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Obama: “If I Had A Son He'd Look Like Trayvon”
Buzzfeed ^ | 3/23/12 | Zeke Miller

Posted on 03/23/2012 7:35:53 AM PDT by RabidBartender

President Barack Obama weighed in on the "tragedy" of Trayvon Martin's death last week, saying it is "absolutely imperative" that all levels of government investigate "every aspect" of how the unarmed boy was shot.

"I can only imagine what these parents are going through," Obama said, adding "When I think about this boy I think about my own kids."

"I am glad that not only is the Justice Department is looking into this, but the Governor of the State of Florida has put together a task force [to investigate the case]," Obama said. Obama carefully avoided any discussion of George Zimmerman, the man who shot Martin, and has controversially avoided arrest under Florida's "Stand Your Ground" self-defense laws.

"My main message is to the parents: If I had a son he'd look like Trayvon. I think they are right to expect that all of us as Americans are going to take this with the seriousness it deserves."


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: holderspeople; martin; obama; race; racecard; racism; trayvonmartin; zimmerman
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To: Mike Darancette

Not according to the AP. They made a point of saying Zimmerman was ‘white Hispanic’.

As such, that makes the President ‘white African’, or worse, since ‘white African’ generally refers to a white person from South Africa.


161 posted on 03/23/2012 9:46:06 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs (Does beheading qualify as 'breaking my back', in the Jeffersonian sense of the expression?)
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To: RabidBartender

“If I had a son he’d look like Trayvon”
Dead?


162 posted on 03/23/2012 9:46:47 AM PDT by Fireone (Elect a patriot, elect Newt! (did I mention FUBO?))
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To: sam_paine

Some “breeder”.


163 posted on 03/23/2012 9:47:24 AM PDT by steve8714 (Clay...Carnahan...who is the least of these?)
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To: kabar

I don’t disagree with anything you say, and you do not disagree with anything I say. Why so strident? I think we agree that the facts are murky and President Obama’s interjecting himself in the matter is creepy.


164 posted on 03/23/2012 9:47:53 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets ("Jihad" is Arabic for "Helter-Skelter", "bin Laden" is Arabic for "Manson".)
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To: RabidBartender

Is 0bama going to be attending his memorial in a giant stadium with ‘Together We Thrive’ T-shirts being handed out?


165 posted on 03/23/2012 9:49:02 AM PDT by FedsRStealingOurCountryFromUs
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To: July4
Dear July4

LOL! I knew a FReeper would flame me. The reason for my comment was to help fellow FReepers NOT to fall for President DumbA$$’ opportunistic comment. This type of event can blow up and hurt this Nation deeply.

My response original response stops Obama in his track.

Sincerely,
Chgogal

166 posted on 03/23/2012 9:49:19 AM PDT by Chgogal (WSJ, Kristol, Krauthammer, Rove et al., STFU. Thank you.)
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To: cuban leaf; All

“That man is TRYING to foment racial civil war. This is unbelieveable. Can he really be that stupid, or is this intentional?”

That’s easy... INTENTIONAL...

Obama needs something to fire up his disillusioned black base, that didn’t get the unicorns with free gas, and free money he promised them. He needs something that will drive them to the polls in the huge numbers that they voted in 2008,

It’s important to remember that THESE ARE NOT DEMOCRATS in power, these are DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS. There is a huge difference. This is the Berkeley radical socialist crowd that the KGB called ‘Useful Idiots”, for decades.

A dead black kid is THE PERFECT TROJAN HORSE for Obama, who has built his career on fanning the flames of racism, and black hatred of whites, FROM DAY ONE.

No white president could ever get away with boldly and arrogantly thwarting the will of the American people and ignoring laws.

President Clinton tried universal health care.
Bush tried social security reform.
The American people said “no” to both president’s proposals and it was the end of it.

So how can Obama get away with giving the American people the finger? The answer: He is black.


167 posted on 03/23/2012 9:51:02 AM PDT by tcrlaf (Election 2012: THE RAPTURE OF THE DEMOCRATS)
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To: RabidBartender

Circle the wagons!


168 posted on 03/23/2012 9:52:32 AM PDT by DBrow
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To: kabar; All
The facts are often lost on/in the media ... remember the treatment of the security officer accused of making the bomb that went off in Atlanta during the Olympics, everyone? Fall for the hype at one's own risk, and many are falling for the hype (out there) in Florida and across the nation.

Please excuse me ... getting a little punchy. Have seen where people like zer0 and his minions lead. It is a direction none of us should want to go, but as a warning to zer0 and his minions ... should you lead us there, the generation and their children of the Greatest Generation will go, and the generation and their children of the Greatest Generation will defeat you.

btw ... this should not be perceived as a flame directed at anyone except those who are judging before the facts are in. Am including those who want a race war like zer0 and his minions.

