Maybe Some of It Is About Race, After All
Whether or not race shaped Barack Obama, it's certainly shaping this election. (Also, Roger L. Simon on Why the Press Hides Obama's Lies)
After his graduation, Obama attended Occidental College for two years, again on scholarship. He left very little in the way of a mark at this small, private college where he claims he first decided to enter public service. “When he surfaced as this national figure, I can only remember him wearing O.P. shorts and flip-flops,” said Simeon Heninger, a dorm resident who lived near Obama.
From there he went on to Columbia University, again not leaving a mark. His senior thesis on Soviet nuclear disarmament is notoriously missing, leading many to question whether this paper — which was written for a class about decision-making — was actually scrubbed to protect Obama from political embarrassment. As just about everyone knows by now, Obama next attended Harvard University, a bastion of Ivy League elitism and the privileged upper crust. Again, he attended on scholarship but this time he did, in fact, leave a mark. After being named to the Harvard Law Review in his first year based on his grades and writing sample, Obama was named president of the Harvard Law Review in February 1990.
Almost immediately, he made the news for being the first black president of what’s considered the most prestigious law review in the country. And make no mistake about it, from Obama’s viewpoint his new position specifically served to single him out from other members of his race.
“The fact that I’ve been elected shows a lot of progress,” Mr. Obama said today in an interview. “It’s encouraging.
“But it’s important that stories like mine aren’t used to say that everything is O.K. for blacks. You have to remember that for every one of me, there are hundreds or thousands of black students with at least equal talent who don’t get a chance,” he said, alluding to poverty or growing up in a drug environment.
When he first announced his plans to run for the presidency, African-American columnists argued Obama’s biracial ancestry and privileged background gave him such a different background that he “cannot claim those problems as his own — nor has he lived the life of a black American.” Yet somehow in his presidential bid, Barack Obama sidestepped the question of whether he is “black enough.”
But voters aren’t as willing to avoid the race issue. Indeed, among black voters it’s becoming ever more important. George Mason University Professor Michael Fauntroy, author of Republicans and the Black Vote
Let’s say Barack Obama wins, and 30 years down the line, you’re a black Republican or black conservative, and your grandkid comes to you and says, “Did you vote for Obama?” It’s going to be hard to argue why you didn’t.
With this in mind, Obama’s campaign has continued its effort to drum up the black vote even to the point of encouraging voting along racial lines — an act they call “racist” when performed by whites.
It is a strategy which sadly appears to be working: the latest polls show Obama with a strong lead, and he’s expected to carry 95% of the black vote. Even some black Republicans are planning to vote for Obama because of his race. Meanwhile, other black voters see the ultimate outcome as not a referendum on a candidate and his views, but upon themselves and their own personal experience, as well as their future:
Bev Smith, a nationally syndicated radio talk-show host, devoted her entire three-hour show Monday night to the question: “If Obama doesn’t win, what will you think?”
“My audience is upset,” she said in an interview. “Some people said they would be so angry it would be reminiscent of the [1960s] riots — that is how despondent they would be.”
For those who are shuddering over the riots at the GOP convention, it’s hard not to wonder whether this election is as much about making history as it is about history repeating itself. Either way, one thing is clear: for having brought the country to this point, Barack Obama will finally get to have his own firsthand black experience.
But at whose expense?
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1. jo:Maybe Obama did not understand nuclear weapons politics. Will there be riots in the streets again if Obama loses?
Oct 9, 2008 - 12:43 am 2. Marc Malone:Stupid article. The only ones who care are the blacks, a few radical whites, and some liberals. Other Americans have long ago moved beyond skin color. Who really cares what color he is?
I hate his policies. I hate that he has no track record. I hate his secrecy. I hate his whack-job allies. I hate his false promises. I hate his narcissism. The man is odious… but I could care less about his skin color.
Well, I guess some care, else he’d never have gotten this far, because people wouldn’t be so afraid of vetting him. They’re all over Palin for welcoming some foreign whack-job, something she had to do in her role as Mayor, but they won’t dig deep on Wright; or Davis; or Fleger; or Rezco; or Sanmour; or Odinga; or Ayers; or… well, you get the picture.
Oct 9, 2008 - 12:47 am 3. Richard:I despise bigots. For some in America, any Democrat is the enemy and a black Democrat is the son of Satan. Jeez, where do you clowns live and breed? You dredge the depths for anything, any mud that you can sling, hoping something will stick. Do you not realize that you are despised by all, but your fellow bigots and racists, both here and across the world?
Oct 9, 2008 - 1:42 am 4. swtexasflyer:95 percent of one race voting for Obama sounds more like were returning to our racist past but in reverse. Exactly what Jesse, Al, and Louis wants.
MLK must be rolling over in his grave.
Oct 9, 2008 - 2:22 am 5. SAF:Richard:
Well for some in America any Republican is the enemy, it is the sad fact of the Un-United States.
The fact that at least 90% and perhaps 95% of the black population will vote for Obama is about racism.
Facts are that blacks have been treated poorly over the years although it is certainly getting better and has been for decades.
Facts are that racial preferences and affirmative action have been around for decades whether you like it or not.
And I argue that if Mr. Obama had been a white guy he would not be the democratic nominee given his resume. But he is a smart guy and figured out how to game the system and get the nomination using his color, very shrewd.
But that does not necessarily make him fit to govern.
So this election has become all about racism.
Oct 9, 2008 - 2:28 am 6. crossover:My thoughts on how McCain has now won this election, even though he is behind in the polls. NOW.
Oct 9, 2008 - 2:33 am 7. Ed Wallis:His plan will allow working women to keep their homes.
Women will keep their homes even if they have to let the man/husband go- I know.
I think the more women think about McCain’s plan to help them keep their homes, will be the lift he needs to win this election.
Smart move, Smart man.
Obama offers NOTHING.
He would help the middle class with TAX cuts. 45% of the middle class do not pay taxes now.
A woman with a tax cut about to lose her home has NOTHING.
The working women of America need to let this ‘message sink in. Smart choice, from a smart man. A combat hero and fighter,
and he doesn’t have a Harvard degree like Bush and Obama.
/I know the democrats are huddled right now saying “have you looked at his plan.” “It will destroy our ‘votes’ from the working women of America. ha.
