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Obama says US cannot ignore race
BBC ^ | Tuesday, 18 March 2008, 17:15 GMT | BBC Staff

Posted on 03/18/2008 2:53:17 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

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1 posted on 03/18/2008 2:53:18 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

He has now turned this whole thing into blame America and I and I alone will heal you! Prophetic,isn’t it. I mean pathetic isn’t it. The spin doctor is in da house.


2 posted on 03/18/2008 2:56:08 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (Id rather be hunting with dick than driving with ted)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
All I've heard for years now is how we are supposed to be a color-blind society and I believe for the most part we are but then comes Obama that tells us that we can't be color-blind, we have to acknowledge racism from 150 years ago.
3 posted on 03/18/2008 2:57:37 PM PDT by tobyhill (The media lies so much the truth is the exception)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

We must move beyond my race and recognize that there is a difference between the races which I shall exploit in my bid... Wait, I didn’t mean that...

Please; Hint Obama, your speech will be remembered for 15 minutes, those youtube videos will be seen by more people than hear about your speech.


4 posted on 03/18/2008 2:57:42 PM PDT by kingu (Party for rent - conservative opinions not required.)
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To: ronnie raygun

But ignoring Black racism and passing it off on black anger is just fine huh???


5 posted on 03/18/2008 2:57:49 PM PDT by JohnD9207 (Lead...follow...or get the HELL out of the way!)
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To: ronnie raygun
From the Drudge Report....

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OBAMA SPEECH IN FULL: A MORE PERFECT UNION


6 posted on 03/18/2008 2:57:58 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
"Obama says US cannot ignore race"

Really? The Michigan Courts just threw out a challenge to a voter passed Constitutional Amendment that prohibits use of Race in any hiring or appointment positions. It appears Michigan is about to 'Ignore Race' in the bestowing of benefits and privileges. So sometimes it is good to 'Ignore Race'.

7 posted on 03/18/2008 2:58:58 PM PDT by TCats (The Clintons Are Not Just Wrong - They Are Certifiable AND Dangerous! See my Page)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Speech in Full Link:

http://www.drudgereport.com/flashos.htm

8 posted on 03/18/2008 2:59:55 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Blah, blah

Yeah Blacks suffer and suffered and a black church more likely will bring up these things

But how many adopt Marxit/Third-Worldist pseudo-intellectual rants and boilerplate?


9 posted on 03/18/2008 3:00:22 PM PDT by Shermy
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I’m sorry Mr. One-Note, but YOU’RE the one that makes it all about race - black this, black that. You NEED it to be all about race. If you weren’t black, you’d have been a footnote in this campaign.

You’re half white Obama - how do you sleep after attending a church that literally insults your mother week after week. Better yet, run as a White candidate and see how many votes you get.


10 posted on 03/18/2008 3:00:33 PM PDT by Right Cal Gal (Abraham Lincoln would have let Berkeley leave the Union without a fight)
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That was just a law passed by evil whitey and Jooos.

Obama hopes to promise hopeful change, so that future generations can have change of hope.


11 posted on 03/18/2008 3:02:08 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Kol Hakavod Mossad!)
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To: ronnie raygun

Let me get this straight; blacks think that they’re the only people that have been enslaved throughout history? Wrong! How about citing world history that Osama’s “enraged” pastor apparently never heard about. Try going back to Roman and Egyptian times when conquered people were enslaved or killed. How about remembering the Inquisition, the Holocaust, and other periods through time when millions were slaughtered and enslaved. Blacks don’t own this issue.


12 posted on 03/18/2008 3:03:15 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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“we are supposed to be a color-blind society, and I believe for the most part we are...”

You are correct.

And, it has happened in an amazingly short period of time. America has offered reasonably equal OPPORTUNITY for decades. I say reasonably, because no, not all of us have elite connections to give us a leg up. But of course, that has little do with race, anyway.


13 posted on 03/18/2008 3:03:20 PM PDT by EyeGuy
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To: ronnie raygun

Is that a real picture from Obama’s blame whitey speech? If so, what is a man who refused to wear the American flag on his lapel doing surrounding himself with American flags when he needs to bail his butt out of trouble?

As as to his call for not ignoring race, for once I agree with the little sheister — which I why I will not vote for a black man who refuses to lead his people in apologizing for destroying all of our once-beautiful cities and paying reparations so that we can once again rebuild them.


14 posted on 03/18/2008 3:04:39 PM PDT by lapster
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15 posted on 03/18/2008 3:05:26 PM PDT by realdifferent1 (What do the people of China call their good plates?)
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To: ronnie raygun

So much for Martin Luther King


16 posted on 03/18/2008 3:06:06 PM PDT by ballplayer
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

If this guys gets elected we’ll have years of nothing but race talk. Not looking forward to it.


17 posted on 03/18/2008 3:07:22 PM PDT by TexanToTheCore (If it ain't Rugby or Bullriding, it's for girls.........................................)
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To: realdifferent1; potlatch; devolve; Grampa Dave; NormsRevenge; SierraWasp

LOL...Lovely!


18 posted on 03/18/2008 3:08:31 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Obama says US cannot ignore race

Actually, my whole life was based on the premise that you CAN ignore race.

Hire the BEST person for the position...

An a-hole is an a-hole no matter what color he is...

19 posted on 03/18/2008 3:09:18 PM PDT by John123 (Socialism is the best choice for those too stupid to be liberals...)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Leftwing blacks had better get a clue, it is 2008!
20 posted on 03/18/2008 3:10:03 PM PDT by roses of sharon (Who will be McCain's maverick?)
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