Clearly demonstrating in this unsigned editorial that the Tribtards are as intellectually barren as they are financially bankrupt.
Posted on 07/29/2009 6:34:35 AM PDT by Zakeet
Syndicated talk show host Glenn Beck is clearly a nut, who may be better at using the Rush Limbaugh playbook than the master himself. Take a look at this VIDEO during which Beck calls President Obama a racist but uses nothing to back it up.
To say that Obama, a man reared by his white mother and her white family in predominately white or multi-ethnic environs, is a racist, and not give proof of that--- boggles the mind...
But the problem here may not be Beck’s assertion, but the fact that he’s a part of the same angry fringe knot as the "Birthers," who steadfastly deny that Obama was born in this country. They have been causing such a rancid stink lately that the House of Representatives on Tuesday included in a resolution celebrating the 50th anniversary of Hawaii’s statehood, a statement of the obvious: “The 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, was born in Hawaii.”
There’s nothing Obama can do that would appease any of these people.
[Snip]
So it's not that the Becks and Birthers of the country don’t have an opportunity to see things fairly or in a more nuanced way. It’s that they choose to keep the blinders on. Or maybe, at least in Beck's case, it's less about the blinders and more about simply making a buck.
So, are discussions about race better served by ignoring folk like Beck and the Birthers or exposing them?
You tell me.
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Clearly demonstrating in this unsigned editorial that the Tribtards are as intellectually barren as they are financially bankrupt.
???? Has this guy been out of the country the last week or something? You would think an editorial page would be up on current events, especially a major SNAFU by the President.
“There’s nothing Obama can do that would appease any of these people. “
Unbelieveable isn’t it?
Date: Monday, July 20, 2009, 6:30 PM
As of 07-17-09, there are 7 lawsuits filed against Obama in the United States Supreme Court, attached is the link to verify......
http://search.access.gpo.gov/supreme-court/SearchRight.asp?ct=Supreme-Court-Dockets&q1=obama
Monday, June 22, 2009 6:53 PM
Subject: Very quietly Obama’s citizenship case reaches Supreme Court
AP- WASHINGTON D.C. - In a move certain to fuel the debate over Obama’s qualifications for the presidency, the group “Americans for Freedom of Information” has released copies of President Obama’s college transcripts from Occidental College . Released today, the transcript indicates that Obama, under the name Barry Soetoro, received financial aid as a foreign student from Indonesia as an undergraduate at the school. The transcript was released by Occidental College in compliance with a court order in a suit brought by the group in the Superior Court of California.
The transcript shows that Obama (Soetoro) applied for financial aid and was awarded a fellowship for foreign students from the Fullbright Foundation Scholarship program. To qualify, for the scholarship, a student must claim foreign citizenship. This document would seem to provide the smoking gun that many of Obama’s detractors have been seeking. Along with the evidence that he was first born in Kenya and there is no record of him ever applying for US citizenship, this is looking pretty grim. The news has created a firestorm at the White House as the release casts increasing doubt about Obama’s legitimacy and qualification to serve as president. When reached for comment in London , where he has been in meetings with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Obama smiled but refused comment on the issue.
Britain ‘s Daily Mail has also carried the story in a front-page article titled, “Obama Eligibility Questioned,” leading some to speculate that the story may overshadow economic issues on Obama’s first official visit to the U.K.
In a related matter, under growing pressure from several groups, Justice Antonin Scalia announced that the Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to hear arguments concerning Obama’s legal eligibility to serve as President in a case brought by Leo Donofrio of New Jersey . This lawsuit claims Obama’s dual citizenship disqualified him from serving as president. Donofrio’s case is just one of 18 suits brought by citizens demanding proof of Obama’s citizenship or qualification to serve as president.
Gary Kreep of the United States Justice Foundation has released the results of their investigation of Obama’s campaign spending. This study estimates that Obama has spent upwards of $950,000 in campaign funds in the past year with eleven law firms in 12 states for legal resources to block disclosure of any of his personal records. Mr. Kreep indicated that the investigation is still ongoing but that the final report will be provided to the U.S. attorney general, Eric Holder. Mr. Holder has refused to comment on the matter.
LET OTHER FOLKS KNOW THIS NEWS, THE MEDIA WON’T!.
A strawman argument. People want Obama, who promised transparency, to release his actually birth certificate, you know the one which discloses the doctor and hospital he was born at. What a few people speculate is not the issue for most people.
“To say that Obama, a man reared by his white mother and her white family in predominately white or multi-ethnic environs, is a racist, and not give proof of that-— boggles the mind...”
Proof: Taking the side of a black racist over a white police officer without knowing any facts of the case.
... that’s just the most recent.
Beck calls President Obama a racist but uses nothing to back it up.
Bull Sh_T!!!!.......I saw the same Glen Beck program and he gave examples of Obama’s racism:
1) 20 year Association w/ Rev. Wright
2) Comments by Obama—’typical white person’
3) Obama’s support for the Black Liberation Theology
...just to name a few....
I take guess that liberal rag does not like Beck.
He could release his actual birth certificate and not some certification of the birth certificate. I am surprise Obama worshipers do not want to know which hospital Obama was born or who was the doctor who delivered him.
wow, bambi has spent $950K in campaign funds to avoid showing a judge a $10 document any of the rest of us had to show some clerk to get a kid into school, get a SSN or license or passport?
People that get close to the truth get called names. Too bad some conservatives fall for that also.
If you read anything about Obama's youth you quickly find out he resented his white heritage and struggled with his own personal identity for many years. His personal history shows that he more often than not identified with the more radical aspects of black culture in an attempt to "prove" his blackness.
I believe Obama does hold a deep seated dislike for whites and white culture. He has spent most of his life attempting to distance himself from it.
I heard Gibbs call Rush Limbaugh a racist and he gave no proof of that.
Also, Beck is in good company. Read Thomas Sowell’s article today @ NRO.
I imagine more people SAW Beck’s TV show than read this stupid editorial.
Hey Tribune, how’s that market share working out for you?
I don't think that should be a prerequisite for being in talk radio, but it is certainly a strong point in his resume.
“Take a look at this VIDEO during which Beck calls President Obama a racist but uses nothing to back it up.”
Am I the only one who sees the sad and shameful irony of this statement? For 40 years libs have been calling people racists witout a scintilla of evidence...never bothered them in the least.
“So, are discussions about race better served by ignoring folk like Beck and the Birthers or exposing them? “
Come on, expose us....let’s have a dialogue!
I’ll start, “The Kenyan Imposter can Eat me!” I’m sure his Kenyan relatives have eaten other white men.
Does anyone have the documentation for this $950,000 expenditure? Or is it the usual hourly rate for attorneys who file responses and pleadings in this matter, then forgive their fees?
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