# CBS says Obama has 95% percent of the black vote in Penn. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 5, 2008, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-says-obama-has-95-percent-of-the-black-vote-in-penn/471183 "2008-11-05T01:36:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-says-obama-has-95-percent-of-the-black-vote-in-penn/471183/21 "2008-11-05T05:10:12Z")
> [@Rapier42](#): > > Putting this here because I imagine it’ll end up here anyway. > > Could this be anything other than racism? Fuck off. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-says-obama-has-95-percent-of-the-black-vote-in-penn/471183/22 "2008-11-05T05:29:54Z")
> [@Rapier42](#): > > Putting this here because I imagine it’ll end up here anyway. > > Could this be anything other than racism? Clearly, because Obama should’ve gotten 100% of the black vote. Self-haters! ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-says-obama-has-95-percent-of-the-black-vote-in-penn/471183/23 "2008-11-05T05:31:24Z")
Wait, what? Did somebody get disappeared? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-says-obama-has-95-percent-of-the-black-vote-in-penn/471183/24 "2008-11-05T05:32:00Z")
Apparently, and my post with him/her/it. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-says-obama-has-95-percent-of-the-black-vote-in-penn/471183/25 "2008-11-05T05:36:09Z")
Yeah, my post too. And I used such a pretty font in it! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-says-obama-has-95-percent-of-the-black-vote-in-penn/471183/26 "2008-11-05T05:40:10Z")
Bah! ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-says-obama-has-95-percent-of-the-black-vote-in-penn/471183/27 "2008-11-05T05:44:59Z")
It was this one. ---
**Author:** ![Merkwurdigliebe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-says-obama-has-95-percent-of-the-black-vote-in-penn/471183/28 "2008-11-05T05:46:48Z")
> [@Rapier42](#): > > Putting this here because I imagine it’ll end up here anyway. > > Could this be anything other than racism? Okay, the people who voted for Obama who didn’t vote for Kerry are racist – you fucking piece of shit. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Jolly\_Roger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-says-obama-has-95-percent-of-the-black-vote-in-penn/471183/29 "2008-11-05T05:49:19Z")
> [@Rapier42](#): > > Putting this here because I imagine it’ll end up here anyway. > > Could this be anything other than racism? You know, just like everyone else _should_, us black folk vote on issues. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-says-obama-has-95-percent-of-the-black-vote-in-penn/471183/30 "2008-11-05T05:52:43Z")
> [@Rapier42](#): > > Could this be anything other than racism? Yes, it could. It could be that his message of reconciliation and service resonated especially poignantly with their demographic. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-says-obama-has-95-percent-of-the-black-vote-in-penn/471183/31 "2008-11-05T05:54:31Z")
> [@Jolly\_Roger](#): > > You know, just like everyone else _should_, us black folk vote on issues. > [@](#): > > Black Voters’ Issues, 2008 Edition: > > 1. Curliness of candidate’s hair > > 2. Possibility of delivering State of The Union Address from the Apollo Theater > > 3. Number of references to homies in Brooklyn/South Central/Selma/South Beach > > 4. Yards Gained From Scrimmage as prep football player 😉 ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-says-obama-has-95-percent-of-the-black-vote-in-penn/471183/32 "2008-11-05T12:52:19Z")
I’m sure that Jesse Jackson was crying last night because he was happy that Obama’s tax plan was going to be enacted. Surely those tears had nothing to do with race. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-says-obama-has-95-percent-of-the-black-vote-in-penn/471183/33 "2008-11-05T12:54:55Z")
> [@jtgain](#): > > I’m sure that Jesse Jackson was crying last night because he was happy that Obama’s tax plan was going to be enacted. Surely those tears had nothing to do with race. Irrelevant to the OP. There are a lot of white people also in amazement and wonder at how far this country has come in our lifetimes. Even McCain mentioned it. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-says-obama-has-95-percent-of-the-black-vote-in-penn/471183/34 "2008-11-05T12:55:31Z")
Crying tears of joy because a black man was elected does not make you racist. It was a nice try, though. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-says-obama-has-95-percent-of-the-black-vote-in-penn/471183/35 "2008-11-05T13:02:50Z")
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**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-says-obama-has-95-percent-of-the-black-vote-in-penn/471183/36 "2008-11-05T13:14:34Z")
> [@Captain\_Carrot](#): > > Crying tears of joy because a black man was elected does not make you racist. It was a nice try, though. Maybe not a “racist” depending on the definition, but crying simply because a black man is elected is not keeping with MLKs dream of a color blind society. I was taught from a young age to make no distinction based on race. None. Should Obama be judged by the color of his skin or by the content of his character? Was Jackson crying because of the content of Obama’s character? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-says-obama-has-95-percent-of-the-black-vote-in-penn/471183/37 "2008-11-05T13:24:02Z")
> [@jtgain](#): > > Maybe not a “racist” depending on the definition, but crying simply because a black man is elected is not keeping with MLKs dream of a color blind society. I was taught from a young age to make no distinction based on race. None. Ah, you see no race. Just like Stephen Colbert. If King were alive today, he also would have failed to notice that Obama was black. > [@](#): > > Should Obama be judged by the color of his skin or by the content of his character? Was Jackson crying because of the content of Obama’s character? What makes you think that such crying constitutes a _judgment_? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-says-obama-has-95-percent-of-the-black-vote-in-penn/471183/38 "2008-11-05T13:46:35Z")
There are only two reasons I can think of why Jesse Jackson might be crying: 1. He thought he should have been President instead of Obama 2. Now that Obama is the President-Elect, he has Secret Service protection, which will make the Reverend’s attempt at castrating Obama really, really hard. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-says-obama-has-95-percent-of-the-black-vote-in-penn/471183/39 "2008-11-05T14:27:38Z")
> [@jtgain](#): > > Maybe not a “racist” depending on the definition, but crying simply because a black man is elected is not keeping with MLKs dream of a color blind society. I was taught from a young age to make no distinction based on race. None. And isn’t it great that we are now moving toward a society in which no distinction is made based on race, as Obama’s election shows? I think that’s something to be proud of. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-says-obama-has-95-percent-of-the-black-vote-in-penn/471183/40 "2008-11-05T14:35:51Z")
When Kennedy ran for president, my parents were giddy with excitement and canvassed for him and voted for him and were incredibly passionate about him. Why? He was a Roman Catholic. So were they. They were thrilled and moved to be included. Was that an “-ism”? Was that a horrible thing for them to do, to want to be part of the American dream that says, “My kid can grow up to be president of the United States of America”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-says-obama-has-95-percent-of-the-black-vote-in-penn/471183.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-says-obama-has-95-percent-of-the-black-vote-in-penn/471183.md?page=3)