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Obama: Country Must Fight ‘Impulse to Call Johnny Back for a Job Interview But Not Jamal’
PJ Tatler ^ | 6-26-2015 | Bridget Johnson

Posted on 06/26/2015 2:34:18 PM PDT by Sir Napsalot

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But, the president continued, “I don’t think God wants us to stop there” at just taking flags down.

“Perhaps it causes us to examine what we’re doing to cause some of our children to hate. Perhaps it softens hearts towards those lost young men, tens and tens of thousands caught up in the criminal-justice system and lead us to make sure that that system’s not infected with bias, that we embrace changes in how we train and equip our police so that the bonds of trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve make us all safer and more secure,” he said.

“Maybe we now realize the way a racial bias can infect us even when we don’t realize it so that we’re guarding against not just racial slurs but we’re also guarding against the subtle impulse to call Johnny back for a job interview but not Jamal, so that we search our hearts when we consider laws to make it harder for some of our fellow citizens to vote.”

Obama also resurrected his calls for more gun control, stressing “for too long, we’ve been blind to the unique mayhem that gun violence inflicts upon this nation.”

“The vast majority of Americans, the majority of gun owners want to do something about this. We see that now,” he said. “And I’m convinced that by acknowledging the pain and loss of others, even as we respect the traditions, ways of life that make up this beloved country, by making the moral choice to change, we express God’s grace.”

The president added it would “be a betrayal of everything Reverend Pinckney stood for, I believe, if we allow ourselves to slip into a comfortable silence again.”

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To: Sir Napsalot

What if Johnny is well spoken, well educated; and Jamal is a smart ass?


21 posted on 06/26/2015 2:48:55 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
WHAT IMPACT HAS ODUNGO'S ILLEGAL AMNESTY HAD ON THE BLACK COMMUNITY?????? CRICKETS!

They don't know and don't care, as long as EBT cards work.

22 posted on 06/26/2015 2:49:09 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: Steely Tom

I know that, but he has the GALL to say what he said?


23 posted on 06/26/2015 2:50:03 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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To: Sir Napsalot

How come Barack got the majority of votes, but John and Mitt didn’t?


24 posted on 06/26/2015 2:50:26 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: onedoug
"If ø is against the Confederate flag there yet must be something powerfully positive in its modern imagery."

Excellent point.


25 posted on 06/26/2015 2:50:59 PM PDT by CodeToad (Islam should be outlawed and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: Sir Napsalot

Whenever Obama says “God”, he means “I”.


26 posted on 06/26/2015 2:51:17 PM PDT by oblomov
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To: Mamzelle

“God impulse”, lately also taken up by some SC justices.


27 posted on 06/26/2015 2:53:00 PM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

This was a eulogy? Isn’t a eulogy supposed to be about the deceased, who as a prestigious minister and State Senator didn’t lose out in life.


28 posted on 06/26/2015 3:00:35 PM PDT by grania
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To: Sir Napsalot
It's time for some real education
29 posted on 06/26/2015 3:10:46 PM PDT by Baynative ("I don't know how I got over the hill without getting to the top." - Will Rogers)
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To: Sir Napsalot

He understands Jamal because the president did not get his job by qualification either.


30 posted on 06/26/2015 3:10:53 PM PDT by rey
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To: Sir Napsalot

I can't call Jamal back.

31 posted on 06/26/2015 3:19:14 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie ( A system of government that makes the People subordinate to a committee of nine unelected lawyers)
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To: Sir Napsalot

Racism sucks. Being falsely accused of racism sucks, too. Period.


32 posted on 06/26/2015 3:21:12 PM PDT by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: Sir Napsalot

Wasn’t it a d#mned Jamal that slaughtered an entire family in their home not long ago? Hadn’t the worthless creep worked for that guy? Something like that. Think it’s best if Jamal stays in his own torn up neighborhood.


33 posted on 06/26/2015 3:22:17 PM PDT by bluejean (The lunatics are running the asylum)
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To: rey

Most savvy business owners know that if they hire Jamal, there’s a good probability he’ll be a low-achieving screw-off who cannot then be fired because of “racial discrimination” which will then have the “Just-Us” department all over Mr. business owner’s ass.


34 posted on 06/26/2015 3:24:20 PM PDT by Zman516 (Truth is the new hate speech -- Thought-Criminal #1)
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To: TomServo

Jamal’s self esteem comes from his relationship with his father.

“We” can do nothing about that. “We” already perpetuated Jamal’s miserable self image by paying his equally emotionally damaged mother to whelp fatherless children in exchange for a few moments of feeing special to a man.


35 posted on 06/26/2015 3:24:39 PM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: Sir Napsalot

I thought it was the government’s role to get Jamal a job. Government fail, if Jamal isn’t working.


36 posted on 06/26/2015 3:26:51 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Scrambler Bob

Actually neither will get a call back because Juan got the job off the books for alot less money.


37 posted on 06/26/2015 3:34:24 PM PDT by joshua c (Please dont feed the liberals)
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To: Zman516

“Most savvy business owners know that if they hire Jamal, there’s a good probability he’ll be a low-achieving screw-off who cannot then be fired because of “racial discrimination” which will then have the “Just-Us” department all over Mr. business owner’s ass.”

Right. Like I said, the president identifies with Jamal.


38 posted on 06/26/2015 3:38:54 PM PDT by rey
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To: Sir Napsalot

Black parents need stop handicapping their kids with names like Jamal, Dehawn, Teneshia, etc.


39 posted on 06/26/2015 3:45:33 PM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!",)
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To: grania

>>> This was a eulogy?

Obama can’t help hisself, with national spotlight on him.


40 posted on 06/26/2015 3:47:24 PM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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