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Hollywood's Take On Black Presidents and Female VPs

September 5th, 2008 9:00am EDT Post a comment

With the historic 2008 presidential election merely months away, American citizens must weigh every aspect of our candidates to make an informed decision.

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Fri Sep 5 2008 09:52:59 By: marlen7905thnkr (

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DUDE! You are basing what might happen in real life on fiction. Get over it! I personally think that it is awesome that a black man is running for President and that a woman was nominated to run as VP. It sounds like you are nothing but a black-hating, male chauvanistic pig!

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Fri Sep 5 2008 10:38:52 By: BikerChick (

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Marlen7905- I think you missed the whole point of the article. This is what Hollywood has portrayed...I don't see why you think the article is racist and sexist?

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Fri Sep 5 2008 10:41:34 By: 666_Steinbrener (

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Marlen... whoosh... right over your head.

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Fri Sep 5 2008 11:00:45 By: Shenia (

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I think that it was a little racist because everything about this man running for president was pretty much saying no way no how. I underdstand that you are sayin that this was hollywood but you could have ended that on a much positive note. You left the woman on a little bit more positive note than Obamas. And yes I am a woman and do beleive that a woman could be president but be fair about the whole thing. If so =me idiot was reading this they may just go for what you just said and vote because of these stupids reasons that you and hollywood has put out there. Get a life and look at the real issues at hand. And if you don't vote then you have no voice and no voice means no complaining. SO GET OUT THERE AND VOTE COME NOVEMBER!

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Fri Sep 5 2008 14:13:15 By: Agent Smith (

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I actually like Robin Williams' take on the woman president thing... from a standup he did in the mid-80s, he said, "with a woman president there would never be any wars. They'd just make you feel real bad. And every 28 days there would be some intense negotiations.

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Fri Sep 5 2008 16:14:37 By: delinan (

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It is time for change, I would love to see Barack Obama become president of The United States, and a woman VP, why not? George Bush has had his day.

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Fri Sep 5 2008 17:35:25 By: MARCHELLO69 (

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A BLACK PRESIDENT OR A WOMAN VP...AT LEAST IT'S SOMETHING NEW AND DIFFERENT! WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME HOLLYWOOD COULD SAY THAT !?!

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Fri Sep 5 2008 17:37:02 By: Shaggy 2 Dope (

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well lets see hillary has already ran the white house for 8 years. she doesnt need another 8.

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Sat Sep 6 2008 03:14:22 By: sheekdabeast (

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The world would be a better place if Obama wins this election.I pray that he makes it to the white house and maybe change the naem, to the black house..Take a look at him he is just the man for this..he was the dream our fouth father's had about america.Vote for Obama for a positive change american..I wish i could vote for him but am not american and just talking from Ghana.

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Sat Sep 6 2008 03:28:26 By: scoopy1949 (

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The writer forgot "the Man", a later "70's" movie starring James Earl JOnes as the first black US president. It was based on a Irving Wallace nvel (which was better than the film). In the movie,a black man accidently becomes President,deals with racist politicians and family troubles,but finished triumphant. This movie shoyld have included in the discusssion on the fates of fictional black presidents. I don't think the article writer was displaying racist attitudes toward Obama or anyone else.

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Sat Sep 6 2008 13:25:00 By: dancinwet (

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If Bon Jovi is raising money for this idiot, what the hells going to happen next? What the hell are you thinking...

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Sun Sep 7 2008 20:33:50 By: Elephant Party (

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Great article! Nice job of informing the readers of movies that cast blacks in roles as President and females as Pres or VP. The smart readers got the writers message. Obama is definitely not qualified to be President or fill any executive position...very, very inexperienced...gets advice from the likes of the Jeremiah Wright's and other ignorant cronies...Obama supporters are naive as they are taken in by his eloquent, yet shallow speeches. Marlen7905 is an idiot. Vote for McCain - Palin.

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Mon Sep 8 2008 11:11:37 By: MarkS (

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Wow! Where to start. Hey Elephant,how is Marlen an idiot? Her post makes you sound like a mind numbed robot of Rush Limbaugh fame. Are you really against a womens right to be free of government intrusion into her personal affairs? Do you believe in creationism? Are you against stem cell research and the teaching of effective methods of birth control in schools? Do you want to continue a misbegotten war which is killing our children for nothing? Do you not want tax breaks for the middle class? Try to say something intelligent instead of moronic.

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Mon Sep 8 2008 22:31:11 By: Elephant Party (

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Really to MarkS...another dumb blind dude who knows it all as he listens to the hollow words not the deeds of Obama - who has never held a position of responsibility and snuffed cocaine in the youth...read his book moron, if you can comprehend Obama's Islamic world. You MarkS are a baby killer, a non-believer in God's eyes, and a waver of white flags when the going gets tough...must be a mamas-boy. Surrender first policy, yea coward...you don't see Al Queda/Taliban giving-up? Bush has already given tax breaks to the middle class and stimulus checks. We have it better now than in any time in the history of the world...best health care and opportunities for all who strive to attain success. Mark if you are under 18, you need to mature, if you are over 18...you are a naive idiot like Marlen 7905. Obama is a fake...and never fully answers questions or provides a plan of action...cuz he does not have one. Vote McCain-Palin (first woman VP) and be on the winning side...because, the X@@##! you save may be your own. Win the war, attain the desired peace. The Elephant Party.

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Tue Sep 9 2008 09:45:41 By: tiggerandjasper (

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Agent Smith, dang, that's downright hilarious! I think Robin Williams was right on! Ha! Ha!

