In the Age of Obama, any and all negativity, no matter how slight, is by default racist. Dear Leader has decreed it.

There were millions of people who didn’t vote for Obama. With a sample size that large, it’s pretty much a certainty that race was a factor in at least some people’s votes. Likewise, I’m sure there are some idiots out there who didn’t vote for the Republican ticket because of Palin’s gender. I will, however, choose to continue to believe that racists and sexists are only small, ignorant minorities that will dwindle as the years continue to pass.

Let’s hear from one of those approximately 250,000 people who voted for McCain and for Jay Nixon. What is a plausible argument for crossing party lines on the offices of president and governor? Give us something OTHER than race that explains this ballot splitting. Apparently Go_Fish doesn’t realize that this is what we’re talking about — nobody’s criticizing Obama and being called racist for it, so that comment is out of left field.

As someone who has ran campaigns in rural Missouri, many of these voters are values voters. The vote less on party affiliations and more on who best represents their values. I would venture to guess that these votes had less to do with race and more to do with the fact that President-Elect Obama is very liberal.

Put a conservative African-American like JC Watts or Michael Steele on the ballot and I would bet you would see a different result.

How about the almost 100% Black vote for Obama? Is that not racist?

Ignorance, racism, however you want to label it.

It is embarrassing that Missouri or should ai say, Missourah went red.

It goes both ways and who cares anyways? Watch this for proof http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5p3OB6roAg

To A. Portugal - actually the nearly 100 percent of black people who voted for Obama is certainly not racist. Last I saw Obama took about 92% of the black vote, which isn’t far off from the 90% of the black vote Democratic candidates usually receive. Obama didn’t make blacks more Democratic - he made them more likely to vote.

I grew up in rural Missouri. I have talked to all of my old yodels and they were astonished that i could even fathom voting for a black man. Take a trip to Rural MO sometime. I mean the real sticks and notice that blacks don’t really come out after dark if they live their at all. This is only based on my personal knowledge and the fact that most of my old family and friends are complete racists. That being said the amount of balck people at the polls I noticed having troubles figuring out the ballot was astonishing. Racism is alive and well in every facet!!!

You have got to be kidding me! How about, people just disagreed with his ideas and plans, or maybe they realized how unqualified he is, how about his inexperience or the people he affiliates himself with? I am so sick of the media playing the race card I could just scream!