I find fault with this article in that – especially Zerobama’s earlier years (mentioned on p. 1 of this article) – it does NOT substantially take into account the fact that he lived/grew up a number of years overseas…with which I mean to say that e.g. MLK etc etc “meant a hill of beans” to Indonesians back then.
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Furthermore, when the author quotes George Mason University Professor Michael Fauntroy, author of “Republicans and the Black Vote,” “Let’s say Barack Obama wins, and 30 years down the line, you’re a black Republican or black conservative, and your grandkid comes to you and says, “Did you vote for Obama?” It’s going to be hard to argue why you didn’t.” the author merely highlights the clear and unequivocal racism of Democrats.
“Hard to argue why?!” Hardly, in that a conservative would respond that Obama-the-candidate’s policies did not work to the benefit of America, did conflict with American values insofar as socialism is a “foreign” concept…among many other sound reasons.
But NOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooo, it’s “got to be” difficult, because (wink wink) it’s only OK to be a “race traitor” (a Leftist term) if you’re white.
THAT, dear readers, is racism, plain and simple.
Oct 9, 2008 - 3:04 am 8. Joe:The facts are that Obama has been given every opportunity and elevation to prestigious and powerful positions and has done nothing with them. The reason is that he doesn’t have it in him, yet his supporters and even opponents continue to call him brilliant. This guy is a fraud, a bigot, an anti-American rabblerouser with a superficial intellect. Were he completely caucasian he would not be the democratic nominee. Were he Republican, his political career would have been over as soon as Rev, Wright and his devotion to a racist church was made public. What’s clear is that the leftist demagoguery in academia and media has done much to diminish patriotism and pride in our culture.
Oct 9, 2008 - 3:40 am 9. vivo:Obama is a “mulato”, some will say “mestiço”.
Not a popular term, but accurate.
But, who cares? We all have the same basic DNA.
Oct 9, 2008 - 3:41 am 10. Richard:It matters not what meat suit anyone’s wearing. I am vastly more than the sum of my parts, and those who thrive on the material are shallow and vain.
Oct 9, 2008 - 3:43 am 11. SAF:Look in the mirror and say, “Hello dust”.
If you can in sincerity say your dust is superior dust, you’re an idiot.
I find knowing how transient our bodies are is humbling. Seeking either division or unity based solely on the color of your outermost shell only points the void lying beneath it.
Joe:
I am no Obama fan but I must disagree with you, he is brilliant. He has taken a razor thin resume and propelled himself to the nomination of the democratic party and quite possibly the presidency. I believe he is the least experienced, and in my book qualified, candidate to ever run for the office of the presidency. But there he is. That took some great strategy and tactics to achieve. I am not saying I like how he got there but I am saying you can’t ignore it.
It is a mistake to underestimate your opposition, look what happened to Hillary.
Oct 9, 2008 - 4:18 am 12. dan:the fact of barack’s nomination for US president by one of the two major parties demonstrates the obsolescence of the 60s race narrative. every one of us who grew up from the 70s on has had civil rights drubbed into him irrevocably throughout his entire life. every one of us have known and lived among black, asian, hispanic, whatever people – actually i notice sub-continental indian, russian, arab and other nationalities are new and exotic to babyboomers. black men and women occupy every kind of position of significance in society. all law is designed to repress racism, and such provisions are vigorously enforced. enough with the f*cking race theme already. besides, it’s all in bad faith – *all* race-talk only helps obama. if 95% of black people vote for obama, fine – but don’t tell me it isn’t about race. and so what? so they’re race-obsessed. of course they are. how could they not be when we’ve all been learning little history but civil rights and slavery since early grade school? if they want to wallow in this moral babytalk, so what? most of the *white* people (liberals) i know are obsessed with race. but it’s over, you idiots! shut up! all this is part of the general idiocy. please stop contributing to it.
Oct 9, 2008 - 4:22 am 13. cfbleachers:Bev Smith, a nationally syndicated radio talk-show host, devoted her entire three-hour show Monday night to the question: “If Obama doesn’t win, what will you think?”
“My audience is upset,” she said in an interview. “Some people said they would be so angry it would be reminiscent of the [1960s] riots — that is how despondent they would be.”
Why would the audience be upset…today?
I’m at a bit of a loss here…if Sen. Obama is involved in a close race and he loses, ….is there an implied threat of violence here? That should repel every voter of conscience, white, black, brown, yellow, red… or purple with green polka dots.
Widespread voter fraud by ACORN, signing up non-existent voters, registering names out of the phone book, …these acts are not perpetrated to help Sen. McCain. (although I predict the leftist media will concoct some story to try to portray this in exactly the opposite direction at some point)…so, “what will they think”…is probably not much different than what Sen. McCain’s base of voters will think. “we were robbed!”
It’s all so childish and immature. When the votes are counted and if there is no ACORN-like induced fraud on either side…the chips fall where they fall.
Feeding into a paranoia and inciting and abetting violent reactions by planting veiled threats…is pretty irresponsible.
And suggesting that any and every vote for Sen. McCain, is…by definition…a racist vote, should repel every voter of conscience. In fact, I would like to see this very question asked of Sen. Obama, in an open forum. “Is any vote for Sen. McCain, based solely and/or primarily on racism? By this we mean, can NOBODY vote for Sen. McCain for reasons of experience, policy, or even personality traits…but for…being a racist?”
If he doesn’t come out strongly and say that is the most ridiculous notion ever conceived, he should lose in a landslide. Either way, that imbecilic canard should be stopped in its tracks…today.
Playing to racial pride is one thing…I think it’s wonderful, frankly. Good for Senator Obama and good for this country that we have come to a place where a person of color is a strong, viable candidate, with a very realistic chance to win the highest office in the land. I think that says something wonderful about us…we have come far in our maturity as a nation. It took too long and never should have been an issue in the first place, it’s fairly ridiculous that it was ever an issue in the first place, in my opinion.
Good for us, that a woman would be a strong, viable candidate to lead us and we wouldn’t bat an eye or think twice about it. It took too long and it was fairly ridiculous to have ever been an issue in the first place, in my opinion.
But, if a woman loses to a man…or a black man loses to a white man…I don’t subscribe to the notion that it means we are sexist or racist. Geez…let’s stop hypercorrecting our outcomes…sometimes a cigar is just a cigar…and a vote is just a vote.
