12Racial affirmative action is by design unfair and discriminatory - the fact that Obama still supports it despite claiming to adhere to a "post-racial" worldview is the real problem here. Both candidates should come out with a statement saying that they support affirmative action when it is based on income and socio-economic status, but reject it when it is based on race.
  • jshooter1377, on 07/29/2008, -4/+5My God he is senile!
  • jabberwolf, on 07/29/2008, -6/+5OBAMA is from affirmative action. = Harvard.
    Some lower scoring person got ahead based on race. Not his parents income or demographics.

    He comes from Reverend's wrights Church where people are told they are entitled to more than everyone else based on their great great grandparents struggle. Screw every other race who's parents had a struggle and other races coming to the USA even more recently with much much less. ( Asian immigrants or Latin immigrants with nothing)

    Guess what AFFIRMATIVE ACTION = BIASED BY RACE = RACIST
    You can try to argue the points or intentions but those are the facts. It's racist to the core and is the very definition of racism.
    • WasabiBomb, on 07/29/2008, -1/+2Are you sure you really want to compare Obama's grades to McCain's?
    • Dozernotz, on 07/29/2008, -0/+1HA! I'm not a big fan of affirmative action, but are you really suggesting that Barack Obama got into Harvard Law School because Harvard was trying to meet an affirmative action quota? I mean really? Do you think Harvard Law School has so few black applicants that they need to make "allowances" in order to fill a quota?

      Even if you do believe that he didn't "deserve" to go to Harvard, you might consider that Obama's extremely wealthy and influential family (not to mention his prep-school scholarship) may have had more affect on admissions more than his skin color. If that seems ridiculous to you, I suspect you're not too knowedgeable about the ivy league.
    • FrenchAnarchy, on 07/29/2008, -0/+2You don't how or why Obama got into Harvard, jabberwolf. You're just making ***** up, AGAIN.
  • twigboy, on 07/29/2008, -2/+1But can McCain run Crysis?
  • zelig, on 07/29/2008, -1/+5Yes, McCain should be more like Obama, who has three or four viewpoints on every issue, depending on who he's speaking to at the moment.
  • bacchante, on 07/29/2008, -3/+1I've been waiting for this.

    I am certain that if McCain just started using racial slurs when referring to Obama that he would still win in 2008.
  • runCMD, on 07/29/2008, -4/+2Nothing is more divisive than Obama's support. The statistical lopsidedness of the African American vote is staggering. Speaking out against racist views and bigoted support is something McCain can do with a clear conscience. Obama does not come with a clean slate in that arena. His own published hateful words betray him.
    • FrenchAnarchy, on 07/29/2008, -1/+1You are such a ***** moron. It's so painfully obvious you haven't Obama's book. While I didn't particularly enjoy it, beacuse basically its a glorified PR pamphlet, you can tell Obama went out his way not to say anything offensive.

      As for the African American, I hear this reverse racism argument a lot. The statistical FACT is African Americans support Obama 5% more than they did Kerry in '04. Bigots like yourself surely make up a higher percentage.
      • runCMD, on 07/29/2008, -1/+1lol French Guy. Moron, I am not. I've been tested. ; )

        I can't prove to you that I have it on my iPhone ... I can only tell you that I do. I have listened to it everyday since I bought it. And I have shared it with anyone that will listen in. They are as shocked as I was to hear such a sweet rememberance of a foul youth.

        The reverse racism - as you call it ... I see it as plain bigotry ... is not imagined. I am seeing the line drawn in the sand where I work ... work I socialize ... where I chat.

        You can call me what you like. I am confident in my choices in life. I have looked out at the man Obama and all I feel is shame for the people so easily seduced by his delusion.

        Kerry ? lol. You're really reaching
  • WakeRider, on 07/29/2008, -0/+5I dislike affirmative action. It is racism pure and simple. When someone applies for a job they should get that job because they have qualifications, not their skin color. If a white person is better than a black candidate, hire him. If the black candidate is better, then hire him. If a woman appears better than both of them, then hire her. Hire whoever is the best person suited and qualified for the job regardless of age, race, gender etc, etc. I see from some of the above comments that people are generally of this opinion.

    Just pointing out, affirmative action is what fuels the hate groups. People wonder why we still have neo-nazis and the KKK. They recruit angry and disillusioned white people (people who have missed out on jobs to blacks when the white person clearly had the better qualifications etc). If affirmative action was dropped, you would see a large reduction in the activity of hate groups. You would be destroying one of their main recruitment tools. If you don't believe me, have a look at Stormfront and you will be able to witness this for yourself.
    • Carter313, on 07/29/2008, -1/+2I had never seen stormfront before, that site alone proves that affirmative action is necessary, do you honestly believe that any of the ignorant worthless pieces of nazi subhuman ***** would hire a minority whether they were qualified or not?
  • Nat3r, on 07/29/2008, -1/+3mccains gonna win no matter how much you complain
  • johnnyfistfight, on 07/29/2008, -0/+1Touche! Point taken.
  • vermax, on 07/29/2008, -1/+2poor McCrone, so many possible moron flavors to pander to, so hard to decide which way to rollover
    oh, how low can you go
  • SgtQuackers, on 07/29/2008, -0/+3Has Digg just become a Huffington Post website. Thats all we see on the front page. This has to stop.
  • CrimsonBlur, on 07/29/2008, -1/+4I'm not voting for McCain, but I do think Affirmative-Action laws should be abolished. If that is his stance, it's one thing I can agree with him on.

    Some have mentioned Martin Luther King Jr. He was a great man, but when he was endorsing Affirmative-Action laws, the racial climate in the country was much different. I highly doubt he anticipated it would function as it does now, or that it would even be in place decades later.

    It's not even a racial issue anymore, it's a practical and social one. My guess is if Martin Luther King Jr. was alive today, he would agree with people like Bill Cosby, who basically says the days of blaming "the white man" for keeping black people down in the US are over and Affirmative-Action is just continuing racism in a different form. It's time to move on.
  • kmlove, on 07/29/2008, -0/+3Huffington Post, buried.

    To Kaznth, all politicians suck, none of them really have class, they are all good at kissing ass and then not doing everything they promise, no matter what candidate they are or what party they are from.
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