Comments on: Obama’s Tightrope http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2007/07/06/obamas-tightrope/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:24:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: skepticalbrotha http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2007/07/06/obamas-tightrope/comment-page-1/#comment-67993 Fri, 06 Jul 2007 19:38:37 +0000 http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2007/07/06/obamas-tightrope/#comment-67993 Vivian,

If we’re not careful, the tightrope Obama’s walking will be transformed into a noose for the rest of us when he inevitably falls off.

]]> By: Anon E. Mouse http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2007/07/06/obamas-tightrope/comment-page-1/#comment-67990 Fri, 06 Jul 2007 19:29:32 +0000 http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2007/07/06/obamas-tightrope/#comment-67990 While I don’t think Obama is qualified — YET — it may be that before we can have a Black president we must first have an Obama — half Black and half White — to bridge the gap, to let us take that half-step first.

I’ll tell you the truth, when Sharon Pratt Dixon first announced her candidacy for Mayor of DC, I though, “There is no way they’re going to elect a White woman.” On the flip side, perhaps many people were willing to vote for Doug Wilder because he did not look so very BLACK. (I voted for him myself, and I still think he was one of the best governors we’ve had in a long time. I think he really screwed up running against Robb for the Senate nomination; he should have waited to run against John Warner two years later — no-one would have contested his nomination then.)

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