And that, dear friends, is what some people are opposed to in this. Slavery is in our past yet whenever a black man or woman gets somewhere its seen as "from slavery to this level". I want an American Indian president so we can say "from massacres to this level" or a Japanese American so we can say "from internment to this level". Or Irish, Chinese, Jews, etc. EVERYONE has a past. Every group has a past. Obama is not every black man and point in fact, he's not even descended from slaves.
I think a lot of those opposed to Obama would be less so if he was treated as a president rather than something akin to a messiah. As a person rather than a symbol of America getting over slavery. We're over it. We've been over it. Yes, it's a point in history that we have a black president but I really (really, really) think people are making too much of a big deal about it. Gruss has every right to be amazed but others are not so impressed. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:50 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dana wrote: > > glad I'm not the only person thinking that > > > > So unreal that slaves helped build the White House and now a black man > lives there as President. > > Amazing. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:285642 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
