Jeez, what's with the racist stereotypes?
The ONLY thing I like about Obama is that he doesn't do the "Poor me, I'm a disenfranchised black!" thing all the time.
Save that racist crap for DU, since the Clintons are the ones who defeat people with race--we use facts about Obama's beliefs and inability to lead.
Obama has said he does not want to be the black candidate...he wants to be the inclusive candidate-Dems, independents and disheartened Repubs.
The “racist stereotypes” are all from the old Hollywood perceptions of the Americans of African origin. And “liberals” (those who style themselves to be “progressive thinkers”) have never let go of the stereotypes, else why would they so thoroughly trash Condoleezza Rice or Clarence Thomas, calling them “Uncle Tom” and “Aunt Jemima”?
Some of our best citizens have come from among the ranks of the Americans of African origin, descended from freed slaves and struggled up through all the layers of prejudice and limited opportunity, as witness the Tuskagee Airmen of the Second World War. These young men (old now, and mostly gone) proved themselves in the most trying of contests, fully the equal of any of their cohorts. Quietly, and without much fanfare, the sons and daughters of these sons and grandsons of slaves accepted the American challenge, and proved themselves to be real competitors in the business, legal, and professional occupations. The stereotype of the athlete, the drug addict, the sleazy master of prostitution rings, has ALL been perpetuated by these same “liberals”, who have no idea that there may be somebody out there with a different skin hue, that is even BETTER than they are, but still undiscovered.
So far, all the wrong things have been discovered about Barack Hussein Barama, Jr. The Democraticans still consider him to be the “black guy”, even though he has practically nothing at all in common with the street-wise thug from Chicago’s South Side.
I did not create the stereotypes, and I don’t believe them.
Americans of African origin are capable of much better than that.
It is just that Barack Hussein Obama, Jr., is not trying to be better than that. He is playing on the guilt of the white Americans, and especially “liberal” white Americans, for all it is worth.
In a way Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton never could.