If we are mature enough now to run all manner of strong, viable candidates…we ought to be mature enough to live with the results…without resorting to puerile threats of leaving the country or worse…violence. If Sen. Obama wins…I will love my country tomorrow as I do today.
If Sen. McCain wins, I will not be leaving for Canada, France or Machu Pichu… nor will I take out a brick, drag someone out of a truck and smash his head with it. I don’t care how “upset” I am at the outcome of the election. This country…and its people…are better than that. We’ve come a long way…let’s quit trying to go back to the 1960’s.
Oct 9, 2008 - 4:26 am 14. THorfin:WTF,
Oct 9, 2008 - 4:45 am 15. TomJW:I really do not care if the fellow is green. The policies that this man has embraced are not the ones that will bring peace and prosperity to this country. If anything, we might not have a country after four years of his policies. He is a fringe player at best has been placed where he is by some very powerful forces and the press of America has refused to even start to research him due to their own biases.
Hey ‘Dick’, quit focusing on race, you racist.
Talk about a single Obama accomplishment. Not co-signing legislation someone else wrote, something he did. Thin resume there. Much of what he has done he tries to hide. Whenever he has had a chance to skip on showing himself, he hides too – the only one to not publish while editor of the Harvard Law Review, hundreds of votes of ‘present’, particularly in the Illinios legislature, to avoid having a record that could be criticized. You guy was raised by and always gravatates to Communists, okay – that bunch of terrorists too. If God come down to earth and had that record, I wouldn’t vote for that shmuck either.
Oct 9, 2008 - 4:51 am 16. RE:Accusations of white racism in entirely a diversionary tactic in this campaign. It’s also an easy subject for extremely lazy journalists.
On the other hand, the racism of Obama, Michelle, Wright, Ayers, Dohrn, and ACORN and their use of it to corrupt our institutions are very pregnant topics for discussion.
Oct 9, 2008 - 5:05 am 17. Kirk:Ed Wallis wrote…
“”"But NOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooo, it’s “got to be” difficult, because (wink wink) it’s only OK to be a “race traitor” (a Leftist term) if you’re white.”"”
Excellect point, and one of my largest disappointments and eye openers. Hearing Secretary of State Rice say she might vote for him (rather than risk being seen as a race traitor) made me reevaluate everything I thought I knew about black conservatives.
Oct 9, 2008 - 5:22 am 18. SAF:I remember watching a discussion decades ago between a black activist and a Rabbi about affirmative action (and the New York City School system)when it had just come into vogue. The Rabbi said well if both candidates for a job are equally qualified then the job should go to the black guy. He was all for that but the black activist disagreed and said even if the black guy was not as qualified as long as he was minimally qualified he should get the job. The Rabbi said “you surely don’t mean that” and the black activist said he did. I was pretty amazed at that debate so long ago. The Rabbi was in shock.
Its more shocking today.
Oct 9, 2008 - 5:42 am 19. Dave Surls:“For some in America, any Democrat is the enemy”
There’s something about the history of their party (slavery, segregation, etc.) that makes me not too keen on the ideas of being pals with them.
Start sucking up to a Dem and let one be your “friend” and the next thing you know you’re in chains in a cotton field, or you’re a conscript getting your head blown off in a rice paddy in Vietnam, or something equally unpleasant.
All things considered, I’d rather be enemies than friends.
Oct 9, 2008 - 5:43 am 20. Valerie:When I was living in Chicago, the slogan after Mayor Washington died in office was “A black, any black.” Barack Obama is a Chicago politician.
This is a racist campaign, and the Republicans are right to call it like it is. http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/10/gop-candidate-allen-west-defends-sarah.html
I am a Democrat, and I do not believe Republicans are racist. If they were racist, they would not have been clamoring for Colin Powell, Condi Rice, Michael Steele and Bobby Jindahl as candidates. I am, however, beginning to wonder about what’s left of the Democratic Party. That they would support such a spectacularly unaccomplished candidate simply because he is black and male, is still astounding after all these months.
Oct 9, 2008 - 6:39 am 21. jb:IT IS NOT BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF HIS SKIN!!!!
IT IS BECOUSE HE IS A SOCIALIST AND HE IS UNQUALFIED AND HE LIKES TO PAL AROUND WITH BIGOTS (yes there are black bigots), BOMB USING RADICALS OTHER LOSERS!!!!
Sorry about yelling but I do feel much better now even though this was probably a waste of time.
Oct 9, 2008 - 7:03 am 22. Mike:According to the networks and major papers, the only reason to oppose the coronation of the ONE, is racism, racisn, racism. Who could possibly oppose socialism, terrorism and abortion?
Oct 9, 2008 - 7:05 am 23. geokster:SAF:
“That took some great strategy and tactics to achieve.”
In fact, his tactics and strategy were developed over half a century ago by a Marxist rabble-rouser named Saul Alinsky, and he has been following them all his life. I have winnowed this down from a much more detailed, footnoted explanation of Alinsky and his work. linked at bottom. Read the whole page and prepare yourself to be sick.
In 1946 Alinsky wrote Reveille for Radicals…about the principles and tactics of “community organizing,” otherwise known as agitating for revolution…which he and his disciples euphemistically refer to as “CHANGE.” (Sound familiar yet?) Two of his most notable modern-day disciples are Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
True revolutionaries do not flaunt their radicalism, Alinsky taught. “They cut their hair, put on suits and infiltrate the system from within.” (Barack Obama)
…the organizer must deride his enemy and dismiss him as someone unworthy of being taken seriously because he is either intellectually deficient or morally bankrupt…He advised organizers to “laugh at the enemy” in an effort to provoke “an irrational anger. “Ridicule,” said Alinsky, “is man’s most potent weapon. It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule.
…a clearly identifiable enemy; …specifically name this foe…who is to blame for the “particular evil” that is the source of the people’s angst…it should be an individual such as a CEO, a mayor, or a president. (Bush, Palin) …the enemy was to be portrayed as the very personification of evil, against whom any and all methods were fair game…
…the organizer’s task was to cultivate…a negative, visceral emotional response to the face of the enemy…to avoid the temptation to concede that his opponent was not “100 per cent devil,” or that he possessed certain admirable qualities such as being “a good churchgoing man, generous to charity, and a good husband.” (Bush/Palin Derangement Syndrome)
Men will act when they are convinced their cause is 100 percent on the side of the angels, and that the opposition are 100 percent on the side of the devil.” …the ends (in this case, the transfer of power) justify virtually whatever means are required (in this case, lying).
