Posted on 01/02/2008 4:18:41 PM PST by texanyankee
Bill Clinton is not black.
It seems odd that I would have to make that statement; I have nothing against Bill Clinton, but I do have something against those who, for whatever reason, have convinced themselves that Clinton is not only black, but was also, "The First Black President."
Let's ponder this, shall we? Those people who publicly state that Bill Clinton was the first black president are saying that Bill Clinton has shared in the black experience.
They are saying that members of Bill Clinton's family came over on slave ships with Kunta Kinte.
Bill Clinton rode on the back of buses with Martin and Rosa, and I can almost hear Clinton's reply when asked by his white friends why he didn't use "Whites Only" rest rooms: "Why would I do that," I'm sure he replied, "You know I've got to pee with the Coloreds."
And let's not forget all of the wonderful advances black people made while Clinton was in office.
Although there were some, Clinton wasn't exactly the poster child for black empowerment.
Bill Clinton's 1994 crime bill introduced the "three strikes and you're out law" and stiffened sentences for drug offenders. Also in the crime bill, Clinton told those involved with drug activities in public housing projects they only get one strike because "public housing is a privilege; abuse it and you're out."
The 1994 crime bill contributed to the massive incarceration boom. According to the Department of Justice, under Clinton, the U.S. prison population swelled to nearly 2 million - with blacks being the main victims.
Isn't that something? According to Clinton, "Public housing is a privilege." So now it's a privilege to live in the projects. Well, if it's such a privilege, I'm sure Clinton wouldn't mind living in the projects and accepting welfare along with all of his other black "brothers and sisters."
Speaking of welfare, we all know that Clinton also ended "welfare as we know it" with the passing of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, or the welfare reform law as most call it. However, in doing research, looking at the census reports for the Clinton years, my personal experience working with the welfare-to-work program and reading numerous articles written about welfare reform, I have found that one author put it best when he said, " The booming economy of the 1990s hid the worst impact of this law as former recipients were forced into sub-minimum wage "workfare" jobs in order to get benefits. But the onset of recession as Clinton left office hit workfare workers hard - and welfare "deform" left them with nowhere to turn when the economic bottom fell out."
But that's not all. I can't talk about Bill Clinton's love for his "black race" without mentioning Rwanda. You remember what happened in Rwanda? If you don't, then I suggest you rent the movie "Hotel Rwanda" and be prepared to be thoroughly disgusted.
Bill Clinton not only refused to intervene to save over one million people from being hacked to death, but he even declined to convene his Cabinet to discuss the crisis. According to public documents:
Clinton refused to provide jamming aircraft to block Hutu power radio transmissions that orchestrated the massacres. The $8,500-per-hour cost to the United States was determined by the president's administration be too exorbitant (since 10,000 Rwandans were being killed each day, the cost came to $20 per life).
Eight African nations, fed up with American inaction to stop the butchery, agreed to send in their own intervention force. All they asked from the United States was the use of 50 armored personnel carriers, but the Clinton administration refused to loan them and instead demanded $15 million, leaving the carriers on a runway in Germany while the United Nations scrambled to find the money. And while all this happened, an average of 334 poor black Africans were dying every hour.
So I repeat, Bill Clinton is not black. As a matter of fact, I liken Bill Clinton to pork. He's the "other white meat" that black people have been fooled to believe is better for them, just because he happens to have a little more flavor.
If that. I work with a lot of whiny lefties who have plenty of complaints, yet I know for a fact are not politically active in any way, shape or form...to include actually voting. *Rolleyes*
And yet my state consistently votes to the left. Never by much, but it doesn’t add up, IMHO.
Ol’ Slick is black like Steve Martin.
It is obvious from this thread that many, if not most, don’t know the distinction.
You know I didn't think of it that way but you are absolutely correct.
I know plenty of upstanding black women like the ones in your church group.
However,they DO play a role in contributing to the problem by how they raise their children.Black mothers tend to LOVE their sons and RAISE their daughters.They spoil their “little men”(especially those that are light skinned)and won’t let them grow up and become true men.
Not only that but too many of these good black Christian women buy in hook,line and sinker to the whole materialist culture that Cosby warned about.Many of them do not intellectually challenge their children.
And on more thing-Stop gossiping with your kids like you gossip with your girlfriends.These kids have their own friends-they need a RESPONSIBLE adult in their lives.
I worked for 28 years in a very liberal university. I don’t know if any of them participated in elections except one woman in women’s studies who was my boss one year and what a deceiver she was. She made my life miserable. I had a heart attack that year.
New York State tends to be left in the cities but more to the right in the countryside.
“New York State tends to be left in the cities but more to the right in the countryside.”
That’s true of Wisconsin, too. I live on a farm, ten miles south of Madistan (Madison, which is the Capitol.) It’s filled with lefties, moonbats and freaks of all persuasions...Oh, and is the Seat of Government for our state, LOL!
Those of us out here in Reality live very different lives of those in Madistan or Milwaukee (our Crime Capitol.)
The Madistan crowd are freaks. The Milwaukee crowd are the welfare handout crowd that are owned by the Dems in this state.
What I don’t understand is the upper western part of our state being so blue. But, they have the influence of MN and the Twin Cities, which is a paler version of Madistan.
They are saying that members of Bill Clinton's family came over on slave ships with Kunta Kinte.
Somebody had to steer the boat.
Are you in scandinavian country? Scandinavians tend to be more socialistic and liberal. I know my mother was somewhat. Of course, where you have large universities, you have large liberals! (smile) God bless.
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