So i was watching MSNBC on election night and i see a guy named Cory Booker come on to talk.

He was asked something to the effect of ...do you think the election of Obama means the country is beyond race, post racial?

This is what he had to say:

“I reject the idea of a post-racial America. I want to luxuriate in the racial deliciousness of our country: the Italian-Americans, the Irish-Americans, the Mexican-Americans. I mean, that’s what makes America great. We are a nation that celebrates racial diversity. We’re not Norway. We’re not South Korea. We are the United States of America. The story of America is bringing such differences together to manifest a united set of ideals, not a united culture, not a united language, not a united religion, but a united set of ideals. That was what made America dramatic when it was founded, the first country of its kind in humanity. So I reject that [the idea of a post-racial America]. I want to celebrate all of America: its richness, its diversity, its deliciousness.”
Mayor Cory Booker, (D) Newark, New Jersey:

I wish i could find the video because it is really quite amazing, Mayor Booker's passion is something to behold. The clarity of his speech is beautiful.

here is something you can watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQofaTe3eEk

As an African American i am pleased to see the inteligence of my people being displayed all over the world rather than just the vulgarity of our adopted gangster culture.

I agree with the gentleman from Newark. Our goal in America is not to be post-racial, it is not to get away from the recognition that I am a black man and that you may be a white person. The goal is to understand that our differences in culture are not walls that divide us. They are experiences to be shared and united towards a common ideal that is the American dream.

I think Mayor Booker has a bright future... look for him to be on capitol hill one day.

I know a lot of you have been watching the news lately, who do you think, regardless of party, is a rising start in politics?

Sarah Palin

the gods wouldnt be so cruel

Just think. She has four years to polish up that resume and study hard!

i hope all the libraries in Alaska burn down, the internet goes down and all iphones are banned in the cold state.

I heard a mayor somewhere in PA on the news this morning, I can't recall his name, but I was impressed with what he had to say and how he was going about dealing with the economic crisis as it is affecting his city.

Unfortunately his situation was bad and Gov. employees above a certain pay grade are having to take pay cuts in their salaries. He lead by taking his pay cut first. I thought that was a fine example of leadership.

This mayor also happened to be an African American.


I don't believe America is post-racial, but I like to think we are making progress everyday.

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter

sounds like change we can believe in.

I not sure one can talk change in America and then turn and point a finger. It's like taking one step forward and three steps backwards.

Electing Sarah Palin to national office... It's like taking one step forward and three steps backwards.

My response depends upon your political outlooks. In the conservative vein, I would have to say John Barrasso, senator from Wy. Quiet, non-confrontational, and elected by over %75 of the voters, or, like it or not, Sarah Palin. In the Liberal vein, I would say definitely not the Rev Wright, nor Ralph Nadar Hard to see one at the moment because Obama has over shone all of them, as it should be.

Well, I wouldn't go as far as electing her as the next President, just saying she probably doesn't deserve to be the laughing stock of America. She did better than most would have done in that position, that deserves some merit in my opinion.

I dont know the Senator from Wyoming btu i just had a thought about who is going to be a great asset in the coming years, John McCain. He may prove to be a maverick after all. He could help pull Obama into the center on some issues and really make a difference

I fear McCain will end up like most failed pres candidates..vis a vis John Kerry, Al Gore, Michael Dukakis....totally irrelevant and grasping wildly for attention. After losing a pres election, most of them are "damaged goods" and virtually ostracized from relevancy in their own party. Same does not necessarily apply to veep candidates

Possibly

I cant say she deserves to be the liberal punching bag. However, she didnt do better than most! Of all the republican options you cannot say with a straight face she did a better job with Katie Couric than Kay Bailey Hutchinson of Texas would have or Mitt Romney would have. Lets be real.

Thats more true for VP candidates. Al Gore wone a nobel prize and an oscar lol. Kerry got re-elected twice. Dukakis... well lol

dukakus was a prez candidate ferro was the v p

first female v p runner

The way I see the Palin thing...I really feel that the situation is caused by fear on the liberal side of her viewpoints and beliefs. If you think the bashing of Palin is bad, it would have been ten times worse if Romney had been the selection, mostly because of his religous beliefs. I look at the attacks the gay right ppl are giving to the Mormon church over the passage of prop 8 in Calif. I think they would pale to the attacks the libs would have mounted if Romney had been involved in the election. The sad thing about it all is that the msm is admittedly liberal, and they have a complete disconnect with anyone who does not share their beliefs, and feel threatened by their mere existence. Many conservatives feel the same way.

More or less, I'm just saying she stuck it out and didn't tuck her tail and run.

It was a fear that a woman of such limited ability could possibly become president.