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Barack Obama gets more personal with black voters
Politico ^ | Oct. 11, 2010 | CAROL E. LEE & ABBY PHILLIP

Posted on 10/11/2010 12:18:11 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

PHILADELPHIA – The White House has hesitated to cast the midterm elections as a referendum on President Barack Obama, except when it comes to one key constituency: African-American voters.

As Obama has steadily increased his outreach to African American voters over the past month. With interviews and campaign stops targeted at the black community – “our community,” as the president likes to say – he has sent a clear signal that this election is about him and his record.

“Two years ago you defied the conventional wisdom in Washington,” Obama told thousands of screaming supporters Sunday at a campaign rally in a predominantly black area of Philadelphia. “They said, ‘No you can’t.’”

“’No you can’t elect a skinny guy with a funny game to the presidency of the United States,’” he added. “What’d you say?”

“Yes we can!” the crowd, waving “VOTE 2010” signs featuring the Obama 2008 campaign logo, replied.

His voice hoarse, the president pleaded with the Philadelphia audience to defy Washington conventional wisdom again. Head to your beauty shops and your barber shops, and spread the word, he said. But most of all, he said, head to the polls three weeks from now, even though he is not on the ticket.

“They think, ‘Oh Obama’s name’s not on the ballot, maybe they’re not going to turn out,” he said. “You’ve got to prove them wrong.”

The message echoed the one Obama delivered last week at a historically black college in Maryland. “Don’t make me look bad, now,” he said, urging the mostly African-American audience to vote.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


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KEYWORDS: black; blackracism; blackracists; blacks; college; maryland; obama; racism; racist; students; supporters; voters
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1 posted on 10/11/2010 12:18:13 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

“Barack Obama gets more personal with black voters”

When wasn’t he?


2 posted on 10/11/2010 12:20:04 PM PDT by SMARTY ("What luck for rulers that men do not think." Adolph Hitler)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

What BS.

It was lowlife liberal/guilty WHITES that voted this POS into office.


3 posted on 10/11/2010 12:20:42 PM PDT by Levante
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To: Free ThinkerNY
He sees them as his personal tools.

OBAMA - The Modern Day Slavemaster

4 posted on 10/11/2010 12:21:26 PM PDT by Niteranger68 (A check is worthless until you actually cash it......VOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Obama's last line of defense has always been to threaten race riots.
5 posted on 10/11/2010 12:21:32 PM PDT by SonOfDarkSkies
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To: Free ThinkerNY
So it's "conventional wisdom" now that welfare-addicted self-righteous reparation-demanding blacks wouldn't normally vote for a black liberal? Seriously, what planet is this guy from?
6 posted on 10/11/2010 12:21:38 PM PDT by sthguard (The DNC theme song: "All You Need is Guv")
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To: Free ThinkerNY; SMARTY

Just waht we need, a worked up minority in a frenzy over their Dar Leader not getting a Dem filled Congress, or getting what he wants.


7 posted on 10/11/2010 12:21:38 PM PDT by Niuhuru (The Internet is the digital AIDS; adapting and successfully destroying the MSM host.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Has he shown them his birth certificate yet?


8 posted on 10/11/2010 12:21:51 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Ask yourself,where does Saudi Arabia fit on a scale of "passive" to "moderate" to "extremist" Islam?)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
stops targeted at the black community – “our community,” as the president likes to say –

Well, so much for the "post racial presidency", huh?
9 posted on 10/11/2010 12:22:02 PM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Bill Clinton came out today and said Obama played the Race Card yesterday.

What’s that rumor about Hils replacing Joe Biden?


10 posted on 10/11/2010 12:23:07 PM PDT by Buckeye Battle Cry (Conservatives want a CHOICE not an echo - No more RINOs!)
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To: Levante

That’s because the liberal-white guilt ridden morons now are moving towards the GOP and he couldnt fool the same morons all over again, so it’s better to strengthen the base.

Kinda useless and a waste of time...blacks are already 90% for Obama anyways.


11 posted on 10/11/2010 12:24:12 PM PDT by max americana (Hoax and Chains, Dopeychangey)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I don’t even like the idea of discussing the American electorate in terms of race or ethnicity or even social/sexual acts.

That’s a Democrat idea.

It’s divisive and undermines the common cause of Liberty that we all have in common.

That said, I’d love for BHO to be facing - what is it 10 or so - new black conservative republican representatives - all of whom received support from the Tea Party activists.

I wonder how ‘personal’ he will get then.

Black American’s and White American’s don’t have different definitions of Freedom or Liberty or even success. Why does the president assume we do? Moreover, why does he insist that the answers have to be somehow different for Blacks or Whites, or feel he has to make special promises to special groups?

All rhetorical questions...That’s just how the Dems divide us. Pitting Americans against Americans is partially what has led to this tyranny to begin with....Americans should resist this line of thinking as they would resist communism and other lines of reasoning that lead to tyranny and despotism.


12 posted on 10/11/2010 12:24:59 PM PDT by WAW (Which enumerated power?)
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To: Niuhuru

“O” is a perfect sham... and he doesn’t know jack s%$# about jack s%&@!!

The only people who think that’s OK are the people who only voted for him because he’s a minority ... OR the people who have (HAD) something to gain by pretending he wasn’t really THAT f^%$ing stupid!!


13 posted on 10/11/2010 12:25:17 PM PDT by SMARTY ("What luck for rulers that men do not think." Adolph Hitler)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

What the heck for? Most of them will still be voting for obama and the rats.


14 posted on 10/11/2010 12:25:24 PM PDT by jersey117
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To: Free ThinkerNY

This is intended to be satire. It is not intended to be racist.


15 posted on 10/11/2010 12:25:50 PM PDT by Servant of the Cross (I'm with Jim DeMint ... on the fringe baby!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

He makes me throw up. Obama is not an American black man.

He’s trading on Black American history and it makes me furious to see the race-pimps (Jesse and the gang) and the white liberals behind him pushing Obama onto decent but not very savvy black voters.


16 posted on 10/11/2010 12:26:06 PM PDT by livius
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To: Free ThinkerNY

NObama is supposed to be the President for all Americans, but he certainly don’es not think that is the case, does he>

His pandering is disgusting.


17 posted on 10/11/2010 12:26:27 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Free ThinkerNY

the black community – “our community,” as the president likes to say...

Let a republican President say that,
“the white community- our community” and see how far
he gets with it.

The hypocracy of this imposter and his media
cheerleaders is beyond belief.


18 posted on 10/11/2010 12:27:31 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
DOESN'T HE HAVE ANY *WORK* TO DO??

IF W HAD SPENT FOUR YEARS campaigning THE MEDIA WOULD HAVE BEEN ALL OVER HIM FOR IT

19 posted on 10/11/2010 12:27:46 PM PDT by Mr. K (PALADINO for GOV. OF NY --- VOTE LIKE YOUR CHILD'S LIFE DEPENDS ON IT! (BECAUSE IT DOES))
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To: SMARTY

Prior to his election he would also say “It is our turn”. He was also talking to blacks. I would hope that the black community sees that he has done nothing for them.


20 posted on 10/11/2010 12:28:37 PM PDT by RC2
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