The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream Review

Yes...Obama has a whiite Mother. Then why does he continue to call himself "Afro-American"? In my book, there is no room for half Americans. Your either 100% American...or nothing. After all, I don't call myself an English/German/Italian - American. To heck with Political Correctness - in this country we now have "Afro-Americans", Mexican-Americans", "Bosnian-Americans" -etc. etc. Why isn't EVERYONE an AMERICAN? As Teddy Roosevelt said, "There can be no fifty-fifty Americanism in this country. There is room here for only 100% Americanism, only for those who are Americans and nothing else." Nuff said. I take that back...not enough said. Just because McCain is a Republican - does that mean he would've been another Bush? NO! Think of it this way; all Beagles are dogs, but not all dogs are Beagles. Obama is against off-shore drilling, Nuclear Power Plants and even wind powered generators in certain parts of the country. He claims they "distract from the natural beauty of the land." GEEZ! So where is this new-found energy supposed to come from?

I agree with indielovejane, this person is right about McCain, how can anybody think we need four more years of the same we have now or maybe even worse. I don't agree with calling anybody a "racist". In case people forgot Obama has a "white" mother. I don't believe he is just for one race, I believe he is for all people,I know he has my vote.

He WORKED for those schools. He recieved scholarships and took our student loans that he just paid back A YEAR AGO. So don't speak about a man you know nothing about.

McCain? He owns more homes than he knows what to do with. He left his first wife after she was in a horrible car accident, cheated on her more than once and married a rich young blond with old family money. And calls her a cunt in front of reporters. So don't tell ME who is the silver-tongued devil when this people are fine about wanting to vote in a man who voted 95% of the time with Bush over a man like Obama who is at least STRIVING for hope.

I think the people against him are racist. And that's all they have to fall back on is chiding him for trying to make a better life for himself and being young. God forbid a man rises from poverty [and yes, he grew up in it] and makes something out of himself. He got out of college and didn't take a high paying lawyer job.. he went to Chicago to help the people out of work when the plants closed and were shipped over-seas.

Silver-tongued? He knows how to speak. But he certainly isn't the devil. After the past eight years, how can people be so blind to hope and help when it's offered to them?