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Obama: Trayvon Martin ‘could have been me 35 years ago’...(Here we go again!)
Yahoo news ^ | 07/19/13 | Oliver Knox

Posted on 07/19/2013 11:50:37 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway

President Barack Obama, breaking his silence on the George Zimmerman acquittal, said Friday that many African-Americans believe that “both the outcome and the aftermath might have been different” if Trayvon Martin had been white. “You know, when Trayvon Martin was first shot, I said that this could have been my son,” Obama said somberly during a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room. “Another way of saying that is Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago.” In searingly personal terms, Obama described his personal experience with race-based prejudice. “There are very few African-American men in this country who haven’t had the experience of being followed when they were shopping in a department store -- that includes me,” he said.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; US: Florida; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: allaboutme; blackkk; blackrage; egomania; florida; georgezimmerman; holder; mememememe; obama; trayvonmartin
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To: Rightwing Conspiratr1
"I seriously doubt Obama could have laid whoop-ass down on the blood people."....Me too!
101 posted on 07/19/2013 1:31:26 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Sir Napsalot

102 posted on 07/19/2013 1:31:33 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Secret Agent Man

103 posted on 07/19/2013 1:32:11 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

Ever think so of this was in your imagination Barry.....


104 posted on 07/19/2013 1:33:11 PM PDT by patriotspride
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

Ever think so of this was in your imagination Barry.....


105 posted on 07/19/2013 1:33:12 PM PDT by patriotspride
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To: Altura Ct.
So where is any politician to speak up against this BS?

Boehner would probably say he was moved by Obama's words. PC is killing us.

106 posted on 07/19/2013 1:38:13 PM PDT by sand88
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To: SeekAndFind

He needs a “grill” just like TM’s.


107 posted on 07/19/2013 1:38:42 PM PDT by Ray76 (Do you reject Obama? And all his works? And all his empty promises?)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway
"...Another way of saying that is Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago..."

Really? Never once, as a young, often irresponsible, man, did I ever engage in behavior that led me to leap on a law abiding citizen much older than me, smash him in the face with my fists and bang his head repeatedly against the concrete.

Are YOU, "Mr. President" (scare quotes intentional) saying that you DID engage in this kind of behavior, or COULD have?

It boggles my mind.

The biggest mistake, bar none, this country has ever made, was electing this inept, lying, racist, Marxist, socialist, liberal radical to its highest office. It is almost beyond believing that it has actually happened, not just once, but twice.

108 posted on 07/19/2013 1:39:44 PM PDT by rlmorel (Silence: The New Hate Speech)
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To: Ray76

109 posted on 07/19/2013 1:40:08 PM PDT by SparkyBass
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To: rocksblues

I got followed in department stores as a teen, too. Betcha just about EVERYONE has no matter what color.


110 posted on 07/19/2013 1:41:24 PM PDT by boop ("You don't look so bad, here's another")
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To: bkaycee
Guess, whatever takes the focus off

Bingo. Obama and his Marxist pals will bleed this for as long as possible. He relishes destruction.

111 posted on 07/19/2013 1:41:42 PM PDT by sand88
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To: SparkyBass

Whoa!!! That’s heavy duty!


112 posted on 07/19/2013 1:42:29 PM PDT by Ray76 (Do you reject Obama? And all his works? And all his empty promises?)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

No, it would not have been that j.a. guy in the white house. He is half-white, the darker people forget that 0 was raised in privilege, traveled the world, faked graduation, faked working for a living and FAKED being a true American of African descent. His ancestors were NOT slaves, they were slave owners and traders. So when he says he could have been St. Tray-tray 35 years ago, except for being a dope-head, Obama is lying—again.


113 posted on 07/19/2013 1:43:25 PM PDT by madison10
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To: Ray76
"Whoa!!! That’s heavy duty!"

All the better to eat the Constitution with, my dear...

114 posted on 07/19/2013 1:43:35 PM PDT by SparkyBass
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To: rockinqsranch

Cloven hoof.


115 posted on 07/19/2013 1:44:03 PM PDT by ponygirl (Be Breitbart.)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

We can only wish


116 posted on 07/19/2013 1:46:52 PM PDT by piroque ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act")
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

A lying, stealing thug with a drug problem?

That sounds like you today Mr President.


117 posted on 07/19/2013 1:46:54 PM PDT by Tzimisce (The American Revolution began when the British attempted to disarm the Colonists.)
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To: LucyT; Fred Nerks; GregNH

“Another way of saying that is Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago.”

1976/77?

Would that of been in Hawaii or Connecticut?


118 posted on 07/19/2013 2:02:46 PM PDT by Brown Deer (Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway; All

I clicked on vid to make sure I’d heard Obummer correctly on the radio while driving home. Sure enough, he said that blacks were looking thru their experiences and history “that doesn’t go away.”

And WHY DOESN’T IT GO AWAY OBUMMER??? Maybe if you and your race baiting pals would SHUT UP...I for one do not want to have a discussion about race THAT Y’ALL SET UP AND DEFINE. You’ve been having a one-way discussion about it now for 50 years: In the streets of America, in the universities, in books and music and sitcoms...how about I have my say now!!

He also yapped in a smarmy, but phoney soothing voice about his thoughts and prayers going out to the baby daddy and mommy...I didn’t listen to the whole thing (gag me), but wonder if HE EVEN FLIPPIN’ MENTIONED PRAYING/THINKING ABOUT THE ZIMMERMAN FAMILY. It might have been smart TO INCLUDE THEM YOU IDIOT!!!!!!!!!

He also said: “There are very few African-American men who haven’t had the experience of walking across the street and hearing the locks click on the doors of cars.” I’ve taken to doing that very thing ON PURPOSE just so blacks know I’m on the ball. I feel like yelling out the window “I did that because I KNOW WHO IS COMMITTING MOST OF THE VIOLENT CRIME.”

Forgive the outburst...I’m just disgusted and furious!!!!!!!


119 posted on 07/19/2013 2:04:55 PM PDT by viaveritasvita ("The One who reigns forever, He is a friend of mine, the G-d of angel armies, is always by my side.")
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To: NKP_Vet

“Fox resident liberal Chris Wallace taking up for everything that the racist-in-chief said. O’Reilly will agree tonight.”

Fox is not conservative or “fair and balanced”. It is rapidly moving to the dark side of the mainstream establishment media.


120 posted on 07/19/2013 2:05:12 PM PDT by Soul of the South (Yesterday is gone. Today will be what we make of it.)
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