Posted on 07/27/2009 7:56:40 PM PDT by jazusamo
Many people hoped that the election of a black President of the United States would mark our entering a "post-racial" era, when we could finally put some ugly aspects of our history behind us.
That is quite understandable. But it takes two to tango. Those of us who want to see racism on its way out need to realize that others benefit greatly from crying racism. They benefit politically, financially, and socially. Barack Obama has been allied with such people for decades. He found it expedient to appeal to a wider electorate as a post-racial candidate, just as he has found it expedient to say a lot of other popular things — about campaign finance, about transparency in government, about not rushing legislation through Congress without having it first posted on the Internet long enough to be studied — all of which turned to be the direct opposite of what he actually did after getting elected.
Those who were shocked at President Obama's cheap shot at the Cambridge police for being "stupid" in arresting Henry Louis Gates must have been among those who let their wishes prevail over the obvious implications of Obama's 20 years of association with the Reverend Jeremiah Wright. Anyone who can believe that Obama did not understand what the racist rants of Jeremiah Wright meant can believe anything.
With race — as with campaign finance, transparency and the rest — Barack Obama knows what the public wants to hear and that is what he has said. But his policies as president have been the opposite of his rhetoric, with race as with other issues.
As a state senator in Illinois, Obama pushed the "racial profiling" issue, so it is hardly surprising that he jumped to the conclusion that a policeman was racial profiling...
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When people demand something for nothing from others who have worked for it the people demanding should also work for it.
Freedom of speech is guaranteed for all, not just those that can scream the loudest and you're so right in saying the government cannot take that from any one group.
Excellent point and sadly one that was not an actual concern until Obama was elected.
“I don’t know any of the facts, but will wade off into this swamp, inflame the situation and put both feet in mouth...”
This shatters the ‘brilliant Harvard Lawyer’ myth. BHO acted quite stupidly, as Dr. Sowell so precisely points out.
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