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Will Obama have to be better because he's black?
CNN ^ | By John Blake

Posted on 01/26/2009 4:53:13 PM PST by ransomnote

"...According to a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll, 53 percent of blacks say the American public will hold Obama to a higher standard than past presidents because he is black. Most whites -- 61 percent -- say Obama's race will not matter in how he will be judged."

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: affirmativeaction; ajntsa; betterthanwhat; bho44; black; blackpresident; obama
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So those of us who object to Obama's decisions will be accused of holding him to a 'higher standard'?
1 posted on 01/26/2009 4:53:13 PM PST by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote
Higher standard - lol.
Come on he wont have to have any standards at all because he is half black. Any criticism will be said to be racists.
2 posted on 01/26/2009 4:57:14 PM PST by svcw (Great selection of gift baskets: http://baskettastic.com/)
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To: ransomnote

No, he’ll have to be better because he is President of the United States and no longer a so-called “community organizer.” He cannot/should not pull that commie crap on the whole country, but save it for Chicago when he leaves office in 2012.


3 posted on 01/26/2009 4:57:20 PM PST by madison10
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To: ransomnote

I’m not expecting much out of him. “Higher standards” are not mandatory nor are they expected from two-bit Chicago, gangsta politicians. I only hold Republicans to higher standards because I expect them to know better.


4 posted on 01/26/2009 4:57:46 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer ("Elections have consequences.")
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To: ransomnote
If there's one thing we can learn from the Lying Left, it's that it is relentless. May we be relentless in truth.
5 posted on 01/26/2009 4:57:47 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (revolution is in the air.)
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To: ransomnote

Well 53% ofthe popular vote was for Obama. So 53% of voters were OK with holding Obama to a lower standard in electing him in the first place.


6 posted on 01/26/2009 4:59:21 PM PST by plain talk
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To: madison10

For the first time in his life, 0bama is going to actually have to DO something constructive and substantive, and be accountable for it. Now, THAT’s “change!”


7 posted on 01/26/2009 4:59:53 PM PST by ScottinVA (Make my world PURRRFECT, Lord Obama!)
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To: ransomnote
Sure. Just like liberals insist we hold the black community to a higher standard because they're black.

Through the looking glass, with CNN.

8 posted on 01/26/2009 5:02:41 PM PST by skeeter
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To: ransomnote

You cannot hold The One (piss be upon him) to standards that proles must abide.


9 posted on 01/26/2009 5:02:59 PM PST by Old Sarge (For the first time in my life, I am ashamed to be an American)
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To: ransomnote

I hold Big Ears to a higher standard because his standards are close to zero.


10 posted on 01/26/2009 5:03:31 PM PST by max americana
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To: madison10

You mean when he leaves office on February 12, 2009 ~ that’s when his popularity percentage reaches ZERO!


11 posted on 01/26/2009 5:07:38 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: ransomnote

If he succeeds (which won’t be that difficult given the 0-gasms by the MSM) it will be because he is black.

If he fails (only something more damaging than Vince Foster, Monica Lewinsky etc. would make this happen) it will most certainly be because of his caucasian half.


12 posted on 01/26/2009 5:08:17 PM PST by boknows
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To: muawiyah

What is it at now?


13 posted on 01/26/2009 5:08:39 PM PST by madison10
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To: madison10

14 posted on 01/26/2009 5:08:45 PM PST by Colonial Warrior (Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear, or a fool from any direction.)
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To: ransomnote

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LOL! No comments allowed...


15 posted on 01/26/2009 5:10:08 PM PST by mrsmith
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To: ransomnote

I returned to household tasks after posting this thread and found myself becoming furious. The man says “I am the one we have been waiting for” and appears amid greek columns for his speeches, uses NLP techniques to imply his the Alpha and OMega, and to top off his god-like promises/pretensions (remember, this is the day the waters start to recede) he ascends the throne upon a $170 million dollar inauguration (during a severe recession) and then the MSN has the GAUL to imply that WE are the ones with lofty expectations!!!!!


16 posted on 01/26/2009 5:10:52 PM PST by ransomnote (Christian, American, Republican....in that order)
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Define what better means when referring to a Marxist, specifically a doofus one like 0. Better compared to who? ...Carter? I don’t think he will make the grade.


17 posted on 01/26/2009 5:11:58 PM PST by pallis
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To: ScottinVA
For the first time in his life, 0bama is going to actually have to DO something constructive and substantive, and be accountable for it. Now, THAT’s “change!”

I think this would be change I could believe in. :)

18 posted on 01/26/2009 5:12:06 PM PST by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (I figure the odds be fifty-fifty I just might have somethin' to say)
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To: ransomnote

No worries...the mainstream (we want Obama to succeed) media are ready to spring into counter-action at the slightest sign of high (how dare you America hold Obama to a high standard) public expectations.


19 posted on 01/26/2009 5:13:31 PM PST by citizencon
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To: ransomnote
So what of Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, O.J. Simpson?

These people have lost their minds.

20 posted on 01/26/2009 5:14:13 PM PST by Northern Yankee (Freedom Needs A Soldier)
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