Posted on 05/13/2008 5:12:38 AM PDT by RU88
There was a funny op-ed by some Obama campaign person in the WSJ the other day.
One of the points that he made was that Obama clearly holds opposite views to Rev Wright.
Oh... had to stop right there and laugh.
And where is the alarm over Barry’s 20 year relationship with a racist?
It ain’t the racism, baby, it’s that other “ism” that worries me: socialism.
Ooooo boy... now you’ve done it.
Heck, the DUmmies are already claiming that calling him “Barry” was racist.
If they see someone comparing him to a big eared cartoon monkey, their heads will explode.
When massive intercontinental nuclear war breaks out, this is the kind of reporter that will start the story with "83 year old widow Ms. Georgia Halbrun took her black pomeranian Winkles for a walk down 4th Street as she has every morning for the last 15 years ..."
Now they know what it feels like to be a Republican in a country controlled by a left-wing moonbat liberal media.
Between this and the West VA story earlier, the template is in place. Anyone not supporting BHO is a racist.
This year may get very, very ugly in America.
They have got it pretty good because any criticism of Barry will be called racism.
There are racists in our country. It’s a fact. The rants of these fools in the MSNBC report are as ugly and evil as the ones by Jeremiah Wright and his ilk.
I don’t give a damn what color Obama is- I believe he’s a marxist and that is why he’s not suited to be our president.
You're right on target, RU.
I find it hard to believe that any significant number of people would refuse to vote for a candidate because of African ancestry.
I think the opposite is true.
It seems to me that most Americans would like very much to have a Black President, for a number of reasons, not the least of which is its reaffirmation of the cherished American mythology of "rags-to-riches", the universal brotherhood of man, beauty-can-come-from-anywhere-when-it-is-free-to-come, etc.--i.e. The American Dream.
This is NOT to suggest that Obama came from "rags", mind you; he came from "riches" to "great riches" and took the easy route. But, of course, Obama is far from the ideal candidate for first Black President (go to hell, Toni Morrison, with your ridiculous and utter insulting "proclamation"!)
A Black candidate of true stature and greatness would be welcomed enthusiastically by the vast majority of Amerians.
Unfortunately, Barack Obama is no such candidate, but, to demonstrate my point, the biggest thing going for him is his African ancestry.
Come to think of it, that's about all he's got going for him!
Awfully selective about what kind of racism the Obamunists want to notice, eh??
No doubt there are people all over the country who harbor racism against blacks, just like there are plenty of blacks out there who own the Collector’s Set of the Right Reverend Jeremiah Wright’s sermons...
The MSM is planting sour grapes for the Fall harvest. In November they can bleat, “Obama lost because Americans are racists”.
Well Freepers: all I can say is contact the Washington Post and question the validity of some of the quotes from this article as I did:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2015188/posts
“To: RU88
One caller, Switzer remembers, said he couldn’t possibly vote for Obama and concluded: “Hang that darky from a tree!”
“Is this for real? I’m skeptical.”
This is what I sent in an e-mail to the story’s author and the newspaper’s “Ombudsman” (in this case, an “Ombudswoman”):
“Not my post and/or question, but perhaps this inflamatory quote deserves further documentation: after all, The Washington Post is the newspaper that gave us Janet Cooke.”
The author of the story (Kevin Merida):
The “Ombudswoman” (aka Deborah Howell):
Not a word in print in my local paper about any of these “incidents”. Nice second and third hand information treated like actual facts. They may or may not have happened but you would think they would try a little harder to make sure what someone says second or third hand actually happened.
No, because they can interview me and I will go on camera and say I will not vote for him because of his ideology and policies. They cannot attack me because I am racially mixed like him and I am a woman. Quick I need to compose a list of his bad points./Just Asking - seoul62.......
Good idea.
It’s so clear what the media is up to- I hear it nearly every day- “Some Americans won’t vote for a black man for president”...
10-4 “Mom”: thanks to your son for his service and to you for having him in the first place. BTW: check out the posted comments to the article in The Washington Post.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/12/AR2008051203014_Comments.html
If a great leader appeared as a candidate for the Presidency of the U.S.A., the American people would not care one whit what his (or her!) ancestry happened to be. This would not even be a serious consideration.
The American people would not care any more about the racial background of a great President than that of a great military, financial, educational, scientific, medical, or what-you-will leader--or any more than they care about the racial background of a movie star, athlete, musician, talk-show host(!), general(!), or anything else.
The success and, in some cases, great wealth of such people of African descent is proof of the indifference of the American people to race and ancestry.
...yet Wright equals no big deal?
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