I voted for him for the same reason white people voted for him.

Do you have any evidence that you have graduated an institution of higher learning? Can you please provide documentation that supports the notion that you've received a professional education? Just curious...

How do you know this? Are you a mind reader? Tell me, why did I vote for Barack Obama? Menace couldn't answer, can you?

that's exactly what he asked you and you just answered "the same reason white people voted for him"

i think those videos i posted show why a lot of black people voted obama, you didn't really say anything about that though

A stupid question warrants a stupid answer.

In both those videos I counted a total number of five Black people being interviewed.

Five as in the number 5.

Do you know how many Blacks are currently living in the United States? Over forty million. So the reality is you DON'T know their reasons for voting. You only know the opinions of a few.

Since you know why blacks voted for Obama, I would like you to read my mind and tell me why I voted for Obama. I already have the answer in my head, and I'm not saying what it is until you read my mind and tell me.

well i didn't say all blacks

fair enough not every single black person in america were in those videos, it does show some black people's reasons for voting for him though, but yeah not every single black person was in the video

If you didn't vote for him for those reasons, I guarantee that many (if not most) people did.

But to address the real issue here, your question is invalid. The question you ask has no meaning and serves no point. It only mimics coherent argument. It's an unintelligible psuedo-counter point. The strategy that you are employing beckons attention. The question you are asking here puts you in a false position of power in the debate. You expect that if we can't give a correct answer to your impossible question, then you have won. But that is simply mistaken, and artificial as an argument. You're trying to manufacture a point out of unintelligible rhetoric.

So the point is, your question has no legitimate point. And that is also my final answer.

You claim to know the reason why blacks vote for Obama. So you should be able to tell me why I voted for Obama. Simple as that.

WRONG!

WRONG!

That's much better. It could, in fact, be many things.

Don't forget what you said, It could be many things. That's the point. You don't know why black people voted for Obama. You may know a few here and a few there, but you don't have a grasp of knowledge on the reasoning of the entire black vote on a collective scale, that's poppycock.

Pretend I am a judge. I want you to prove to me without reasonable doubt that many (if not most) Blacks voted for Obama because of his skin color. Prove it to me. With facts. Not with what you think in your head, but with actual grounded evidence. Until you can prove that, unfortunately you got nothing.

I know, and so is yours. That's the point. You can't answer why I voted for Obama just as much as you can't answer why the black populace voted for Obama. You have preconceived notions in your head that thwart your judgement. You aren't thinking on a practical level, you're simply thinking from your intuition, and that don't cut it.

Hardly. What it actually does is put the argument in a stalemate position. You can't prove why the collective Blacks voted for Obama just as you cannot prove why a solitary black voted for him. That's the point I'm trying to convey. You aren't thinking with your brain, you're thinking with your heart -- with feelings. That false position of power is really your argument crumbling under your feet.

You, like other posters, have EXCLUSIVELY laid claim that the greater population of Blacks voted for Obama based on the color of his skin. Naturally, I would need direct proof of such a claim to support the validity of your statement, but so far no one has presented anything to me. So in response, I posed a question just as idiotic as your statement, so that HOPEFULLY you would see how foolish it is to claim you know why a man voted for another man, simply because he is of a particular color.

If you took a minute to calm down and see the humor in my post you would understand that I'm doing that on purpose, to show you how simple minded YOUR statement was. Hahaha, you just don't get it, do you?

You are right. My question has the same amount of legitimacy as your statement about why Blacks voted for Obama. They are both silly.

The only evidence that could be given is a poll or I go interview every individual out there. But this is where personal experience comes in. If you choose not to trust it, that is your right.

I could similarly ask, "Do most men prefer thin healthy women?" Well we can generalize that most men probably do. Through experience you could infer that most men do. But I could ask "Do you know what kind of woman I prefer." Of course there is no way of knowing. Even if I told you, there is no way you would be able to know if I was telling the truth, especially given the nature of the concerned questioning. But does my response negate the general conclusion?

So why then did you vote for him, and why did white people vote for him?

I find it funny that you are giving me the option whether or not to trust evidence that you haven't even presented yet. How about you stop worrying about whether I will "trust" it or not, and just post your evidence? You are starting to think because at least now you are acknowledging that you need some type of poll so you can AT LEAST have a circumstantial indicator as to what Blacks think in their respectable demographic.

If I was white, you wouldn't say I voted for Obama because he was black, would you? If I was Mexican, you wouldn't say that? So why generalize? YOU DON'T KNOW. Stop trying to make excuses as to why you know. You don't. Anyone can see that you don't.

That's more like it. You can generalize a conclusion but you can't walk around with a cape on professing that the you know the majority of blacks voted for him because he was black. You are generalizing. So don't say things like, "I guarantee", or "I know", because guess what? You don't know.

Does that make sense?

I think that him being black could have had some small role, but i am sure people were not blind going into the polls. many were probably more inclined to listen to him initially because he was black but later found out his policies and than decided to vote for him. <<not a fact just a thought

Also,

So why then did you vote for him, and why did white people vote for him?

I'm not telling you to post your experiences, I'm telling you to find some polls for outside credibility.

That's simply not true. Polls, by definition, are surveys of public opinion, meaning more than just you. Your personal experience only counts for one person, you. A poll can reflect the thoughts of tens and even hundreds and sometimes thousands of people. You can't gain public opinion from one man. Even if you do attend KU.

Nope. That's not all that you were doing. You guaranteed me that the majority of blacks voted for Obama because he was black. I can provide evidence of that. Do you know what guarantee means?

How was the general conclusion reached in the first place is the important question. A poll? Or your personal experience?

You said you know that most blacks voted for Obama because he is black. Why are you asking me if you already know? You do know, don't you?

Surely not because he was black.

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It is you who assumed that I think I know, because it would be the only soft spot that you could sink your teeth into. But that is all your fabrication in hopes of finding a softspot.

That's a contradiction any way you look at it.

Nope, you assumed too quick and I called you out on it before you could retract your statement.