This reminds me of the first [and only] Obama supporter whom called my home last month - in the middle of the day, so it was obvious that housewives were being targeted; the perky White student got my Uncle instead; he gave her a tongue lashing that I am certain her own father had never felt inclined to give her.

After listening to my Uncle, she was near tears as she squeaked her shock and disbelief at finding such overt racism in New York City - then hung up. The call lasted all of 5 minutes.

Meh, Hillary's telefone pollsters are of stronger stuff - I debated one for about a half hour before she hung up - a female nigger; her breaking point was when I stated that America needed a viable third party to combat the Democrats and Republicans.

She became vehement over that and angrily stated that Americans would never be allowed such a party as I had described; then she hung up on me.

updated 3:04 a.m. ET, Tues., May. 13, 2008

WASHINGTON - Danielle Ross was alone in an empty room at the Obama campaign headquarters in Kokomo, Ind., a cellphone in one hand, a voter call list in the other. She was stretched out on the carpeted floor wearing laceless sky-blue Converses, stories from the trail on her mind.

It was the day before Indiana's primary, and she had just been chased by dogs while canvassing in a Kokomo suburb.

But that was not the worst thing to occur since she postponed her sophomore year at Middle Tennessee State University, in part to hopscotch America stumping for Barack Obama.

Here's the worst: In Muncie, a factory town in the east-central part of Indiana, Ross and her cohorts were soliciting support for Obama at malls, on street corners and in a Wal-Mart parking lot, and they ran into "a horrible response," as Ross put it, a level of anti-black sentiment that none of them had anticipated.

"The first person I encountered was like, 'I'll never vote for a black person,' " recalled Ross, who is white and just turned 20. "People just weren't receptive."

For all the hope and excitement Obama's candidacy is generating, some of his field workers, phone-bank volunteers and campaign surrogates are encountering a raw racism and hostility that have gone largely unnoticed -- and unreported -- this election season. Doors have been slammed in their faces. They've been called racially derogatory names (including the white volunteers).

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24588813/