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Tue Sep 9 2008 09:49:34 By: tiggerandjasper (

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Dear Sheekdabeast, if you think Obama is what the world needs from your perspective in Ghana, then go ahead and extend him an invitation to come to your country and be your president. If you don't live in America, then you have no idea what America needs.

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Tue Sep 9 2008 10:09:26 By: tiggerandjasper (

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Dear Sheekdabeast, let me give you a history lesson. "The White House" is named that because it's PAINTED WHITE! It has nothing to do with the color of the presidents! (Duh!) I'd be interested in knowing about the educational system in Ghana. Do they teach you how to read and write correctly?

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Tue Sep 9 2008 12:22:07 By: MarkS (

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Hey Elephant! Way not to answer in an intelligent manner. All ad hominum attacks! I guess I hit a nerve! I'm well over 18, a marine veteran of the vietnam war. Perhaps in your infinite wisdom you would explain just what will indicate we have "won" this fools war. We started correctly and then took an illegal, immoral, foolish detour that apparently makes the true cowards like you feel safe by feeding our kids lives into it.As to my being a non-believer, what the hell does that have to do with anything other than to a brainwashed idiot like yourself?

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Wed Sep 10 2008 10:15:13 By: pregnant-teens (

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First of all I think that we should all take a look at the issues. None of the candidates have ever been president so they have no real clue of the responsibility. Second which ever candidate is elected the agenda is already written so it does not matter what they say. Third a response to the black president and the woman VP. The black president would be cool if he were able to implement his agenda but he can't. Specifics about this woman VP, she would be cool but where is she getting off by starting her campaign off running on her pregnant 17 years daughters mishaps. She should be trying to send a strong message to other teenage girls that permicuous sex is not to be tolerated; and while parents should not turn their backs on their daughters and young girls should not hide the fact that they are pregnant. They need to be aware of what they are doing and the responsibility that comes with having sex. Me personally as a 16 year old female, I am appauled at Sarah Palin that she would try to pass this off as not a problem. In the school that I attend there are a lot of teen girls that are pregnant. Those girls more than likely will be taking care of those babies by themselves and the tax payers will have to foot the bill. Be careful Sarah young teenage girls are very influential. We do not need a VP that is not thinking we need a VP that is morally sound and aware of the problems we as young women face in the United States. Stop the show this is not hollywood.

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Wed Sep 10 2008 10:17:28 By: Marcus Garvey (

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lol @ pregnant teens

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Wed Sep 10 2008 17:34:04 By: janetkirk (

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I like what Agent Smith wrote..good one...I saw Robin Williams schtick, too.
Whatever happens, gas will go up and I hate to say it but taxes, too. Black or White, Man or Woman, again, this is not a color or gender issue.

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Wed Sep 10 2008 17:42:24 By: Johnsangel (

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Go Obama! We sure as heck don't need another Bush in office and that's exactly what McCain is.

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Thu Sep 11 2008 06:59:53 By: jphylton (

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We don't need a halfbreed Muslim running the big show up on monkey hill.McCain,Palin all the way.

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Thu Sep 11 2008 09:25:23 By: I_B_FRIENDLY (

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McCain/Palin'08...Oh Yeah!

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Thu Sep 11 2008 15:02:04 By: MarkS (

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It is good to see that all the republican backed comments are made by bigoted, homophobic neanderthals that can't make an intelligent case for themselves. If this election is driven by such as you we are all in deep trouble! Personally I believe we are collectively better than that!

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Thu Sep 11 2008 15:06:48 By: alicat2008 (

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You should not stereotype republicans.

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Thu Sep 11 2008 16:11:25 By: just asking (

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take a look at tbhis. is this a political joke or what? is this true. An email from Anchorage Alaska

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Fri Sep 12 2008 06:31:00 By: magnaphy (

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It's so strange that currently, a black person is running for, and has a huge chance of becoming our next President of the whole United States and the most powerful man in the World in the process; but, that things such as Robert F. Kennedy JR. is stating in the following statement from a September 8, 2008 Democracy Now interview are still occurring: "...ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR.: Well, the Republican Party has put in place a system for suppressing the Democratic vote, particularly African American voters, Hispanic voters and American Indian voters. And there's fifty different tricks that are using-of legal mechanisms that now make it very, very difficult for those groups to register, then to vote, and third, to get their votes counted. And they're complex, very sinister, cunning and clever mechanisms that most Americans, almost-most Americans, including most elected officials, don't even know about. But in the end, they're going to end up disenfranchising about three million voters, mainly African American, Hispanic, American Indian, senior citizens and elderly, the hard core of the Democratic Party. And so, we've done-myself and Greg Palast-I've done an analysis, an easy-to-read analysis, which will be published in Rolling Stone, I think in the September 12th issue. I've got to go..."

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Fri Sep 12 2008 13:07:18 By: MarkS (

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Hey alica2008, why not? They have made a living doing exactly that to Democrats. All right, I actually know a couple Republicans that are embarassed by their own party, so I guess that should be noted!

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Fri Sep 12 2008 13:10:18 By: alicat2008 (

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If they are embarassed by being a republican, then they need to switch over to the dumbicrat party

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Fri Sep 12 2008 14:44:11 By: MarkS (

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Another intelligent comment!

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Mon Sep 15 2008 22:24:32 By: magnaphy (

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In my humble opinion, democrats seem to vote from an intelligent, common-sense perspective, while republicans seem to vote out of greed and spite.

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