Posted on 06/20/2017 8:45:51 AM PDT by drewh
I remember the day after the 2016 Election, a friend of mine who happens to be white, remarked on social media that he "finally wasn't embarrassed of America and our President."
I sprained my eyes rolling them and they have never fully recovered.
Since then I've heard this sentiment echoed by more white folks than I can count, especially in recent months; supposed relief at once again having a leader who instills pride.
I don't have the time to ask each of the individually, I'll ask here:
So, you were embarrassed for the past 8 years, huh?
Really?
What exactly were you embarrassed by?
Were you embarrassed by his lone and enduring twenty-five year marriage to a strong woman he's never ceased to publicly praise, respect, or cherish?
Were you embarrassed by the way he lovingly and sweetly parented and protected his daughters?
Were you embarrassed by his Columbia University degree in Political Science or his graduating magna cum laude from Harvard Law School?
Maybe you were embarrassed by his white American and Black Kenyan parents, or the diversity he was raised in as normal?
Were you embarrassed by his eloquence, his quick wit, his easy humor, his seeming comfort meeting with both world leaders and street cleaners; by his bright smile or his sense of empathy or his steadiness — perhaps by his lack of personal scandals or verbal gaffes or impulsive tirades?
No. Of course you weren't.
Honestly, I don't believe you were ever embarrassed. That word implies an association that brings ridicule, one that makes you ashamed by association, and if that's something you claim to have experienced over the past eight years by having Barack Obama representing you in the world — I'm going to suggest you rethink your word choice.
You weren't "embarrassed" by Barack Obama.
You were threatened by him. You were offended by him. You were challenged by him. You were enraged by him.
But I don't believe it had anything to do with his resume or his experience or his character or his conduct in office — because you seem fully proud right now to be associated with a three-time married, serial adulterer and confessed predator; a man whose election and business dealings and relationships are riddled with controversy and malfeasance. You're perfectly fine being represented by a bullying, obnoxious, genitalia-grabbing, Tweet-ranting, Prime Minister-shoving charlatan who's managed to offend all our allies in a few short months. And you're okay with him putting on religious faith like a rented, dusty, ill-fitting tuxedo and immediately tossing it in the garbage when he's finished with it.
None of that you're embarrassed of? I wonder how that works.
Actually, I'm afraid I have an idea. I hope I'm wrong.
Listen, you're perfectly within your rights to have disagreed with Barack Obama's policies or to have taken issue with his tactics. No one's claiming he was a flawless politician or a perfect human being. But somehow I don't think that's what we're talking about here. I think the thing President Obama did that really upset you, white friend — was having a complexion that was far darker than you were ever comfortable with. I think the President we have now feels much better.
Because objectively speaking, if what's happening in our country right now doesn't cause you great shame and doesn't induce the continual meeting of your palm to your face — I don't believe embarrassment is ever something you struggle with.
No, if you claimed to be "embarrassed" by Barack Obama but you're not embarrassed by Donald Trump — I'm going to strongly suggest it was largely a pigmentation issue.
amen brother!
Technicolor barf alert!
Because objectively speaking, if what’s happening in our country right now doesn’t cause you great shame and doesn’t induce the continual meeting of your palm to your face …That is absolutely not the objective view.
No, if you claimed to be “embarrassed” by Barack Obama but you’re not embarrassed by Donald Trump — I’m going to strongly suggest it was largely a pigmentation issue …Pulling the race card is as far from the “objective view” as our solar system is from Alpha Centauri. Not to mention those who do that hold the very opposite of moral values such as family, private property, national borders, religion, and so on and so forth.
Of course Barry was an embarrassment to the nation.
....You weren’t “embarrassed” by Barack Obama...
Just a few reasons why I wasn’t embarrassed by Obama.
No, not embarrassed. DISGUSTED by him. Nauseated too.
He is someone who disdained and ignored the Constitution;
Who abdicated his oath to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution;
Who didn’t put his men in uniform first and allowed four to die after they fought 13 hours with no help that was available;
Who said they died because of a video;
Who gave Iran hundreds of billions;
Who said if you like your plan, you can keep your plan;
Who tried to fundamentally transform America to something unrecognizable by the founders, and you and me,
And who desecrated the office in more ways once unimaginable.
remember when he bricked like 22 basketball shot in a ROW?
Embarrassment no.Joke yes and a very bad one at that.
“...we had a callow, narcissistic, American-hating fool supposedly in charge for eight years”.
Been searching for years how to put into words what I felt about that guy.
You nailed it!
*** I was disgusted to have a person in the White House who had not lived and did not understand the American experience.***
No matter where he was born, Obama was culturally Indonesian moslem, not American.
Yes, sometimes Obama made me feel embarrassed he was our president. I was also majorly embarrassed when Clinton was president, and Carter. Sometimes I was embarrassed when the Bushes revealed their elitist notions, when Bush 1 reneged on his no-new-taxes pledge and when Bush 2 kept calling Jihadists peaceful. I was embarrassed when Ford was a klutz and when Bush 2 barfed on a Japanese diplomat. I was embarrassed, later on, learning about Kennedy’s foibles. When a leader purports to represent the country and does things he shouldn’t, or misrepresents the country, I am embarrassed. It has nothing to do with skin color. Obama went out of his way to misrepresent this country so he was a constant source of embarrassment.
Not a long memory. He doesn’t recall Michelle’s comment? He doesn’t recall mainline clergy and the Dixie Chicks traveling overseas?
I was embarrassed by the weak JV teams the republicans nominated in 2008 and 2012 to run against him. I was embarrassed by the seemingly intelligent white people who voted for him. I fully expected blacks to vote for him and I respect their decisions to do so. The exceptions being the small percentage of blacks with sufficient intellect to fly high above Papa Sugar in the Gray Matter Universe. To be honest, I was shocked when Trump pulled out the election and some of my faith in white people was restored since I believe most of us voted for the guy who will undo everything Obama did or try his hardest to undo it all.
“You weren’t “embarrassed” by Barack Obama.”
I love when people tell me what I do and do not believe. Tells me exactly whose opinions to ignore.
I was proud that Obama held the Office of President-Elect.
I was proud that Obama bowed to almost every head of state he met.
I was proud that Obama went on a world tour apologizing for America
I was proud that Obama didn’t know it wasn’t The Marine Corpse.
I was proud that Obama didn’t know that it’s not Corpseman.
I was proud that Obama let Iran capture American’s without a fight.
I was proud that Obama grabbed defeat from the jaws of victory in Iraq.
I was proud that Obama knew ISIS was the “JV”.
I was proud that Obama drew a red line in Syrian sand.
I was proud that Obama knew there are 57 states.
I was proud that Obama compared his bowling to the Special Olympics.
I was proud that Obama’s cash for clunkers only cost 3 billion dollars or about 24k per car.
I was proud that Obama said I could keep plan and my doctor.
I was proud that Obama said my premiums would go down 2500 bucks.
I was proud that Obama knew Austria had their own language.
i could go on but I do not want to take up all bandwidth...
Writer picked out a bunch of things to make his case that have nothing to do with his performance as president.
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