Posted on 12/04/2013 7:34:10 AM PST by Kaslin
Obama’s electoral success is truly a remarkable commentary on the goodness of the American people.
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Walter, Walter, Walter. WTF is wrong with you?
I don’t know that future black candidates will be judged based on Obama’s failures.
For example, if a conservative black candidate, such as Allen West, came forward to run for president, the conservatives who dislike Obama would be thrilled with his candidacy. While the liberals who still support Obama would consider an Allen West as an “Uncle Tom”, and not consider him truly black. I think it would all come back to the liberal/conservative split we see. Liberals don’t consider conservative minorities to be true minorities.
How long before Obama cheerleaders start blaming his White Momma for all the country's ills?
This is my biggest disagreement with the good professor Williams. BO has bumped Jimbo Carter into third place as worst president in American history . . . and he has another three years to surpass James Buchanan for the top spot.
But he's spot on about BO lacking the skill set of a Jackie Robinson. Hell, he doesn't even have the skill set of an Oscar Gamble. Gamble was a fair pinch-hitter as I recall.
I too wonder that. But with so much superficial thinking going on inside the voting booth these days it’s a good possibility especially with the misery index about to explode. People don’t think too deeply these days. I think he will be the last black candidate for a very long time and that’s sad.
Successful candidate what I meant to say
I really started paying attention in 2008 to things re: Obama — more and more came out with not only Rev. Wright but his Communist associations from his youth by way of his mentor Frank Davis. If anyone was a Manchurian Candidate it has been Obama. Why all the secrecy about this guy —and I am leaving out the stuff about the birth cert. -—school records for one thing. If I were to vote for any black person —even if I did it from the perspective of “ok this is the first time a black guy had a good chance of attaining the presidency” — it would have been Colin Powell —even though I wouldn’t agree with him 100%, but he is a man who served his country and is respectable. The only good thing I can say about Obama is that he seems to be a good father. There are many good fathers out there -— but most of them shouldn’t be president. Carter was a good father but a crappy president.
To vote for him once, out of pride, I can forgive. To vote for him TWICE, despite his spectacular failure and ruination and promotion of corruption throughout this land I just can’t understand.
No other explanation except pure racism, endless victimhood, and tribalism.
Well all that secondary stuff is a fruit of pride too.
Egotistical pride.
Yes it is possible to have a pride in degradation... hey at least we’ve shucked off that fuddy duddy old heaven! (So goes the thinking.)
Well pride (egotistical) always did go before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. It will eventually punish itself.
The more important thing is for someone to be ready with the gospel when our dear black pity-party, gutter racists finally get the message that this proud degradation is not the way to go. “God BLESS America” instead of damn America.
I told my wife months ago that this must especially be hard for black people. Having the first black president fail so spectacularly must be hard for them to watch. Oh sure, there are the excuses they make, and they will still back him on account of his race, but that still doesn't hide his failures
Years ago I was naïve enough to think that the first black president WOULD be a conservative.
I didn’t think the left would actually allow a black person in power, as we would, given he had the caliber that Williams referred to.
Of course, I left out the idea of the “cover” that skin color would be for the first Marxist president. He’s able to get most of that agenda through because of this “cover”.
they will not view him as a failure. he will be a success as he was elected twice and pushed through obamacare along with all of the other free goodies.
Buchanan? James Buchanan?
I’ll have to study up on what makes Buchanan the worst. IMO, Lyndon Baines Johnson is the worst president ever. And day by day Obama is closer to overtaking him.
But thanks to LBJ we have the Vietnam War debacle, but much worse we have the after effects of his Great Society which still to this day is tearing apart the country.
Goodness? Rather the 'wishful thinking' and ignorance (low information) of voters who ignored the facts of his political agenda.
A 2008 NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll reported "that 17 percent were enthusiastic about Obama being the first African American President, 70 percent were comfortable or indifferent, and 13 percent had reservations or were uncomfortable."
We know it's how the quesstions are asked, but I considered the percentages skewed. More than 17% seemed enthusiastic, more than 13% had reservations.
Why historians pick Buchanan is because of what he did to usher in the Civil War. He weakened the army by sending them west on idiotic missions to war against Indians and Mormons, creating or ramping up hostilities where they were either non-existent or marginal before (with the exception of the Comanchee). He p*ss*d away opportunities to keep southern states in the union which had little appetite for succession (Virginia, North Carolina, east Tennessee). He generally treated the presidency like a plaything to live high on the perks of the office and treat his Nancy Boy as royal family.
That's not new... minorities in America (especially Blacks) are routinely diddled by politicians of every class and color.
NOW, at last a minority President in the WH and what does he DO????
He pees in their soup!
For a lot of people...it will be a long time before the ‘minority shtick’ will ever mean a damn thing!!
Bullshite.
Alan West would not. Dr. Carson would not. There are a great many other people who would not. They would be excoriated as Conservatives first. If that did not work then, and only then, would race be brought into the picture.
“...on the goodness of the American people”
Perhaps also wishful thinking, ignorance, etc., but goodness belongs in the list.
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