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By: Voices without Votes » Southeast Asia celebrates Obama’s victory

Voices without Votes » Southeast Asia celebrates Obama’s victory — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:52:45 +0000

[...] US embassy in Thailand held a mock elections in Bangkok. Guess who won in the ballots? HaPPi like a HiPPo describes the mood in Bangkok: “In the past [...]

By: ThailandSocial

ThailandSocial — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:30:31 +0000

I am glad to see people in Bangkok getting involved in American politics. The world needs to keep an eye on America!

By: Peter Hall

Peter Hall — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:51:48 +0000

I just hate that too, SB, when people twist your words for their own use without contributing anything! But now I see what fun I’ve been missing out on, and have migrated over to the offending party and feel more purposefully driven after I learned of a poster who claimed there was no such word as “gullible” in the dictionary!

By: SBThailand

SBThailand — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:24:27 +0000

So … somehow Peter Hall, you manage to turn my post around which was a response to your post into me using the race card? Excuse you indeed …

And another thing … you want to fight about Bush? Well honey, you ain’t gonna get that fight from me! I am neither a Rupublican nor a Democrat and I think both parties stink. I did not vote for my first choice for president, but I sure as heck wasn’t going to vote for someone who will try to put their hand in pocket as a small business owner every chance he can.

By: BangkokDan

BangkokDan — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:10:42 +0000

Maybe I don’t trust these exit polls. America’s ethnic groups according to the CIA’s Fact Book (July 2007 estimate)::

- White 79.96%
- Black 12.85%
- Asian 4.43%
- + Amerindians, Alaska natives, native Hawaiians, other Pacific islanders & two or more races

America’d gone McCain with 43% support of 4/5 of the population.

But it was more a vote against Bush than for Obama. Maybe.

BangkokDan

By: ThaiCrisis

ThaiCrisis — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:13:06 +0000

Well … I wish that the Obama Beatitude starts to cool off a little bit.

It’s becoming embarrassing … You should see the circus in Europe …

Anyway. Bravo for this lively reportage in BKK.

Something bothers me. Exit polls CNN:

http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/polls/#USP00p1

% of votes for Obama:

White people: 43%

Black people: 95%

I don’t know what you think, but something looks seriously wrong there …

By: Peter Hall

Peter Hall — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:16:38 +0000

Dis-appointed: Excuse me, but I think the Republicans and McCain represent “same old” crap party and politics. Look where the world is today after 8 years of “same old.” In all sincerity, the race card is always there to be used by whomever for whatever reasons, such as yours, SB.

By: SBThailand

SBThailand — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:45:50 +0000

Actually, he is bi-racial. He stayed above the race-card until it became a benefit to the campaign. I am not saying that he sanctioned using race, but it got used by at least the media in the end. His speech concerning Rev. Wright & the race issue almost got my vote. However, in the end, his policy beliefs and mine aren’t that compatable, so I voted for McCain.

I am very disappointed in my country and my countrymen for going back to the same-old, same-old. We should just leave the color of one’s skin (or the equipment in your pants) out of it and focus on healing our nation with the best possible candidate.

By: BangkokDan

BangkokDan — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:00:48 +0000

How the media play the race is quite disturbing indeed.

Obama’s above race, he’s proven that, but the never ending headlines read: “America’s first black president.” And most images we get to see are blacks celebrating.

Even though the whites and hispanics and blacks and you name them carried him to victory.

Me fears soon blacks will be blamed for everything in the U.S.

And he’s anyway no black man. He’s an African-American mestizo.

BangkokDan

By: SBThailand

SBThailand — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:51:20 +0000

Peter, the victory may have transcended race, but now that is exactly what the victory is becoming all about. My very Republican niece has been called racist several times today based on her skin color and her non-support of a Democrat. Ironic, don’t you think? I am very disappointed in America at this moment. Taking an issue that Obama has made very clear his feelings on and turning his whole victory into a race issue, seems like a slap in the face.

Jesse Jackson crying crocodile tears on CNN after the nasty things he said …