I don’t know where that “white fat slob” comes from, though!!! George Bush may be a stupid rich white man, former alcoholic, whose family wealth and power helped him to come to his own power, but you can not call him a fat slob. He is in a fabulous physical shape for his age thanks to his cycling and hiking. Bill Clinton was very handsome at his presidency, George Bush Sr. wasn’t fat at all. Ronald Reagan was a movie star, Gerald Ford was a former football player. Richard Nixon was quite a character and ugly bastard, but he wasn’t fat. Lyndon Johnson wasn’t fat, neither was John Kennedy. As the matter of fact President Kennedy was a SMOKING HOT IRISH MAN!!! I can not think of any of the previous US presidents who were morbidly obese. Some of them were older, some of them were younger, some of them were more competent than the others, but never FAT! Some VPs are fat -Al Gore and Dick Cheney are two white fat slobs, but not Bill Clinton and George Bush. Presidents undergo a very thorough medical examination to ensure that he doesn’t have life threatening conditions, which will jeopardize his stay in office. Be real, people.

We all have racial tendencies. That is inherent in our genetics and there is nothing wrong with it. There’s nothing wrong with acknowledging the differences between one person and another – we certainly distinguish ourselves in many other ways:

I’m fast, you’re slow
I’m good at math, you’re good at language
I can’t draw, you can draw
I am white, you are black

What is wrong is using what make us different as a reason for excluding one group the rights and privileges of another group. In this respect, we are all created equal and deserve fair and equitable treatment in all possible dimensions.

Therefore, my definition of a racist is someone that denies the rights of others based on their race. That is wrong. And through time, many people are waking up to the realization that this is in fact wrong.

I know that I have the occasional racial thought in my mind, but I know that these are private matters that should not impede my ability to give people who are different from me all the same rights and privileges I enjoy.

Ideally, we could not distinguish between race. But we can, and this will never change. What will change is that we will no longer see it as fair to deny someone their rights because of race.

But in general, one should not deny anyone their rights in any capacity – I might add. This includes gays, disabled, criminals so on and so forth.

That is the basic premise of a free society.

12-24-08 at 8:31 am
OBAMA’S hot… n our country does’nt need another old fat white guy!!!

Why does race have ANYTHING to do with it?? It’s just as racist to vote for a candidate because he’s black, as it is to not vote for one because he’s black. If you can’t see that, you’re disgustingly ignorant. Racism goes both ways; not being racist means being color blind, not championing the underrepresented minority over the majority.

Those that complain about Obama’s looks, celebrity status, good physique and so on ARE JUST PLAIN JEALOUS.

Let the Obamas have some relaxing time on the beach. More power to them.

dale pflum