If the perceived oppressor surrenders or extends a hand of friendship…(t)his cannot be permitted. Eternal war, by definition, must never end.
…in order to most effectively cast themselves as defenders of moral principals and human decency, organizers must react with “shock, horror, and moral outrage” whenever their targeted enemy in any way misspeaks or fails to live up to his “book of rules.”
Does any of this ring a bell? For me it explains EVERYTHING that is going on right now: the hatred, the lies, the smears, the ridicule, the coordinated trolls, even the empty suit, his equally empty mantra of undefined “change”, and his hesitancy to explain what he did as a “community organizer”.
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=2314
This profile was written by John Perazzo in April 2008, long before Palin, but it obviously accurately describes what happened to her, doesn’t it?
Oct 9, 2008 - 7:07 am 24. Mike:Want to hear a TRUE STORY OF RACISM IN ACTION?? My white nephew Kurt, the one with straight A’s in pre law, got accepted to 2 law schools. He was told there was no money or scholarships available to him. You see, there were multiple programs available, but only to “people of color”. So my nephew is discriminated against racially to make up for the wrong of racial discrimination. In my experience, minorities in general are against racism against their own race, but not against other races. I fully expect the moderator to disallow this comment, because it will be deemed “racist” to tell the truth.
Oct 9, 2008 - 7:15 am 25. dan:All this is moot anyway since Obama is a Communist.
Sorry I mean a “radical.”
Oops – “leftist.”
Please. Let me break it down for you. The real civil rights movement – that is, providing remedies against those who used race as grounds for depriving someone of life, liberty, or property – ended in 1964.
After a brief period of transition, Race thenceforth became a weapon of “social justice” – that is, Socialism.
“Black Liberation Theology” is just Socialism, as is all “liberation theology” – or, “Jesus was a Communist.”
If all this sounds hokey and John Birchy it’s not my godd*mn fault.
Black power? The SDS’s perspective on race? Black nationalism? Nation of Islam? Malcolm X? C’mon! This is just one step removed from revolutionary Socialism – that is, Communism.
Look at Ayers & Dohrn, look at how unreprentent; read the FBI files released per the Freedom of Information Act.
Then review Obama’s life, particularly in light of the much too recently released details of his involvement with Ayers & Dohrn – who were *clearly* his sponsors. Even if you love Barack – look at it, and tell me you really believe he isn’t a Socialist.
What did he say when the markets first tanked? “This is the failure of an economic philosophy” later reformulated as “a result of deregulation, anything goes” sentiment.
If any of you work in financial services or a related field, you’ll know that the *last* thing they are is “unregulated.”
And what “economic philosophy” could he be referring to? Could it be… oh I don’t know… Capitalism?
And now he’s talking about all these massive investments in infrastructure like bridges and roads – public works projects? I heard Robert Reich say the same thing on NPR yesterday afternoon during rush hour – “now is the time to invest in our infrastructure!”
What? No it isn’t. Now is the time to stop-gap the property valuation hemmoraging and to reduce the burden on companies’ – EMPLOYERS’ – ability to compete, grow and EMPLOY more people. Now is not the time for the goverment to swallow an even Larger chunk of the private sector – the thing which government in the USA is intended to SERVE. Now is the time to axe the heads of certain corporations, kick out the fool corrupt politicians – in this case mostly Democrats, sorry guys – and stop the government treasury officials from freaking everyone out.
I live in Ohio. Its economy is crap. And do you know why that is? It is because, according to a study released yesterday, Ohio has the 47th most burdensome tax structure for businesses and one of the worst income tax structure for individuals. Gee – if you were a business or an individual would you want, of all 50 states, to work or live in Ohio? Why – so government can make you less competitive so the politicians can promise lots of nice free crap to people, and who become increasingly dependent on these handouts because the businesses fail when they can’t compete with their competitors? Do you people not understand how this behavior and applied consistently enough over enough time, will result in Socialism, even if you refuse to call it that?
Please. You people who will vote for this attractive media image are suffering from a malignent mix of gullibility, resentment, and self-importance. You seem not to know what a Socialist or a Communist “is” – just like you don’t seem to know what a “Muslim” is. It is a moral philosophy, a philosophy of history and an economic philosophy. It is not about race. It is not about conspiracy. It is about ignorance, venality, and resentment. Wake up.
Oct 9, 2008 - 7:30 am 26. dan:Excuse me – I meant to say, Ohio is the 3rd most burdensome state, taxwise.
Oct 9, 2008 - 7:34 am 27. Will Sharpe:This has to be one of the most inane articles I have ever come across. You could create an equally inane article–on opposite footing–linking the rise of African-American athletes’ successes with the probabilty that a black politican in the White House will trump the previous successes of all white presidents. Richard has it dead on when he says, “Seeking either division or unity based solely on the color of your outermost shell only points the void lying beneath it.”
Oct 9, 2008 - 8:02 am 28. Scott:The endless bleating of “racism” by the Democrats any time someone criticizes Obama is disgraceful…and it isn’t going to work.
Screaming “racism” is like screaming “witch” in the Middle Ages; it is an attempt to accuse without proof.
I, for one, am sick of it. I have personally responded to a couple of accusations of “racism” made against me by Obama supporters at my job. My response to my co-workers who called me “racist” was to tell them that “racism” was a serious accusation and they had better be prepared to explain the accusation to our department’s Civil Rights officer. I made it clear that if their accusations continued I would file a formal civil rights complaint against them for harrassment due to my political views.
I will NOT be silenced or intimidated by brown shirts. All of us must fight back against this NOW.
Oct 9, 2008 - 8:07 am 29. SAF:geokster:
Thanks for the info. Even if he copied every strategy you need to give Obama credit for selecting the right model.
I’ve been in engineering all my life and the engineer who builds most on the shoulders of others and invents as little as possible makes the biggest contributions.
Again, smart work on Obama’s part. He’s gotten very far applying the principles he’s learned. But as I have said before getting to be president doesn’t mean you’ll be any good at it.
Oct 9, 2008 - 8:47 am 30. Mabel:I’m a person of color and an immigrant who can honestly say have never experienced racism in this country (my own, it’s a different story). Whenever someone argues to me that anyone opposing Obama is racist, I protest and fire back. If this is a racist country, how come none of the “evolved” European countries have elected their own minority president?
