Black Diaspora~I don't view your earnest iqnuiry as contentious and I appreciate the fact the you would even visit a blog labeled conservative black woman. There are several reasons that I ultimately decided not to vote for Barack Obama in the general election (I did vote for him in the primaries although I was not entirely at peace with that decision). I guess I should explain that my faith in Jesus Christ informs my world view so I'm put off by Sen. Obama's position on life issues not so much that he is pro-choice but he voted 4 times against legislation to prohibit late term abortion and he voted to lift the ban on partial birth abortion and that is extreme.I'm also troubled that he was a part of Jeremiah Wrights church for 20 years -- I'm just not sure how a Christian can listen to black liberation theology for 20 years-- I can bearly sit through an 11:00 service at Union Temple (a popular church in DC which espouses BLT). I am grateful for black activism I just don't think that church is a platform for it. So these are just a few reason that I think he is too liberal for my tastes. Beyond that I have no love for the democratic party. I believe the democratic party delights in keeping black folks uninformed and dependent. The Dems don't give a hoot about our schools, crime, poverty or any of the social blights of Black people they just use us to garner votes and I will not comply. For the record, I'm not crazy about McCain but I don't trust Obama and I don't think that Obama would be the lesser of two evils. and I have posted at least 30 blogs explaining why. I am still a work in progress Black Diaspora, I want to see black folks think critically and not monolithically, I want us to rise up from the bottom of almost ever demographic. Unfortnately, I think our focus misplaced as a people.