Team Obama needs to go "bi"

[musiclawyer]

I was an Edwards guy for pure pragmatic reasons-- because I thought he could beat McCrazy. Obama, good guy, kind of risky though in a direct match up against McCain. But I was stunned yesterday when I asked this question to a trusted friend: "Why does everyone refer to Obama as black or african american when in fact he's bi-racial?" My friend responded, "because in America if you are part black you are all black."
It never dawned on me. And then I got to thinking about all the closet bigots who in the voting booth just won't pull the trigger for any black dude, especially in the general election. My friend is a marketing wizard, a real pro. She said, "team Obama needs to go bi-racial, like now, or else....." I'm afraid she's right.

[DJ13]

1. He needs to include this into some of his campaign ads

His Grandparents.

[TheDebbieDee]

4. His Kansas grandparents look like sweet people.

I think I saw a news photo of his Kenyan grandmother a few weeks ago, too!

[Zueda]

6. Not to sound sick or anything...

but I saw a picture of his Kansan grandmother when she was young and boy let me tell ya!

[mrreowwr_kittty]

2. There's still a lot of bigotry around "mixing the races" too

Defining himself as bi-racial might foment that, and evoke the meme of "they'll steal our white wimmenz!"

Besides, people tend to be identified as the ethnicity that's most physically obvious. Anyone not knowing Barack's heritage would describe him as a black man on sight.

[KittyWampus]

8. once upon a time an catholic and protestant marriage was 'mixed'. I am a bit over 40

and it just seems so odd.

[RB TexLa]

3. Early in the primary I had a funny dicussion over that with a friend

She's black and when I said I was voting for Richardson she said "Isn't he half hispanic?" To which I said "he's also half white, he's as white as Obama." She just said "Damn never thought of someone being as white as Obama."

[lvx35]

5. its a part of his appeal. You're right.

Obama comes across to me like he good be a bridge builder between races, a healer of the divides preceisely because of his bi-racial status.

[Middle finga]

7. And you know I've learned recently that Closet Racist doesn't just

reside in the republican party.

[Lex]

9. and unfortunately therein lies the actual problem

with him winning in the GE

[Middle finga]

12. Yep those are my thoughts also, once I saw dems, who I thought were

color blind and the party of diversity, voting along color lines I knew then Baracks chances were slim to none.

[VP505]

10. Why does Obama

need to be anything other than an AMERICAN?

[Lex]

11. Ideally of course he doesn't need to be anything else.

Ideally.