Oct 9, 2008 - 8:54 am 31. Disgusted:It appears Barack will win, and yes, he has figured out how to get the system to work for him…he is a shrew politician and a very smart guy…the upside of him winning is that the left will not be able to argue anymore (convincingly at least) that America is a racist nation.
What makes Obama “Black” and Tiger Woods “Asian”? Obama is mixed. And he’s not the only mixed person, or black person who has enjoyed a childhood virtually unthinkable for most black children. That’s how much you know about Black people. NOTHING!
Oct 9, 2008 - 9:00 am 32. Will Sharpe:SAF: “But as I have said before getting to be president doesn’t mean you’ll be any good at it.”
Great point, just look who’s occupying 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue currently.
Oct 9, 2008 - 9:24 am 33. Ditto:I’ve wondered endlessly if Senator Obama isn’t a patsy – a dupe. I wonder if he’s being used by his handlers and doesn’t know it. I wonder if his ego is so “well developed” that he believes what his puppet masters are telling him about how he’s going to save the world, and one day will find himself being discarded when he is no longer useful to “the cause”.
The relevant thing is not race or the politics of personality. It’s that we have too much to wonder about with one candidate as relates to loyalty and love of country. A candidate with ties as deep and persistent to so-called political activists who hate America and/or have an agenda to promote one category of person over another (i.e. “the poor”) has no place on any party’s ticket for POTUS.
Oct 9, 2008 - 9:57 am 34. Alysse Finegold:Obama is giving white America the opportunity to admit its racism, and make amends. How would reparations be structured? That is not important. Obama will take care of that so you will not have to worry yourselves.
Denying your own racism is but a futile gesture that Obama and his associates can sniff out instantly. No. Please. Stop resisting. It is futile and pointless. Enter into the oneness that is being offered to you, before it is too late. Bow down before the One. Let go. Let it all go.
Submission now will save us all much trouble later on.
Oct 9, 2008 - 10:00 am 35. Someone75:Shame on you. This is a new low, even for PJmedia.
You can diminish his accomplishments all you want, but it doesn’t change the fact that he has real potential and has overcome tremendous odds in his big for the presidency.
Hey – at least he didn’t spend five years in a prison camp and then return to parlay his experience into a political career. McCain is the only one saying that he “deserves” to be president.
Oct 9, 2008 - 11:03 am 36. Jennifer:“Either way, one thing is clear: for having brought the country to this point, Barack Obama will finally get to have his own firsthand black experience.”
Oct 9, 2008 - 11:08 am 37. Morgaine:Wow Ms Berry you are silly. The above clincher line encapsulates your profound sense of entitlement *and* cluelessness. However the assertion is also so silly that it’s at least good for a joke. Shoot, you are goddamned ridiculous!
@ Joe: Obama has a superficial intellect?
Say what you will about his razor thin resume or politics but if he had graduated from a community college, everyone would be ballistic. The guy is smart (magna cum laude from Harvard Law and pres. of Harvard Law Review)How is that a superficial intellect?????
Oct 9, 2008 - 11:39 am 38. Marc Malone:Someone75 – I don’t think I’ve ever heard McCain say that he deserves to be Prez. Let’s say, however, that that were a widely held impression. At 72, with his background, perhaps he is the only one who has been in this race who could possibly legitimately make that claim.
That’s a hypothetical, for you guys who would jump all over that. What I am saying is that Someone75 is tossing out a red herring.
Oct 9, 2008 - 12:37 pm 39. Marc Malone:I’m not so sure of his graduation achievement from Harvard Law, since I understand that we can’t get his transcripts, or his dissertation, and he never published in Harvard Law Review (unheard of for an editor). It’s all a closed book. In other words, prove it.
I think he’s coldly calculating, but not as bright as all that. Don’t confuse well-educated with smart.
Oct 9, 2008 - 12:41 pm 40. Joe:@ Morgaine: Graduated from Harvard Law magna cum laude? That’s news to me. I thought his academic records were lost, or unreleased. As the referenced article illustrates, Obama and his accomplices have left no paper trail. Show me the transcripts. Also, president of Harvard Law Review is an elected position. So he was popular with his fellow students, so what? What did he produce as President of the Review? Answer, nothing. Politicians are good at getting elected. They may be shrewd, clever, even super-geniuses, but judging from the caliber of our elected officials in Washington, most of them are just shrewd, clever, and good at getting themselves elected. I’ve been listening to Obama speak on the stump, and engaging in interviews for over a year, and he doesn’t appear to me to be a brilliant thinker. His misapprehension of American History, foreign policy, and economic dynamics tell me that he is no genius, despite what his supporters in the Media continually trumpet. Two striking crises have suddenly appeared during this presdential cycle, one foreign policy related, the other a domestic economic issue: The Russian invasion of Georgia, and the Bank failure and credit crunch. In each instance Senator Obama showed neither leadership, nor a strong understanding of the situation. Both times his campaign released equivocating statements, in essence stating: This is above my pay grade. If some folks consider him brilliant for maneuvering to the cusp of the presidency, so be it. I do not.
Oct 9, 2008 - 1:15 pm 41. Someone75:Marc Malone – He hasn’t said it, but I get the strong feeling from him when I see the disdain he shows towards Obama. Why can’t McCain look at his opponent in a debate? Why does he shun him in the Senate? Why does he act like Obama so thoroughly disgusts him that he can’t even stand it? It looks like a profound sense of entitlement to me. He seems so offended that this brazen young liberal would *dare* challenge him – a war hero.
The thing is, I wish McCain would stop reminding us that he’s a former prisoner of war. It cheapens his experience. My grandfather fought in WW2, but he didn’t go around trying to parlay his experience into a political career. Many vets from all wars come back and live regular lives without feeling like the people owe them anything other than gratitude.
I respect your opinion, but it’s not a red herring to me.
Oct 9, 2008 - 1:21 pm 42. kevin c:alysse feingold-ILL BEND DOWN HONEY-WITH MY BIBLE AND GUNS AT THE READY. DONT TELL ME TO BEND DOWN BEFORE SOME COMMIE YOU RACIST SCUM. AND THERE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO AGREE WITH ME.
