(Akiit.com) A conversation made her mind up…

I am a black Republican. I have a confession to make. I am an Obama “girl.” Most black Republicans who support John McCain won’t tell you this — but if Barack Obama is the nominee for the Democratic ticket, they will go into the voting booth in November and vote for Obama.

In 2005, when I was in Chicago on business, I attended NFL Hall of Famer Richard Dent’s annual foundation fundraiser. My business associate, also a Republican and former executive director of the Massachusetts Republican Party, said he wanted me to meet a friend of his who was going places.

His friend was Sen. Barack Obama. All I knew about this light-skinned, cute boyish face-looking, kind of tall, lanky man was his great speech at the Democratic national convention and his position against the war in Iraq.

When we met, I identified myself as a Republican and began to discuss with him the work I did around the world on behalf of our government. I also told him I served President Bush as an appointee and had known him since 1998.

Obama nodded, taking it all in. He asked a few questions about my international experience. He asked me to be in touch with his office. When we finished talking, I walked away like a fan who met her favorite rock star after a concert. Giggly, I said to myself: “Yes, he is in the wrong party, but wouldn’t that be great if he ran for president someday?”

Watching Obama run for the presidency from the other side has been hard for me. I support most of the Republican platform. However, the most difficult thing for me has been to watch this black man fight to prove his legitimacy to become president of the United States.

It is often very emotional for me. When he is attacked racially, I think of the times my father, grandfather and other close black men have been attacked, and I take it personally. When he first struggled through his explanation about his relationship with the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., I felt the emotion. I knew this would not be good enough for white America. He always has to balance his blackness, and this is hard. Obama, like many of us, still has to go above and beyond to prove himself.
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(Akiit.com) Lately I have been noticing a few dark spots on my face… As one know with age the body changes literally… Will have to search for some skin lightening products, as us men need to take care of ourselves… I for one like looking my best, yet still I know my wife will love me no matter what… Well the game shall be coming on soon, so let me surf for alittle while…

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(Akiit.com) Clinton and Obama’s divvy up of North Carolina and Indiana between them further deepens the two perils the Democrats face. One is that neither heavy hitter can deliver the knockout punch that the Democrats desperately need to get on with the business of mounting a united front against McCain. The other is the much talked and much worried about peril of a divided party and what that means.

There are two big reasons that preordained that the Democrats would find themselves in this muddled, confused and frustrating danger. The Democrat’s winner-not-take-all proportional delegate system and the system of super delegates that they dumped onto the primaries was a prescription for disaster. The idea behind this was to bring democracy with a small d to the vote process and snatch the decision about who gets the big prize out of deal making party bosses at the national convention. This supposedly would insure a smooth oiled, happy faced, party convention, and a coronation for the party’s pick.

The result has been just the opposite. The fractious, contentious, and much too long drawn out battle between Clinton and Obama has ploughed open a split among the Democrats that goes beyond the standard cheering that voters give to their favorite candidate. This split has exposed fundamental class, race and even personality differences between the Democrats.

Blacks, young, college educated voters, and young women in near record numbers back Obama. Latinos, blue collar whites, Jews and older women heavily back Clinton. The Democrats can’t win without these groups hitting the polls in big numbers. They also have to hit the polls with passion and zeal.

In every election back to Lyndon Baines Johnson’s smash victory over Barry Goldwater in 1964, blacks have been the most loyal foot soldiers for the Democrats. With the surge in Latino voting numbers in the past two decades, Latinos are now just as important to the Democrats and have been nearly as loyal to them as blacks.

African-American voters have virtually turned their support of Obama into a messianic crusade. If Clinton ultimately gets the nod, the usual eighty to ninety percent of black voters that back Democratic presidential candidates, no matter who the candidate is, will back her. But they won’t back her with anywhere near the same fervor and worse for the Democrats with the same massive numbers that they would Obama. And many say so. They grumble loudly that if it’s Clinton they’ll vote for McCain or stay home. That’s not an idol threat. In exit polls, nearly one fourth of Obama supporters say that if their guy doesn’t get it they’ll vote for McCain or sit it out.
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(Akiit.com) Being a webmaster by trade I have seen the internet become a haven for many businesses… One is able to take an offline operation and literally start making money online… In some cases many companies have expanded and are known globally now… Wish when I first got started there was a cpm program for me as it would have saved me from many headaches, etc… What I’m saying know longer can one be so narrow minded as the world wide wide is allowing one to reach beyond what the eyes can see… Well I must get back to work now…

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(Akiit.com) Well it’s a special occasion as I will be spending some quality time with the one who gave me life… Yes all need to take the time to wish thy mom a Happy Mother’s Day… I for one love spoiling, and being able to lavish such a great woman with love and gifts… On that note, I know she would love Johnston and Murphy leather luggage along with a new PDA… Oh well, let me do alittle shopping online, before heading out the door…

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