Black Conservatives displaying their racism in supporting Obama

What all the black conservatives are saying when interviewed for this news item is that they would never vote Democratic - except because Obama is black, they will vote for him. Now if that isn't blatant racism, I don't know what is. They are voting for him, not based on any issues, or any long help political beliefs. They are voting for him BECAUSE he is black.

Black conservative talk show host Armstrong Williams has never voted for a Democrat for president. That could change this year with Barack Obama as the Democratic Party's nominee.

"I don't necessarily like his policies; I don't like much that he advocates, but for the first time in my life, history thrusts me to really seriously think about it," Williams said. "I can honestly say I have no idea who I'm going to pull that lever for in November. And to me, that's incredible."

Just as Obama has touched black Democratic voters, he has engendered conflicting emotions among black Republicans. They revel over the possibility of a black president but wrestle with the thought that the Illinois senator doesn't sit beside them ideologically.

"Among black conservatives," Williams said, "they tell me privately, it would be very hard to vote against him in November."

J.C. Watts, a former Oklahoma congressman who once was part of the GOP House leadership, said he's thinking of voting for Obama.

Likewise, retired Gen. Colin Powell, who became the country's first black secretary of statePresident George W. Bush, said both candidates are qualified and that he will not necessarily vote for the Republican.

Yet Phillips, author of the book "He Talk Like a White Boy," realizes the irony of voting for a candidate based on race to get beyond race.

"We have to not judge him based on his race, but on his desirability as a political candidate," he said. "And based on that, I have a lot of disagreements with him on a lot of issues. I go back and forth."

See a short 100 sec video discussing this topic:
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/index.php?cl=8312849