Oct 9, 2008 - 1:32 pm 43. 11B40:Greetings:
Back in the joy of my youth, in the Bronx of the late ‘50s and early ‘60s, basketball became the preferred way to waste my time. Eventually, my skills led me and some friends to travel to other neighborhoods in search of new competition. Some of these neighborhoods were more “diverse” and less safe than my own. News of my travels reached my father and I was subsequently summoned to a “Dinis, me boy-o” meeting in our living room.
My father had grown up in Ireland and came to this country in 1927, in time to participate in both the Great Depression and World War II. He was a practicing Catholic and, to my knowledge, had no particular bone to pick with black folks. When he found out where I had been traveling to play ball, he shared the following advise with me; “right or wrong, don’t ever expect them to take your part against their own.”
It was good advice then, as now.
Today’s Racist Question: What’s Black & White and Red all over?
Oct 9, 2008 - 1:47 pm 44. B Dubya:Someone75
If McCain reacts to Obama the way you describe, and I haven’t seen it myself, it may be because shortly after Obama weas sworn in as a Senator, he broke a gentlemans’s agreement of some sort with Mr. McCain. MCCain wrote him a very polite letter, thanking him for the education and assuring the Illonois junior senator that he would never make the mistake of trusting him, Barack Obama, again.
My guess is that John knows Barack Obama too well to be able to stomach being in the same room with him without serious pains in his ass. Honorable people tend to react that way to liars, cheats, and frauds.
Oct 9, 2008 - 1:58 pm 45. Steynian 267 « Free Mark Steyn!:[...] MAYBE Some of It Is About Race, After All …. [...]
Oct 9, 2008 - 4:34 pm 46. Believer:I haven’t read this thread but I would agree with B Dubya’s words at 1:58PM about BO being a liar, a cheat and a fraud. The evidence is rife to support those contentions.
Warshawsky’s article today at AmericanThinker believes the polls are being manipulated and that McCain may well be leading. He thinks this is wrong because it will lead possibly to an even worse reaction to BO’s loss in November than we saw in 2000. This may very well be true.
But I will go further. If true, it’s more than wrong. I think it’s evil. And not beneath the BO I’ve researched. He has played on the emotions of a vulnerable public – with little care for the outcome. He spent two decades in a church feeding the anger and resentment of a community of people. Saying nothing as lies were told to further the hate. The man has only befriended or partnered with those who hate America in part or entirely – people who divide, not unite. And people who see violence as acceptable.
He watched what happened in Kenya when Odinga lost his election, advising his cousin throughout the campaign. He hasn’t shown any effort to see that no such ugliness occurs here, but instead plants the seeds he hopes will sprout at the appointed hour to achieve his self-serving goals.
He, in his own way, is our nation’s worst enemy right now. I can’t stomach him either.
Oct 9, 2008 - 4:56 pm 47. Rose:You know something something of your comments posted sound like uneducated idiots who look at one side. John McCain is a bigot and does not know Obama so he decided to make stories. That old man needs to take a seat and that Alaskan bigot needs to step off. First of all Obama is an educated man unlike your McCain.
Oct 9, 2008 - 5:41 pm 48. Someone75:My question is WHAT ARE YOU ALL AFRAID OFF? That he will get into office and do better than the Republican bigots you picked. Is this race about issues or how stupid you uneducated republican bigots sound. Jealous raises it ugly head and instead of seeing above it you all feed into it. America is not the world and guess what some third world countries are doing better than here. So remove the jealous and see beyond the lies McCain and his Palin stated there is noting uglier than a WOMAN [yes I call McCain girlie man] scorned.
They are bigots and yes they may be black bigots and if they feel the way you do too shame on them. This crash is the beginning and not the end McCain in office guess what might as well call america the lower than third world fifth world he is ugly stiff and is a big big liar and Palin – women watch out your daughter will get pregnant and start going to quacks because Palin does not feel it necessary for you to get help. She is a woman but not for women she is for herself and that so called family of hers and her husband was against america wow is that not something. All her family will be in the white house and McCain will be come her house boy. Watch it the wrong choice could be having none at all
B Dubya:
Have you watched any of the debates? That’s how McCain treats Obama. Breaking a gentleman’s agreement, as you put it, is no excuse for a generally dismissive attitude.
McCain has tarnished his honor with petty attacks while dodging the real issues. He trumpets his war experience like it’s a qualification for the presidency. He’s no hero to me – not anymore anyway. Obama is not a liar, a cheat, or a fraud. No more than McCain anyway. And you don’t see Obama complaining about it.
No, McCain is being petty and it’s so obvious. He needs to grow up and act like an adult. You don’t have to like your opponent, but you have to be a gentleman – that’s the minimum requirement. Are you telling me that if McCain were president and he met with a foreign leader to a hostile country, it’s perfectly acceptable for him to treat the guy with obvious disdain? No – you always have to be polite. But then again, that would never happen. McCain would have us invade their country long before actually trying diplomacy.
Oct 9, 2008 - 5:51 pm 49. thegr8_1:I would vote for Colin Powell, Condi Rice, Or Michael Steele in a heartbeat. Obama isn’t qualified to be the White House Pastry Chef. Barack has school smarts but no street smarts except what Ayers and Daley have taught him and none of that is good for this country.
Oct 9, 2008 - 6:26 pm 50. Katherine Berry:@rose – My question is WHAT ARE YOU ALL AFRAID OFF?
Most likely the answer is: people like you who clearly mistake “hope” and “belief” in “change” for education, appreciation of history and, well, enough experience to know how stupid one looks when one spouts off.
Oct 9, 2008 - 6:51 pm 51. Ditto:Rose wrote
Watch it the wrong choice could be having none at all
Rose, this is the only part of your rambling comment I could agree with, lack of punctuation notwithstanding. Perhaps you would be shocked to learn that your hero Barack Obama sought membership in and support from the Chicago branch of the New Party, a socialistic group intending to be sure every adult is guaranteed an income, among other things.
Or is that what appeals?
Oct 9, 2008 - 7:05 pm 52. Someone75:thegr8_1:
Give me “school smarts”, as you so eloquently put it, over street smarts any day. Street smarts are morons that think with their gut and their fists instead of their brains. I think a president ought to be intelligent on an academic scale.
Oct 9, 2008 - 7:12 pm 53. Believer:Read the AmericanThinker.com article by Mr. Cashill.
If you’ve been asking, “Who is this guy?” (meaning Barack Obama)
The answer is: BILL AYERS!!
