Posted on 10/23/2014 7:29:45 PM PDT by bestintxas
Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont said Thursday that some Americans "never want to have" another black president. The Hill reports that Leahy made the comments during an appearance on PBS' "Tavis Smiley" show. Urgent: Do You Support an Ebola Travel Ban? Vote Here Now. "Get out and move around America. You'll find plenty of examples of racial prejudice," Leahy said. "There are those who never want to have another African-American president, and that would be another very, very bad thing for this country." Leahy, who took office in 1975, supports President Barack Obama — who in 2008 became the first black president in the nation's history. But Leahy, according to The Hill, said Obama getting elected to the Oval Office is just the start of a trend that needs to happen. Important: Increase Your Retirement Income by 30% — More Info "[It] is not just the president, it is the legislatures, the governors, the members of Congress," said Leahy, who would also like to see more women run for office. Obama came under fire last month for comments he made at the Congressional Black Caucus dinner. The president told black leaders "most Americans" think the criminal justice system suffers from institutional racism. Obama's comments came on the same night a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. was shot. Ferguson has been the site of massive protests and riots after police there shot and killed an unarmed black teenager in August.
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“Yes, it would be a terrible shame - but I don’t believe this is going to be an issue.”
I hope not, but it seems prior to Obama being elected we were becoming truly color-blind and seeing people for their true self instead of the outward color of their skin.
Obama and Holder have poisoned the well from not prosecuting the Philly thugs outside a voting booth in 2008, to intentionally vilifying whites when black/white fracas occurs(Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Henry Louis Gates), and making everything about color of skin.
They have stepped us way back as a result.
It does not help reading that 93% of blacks voted for his reelection. Those have to be mostly racist individuals who cannot look past the color of skin and see what is beneath it. When I see a black person now, it seems the first thing I think is a likely Obama supporter.
And that is why it is a shame.
It’s also BS. Leahy is just pulling the race card to benefit the incompetent boob who usurped the presidency.
Makes you wonder if a conservative black politician would have a lock on 93% of the votes cast by blacks. If not, then it’s not about race.
While Barack Hussein Obama’s father was from Kenya , his father’s family was mainly Arabs.. Barack Hussein Obama’s father was only 12.5% African Negro and 87.5% Arab (his father’s birth certificate even states he’s Arab, not African Negro).
Yep. Everywhere there’s been one in charge = absolute disaster
They won’t elect a conservative one. So it’s no wonder
Oh yeah, some Tea Party racist is going to go up to Senator Leahy and tell him, “I don’t ever want another Black President.” Yeah, I’ll believe leaky Leahy the Depends Senator. I’ll believe him.
You know, I doubt it.
The leftist “massahs” would convince the black voting block that the black conservative wasn’t really “black” and call him all sorts of vile names.
To the black voting block, it still would be about race,
but to those that lead them around by the nose, it’s not.
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