Are you an African American voter who DID NOT vote for Obama? If so, why?

I did vote for Obama, but would like to say as an addendum to braudboy's comment:

I do know some Blacks that didn't vote for Obama, most of them felt the same as F. Kenneth Taylor. That is probably the most common response you'll get. In a nutshell, politicians are politicians and they trust none of them. So all of his context was all politic talk, his ideals were politically driven, and he's no different than the rest of them. That's fair.

I know a couple of Blacks that didn't vote for Obama simply because they are Republicans and always vote straight ticket Republican. Which, in my opinion, is little different than voting for race, but that's an issue I'll save for my own hub.

What I'd like to see, something I've yet to see, is a Black person that voted against Obama because they thought the McCain/Palin ticket was better. No one seems to address that. It's always who voted "against Obama", but never who voted "for McCain". Ever notice that?

I hope people didn't base their vote based on the color of President Obama's skin. I'm glad that we have gotten so far to have a black president and I have personally met President Obama twice when he was running for senate, he's a good man. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said it correctly, "I have a dream that my children will not be judged by the color of their skin but my the content of their character."

I hope that people can apply that same logic to voting too. President Obama, in my opinion, was the better candidate, but I voted for Hillary in the primaries, but it had nothing to do with any loyalties with her being a white woman. I voted for her because of her health care policy.

Maybe I can answer this for any African American who didn't vote for Obama... they didn't think he was the better candidate or undoubtedly there was something they just didn't like about him.

My daughter is. She says he has a sneaky face and smokers lips! I tell them, you don't know me-- I am not your average black woman! She is dictating to me!!! Just because you are a certain color does not mean you are uneducated!

Many people think that Blacks who didn't vote for Obama simply don't like him or thought he wasn't the best candidate. . .That's such a "shallow" thought, when there's more important reasons NOT to vote for a candidate. The reason I didn't vote for Pres. Obama has nothing to do with him or the fact he's black - For reasons I won't mention here (you probably wouldn't believe me anyway). . .I simply don't trust the American political structure, or judicial & voting systems.

MiMi, you aren't the only one. I didn't vote for him (not only because I did not believe he would honestly NEED MY VOTE to secure the presidency and I was not in agreement with some of his views), but because I never intended to when he was just a running candidate. I usually stick to my guns, no matter what. I will say this though: I did NOT give my vote to any of his white counterparts (and YES I did vote), but that wasn't because they were white.

mimi- its notthat you didint vote for Obama by why in the helll would you vote for Mccain or palin? They offereed nothing to blacks, or young people. they would have driven us into further wars and depression. Palin is a fool and so is anyone who vote for her.