169 posted on 03/23/2012 9:58:29 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
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To: EGPWS

That’s HER! Looks like her face and ass have their own zip codes!


170 posted on 03/23/2012 9:58:32 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (I'll "vote for an orange juice can", over Barry 0bummer and another 4yrs of his Regime From Hell!)
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To: Chgogal
Sorry, I didn't “flame” you. I just refuse to pretend that this young fellow could be my child. My spouse and I worked hard to avoid this result for our kids. We prayed, watched, loved, instructed, spanked, and generally “rode herd” on our offspring. Nope, Dayvon’s sad end is not my fault.
171 posted on 03/23/2012 10:03:17 AM PDT by July4 (Remember the price paid for your freedom.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
I guess I am "strident" because of a number of threads on FR where some of the posters have regurgitated incorrect information from the MSM and the race baiting Left. They are joining in the mob that wants to arrest and convict Zimmerman. There is no presumption of innocence. I have informed myself of the facts and having had the personal experience of sitting as a jury member at a murder trial, I think we should not allow this case to be tried by the MSM and the mob.

Reports are that Santorum has now stated that Zimmerman should have been arrested and Obama is pulling the race card. This is disgraceful. It goes against the Rule of K Law and our justice system. Calling Zimmerman a "hothead" adds nothing to our understanding of the facts in this case.

172 posted on 03/23/2012 10:07:55 AM PDT by kabar
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets; kabar
I don’t disagree with anything you say, and you do not disagree with anything I say. Why so strident? I think we agree that the facts are murky and President Obama’s interjecting himself in the matter is creepy

If you're going to race-bait, find the balls to stand for it. Your hit-and-run behavior is disgusting to watch.

Your point wasn't that things were murky - you made up, out of the entire imaginary cloth, a scenario that turns Zimmerman into a murderer and Martin into an innocent victim - and you know it.

Covering that slander with neutral words is merely your ham-handed way of trying to enable a subconscious manipulation.

Can you shills PLEASE get better training? Put the damn cereal box down and go learn something that requires some finesse. You're all a bunch of clowns and you don't even know it.

173 posted on 03/23/2012 10:15:02 AM PDT by Talisker (He who commands, must obey.)
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To: RabidBartender
"If I had a son he'd.....

be on spring break en Mejico."

174 posted on 03/23/2012 10:16:03 AM PDT by clintonh8r (Living well is no longer the best revenge. Revenge is now the best revenge.)
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To: kabar

The name “Zimmerman” screams “white Jew”, which is who I thought this involved until I read this thread on FD. You can bet the Dems will focus on the name, not on any photo, because it is so easy to create the image of a rich white guy targeting a poor black kid. The Republicans need to put Zimmerman’s photo front and centre when they are making any remarks about this tragedy, or they’ll allow the Dems to perpetrate an enormous fraud. This incident clearly had nothing to do with white on black racism. It likely had nothing to do with racism of any kind, but the Republicans need to remind the media that this was a confrontation between members of the Dems two favourite ethnic voting blocks.


175 posted on 03/23/2012 10:16:18 AM PDT by littleharbour
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To: cuban leaf

“Can he really be that stupid, or is this intentional?”...True, this comment was so stupid you’d think it would have to be intentional...but I think that Obama’s racism and victimhood is so deeply engrained in his psyche that he has no clue how inappropriate and pathetic the comment was.


176 posted on 03/23/2012 10:17:32 AM PDT by BarneyCrush
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To: sam_paine

Im not even convinced those little hood rats he’s got the WH now are his....


177 posted on 03/23/2012 10:17:54 AM PDT by ßuddaßudd
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To: Mike Darancette

“In the parlance of racialism Hispanic (Latino) <> white. So Zimmerman is a white as the prez.”

ONE - It’s important to remember that the people currently in charge ARE NOT DEMOCRATS, they are DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS. The Democrats got pushed to the side after the 2004 defeat.

TWO - In LibWorld, Hispanics are WHITE, until Democrats need thier votes. Then they become “Innocent Victims of those EVIL WHITE PEOPLE!”


178 posted on 03/23/2012 10:19:44 AM PDT by tcrlaf (Election 2012: THE RAPTURE OF THE DEMOCRATS)
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To: tatsinfla

exactly nothing about a group of blacks who doused the white boy with gas and set him alight whilst shouting racist names.

Sharpton, obama etc this is our issue, our laws and we have the police to look into this so keep your damn race bating nose and mouth out of our business and laws and the media needs to stop showing the photo of this guy when he was 13


179 posted on 03/23/2012 10:20:00 AM PDT by manc (Marriage is between one man and one woman,It's not a conservative view but a true American view)
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To: KansasGirl

Obama’s son would looke like Labron James... Oh sorry, I ment to say ‘Michelle’.


180 posted on 03/23/2012 10:20:50 AM PDT by tbpiper
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