Just heard Cashill on Rusty Humphries show and he’s convinced me the author of BO’s memoir is really Bill Ayers. I haven’t read the americanthinker article, but it’s supposed to be pretty good. His study/work has impressed everyone who’s seen it.
And this now explains why BO has not released any of his own writings from college, etc. Heard one of his poems from Oxy and it was pretty lame. Ouch.
Awfully nice of Bill to let BO take the royalties from his bestseller…
Oh, and BTW, if BO is really Ayers, doesn’t that take ‘race’ off the table?
Oct 9, 2008 - 8:01 pm 54. Typical White Person:Oh what fun…google has a 10th anniversary link that gives you web results from 2001 and before. The things you can find.
Oh yes, it is about race alright, from zerObama’s perspective EVERYTHING IS! The courses he taught below. What the hell is “cumulative voting” anyway???
http://web.archive.org/web/20020311230357/www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/obama/teaching.html
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW III: EQUAL PROTECTION AND SUBSTANTIVE DUE PROCESS. 40301. This course considers the history, theory, and contemporary law of the post-Civil War Amendments to the Constitution, particularly the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. The central subjects are: the constitutional law governing discrimination on the basis of race, gender, and other characteristics; the recognition of individual rights not explicitly enumerated in the Constitution; and the constitutional distinction between state and private action. Throughout, students consider certain foundational questions, including the role of courts in a democracy, and the question of how the Constitution should be interpreted. The student’s grade in Mr. Obama’s section is based on a take home examination.
Old Exams
CURRENT ISSUES IN RACISM & THE LAW. 54302. This seminar examines current problems in American race relations and the role the law has played in structuring the race debate. How have past and present legal approaches to racism fared? Has the continued emphasis on statutory solutions to racism impeded the development of potentially richer political, economic, and cultural approaches, and if so, can minorities afford to shift their emphasis given the continued prevalence of racism in society? Can, and should, the existing concepts of American jurisprudence provide racial minorities more than formal equality through the courts? Students prepare papers that evaluate how the legal system has dealt with particular incidents of racism and that discuss the comparative merits of litigation, legislation and market solutions to problems of institutional racism in American society. This seminar may be taken for fulfillment of the Substantial Writing Requirement. The student’s grade is based on a 15 page paper, group presentation and class participation. Autumn (3).
VOTING RIGHTS & THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. 42001. This course examines the history of voting rights law in the United States, as well as the broader issues surrounding various systems of representative democracy: How should the courts balance the demands of majority rule with the desire to protect minority voices? Does the Voting Rights Act, as amended, promote minority voices, or simply segregate them from the larger political discourse? Are there alternative models, such as cumulative voting, that would better serve majority and minority alike? Do systems of more “direct democracy” -such as ballot initiatives and referenda-empower voters or undermine a more thoughtful deliberative process? And does voting even matter in a complex, modern society where campaigns are dominated by money and issues are framed by lobbyists? The student’s grade is based on a substantial paper. This seminar may be taken for fulfillment of the Substantial Writing Requirement. Winter (3).
Oct 9, 2008 - 8:32 pm 55. Marc Malone:Someone75 – McCain IS a gentleman. It’s what’s holding him back in the campaign.
Yes, Obama did renege on a deal. When he first became a Senator, McCain reached out to him to work on an ethics reform bill, because, ostensibly, Obama had such a thing in Chicago. They shook on it, but the Dem party elders got wind of it, and pulled Barry away from Mac.
I don’t think that’s what’s bothering McCain. Remember, he has seen Marxists and their works first-hand and up close. He has a deep abiding hate for them. He, as do I, sees Obama as a subversive on the verge of becoming POTUS. I couldn’t get close to Obama, either, without risking losing some control. McCain recognizes the enemy when he sees him. The instinct in a warrior is strong.
Oct 9, 2008 - 8:58 pm 56. Jack Wright:When Barack Obama first came on the public scene (as I watched it) and I listened to his speech at the Democrat Convention four years ago my first impression was that he was a “Democrat Richard Nixon.” I still see that at times when watching him in action on the stump, via TV of course, I don’t physically venture out the door to see him perform.
As far as ‘Racism’ having anything to do with anything, I would remind anyone reading this of former Democrat VP candidate Geraldine Ferraro’s earlier comment to the effect that if Obama weren’t black, he’d be just another candidate. Rick Fazio, former R-NY, came to my mind. He’s the guy you may recall that ‘invaded Hillary’s space’ during a TVd NY Senatorial debate. Gracious, how times change.
Oct 9, 2008 - 9:28 pm 57. Someone75:Marc:
You think McCain is holding back? Is that why he didn’t mention Ayers in the debate? I doubt it. I think he’s too embarrassed to try such a shameless smear to Obama’s face. McCain has become a coward. Afraid of tarnishing his career, he must win at any cost.
Don’t you think if McCain had any venom left in his tired body and tired ideas that he would use it? If McCain is holding back, then let him show his power. In my stupid opinion, he’s got nothing.
Oct 9, 2008 - 11:54 pm 58. Dark Helmet:someone75. That you would would say that being a POW for 5 years is all that McCain has to base his carrer on as a trivial endorsement is beyond contempt. Great shame be upon you and the other scum like you that attemots to dishonor our armed forces. I have read your garbage that is nothing more than marxist left wing propaganda prsented as an original thought. People like you are the enemies of this nation and when the time comes to purge ourselves of your type of B/S, I hope you are at the front of that line.
Make no mistake. The only reason that barak hussian is a canidate is because he is the poster child of communists trying to destroy America. The left has fomeneted racism and division amoung races for decades and this traitor is the trojan horse.
barak hussian obma would not be the democrat leader if he looked more like his mother. So the very fact that such a unqualified person can be attempted to be shoved down America’s throat proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that what I have said here is dead accurate.
Well, you liberal scum should be more worried about the backlash if he does get in. It has nothing to do with any race and everything to do with being a traitor to America.
There has never been a revolution when people weren’t hungry. Attempt to deptrive us of our country and pursue the Rome Statute of Criminal Court through the back door and watch what happens. We already know what you’re up to and that your canidate has pledged his support of disarming the populice and giving our courts over to the ‘un court’.
THIS is the reason for trying to disarm the American citizen. This dispicable movment disgused as the democrat party seeks to put the un over our nation and enslave our people.
