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p>I should think we're entitled to a reasonable estimate of costs to be incurred before we vote. br> -- Rick Salant br> Thousand Oaks, California /p>

I am a liberal and I will gladly debate you or any other white person on race. Use facts and it's a debate you cannot win. You will never get a free pass for slavery, or the various other types of European-based racism practiced over generations in this country and around the world. The very fact that Obama had to make a race speech is proof America is an absurdly racist country. I don't remember any Bush having to "bring the nation together" when Atwater slapped us in the face with Willie Horton. I don't remember any white man having to make a speech to apologize for Jessie Helms in Washington, Strom Thurmond in the Senate, or affiliations of Bob Jones University or any of the other incredibly arrogant, insensitive and yes racist things white men in power do every day.

p>I'm not even a highly paid pundit, Mr. Bethell. I am a college-educated African American woman who has experienced white racism on at least ten different occasions in my lifetime because I live in America, one of the most racist countries in the world. So yes, I will happily debate you any day on race and I assure you, you will lose. br> -- Ann Crute br> Brooklyn, New York /p>

Obama made clear in his Philadelphia speech that he wants to be president of an African America. For example, he acknowledged that some whites suffered from Affirmative Action, but said they should blame big corporations for it, not blacks. How bizarre a conclusion unless Obama is focused on justifying black advantage!

p>Obama also revealed a serious character flaw. He criticized his grandmother to a national audience. He criticized her again yesterday. And the purpose of the criticism was to bolster his view that whites are suppressing blacks. br> -- Rod Hug

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