tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post1678592407369855766..comments2023-10-31T06:20:45.622-05:00Comments on Raving Black Lunatic: Can Hope Go Sour?Big Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02510881583909431416noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-38860191053921687092008-10-16T22:14:00.000-05:002008-10-16T22:14:00.000-05:00I, too, sense a strange disturbance in the Force.-...I, too, sense a strange disturbance in the Force.<BR/><BR/><BR/>--GGGye Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15972251323124084977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-15916348995240360232008-10-16T17:12:00.000-05:002008-10-16T17:12:00.000-05:00"Keep hope alive! Keep hope alive! Keep hope alive..."Keep hope alive! Keep hope alive! Keep hope alive!"<BR/><BR/>Actually, at first I was chalking up your pessimism to probably being a Cubs fan. But seeing that you're a Saints fan works as well.<BR/><BR/>Seriously, though, there's no way you're not going to feel apprehensive. History says this late in the game with this big a lead, Obama has to win. But History has never said anything about having a black president. So, I guess we're going to have to live with this queasy feeling for the next 20 days. At least it will force us all to get out there and vote.boukman70https://www.blogger.com/profile/03136977500437036141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-15162184144541333162008-10-16T09:31:00.000-05:002008-10-16T09:31:00.000-05:00Big Man, the answer is easy. Counting any un hatch...Big Man, the answer is easy. Counting any un hatched eggs could be ireparably devastating.<BR/><BR/>In very trivial terms, it took me yoears to get over the Knicks loss of that playoff game where Reggie Miller had 8 points in the last 18 seconds, and the Knicks subsequently lost the series. It only hurt more than others terrible losses cuz the bank deposit was mentally made.<BR/><BR/>I imagine if you multiply that feeling by infinity, then that is the damage an Obama loss would do.<BR/><BR/>Not to mention I'm still scared as hell about election theft, that might be rationalized by Republicans as "the Bradley Effect" in a way to get away with the fraud.<BR/><BR/>I'm all the way Yogi Berra on this oneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-82248511374728011272008-10-16T08:10:00.000-05:002008-10-16T08:10:00.000-05:00Well you are not alone in your thoughts, I fear th...Well you are not alone in your thoughts, I fear that even though all signs bode well for Obama winning. Its not over until its over. I also am not sure I trust the polls. <BR/><BR/>Though like Macon D, I can see Obama winning just because our country is in such a funk that if it turns out we are royally screwed it will be easy for folks to later plan Obama if he does become president. <BR/><BR/>However like you I do feel like the day after the election regardless of the outcome is a day for Black folks to sit and just cogitate on this year. At 35, I never thought I would see a Black man this close to the White House.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-79331546002714037372008-10-16T03:39:00.000-05:002008-10-16T03:39:00.000-05:00I guess I don't wanna say "it's not just a black t...I guess I don't wanna say "it's not just a black thing," but anyway, this white guy has similar reservations. I too find it hard to believe somehow that Obama could really win. That whatever powers lurk behind the curtain would really turn the whole thing over to him, and in a way, to the new, very different version of America that he and his supporters represent. But then, another part of me, maybe a more cynical part, thinks that those lurking powers will let it happen because America is sinking fast into a major, major mess, and because Obama will end up getting the brunt of the blame for it, as well as the job of trying to clean the mess up. If Obama wins, I think he'll still have his hardest work ahead of him.macon dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07795547197817128339noreply@blogger.com