There is no man more hungry than one who is starved for his freedom. That is why people like you someone 75 and your ilk will always FAIL.
Oct 10, 2008 - 6:18 am 59. Eric S:I can see why some of you think McCain dismissing Obama is unacceptable just like when Bill Clinton wouldn’t call George Bush Mr. President in his debates. I’m curious, did you bring that up about Bill or does your comments try and justify your position. Why dont’ you (75) come out and just say one issue that Obama is proposing that is going to “bring our country together”.
Oct 10, 2008 - 11:42 am 60. Someone75:Dark Helmet:
Listen to yourself: you’re racist, intolerant, a bigot, and probably misogynistic (that means you hate women) and homophobic (that means you hate gays). I thought neanderthals like you went away once man started walking upright. Seriously – go back to high school, finish your GED, and then try to re-enter modern day society. There is more to this country than guns.
Nobody has tried to dishonor our armed forces. Support the troops, not the war.
Oh, and about McCain’s honor: why don’t you ask his first wife about that. Nothing like returning from war and divorcing your disfigured wife who waited for you.
Oct 10, 2008 - 12:27 pm 61. Believer:Someone75 — BO tried to describe his longtime pal Ayers as just “a guy in my neighborhood” and “a professor at the local college.”
Why then do you say it’s “a shameless smear to Obama’s face” to “mention Ayers?” If he’s so harmless – such a great guy – why would it be a “smear?” If that were so, BO would be happy to be fully open and honest. But he hasn’t been.
The debate was fixed so the “Ayers issue” wouldn’t be discussed. Brokaw saw to that. He might as well have written all questions.
Why has BO tried to limit the free speech of those who’ve attempted to reveal the truth about this relationship and others? With a lawsuit and sending his “goons” to disrupt a radio show.
Why close your eyes to the truth: BO has lied about this relationship. And for good reason. There’s so much more there. And it’s not pretty.
But you really know that, don’t you.
Oct 10, 2008 - 5:41 pm 62. another view:Mike:
Oct 10, 2008 - 7:34 pm 63. Dave Surls:I agree as far as your nephew suffering. But your nephew is suffering because of past US policies. Not by any black persons doing. The simple fact is Americas economy was free labor and oppression. When your ancestors came to America they knew the history of the country but they came for a better life. So albeit sad some suffer like your nephew. But the fact he had the foundation and opportunity to study is more than 90 peecent of what blacks have in the country they built. You can choose where to start history but there is a direct connection. How many black kids have not gone to school because of money. I’m quite sure the numbers aren’t close. Your personal story is sad but its not a reflection of society.
“Hey – at least he didn’t spend five years in a prison camp…”
Well, if you spend your youth laying around smoking dope, snorting blow and looking for marxists and radicals to be friends with, your chances of winding up in a POW camp are pretty much nil.
Oct 11, 2008 - 11:25 am 64. FlyOver:On talk radio, I have been hearing people say they are concerned if Obama does win and it’s perceived as a fradulent election that there will be a resurgence of the KKK. Now that is more scary to me than riots if he doesn’t win.
Oct 11, 2008 - 5:56 pm 65. 888:Someone75, “support the troops”?? Why don’t you mention that to the messiah. Remember, he’s the one who dissed the wounded troops at Landstuhl so he can go work out at the gym. This, after he found out that none of his photographers would be allowed in the hospital while he was with the soldiers. He was going to use his time with the troops as a disgusting photo op, but when he couldn’t get it, he said ‘to hell with the troops’ — I’m gonna go to the gym’. Yeah, he really supports the troops alright.
And you’ve got nerves to be talking about “honor”…the world almost saw your Billy Bopp get impeached for lying under oath about his sexual advances towards Paula Jones — if you recall, Paula remembered his shape — that’s one reason he got caught lying. You thought I was going to bring up Ms. Intern. Well, her blue dress and that cigar will forever epitomize the total disrespect and dishonor that that man did to the White House and to his wife. Nothing compares to Bubba. Another dishonor that comes close: John Edwards of perfect hair fame, during, of all times, while his wife is suffering from incurable cancer. Geez…no class. 3rd place: how about “the crusader”, former NY Governor Spitzer — wow, talk about shady, and his wife stood by him through it all. 4th place: Mr. Green, or is it the Internet Inventor? Al Gore, who lives in the most un-eco-friendly, most energy-expending mansion ever to house an environmentalist. He needs to stop calling himself that — he betrays the very word ‘environmental’. All these Democrats are the biggest hypocrites of all time. Don’t compare any of them, who truly lack honor, to the honorable John McCain.
Oct 12, 2008 - 6:07 am 66. Lyddea:“For those who are shuddering over the riots at the GOP convention, it’s hard not to wonder whether this election is as much about making history as it is about history repeating itself. Either way, one thing is clear: for having brought the country to this point, Barack Obama will finally get to have his own firsthand black experience.”
Unbelievable.
At the close of an article ostensibly about the racism fueling the oppositions, you end with this. Unreal. For one moment, listen to yourself as an other.
My favorite part of the article was your link about “encouraging voting along racial lines”. Nothing in that link actually supported that statement. Second was your criticism of Obama, as a freshman/sophomore, no “leaving a mark” at Occidental college. If we interviewed “a dorm resident who lived near” you are your alma mater would we expect glowing accolades?
The central thesis of this article reveals it’s own disease. You ridicule his claim that his advance should not obscure the trials still faced by people sharing his skin color. This occurs just three paragraphs after describing the Supreme Court case which struck down anti-miscegenation laws less than two decades prior.
If only history could be so easily dismissed… without consigning ourselves to revisiting it.
Oct 12, 2008 - 5:24 pm 67. nobozons:BO IS PART OF THE PROBLEM NOT PART OF THE SOLUTION.
Oct 13, 2008 - 10:36 am 68. AdrianS:The October Surprise—Suit To Remove Barack Obama
Is it about Obama’s race? I think not! It’s about his socialist ideology — wrong for America. It’s about his sewer dispensed friends and associates. It’s about his radical extremism — wrong for America. It’s about Obama’s merciless and infanticide abortion policies. It’s about Barack Hussein Obama and his inexperience. It’s about Obama’s LIES.
From The Ballot. Barack Obama And The Democratic National Committee Are Committing Fraud On The American People
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyspCRmJv7w&eurl=http://obamacrimes.com/
Barack Hussein Obama is dangerous for America:
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