My Black Dad & Obama

The American Thinker ^ | July 08, 2010 | Lloyd Marcus

[Scanian]

I am a black tea party patriot faced with a serious problem concerning my 83-year-old father. Dad is an extraordinary man whose life epitomizes the greatness of America.

In the '50s, married with a wife and three kids and employed as a laborer, Dad was among the first blacks to break the color barrier into the Baltimore Fire Dept. The white firefighters treated Dad like scum and boldly displayed their displeasure with having an "n" in their firehouse.

Dad was the young associate pastor of a storefront church. He treated his "haters" with love and strove to be the best Christian and firefighter he could be. Dad won "Firefighter of the Year" two times and eventually the respect and admiration of his white fellow firefighters. A white firefighter who once threatened to punch Dad in his "black nose" risked his life by going back into a burning building to save Dad. The two firefighters became lifelong friends.

[Carley]

I only caught a few minutes of Beck but did see the segment where he revealed that the NAACP was going to support Thomas at first.

[McGavin999]

Well that explains where Lloyd got his strength of character. Lloyd, I don’t know that you’ll ever be able to convince your dad, it’s something that he wanted so bad that he will never be able to see what Obama is doing.

[SonOfDarkSkies]

Yep. The NAACP retained Ogletree to write their position paper on Thomas...and that's where things went South.

Ogletree gave the NAACP all reasons they should oppose Thomas and that was the turning point.

BTW, Ogletree then went on to represent Anita Hill in the hearings. Ogletree also taught Obama and Michelle at Harvard Law, is a good friend of Angela Davis, and is linked to the New Black Panthers.

He's a dangerous person.

[bjorn14]

WOW! at age 83 still pastoring FOUR churches. If he was sitting on the porch drinking iced tea then I say just leave him alone. But he has influence over four churches and as it is tradition in the black community to listen to their pastors on political matters and if he is still in Baltimore there probably isn’t any hope left

[GailA]

It is beyond bizarre that so many supposed Christians will vote for pro-abortion candidates. They must not have read the verses about harming children and millstones.

[Stentor]

It is nothing short of bizarre that black Americans (and others) support Obama because of his race despite his dishonesty, his own personal racism toward others, muslim leanings (if not muslim faith), and hatred of this country.

You tax your self unnecessarily. His supporters are the same as he is. Simple.

[Blue Collar Christian]

“Those who blindly support Obama such as Lloyd Marcus’ father are not doing so because he is a Democrat.

They are doing so because of his skin color...and at that they are allowing his skin color to blind them...”

If he was a black Republican, things would not be the same. It is because he is a Democrat. That he is black gets him maybe 1 more %.