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- cagedog, on 10/02/2008, -16/+362That guy's a badass.
- juliehardman, on 10/02/2008, -4/+256I am for Obama myself. I had the most frustrating phone call with my dad last night. I am a 33 year old white male and it is hard to have a political conversation with my father because I don't want to be disrespectful to the man. However he spent a good hour telling me that Obama was a Muslim, he used the Koran, etc, etc. Pretty much all the talking points of Fox News, you know the B.S. station. I had to turn it on him and finally got him to admit that he was not voting for Obama because Obama is black. Then I spoke to my mother and guess what I got the same answer. They are both in their 50s so it really did not surprise me. What did surprise me is that my own father accused me of being a sexist because I would never in a billion years vote for Palin/McCain.
The point to this whole story is I just sent the link to this video to both my parents and asked them to take some time to watch it. I know neither of them will but I had to try. The sad part to all of this is that my dad lives in Florida, and my mother is in Ohio. Both of which are battle ground states, and it means that they probably have friends who think this way too. The old saying goes "birds of a feather flock together."
The only thing I can do is make sure that my two sons who are 12, and 9 realize that the color of ones skin does not make or break who that person is. - sharpfork, on 10/02/2008, -10/+253"there's not a single good reason for any worker - especially any union member - to vote against Barack Obama.
There's only one really bad reason to vote against him: because he's not white." - LooseFur, on 10/02/2008, -14/+240Kudos to Trumka for telling it as it is: only racism stands in the way of the best-qualified candidate to save our country.
Folks, if South Africa could do it, what the hell excuse do we have for not beating racism and apartheid? We're the ones calling ourselves "the policemen of the world" and yet the race issue is still on the table?
This is our last chance to save our country, America. In the worlds of Donald Trump, "DON'T blow it." - toptopics, on 10/02/2008, -12/+167Great speech.. let's all register to vote for Obama and not let some ignorant racist fools decide the fate of America! Let's create history..
- Singulariter, on 10/02/2008, -11/+157This is the passion that true a leader inspires.
- cctoronto05, on 10/02/2008, -8/+154WOW! That was an awesome speech!!
It was like Barack incredible speech on race,
in Philadelphia,
but WITH a sledgehammer!!! :-D - inactive, on 12/08/2008, -8/+114Incredibly powerful speech!
Obama '08! - byrdgang, on 10/02/2008, -14/+114As a black person, I am deeply saddened (not angered, saddened/troubled) by people's refusal to vote for Obama on racist grounds. I won't be voting for Obama myself (I'll be voting for Nader), but I am certainly not voting against Obama (especially because of his race). Vote for someone else for any reason, but please don't do it because he's black.
I am willing to bet quite a few people who say they won't vote for him because they think he's Muslim are really voting against him because he's black. - abajaj2280, on 10/02/2008, -6/+96You ***** tell them!
America needs to get over this race problem, it has absolutely no effect on the performance of a candidate for the presidency. Age, on the other hand does. I don't think McCain's medications allow him to take the call at 3AM. - bunki8, on 10/02/2008, -5/+82As Obama says himself, he's only the excuse. People are busting at the seams to be given a chance to make a difference. When Obama says 'Change' he is not implying that he'll be the only one bring it. Change is what he'll encourage and unleash from the citizens of America.
- MiDNiGHTS, on 10/02/2008, -6/+72It is about the law of the fireman plain and simple. If you are in a burning building and a black fireman comes in to save you, only a nutjob racist would refuse his help. Consider this an economic fire we are in.
- charm803, on 10/02/2008, -2/+57Thank you, Richard Trumka.
Obama would have been labeled the angry black man for making a speech like this, so Obama needs us to educate the voters and challenge them when they say Obama is a Muslim or he doesn't wear his flag pin and more importantly, on the ISSUES! - swraman, on 10/02/2008, -5/+55dude should speak at larger venues, hes amazing
- bonitatortuga, on 10/02/2008, -2/+51AWESOME!!! He needs a national stage to tell it like it is!!!!
- StevenColbert, on 10/02/2008, -3/+51Let's see that guy as a guest on Fox - he'd eat their souls!!!
- bbatsell, on 10/02/2008, -5/+51Logic isn't your strong suit, is it?
The speaker does not, in any way, shape, or form, say that those who vote against Obama are racist, he says that it is terrible to vote against Obama for racist reasons. The two are not even remotely synonymous. - forceuser, on 10/02/2008, -3/+49My father thinks Obama is evil, I need someone to give a speech on that. My father is the person who watches Fox News, quotes Bill O'reilly, thinks Obama is a Muslim, and buys into McCain being a "MAVERICK WAR HERO LEADER YEAHHH". I don't really know what to say to him because there's nothing I really can say to sway 20 years of Fox News brainwashing techniques.
- Sefus, on 10/02/2008, -5/+48Nader? really? ok, but...um. You know he's not gonna win right?
- RedSaber, on 10/02/2008, -7/+48Now that's how us, the rest of the world, see you guys Americans.
Passion, bad ass, theatrical.
Get Obama Elected in November, otherwise the rest of the world will kick your ass! ;) - Tanner, on 10/02/2008, -3/+40Finally someone who is not afraid to talk about race or is fooled into thinking racism has been solved or is not an issue.
