Posted on 09/15/2009 3:58:46 PM PDT by hecht
If your answer is no, have we handed the MSM and Obama's supporters a political weapon by allowing them to refer to him as "black"?.
No we should not play the race card.
It doesn’t matter if someone is biracial or not. I think we should judge everyone by the content of their character, and that we should judge public officials by the content of their policies and proposals. I say that we should not judge anyone by the color of their skin, or their ethnicity, or their gender, or anything but their behavior/character/public policies.
0be’s an American African Mulatto who had his granny trucked off.
It would almost be funny if the leftist media was not hitting us over the head with it.
“Obama is Black.” No he is not. Even his African part may be 40% Arab.
Even if he has a suntan, he’s not a “black American” or “African American,” in the sense that is classically used. In other words, he’s not the descendant of Africans brought here against their will and whose families came to this country at least 200 years ago.
He’s the child of a white hippie and an African graduate student, who grew up mostly as a Muslim outside of the US. Tell me how many “African Americans” or “black Americans” share this background.
He’s a poser.
He is half-white, the great-grandson of white slave HOLDERS and African slave TRADERS, not slaves. He was reared by a white mother and his white grandparents. He has nothing in common at all with the American descendant of African slaves.
He’s just an opportunistic politician, but “race” is such a loaded concept in this country that no one would — or could — call him on it.
He plays it from both the top and bottom of the deck.
With all due respect to many posts about the media on here (mine included), I think that, apart from protesting Obama and the Democrats, the rallies made their point about the media very well.
No one who has heard anything about these rallies will be surprised that the media has pretty much censored the story. This will only act to sterngthen the resolve of many on our side.
Yes, more rallies are needed. But most of all, I am focusing my efforts on organizing for ACTION in the next elections. I don’t much care at this point what Charlie Gibson or Chris Matthews has to say. They have demonstrated their bias, and racism, amply enough. I also don’t want conservatives somehow to fall into a trap that would allow them to be labeled as violent or something. Make no mistake - the ONLY way the old media will report on us is if they san spin it in a severely negative way.
So part of me says why bother with them? Just get the word out to more people about what’s happening, and where to go to get resl information.
how much play has cnn given the white kid who got beat up on his school bus. is anyone insisting this is hate crime?
He will whenever it is expedient to do so. Since African is the more obvious race 0 will use it.
We could always say it’s his Commie white side we have a problem with.
The uniform reply to the “race card”, no matter who tries to play, it should be:
“I’m sorry, your Race Card expired last November.
Do you have any other means of argumentation? We accept logic, empirical evidence and appeals to the Founding Fathers.”
Don’t call him on it now, bro. Ever since Obama turned black, my kid turned “native american” — thank you great, great, great, great grandmother. We’re gonna get into medical school in the US after all!
He wouldn't have gotten where he is if he couldn't have ridden in on the coattails of African Americans or black Americans.
I wonder if any of them (other than our black Freepers) realize how they are being used?
Seriously.
It's very frustrating due to the years of setup the Liberals have had branding Republicans/Conservatives as racist it almost goes without saying for some people.
The Joker plays as any card.
If you are charged with racism or you hear the left try to denigrate someone with the charge, fight back with laughter an ridicule. Krauthammer says the charge of racism is the last refuge of a liberal. I agree. I am sick of the charge being used to silence people and I am not going to let someone get away with it in my presence.
Perhaps someone knows some bright and articulate women (both white and black) in our movement who could emerge as ‘spokepersons’ for the conservative cause...play their own game by shooting them down with ‘minorities’.
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