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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Politics Obama to Letterman: I Was Black Before the Election

Posted by Dan Savage on Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 11:50 AM

As mentioned earlier…

It's exactly what the president should say, of course, it's what the president must say. Anyone with eyes can see that there's a racial element to the anger directed at the president. I mean, 'baggah please. And just because Obama was black before the election and still managed to get elected doesn't mean that racism isn't a problem and that racists don't exist. Remember Obama Waffles? But politically Obama has to avoid the angry-black-man label—which is why he's being baited with racist images and slurs and will go on being baited until sometime after 2012—because it would hurt him with middle-of-the-road white independents who don't want to believe that America has a race problem still.

So our first black president can't call clearly racist insults or acts or motives racist. He needs a crazy ol' cracker like Jimmy Carter to do that for him—and then he needs to go on TV and dismiss and downplay Carter's comments. And Americans are simultaneously upset with Carter because he's right and grateful to the president for letting them—and the country—off the hook.

Crazy.

 

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Of course you are unable to cite even ONE 'clearly racist' statement or insult to back up your racial insecurity and guilt.
No one of note opposing the president's policies said any such thing, no one implied that, and no one is upset about the color of anyone's skin.
But clearly critics of the president are far less enlightened that you, who can read minds and project your 'feelings' into what is ACTUALLY going on, despite no proof in reality land.

The bar is now lowered - disagree with the president on anything and your a (whine) RAYCEYIISSST!!

yawn.

Posted by D on September 22, 2009 at 12:03 PM · Report
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So, the south just doesn't want health care that much more than the rest of the country? Face it. The US still has problems with race. It always has. I wish it weren't true.
Posted by Suburban Porn King on September 22, 2009 at 2:45 PM · Report
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Being against government control of health care does not mean 'against health care'

Now show me again exactly how race factors in to that equation.

Posted by D on September 22, 2009 at 3:32 PM · Report
4
Glen Beck.

That is all.
Posted by atomic on September 22, 2009 at 6:24 PM · Report

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