- digidelia, on 10/02/2008, -5/+41da bearsss
very nice speech - VinnieDaMac, on 10/02/2008, -3/+38This guy is a hero in my mind. Look, if you don't want to vote Obama, that's your choice, but don't not vote for him because of his skin color.
- MiDNiGHTS, on 10/02/2008, -4/+38He just doesn't want to get taxed fairly for his mountains of cash.
- juliehardman, on 10/02/2008, -0/+34My kids will be just fine and probably better than fine because of their cultural diversity. Unbelievable that people look at the color of skin to make a judgment on them. I know you are one of those "closet racists" that has a lot of black friends at work or you had a lot of black friends in high school and you use places like digg to spout your racist mantras. Stop being such a pussy and do it in public too.
- metaliq, on 10/02/2008, -0/+32Being absolutely wrong is one thing. Being passionate about your incorrectness is just laughable.
- eyepennies, on 10/02/2008, -3/+34A vote for any third-party candidate is a vote for whomever you deem the least desirable of the 2 major party candidates. Think about it.
- writie, on 10/02/2008, -1/+31Even apart from the hidden racism, there is another - more troubling - problem: McCain and Palin are just not fit for the job. They are not a valid plan B. So voting for them is voting against your own best interests.
- DemiRonin, on 10/02/2008, -4/+33Dugg for accurate digg description
- Rhythmicidea, on 10/02/2008, -0/+29You clearly haven't seen Bidens position on gun control.
- WarnerK, on 10/02/2008, -2/+31"Most powerful pro-Obama speech of the year" is a bit of an exaggeration, but it was definitely a good speech. Unfortunately, speeches like these probably do very little to eliminate racism. I suppose we can't just sit here and let it be, though. Good for him.
- GregFD3S, on 10/02/2008, -6/+35This video finally puts the race issue in perspective. Everybody needs to see this video.
- deathfix, on 10/02/2008, -2/+28I can picture him having (and winning) a shouting match with Bill O'reilly.
- voxlisa999, on 10/02/2008, -3/+28IpecacNeat: Newsflash: AA always vote 90% Democratic. They voted for Kerry, Gore, Clinton, etc. What is wrong with you? Besides, he didn't even starting winning them over until almost a 1 1/2 years after he started running. Hillary was always way ahead.
- pintomp3, on 10/02/2008, -7/+31not everyone silly. some are just stupid.
- F0rtysxity, on 10/02/2008, -7/+31Dude, that's Chuck Norris' uncle. Now you can see where Chuck gets it from.
- psysop, on 10/02/2008, -4/+28wow -- first speech of its kind i've seen
- tcr008, on 10/02/2008, -2/+24In a race that CANNOT AFFORD TO BE CLOSE, Nader CANNOT BE AN OPTION.
- charm803, on 10/02/2008, -1/+23It would behoove julie to most DEFINITELY keep her children away from you, that's for sure.
- charm803, on 10/02/2008, -2/+22This man was speaking from an experience he had and it opened his eyes to the reality.
It's offensive that McCain has to inject his POW status while not supporting the troops in every fvcking speech. - MorganMghee, on 10/02/2008, -4/+24You know, (I can't believe I'm saying this) Clinton's speech in FL was pretty darn good too. (for a corporate party speech)
- piratearggghhh, on 10/02/2008, -7/+26He should just tear his shirt off at the end and say "watcha gonna do...when Barack Obama and the AFL-CIO runs wild ...on you!!!???" *flex*
- sharpfork, on 10/02/2008, -0/+19To be fair, when this article was first posted, comment #2 was calling Obama a n***er. I think this post was meant as a response to the now removed comment.
- Rhythmicidea, on 10/02/2008, -0/+18I am not voting because of his race, I am voting because he has inspired a nation. That is the type of leadership we need right now. We need hope in times of despair, we are so used to the Bush administration using its fear policies on us. We need it badly.
- ErickStevenson, on 10/02/2008, -3/+20But the truth is that is why many are not voting for him, I have heard it myself, as much as I don't want to put race into the issue we can't deny that it is one of those things that you just can't remove here in the US. You might not like this guy but he has some valid points.
- jinnie, on 10/02/2008, -2/+19breaking the two-party system was my leading issue, so i decided to vote for nader too... 8 years ago!
the consequences are too high, i can't afford to make a statement that idealistic this nov. 4.
whatever your reason, i ask you to consider the risk of your vote going to mccain/palin. - orelses, on 10/02/2008, -0/+16More than dugg down my friend. Reported. I bet its hard to say n*gger with your tongue that far up Ron Paul's ass.
- ElGubrush, on 10/02/2008, -1/+17try harder
- bbatsell, on 10/02/2008, -2/+18You're right, you can't explain it — because it isn't true.
The speaker is addressing the very real, admitted problem of racism prevalent in labor unions. He literally states that "there's only one really bad reason to vote against [him]", and that is racism. From his perspective, there is no "good reason" to vote against him, but his argument explicitly distinguishes "bad" reasons (again, from his perspective, as a leader of a labor union speaking to his fellow members) to vote against him that do not rise to the level of racism, from that of the "really bad" reason of racism. - eliot2000, on 10/02/2008, -1/+16Don't you hate talking to someone, and after a few minutes, they drop some factoid or opinion that is so bizarre or factually warped that you can immediately tell they're a fox news viewer?
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