Posted on 08/17/2009 9:42:25 AM PDT by AJKauf
Im a little ashamed to admit it, but despite my constant mockery of everything Obama during the presidential campaign (what can I say, Im a partisan hack), I now realize how much I actually bought into some of his absolutely empty hope and change rhetoric.
When Barack Obama said he was a post-racial candidate, I initially believed him. He seemed different from Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, who are incapable of seeing any issue as something other than a conflict between two races. I thought that while his election would be bad for a lot of issues I cared about, it might actually be worth losing on those issues just to move past silly race issues.
Yes, quite naive.
For me, the first indication that Obama was not at all post-racial was finding out what a racist loon his preacher for twenty years was. While I never actually thought Obama hated white people, it was disturbing how easily he tolerated that issue to gain street cred in Chicago. And what should have been obvious is that someone who is that cynical and opportunistic about race issues is going to be even more so when fighting for and wielding more power. Except now he has the entire national media with him....
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Where do I get the TWP shirt, this will go great here in Africa!
Racist, cracker, redneck are compliments...just don’t call me a democrat or liberal, now thats a serious insult...I’d have to give you a 70 year olds best bitch slap. Laughing at the name callers causes their heads to explode..its fun to watch.....
MOCK and RIDICULE
anyone you’re talking to
that pulls the race card.
You know what I wonder wbill? If he's neutered only after 6 or 7 months--are the dems going to sit around for 3 and a half years while he lame-duck flounders in the water? I don't think so.
I'm surprised too--we all expected he would have the (oooh) "Midas Touch"--on the contrary--everything he touches turns to crapola.
Interesting report--Conservatives now outnumber liberals in all 50 states.http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/5260
How can his opponents be racist? He’s as much white as he is black. Are Asians giving him a load of grief?
I told her that in this day and age, with all the race cards being thrown here, there and everywhere for anyone daring to oppose the Obamaloon, that I was just going to have to accept the racist moniker.
I oppose Obama, so I'm a racist. Ok fine. What else ya got you liberal, socialist pieces of @#$%?
Everything is racist.
One thing that was floated here on FR awhile back was that BO gets the boot, Biden serves out the next 2-3 years as a rubber-stamp figurehead, and the party insiders run the show. I could see that happening. Biden would be dumb enough to go along with it, or be convinced that he was "in charge" when it's really not the case....
However, my guess is that Dems lose big in 2010, and any speculation is moot at that point. A neutered president is the Republican's biggest asset, if that happens.
Kinda like it is right now with BO--
"However, my guess is that Dems lose big in 2010, and any speculation is moot at that point. A neutered president is the Republican's biggest asset, if that happens."
Thanks for the reply wbill, I agree, most likely. I hope we can come up with some good candiates for 2010.
He's a micromanager, in a position that isn't a good fit for micromanagement.
There *are* smart operatives in the Democrat camp. Their problem, IMHO, is that BO is too busy stroking his own ego to listen to them.
You may be right...I always think “follow the money” and you’ll find who they take orders from.
The non-teleprompter gaffs: is that the real BHO or is it the wireless device in his ear?
:)
Besides if you take away the race card and their hatred of conservatives, what have dems got? Nothing.
Dems are like teenagers who get pity from friends because their parents are “so mean”. When people grow up they quit relying on “pity” - but not dems. The race card is a “pity me” card. It’s creepy for anyone over the age of 15...
LOL. It *is* hard to talk and listen at the same time.
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