Posted on 07/29/2010 9:24:58 AM PDT by milwguy
President Obama waded into the national race debate in an unlikely setting and with an unusual choice of words: telling daytime talk show hosts that African-Americans are “sort of a mongrel people.”
The president appeared on ABC’s morning talk show “The View” Thursday, where he talked about the forced resignation of Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod, his experience with race and his roots.
When asked about his background, which includes a black father and white mother, Obama said of African-Americans: "We are sort of a mongrel people."
"I mean we're all kinds of mixed up," Obama said. "That's actually true of white people as well, but we just know more about it."
The president did not appear to be making an inflammatory remark with his statement. The definition of mongrel as an adjective is defined as "of mixed breed, nature, or origin," according to dictionary.com.
The race debate was reignited after Sherrod’s firing. Obama also addressed the issue in his speech to the National Urban League 100th Anniversary Convention in Washington on Thursday morning.
But in his interview on “The View,” which was taped Wednesday but aired Thursday, the president said the Sherrod story was prompted when the media "generated a phony controversy."
"A lot of people overreacted, including people in my administration," he said.
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What a dog amongst bitches...
Must have left the teleprompter behind...
I always thought Barry was a Mongreloid.
Racist. (0bama, not you!)
So now he's calling them "mongrel lizards."
“That’s actually true of white people as well, but we just know more about it.”
Imagine if G.W. Bush made that statement and then followed up with “That’s actually true of black people, but they just know more about it” Would State-run media’s reaction be the same? Definitely not.
A 24/7 candle marathon outside of the Whitey House and mass protests in Europe....with giant head puppets.
I guess Obama agrees with KKK Byrd when he called African Americans race mongrels who would degrade America.
I guess that makes it ok for everyone else to call Black people mongrels, right?
Rush said yesterday that BO is bringing some much needed estrogen to the ladies of The View today.
I need some humorous interpretations of Rush’s meaning.
He also said that he hopes that Maude Behar received the knee pads that he sent for the First Failure’s appearance today.
LOL!
"We are sort of a mongrel people."Who's "we", sucker?
I vote with Mr. Wright. Look into any WHITE group and you’ll find Native American, French, Bohemian, Palinate, Lithuanian, Jewish,...so what makes him being an African mongrel any different than the rest of us?
Wow! His hate for America and what they “did” to the so called “Black” race is tangible. Freudian slip.....or intentional (conceit that the press will ignore it)— I think it was an intentional slap in the face at the history of this nation and the MSM will ignore it.
He is so warped by hate he can not stand the success of “white” people over the centuries. He wants to destroy all whites. His extreme jealousy and hatred is obvious.
>>>”That’s actually true of white people as well, but we just know more about it.”<<<
Ah, more elitist crap from our Sun King.
“We” know more about it? Really? Why is it that every single “white” person I know of who has married outside their ethnic group or religion - which is just about everyone - gleefully describe themselves as “mutts” or “halfbreeds” or “Heinz 57”? And I’ve heard that for the past 50 years, ever since I emerged into the world as a combination of a dozen different nationalities and three major world religions.
This is just another indication that we’re dealing with a bigoted, even racist person who thinks his background makes him special and the rest of us are just lower species.
What a schmuck.
He was probably just talking about his mongrel wife.
That’s zeroes vision alright! Except it is our slavery which will pay for that freebee.
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