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riffraff
reply to post by Spider879
Spider, the point is that if race were an issue to the American public ( white people included) Obama would never have gotten elected in the first place. Sure , there may be a tiny demographic that hates him because he's "black". There's also a demographic that hated every president before him just because they were white. But these demographics are so small they are of no consequence. So why even mention them?
You said he leans right of center. I can see that. He also leans left. He is the worst of both parties with none of the good from either. We ALL deserve better.
To make excuses for this failure of a president just because he is black is lame brained ,limp kcid ,racially charged weak sauce.
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KAOStheory
reply to post by choos
it's (unfortunately) so true that one has to wonder why no assassination attempt has been made!
i mean, knowing the God-Awful hate that some white power groups have, isn't it strange? maybe they are in affiliation with groups telling them "no-no"? i wasn't that excited about the 1st black president honestly, too little too late if ya ask me.
...and, as far as Oprah being right, well one could also argue that people have the right to hate him for being black, and that that's pretty much all it took to get him elected.
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openminded2011
reply to post by FlyersFan
I think in short, when Oprah, or anyone for that matter, judges a group of people collectively, they are exhibiting prejudice, and racism. . . . Also to be sure, there is a subset of the black population that is racist. EVERY group has a subset of racists, but the problem is that Oprah seems to insinuate that its ONLY whites that are promoting racism, when that simply is NOT true. I think this is what rubs a lot of people the wrong way. They see a double standard when she is allowed a free pass to judge white people collectively, but if a white person were to do this, they are instantly branded a racist. We cannot have this double standard and hope to improve race relations in the United States.
Spider879
Many people do not do their home work when considering voting for a Pres. they go with the party's nominee unless a body turned up buried in the back yard most sins will be forgiven or go unoticed, but to say that everyone who hated him then knew he was all the above is not true, I heard bets in bad jokes about how long it will take before he got assassinated (oh just set off the NSA flag)edit on 17-11-2013 by Spider879 because: (no reason given)
FlyingFox
Spider879
Many people do not do their home work when considering voting for a Pres. they go with the party's nominee unless a body turned up buried in the back yard most sins will be forgiven or go unoticed, but to say that everyone who hated him then knew he was all the above is not true, I heard bets in bad jokes about how long it will take before he got assassinated (oh just set off the NSA flag)edit on 17-11-2013 by Spider879 because: (no reason given)
The party believers deeply want to win, so much as to become blind to their own weaknesses.
Didn't A.Spector switch political parties?
FlyingFox
What did Oprah ever do for America anyway?
Spider879
while he did little in the way of improvement he was handed a turd sandwich by the previous administration which he non the less continued to add more turd to.edit on 18-11-2013 by Spider879 because: (no reason given)