Obama says that without family support he could have been in prison

WAPO ^ | July 16, 2015 | Katie Zezima and Juliet Eilperin

[PROCON]

EL RENO, Okla. — President Obama, who in recent weeks has shed any reticence to talk about racism and discrimination in American life, suggested inside the walls of a federal prison in Oklahoma on Thursday that under different circumstances, he could have been there as an inmate rather than as president.

“That’s what strikes me — there but for the grace of God,” the president said, standing in an empty cellblock with polished concrete floors and gray-and-white walls.

Minutes after he had finished meeting with six nonviolent drug offenders in El Reno federal prison, a medium-security facility, Obama said his life could have taken a trajectory similar to the prisoners’ if he had not had the kind of family and community support many young men of color lack.

[PROCON]

IF the Rule Of Law was followed....

[timlilje]

YUP he’s right. He was raised an entitled child in Hawaii. His Grandparents took care of him. They were Professors at the Univ. of Hawaii. Really rough life buddy!

[cableguymn]

That said.. this is the one time I wish someones family had NOT supported them.

[Farmer Dean]

If they had caught him while he was dealing drugs....

[griswold3]

Seeha! Even Obama admits he is without Character, void of morals, lacking conscience.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

He should be in prison...there’s still time.

[Lurkinanloomin]

HE SHOULD BE IN PRISON

Biggest con man ever in the history of the world.

[MIchaelTArchangel]

America would have been better off if he had gone to prison.

[lonestar]

His Grandparents... were Professors at the Univ. of Hawaii.

Where did you get that?

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Too bad he had family support. He should have been in prison anyway for drug dealing.

[cripplecreek]

Wonder if he had a chat with Kwame Kilpatrick who is in that prison.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

He was raised an entitled child in Hawaii. His Grandparents took care of him. They were Professors at the Univ. of Hawaii.

Or so he says.

[The Toll]

White folks fault.

[clintonh8r]

We would have been better off if the baby mommy had made a different “choice.”

[Cementjungle]

Any of us could have wound up that way. Family, religion and community is what teaches us to grow up and lead productive lives.

Too bad liberals hate those sorts of things.

[Louis Foxwell]

Wishin and Hopin.

[struggle]

Um...yeah right.

He went to the most prestigious HS in Hawaii and then Occidental, Columbia, and Harvard.

[musicman]

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[ponygirl]

Without media support, he would be in prison.

[b4its2late]

He should be there now.