Posted on 02/11/2015 2:46:13 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Criticisms of America's first black president, sometimes, come with a wink and a nudge.
A union rep in coal country delivered his in carefully coded language.
"He was supposed to represent both sides," the West Virginia man said in a recent interview, describing his disenchantment with Barack Obama, whom he'd once supported.
What sides was he talking about? The man paused at the question, cast a furtive glance around the room and looked down at the little machine recording the conversation. "You know," he said in a hushed tone, "his mom was as white as you and me."
He completed the thought, with some further pressing. Gun control, climate change, he said — those are city people's priorities. And city people equals minorities. But gun rights, coal mining — these are the priorities up in the mountains of Boone County, where the population is 98.4 per cent white.
The White House avoids these conversations like the plague. In a new book, a longtime adviser to Obama explains that he'd consistently change the subject whenever asked about racism toward his boss.
But David Axelrod is a private citizen again and now he'll say it: the two-time Obama campaign aide, ex-White House staffer, and communications guru who coined the slogan, "Yes We Can," says that opposition to the president is partly fuelled by racism....
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The ONLY good thing I can see coming out of the O’Bastard Presidency is that he has ruined it for all liberal/socialist black candidates for at least a century. Nobody wants to go thru this torture again. The history of this time period will not be forgotten this time, hopefully. A black conservative may have a chance but who knows?
Jumped the shark.
If the US was so racist, how in the hell did Obama get elected?
This is a fundamental battle between Collectivism vs Individualism. Rather than debate the issue, they throw in the race card to shut the opposition up.
Absolutely true. Axelrod's a racist.
The criticism is fueled by Obama’s racism, not his race.
Can’t they get it through their heads that it’s the socialist/communist belief system that bothers people about
Obama.
I have to admit... we all loved Clinton and his charming wife because they were white...
If my contempt for Obama's politics constitute racism, then do the white liberals who are making this claim get a pass on their contempt for Clarence Thomas, Ben Carson, Allen West or Herman Cain?
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