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Posted on 10/04/2011 4:24:12 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
No matter how poorly the economy performs, no matter how many scandals surround the administration, no matter how weakly the president’s jobs plan is received by legislators and the public, Samuel L. Jackson can see no reason why the Tea Party might oppose Barack Obama’s reelection other than race. From an interview with New York Magazine:
While we were on the subject, we asked Jackson if he agreed with fellow thespian Morgan Freeman, who caused something of a ruckus recently after he claimed that the tea party is racist. “It’s pretty obvious what they are,” Jackson told us. “The division of the country is not about the government having too much power. I think everything right now is geared toward getting that guy out of office, whatever that means,” he said, echoing Freeman. “It’s not politics. It is not economics. It all boils down to pretty much to race. It is a shame.”
But my question is: If even after Obama does have a record on which to run, if even after he’s no longer campaigning strictly on appearance and charisma, if even then “it all boils down pretty much to race,” when does it not? Will Obama’s race always be the scapegoat for disapproval of his ineffective administration, will his race always blind his supporters to the reality of all that’s wrong with the policies he’s advanced? When will we ever advance into a post-racial society?
Also in the Jackson interview, the actor said he wasn’t surprised to learn of the Perry hunting camp scandal. “I grew up in the segregated South; nothing surprised me. That’s not surprising at all.” Jackson even suggested the scandal might help Perry score points in some quarters. I happen to be in the camp that regards WaPo’s “bombshell” as a hit piece and a scandal of overblown proportions, but, nevertheless, I hope it’s not true that the now-erased name of a camp Perry’s family occasionally leased might be cause for celebration among some rather than cause for concern and denouncement. But the half of me that recognizes the persistent irrationality and vengefulness that often plague human hearts suggests Jackson’s statements might have some truth. Once again, I am reminded of just how keenly our past experiences shape our present opinions, of the truth that true racism has and does exist.
But calling what is not racism — what is actually the discernment of policy causes and effects, the discernment of leadership potential and demonstrated ability — by that word devalues the word itself and leaves us all at a loss as to how to describe and censure true discrimination.
Tea Party activist Ali Akbar has invited Morgan Freeman to experience the Tea Party for himself and has encouraged other Tea Partiers to send Morgan Freeman a message and a Gadsden flag at the website YourMoveMorgan.com. No word yet as to whether Freeman has accepted that invitation, but, with that invitation, Freeman has the opportunity to lead the conversation in a constructive direction — away from the inflammatory topic of race and toward the questions of just what kind of a society we really do want to be.
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Yet blacks aren’t racist even though they voted 95% for a black man/sarc
It's important to understand that liberals are not interested in facts. The truth militates against them and a great deal of effort must be expended in suppressing it.
As a black conservative I never tire of advising others to keep focused on the goals. There literally is no amount of evidence that will cause Freeman, Jackson or any of Obama's supporters to stop slandering us. Look, when Herman Cain was called a racist, that should have neutered the power of the race hustlers.
Simply ask yourself, will I let them intimidate me into silence?
The Tea Party is the middle class. and the first order of business to a Communist regime is to belittle the middle class, in every sense of the word!
You don’t even have to be an adult. Children regularly win their top prize “The Oscar” and with minimal if any training.
The blacks in this country are brain washed by their own leaders into thinking any of their failures are strictly due to racial prejudice. Jackson & Sharpton make a very good living feeding that line to the blacks. And Hollywood actors are no better. They all want to keep the blacks down to perpetuate the nice living they make.
If all this was really true how do you explain success of black immigrants, and people from Asia who come here with nothing, some can’t even speak English, and after a few years of hard work, they prosper.
Have Samuel L. Jackson and Morgan Freeman ever been photographed together? I suspect they are, in fact, the same person...
Your taxes are REPARATIONS for slavery.
You OWE Samuel Jackson's people EVERYTHING.
I wonder what they will have to say if Cain gets the republican nomination and zero gets dumped by the rats. Hmmm...
The biggest racists in the world tend to be those who call others racists.
Otherwise why call taxpayers wanting their taxes reduced 'racist'?
It is all they have and it really shouldn’t bother us because we know it is just a tool to try to get their way without any logic or consequences which is what liberals do.
Apparently.
But isn’t thinking that blacks are helpeless to improve their lives a bit... I dunno, racist?
The soft bigotry of low expectations.
When he played NICK FURY in Iron Man, I thought that was racist as Fury was white. Why would anyone want him black unless out of liberal white guilt from the producers of the movie?
The acting types appreciate obie because they see his job as exactly theirs ... speaking words aloud that others have written for them while feigning emotion. They love him because of his color.
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