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EDITORIAL: Obama's white-flight problem
The Washington Times ^ | Tuesday, March 30, 2010 | EDITORIAL

Posted on 03/29/2010 7:37:49 PM PDT by topfile

Desperate Democrats and their co-conspirators in the media are busy trying to whip up a race war.

"The health care bill is not the main source of this anger and never has been. It's merely a handy excuse," Frank Rich wrote in a recent New York Times column. Their line is that all those opposed to the president's radical agenda are racists who resent having a black man as president. It is a moldy, old smear, but as approval ratings for Mr. Obama sink below 50 percent, it is being revisited with increasing fervor.

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Race plays a much stronger role in the liberal mindset than for most of America. Mr. Obama and many liberals of his generation grew up being taught that America is at root a deeply flawed country, and it is their mission to "fix" it. Those pushing the "racism" argument to explain the strong opposition to Mr. Obama's policies do so because they can't escape looking at issues through a racial prism. As America has become post-racial, they are intellectually and emotionally stuck in the 1960s. So they recycle images half-a-century old and wait, forlornly, for a random lynching to justify their worldview.

There is much to dislike about Mr. Obama's America: high unemployment, monstrous record debt, economic sluggishness, a terrible health care law, higher taxes, a rigged census, fast-tracking illegal aliens to the franchise, growing government at home and increasing weakness abroad. It is not mean-spirited racism to take a stand against the daily destruction of the American dream; it is simple common sense.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 111th; 2010midterms; bho44; blackvote; dncstrategy; racewar; whitevote
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To: topfile
If it has floppy ears and a long, ropey tail, it is not a Thoroughbred. It is a jackass no matter its coat color may be.
41 posted on 03/29/2010 8:20:50 PM PDT by Nepeta
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To: topfile

The charge of “racism” hurled at dissent is a sign of intellectual exhaustion. It means the accuser has nothing left but bile and spit.


42 posted on 03/29/2010 8:23:44 PM PDT by YHAOS (you betcha!)
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To: Salamander; milwguy
“many of my liberal friends are starting to really have second thoughts”

If only they’d had their *first* thought in 2008....:)

I'm with Salamander. My liberal friends don't think. They parrot. If they could form their own, original thoughts, they wouldn't be liberals.

43 posted on 03/29/2010 8:23:51 PM PDT by Entrepreneur (The environmental movement is filled with watermelons - green on the outside, red on the inside)
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To: Entropic

I like pushing buttons. Liberal friends are fun.


44 posted on 03/29/2010 8:23:57 PM PDT by When do we get liberated? (STATE CONTROLLED ECONOMIES SUCK ! LONG LIVE AMERICA.)
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To: milwguy

I know that are certain things that you have to do when you are married, but associating with Obama voters is beyond my abilities. Fortunately, we live in a part of the country where they are scarce.


45 posted on 03/29/2010 8:26:14 PM PDT by Entropic
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To: libs_kma

The new definition of a racist is “anyone who doesn’t agree with a liberal”... And I’m a racist..
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Yep, that’s what I’ve gathered, too.


46 posted on 03/29/2010 8:27:37 PM PDT by Irenic
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To: topfile

These maniacs are the only ones that see dark colors...because they all have their heads up their asses


47 posted on 03/29/2010 8:28:14 PM PDT by Outlaw Woman (Control the American people? Herding cats would be easier.)
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To: topfile

I don’t despise Obama because of the color of his skin.

I despise him because of the content of his character.


48 posted on 03/29/2010 8:32:45 PM PDT by Maven
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To: topfile
Good article. Definitely explains the craziness of he last few days.
49 posted on 03/29/2010 8:38:52 PM PDT by Earthdweller (Harvard won the election again...so what's the problem.......?)
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To: When do we get liberated?

Do think that most liberals are phonies? In other words, do you think that the primary motivation for their views is make themselves feel more virtuous?


50 posted on 03/29/2010 8:40:13 PM PDT by Entropic
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To: Entropic

Mis-understood post, apology


51 posted on 03/29/2010 8:49:14 PM PDT by Nailbiter
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To: topfile
What blacks don't realize is that even though Obama is black, he doesn't care about the average black person.

Blacks also don't realize is that this time they were key in refastening their own chains.

52 posted on 03/29/2010 8:50:19 PM PDT by TheThinker (Communists: taking over the world one kooky doomsday scenerio at a time.)
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To: Kartographer
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53 posted on 03/29/2010 8:56:19 PM PDT by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (****************************Stop Continental Drift**)
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To: Entropic
Do think that most liberals are phonies?

Well... Kevin gets it....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLSzbVfpOxg

54 posted on 03/29/2010 9:01:39 PM PDT by topfile
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To: topfile
For some odd reason, last night I went looking for some info on Allende's communist takeover of Chile in 1970, and his ill-fated three-year reign. The parallels are interesting.

Salvador Allende

55 posted on 03/29/2010 9:41:28 PM PDT by meadsjn (Sarah 2012, or sooner)
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To: Kartographer

He is 50% white, 44% African tribe if Obama Sr is his Dad and 6% black. Now if Franklin Marshall Davis is his father he is 50% white and 50% black.

Throw a dart since he refuses to reveal any records.

You can now call me a racist because I cannot stand Obama’s politics, his agenda, or anything else about the arrogant person who lives in the White House. He travels around the world at a drop of a hat, disses our allies and praises our enemies along with wasting our tax dollars flying AF One everywhere he can think of so he doesn’t have to stay in Washington. It has absolutely ZERO to do with his race or color of his skin.

In fact, I find it racist that I am expected to support someone because they are black even if I disagree with them!


56 posted on 03/29/2010 10:42:26 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (Mary Fallin - OK Gov/Rick Perry - TX Gov/Coburn/Rubio - Senate 2010 !)
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To: Entrepreneur

My [only] liberal friend is currently obsessing over her carbon footprint.

Good thing we don’t have video phones or she’d see nothing but one “face palm” after another....:)


57 posted on 03/29/2010 10:55:06 PM PDT by Salamander (....and I'm sure I need some rest but sleepin' don't come very easy in a straight white vest.......)
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To: Maven

WELL SAID!

“I don’t despise Obama because of the color of his skin.

I despise him because of the content of his character.”

That is the post of the month!


58 posted on 03/30/2010 6:08:41 AM PDT by Taxman (So that the beautiful pressure does not diminish!)
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To: Maven
I don’t despise Obama because of the color of his skin.

I despise him because of the content of his character.

Best-selling bumpersticker material. Outstanding!

59 posted on 03/30/2010 6:56:40 AM PDT by AngryJawa (Obama's Success is America's Failure)
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To: Entropic

To a one, yes. They can’t carry on any debate for more than 30 seconds without screaming or changing subjects.


60 posted on 03/30/2010 10:19:45 AM PDT by When do we get liberated? (STATE CONTROLLED ECONOMIES SUCK ! LONG LIVE AMERICA.)
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