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Obama: Trayvon Martin ‘could have been me 35 years ago’...(Here we go again!)
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| 07/19/13
| Oliver Knox
Posted on 07/19/2013 11:50:37 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
President Barack Obama, breaking his silence on the George Zimmerman acquittal, said Friday that many African-Americans believe that both the outcome and the aftermath might have been different if Trayvon Martin had been white. You know, when Trayvon Martin was first shot, I said that this could have been my son, Obama said somberly during a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room. Another way of saying that is Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago. In searingly personal terms, Obama described his personal experience with race-based prejudice. There are very few African-American men in this country who havent had the experience of being followed when they were shopping in a department store -- that includes me, he said.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; US: Florida; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: allaboutme; blackkk; blackrage; egomania; florida; georgezimmerman; holder; mememememe; obama; trayvonmartin
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To: freekitty
“Tell us about the 13 month old boy, Antonio West who was shot in the face, 0bama.”
0bama: “uh, I haven’t heard about that”.
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posted on
07/19/2013 12:43:01 PM PDT
by
rhubarbk
To: combat_boots
The man is as seditious as Yevgrav Zhivago and Rasputin combined. Throw in some Trotsky for good measure and top with Lenin. This man wants a race war.
BINGO!!
Strirring the 100 city rally pots into violence. The messiah has given permission.
82
posted on
07/19/2013 12:46:15 PM PDT
by
UpInArms
(without failure there's no success only slavery)
To: All
The best thing for the country is having Obama for president for three and a half more years of this. It would have sucked to have Romney as president and a more settled leader without an axe to grind.
83
posted on
07/19/2013 12:47:02 PM PDT
by
newnhdad
(Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
To: Bayan
“The blatant and easily demonstrated truth is that young black men are responsible for a grotesquely disproportionate percentage of the crime in this country.”
By not acknowledging this fact, the blacks in this country are making the case that we should give them free reign to rob and pillage white people. This is truly what they think and that thought process goes all the way to the top with Holder and Obama.
84
posted on
07/19/2013 12:47:19 PM PDT
by
CSM
(Keeper of the Dave Ramsey Ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
To: AngelesCrestHighway
Another way of saying that is Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago.This reply has been censored to save the Moderators and the FBI the trouble.
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posted on
07/19/2013 12:47:52 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Revenge is a dish best served with pinto beans and muffins)
To: AngelesCrestHighway
Is the president admitting to burglarizing houses (or, at the very least, dealing in stolen property)?
86
posted on
07/19/2013 12:51:29 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos...)
To: AngelesCrestHighway
Well Barry if he could have been your son you would have been one lousy father.
87
posted on
07/19/2013 12:59:19 PM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(What would Scooby do?)
To: onyx; All
88
posted on
07/19/2013 1:01:54 PM PDT
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
To: AngelesCrestHighway
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posted on
07/19/2013 1:02:24 PM PDT
by
Kozak
("Send them back your fierce defiance! Stamp upon the cursed alliance! To arms, to arms.....")
To: freekitty
“Tell us about the 13 month old boy, Antonio West who was shot in the face, Obama.”
That’s right. Excellent point.
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posted on
07/19/2013 1:06:19 PM PDT
by
426cuda
(Disobedience to tyrants is obedience to God)
To: musicman
91
posted on
07/19/2013 1:06:33 PM PDT
by
onyx
(Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
To: Secret Agent Man
Nah he was worse.Wonder if he has an arrest record they covered up too.
92
posted on
07/19/2013 1:09:13 PM PDT
by
fatima
(Free Hugs Today :))
To: onyx
93
posted on
07/19/2013 1:13:22 PM PDT
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
To: AngelesCrestHighway
And if only the white boy who tried that on O had had a gun, he might have lived? Does The One have a body on him?
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posted on
07/19/2013 1:13:36 PM PDT
by
Eleutheria5
(End the occupation. Annex today.)
To: CSM
Sounds something like the neighborhood where I live. We are what is called a "mixed" neighborhood but most of us have lived here for a very long time and we look out for each other.
When we were on vacation my mom stopped by to check on the cat. As she was leaving no less then three neighbors were out in their yards to engage her in "casual conversation" other wise known as checking her out.
If your child is getting up to mischief you can bet one of the neighbors will drop by and let you know.
If your dog gets out someone will catch him and bring him home.
My husband was laid up with a shoulder injury and was not able to mow the grass. The guy down the road came and did it for him.
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posted on
07/19/2013 1:16:42 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Revenge is a dish best served with pinto beans and muffins)
To: AngelesCrestHighway
Everyday I cant believe this Dipwad is running the country! He isn't "running" the country, he's running it into the ground.
By design.
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posted on
07/19/2013 1:19:11 PM PDT
by
unixfox
To: AngelesCrestHighway
So, I'm wondering how Trayvon was going to attend an Occidental College, Columbia University and Harvard?
97
posted on
07/19/2013 1:21:41 PM PDT
by
Lucky9teen
(Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading.~Thomas Jeffer)
To: driftdiver
People should make sure that the president has all the Skittles he wants.
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posted on
07/19/2013 1:23:29 PM PDT
by
Mike Darancette
(Fight the culture of nothing.)
To: AngelesCrestHighway
Obama beat up Hispanics 35 years ago?
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posted on
07/19/2013 1:28:01 PM PDT
by
Sir Napsalot
(Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
To: AngelesCrestHighway
" Trayvon Martin could have been me"
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