I was having a conversation today with some of my coworkers about how Mr Obama is winning the hearts & minds of the young people in the United States. He seems likely to become the next president. So i ask the question to some of them today, Who's the white Bahamian who's aspiring, or already in politics who can win the hearts & minds of the youth of the Bahamas the way how Obama is doing?
Someone said Brent Symonette, This i disagree with for my own reasons. But is anyone here who could concur with that person who said Brent Symonette? Brent Symonette can't reach out to poor young Bahamians the way how Obama is reaching out to the poor young Americans in my opinion, he's a multi millionair & not a people's person in my opinion.

I was having a conversation today with some of my coworkers about how Mr Obama is winning the hearts & minds of the young people in the United States. He seems likely to become the next president. So i ask the question to some of them today, Who's the white Bahamian who's aspiring, or already in politics who can win the hearts & minds of the youth of the Bahamas the way how Obama is doing?
Someone said Brent Symonette, This i disagree with for my own reasons. But is anyone here who could concur with that person who said Brent Symonette? Brent Symonette can't reach out to poor young Bahamians the way how Obama is reaching out to the poor young Americans in my opinion, he's a multi millionair & not a people's person in my opinion.
right, and obama's a poor fellow...
first of all, the situation of white bahamians is incomparable to the situation of black americans. Most of them don't need to be reached and touched since due to the history of this place they are closer to the top of the class ladder.
I, for one, am not impressed by Obama, though perhaps he's currently the lesser of three evils among the candidates up there.
here's an interesting little thing from another forum i'm part of. (note that these words are not mine).

10 Reasons Not To Support Obama

1. He will give the appearance of racial equality without working to undo institutional racism and white privilege.

2. He will provide an attempt for whites to salvage their white guilt and claim that they are not racist because they voted for Obama.

3. His position on the Iraq war has been inconsistent especially regarding funding and vague/weak plans for withdrawal. Obama wants a unilateral foreign policy of "spreading American democracy" to every corner of the globe through military power. He supports an increase of defense spending and a 100,000 troop incease in Iraq. Behind private doors he talks like a mix between Cold War hawks and neoconservatives.

http://www.thechicagocouncil.org/dynamic_page.php?id=64

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Our men and women in uniform are performing heroically around the world in some of the most difficult conditions imaginable. But the war in Afghanistan and the ill-advised invasion of Iraq have clearly demonstrated the consequences of underestimating the number of troops required to fight two wars and defend our homeland. That’s why I strongly support the expansion of our ground forces by adding 65,000 soldiers to the Army and 27,000 Marines.

4. His foreign policy advisors are responsible for mass murder and imperialistic interventions. They all have close connections and serve on the same imperialist foreign policy think-tanks and boards as the foreign policy advisors of ultra-hawk John McCain.

5. Most of his political positions remain fundamentally the same as Clinton's.

6. His campaign has drawn in more Wall Street money than any other. He has dozens of corporations registered as lobbyists under his campaign including Lockheed Martin, Wal-Mart, and British Petroleum.

7. His "diplomacy" on Iran aggressively threatens regime change and he introduced the Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2007.

8. He is an unwavering supporter of Israel and its policies.

9. He is basically just another center-left neoliberal. Even proposing further free-market reforms in the already "structurally-adjusted" Africa.
http://www.naacp.org/news/press/2008...nton_Obama.pdf

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To ensure that these goals are achieved as president, I will seek to: expand the African Growth and Opportunity Act, which provides incentives for African countries to build free markets and eases them into the global trading community, and work to ensure that Africa's key exports gain greater access to American markets.

10. His universal healthcare program will not provide universal access to healthcare nor will it create single payer healthcare. It will leave the fundamentals of the insurance system in tact.
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right, and obama's a poor fellow...
first of all, the situation of white bahamians is incomparable to the situation of black americans. Most of them don't need to be reached and touched since due to the history of this place they are closer to the top of the class ladder.
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Lawdy I hate generalisations and this is certainly one. There are just as many poor whites in this country proportionally as there are blacks.

Lawdy I hate generalisations and this is certainly one. There are just as many poor whites in this country proportionally as there are blacks.
i said "most"
i for one am closer to the white shade of the spectrum. Most people won't consider me Bahamian but neway.
All i'm saying is that white bahamians are not particularly an oppressed minority....

i said "most"
i for one am closer to the white shade of the spectrum. Most people won't consider me Bahamian but neway.
All i'm saying is that white bahamians are not particularly an oppressed minority.... Agreed, but Americans are tired of the Bushes & the Clintons, frist it was George Bush senior, then Bill Clinton, then George Bush junior, now Bill want's his wife. Americans want out of that. the country is being staled with these visionless leaders. The same thing is going on with Ingraham & christie. If you see Christie is return as leader of the PLP i can't support them.

Agreed, but Americans are tired of the Bushes & the Clintons, frist it was George Bush senior, then Bill Clinton, then George Bush junior, now Bill want's his wife. Americans want out of that. the country is being staled with these visionless leaders. The same thing is going on with Ingraham & christie. If you see Christie is return as leader of the PLP i can't support them.
true, but putting a different face on the same actions doesn't change the outcome, does it?

true, but putting a different face on the same actions doesn't change the outcome, does it?True.