[thecavemaster]

I would say that I am shocked that you implied that your former friend and your relative were bigots for opposing Obama - only I am not shocked at all. It sounds like your former friend and your relative are both pretty good judges of character.

Ah, Hoot: they both said to their wives and children that they couldn't bring themselves to vote for a black man for President... Had Obama been white, they would have voted for him. Do you understand? They didn't vote for the man because he was black. If good character means calling that something besides bigotry, calling it "the ethics of their time, their formative years" or whatever, then set me free from "good character."