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1. jvon:

“Racial pride” is a phrase that I more associate with KKK rallies than with the NAACP normally, but I think you’ve hit the nail on the head there. If Obama was ever serious about moving past race, he’s going about it strangely.

Jul 23, 2009 - 2:05 am 2. David Thomson:

T.K. Farrow and Pajamas Media is to be congratulated for dealing with this awkward and troubling matter. Most black people simply seem incapable of thinking and following a logical argument. They apparently vote on immature emotionalism. This may be due to the fact that so many of them acquired affirmative action degrees. They have not been challenged intellectually for at least the last forty-five years. Needless to add, black and brown minorities have been told to feel sorry for themselves and embrace victimhood. Asian-Americans, on the other hand, are so successful that they are normally considered white by our politically correct cultural milieu . Alas, I have no magic answers. We can only offer our fellow Afro-America citizens the opportunity to behave like adults. It’s up to them to do so. Their inability to face reality concerning the murderer O.J. Simpson and the incompetent Barack Obama is most disturbing.

Jul 23, 2009 - 2:38 am 3. Conservative1:

I’m not surprised. Black leaders like Rev. Al Sharpton want to make Michael Jackson’s death a holiday. That is what you look up to? Those are your heroes? Again… the black/white schism will never be bridged.

Jul 23, 2009 - 3:33 am 4. Steve:

Obama addresses the NAACP – from American Thinker:

“It is truly a sad day in America when the president of the United States fans the flames of racial hatred. The man elected to be president of all the people, in his speech at the NAACP basically said, though America is racist, sexist and homophobic, you can make it in spite of those white SOB’s attempts to stop you. Wonderful. How inspiring. The NAACP audience erupted in applause. Obama’s condemnation was “red meat” to the liberal, protective of their victim status, organization.

“Make no mistake, the pain of discrimination is still felt in America (applause) by African-American women paid less for doing the same work as colleagues of a different color and a different gender; by La-tin-os made to feel unwelcome in their own country; by Muslim Americans viewed with suspicion simply because they kneel down to pray to their god; by gay dead brothers and sisters still taunted, still attacked, still denied their rights.”

Interestingly, Obama’s list of victims did not include Christians and straight white males. This is because it is open season on bashing them. According to liberals, everything wrong in the world is the fault of Christians and straight white males. Case in point, Pulitzer Prize winner Maureen Dowd’s column in the New York Times in which she demonizes white men. Aren’t Obama’s statements in his speech eerily close to the teachings of Rev. Jeremiah Wright who said, “America is controlled by rich white people”?

Mr. President, as for the victims in your speech; one of those African American women you claim America has victimized used her money, power and influence to help get you elected. White guys did not blow up the Twin Towers, murdering three thousand Americans. Muslims did….

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/07/at_the_naacp_obama_removes_his.html

Jul 23, 2009 - 3:44 am 5. Mike Murray:

Why shouldn’t African Americans adore Obama? After all, his Attorney General let New Black Panther members — thugs who intimidated white voters in Philidelphia — completely off the hook.

NBP bullies said things such as, “Now you’ll find out what it’s like to be ruled by the black man.” Eric “we’re a nation of racial cowards” Holder saw no harm in that.

Reverse the races, and all hell would ensue.

Jul 23, 2009 - 3:49 am 6. David Thomson:

“Again… the black/white schism will never be bridged.”

That is not true. We merely must begin demanding that black and brown minorities act like adults. Far too many well meaning whites have treated these people like children. They unwittingly encouraged this immature behavior. I am actually quite optimistic that this sad situation can be turned around in just a few generations.

Jul 23, 2009 - 3:52 am 7. J.J. Sefton:

One has to wonder what the black approval ratings would be if the president were someone like a Clarence Thomas or a Thomas Sowell.

Jul 23, 2009 - 3:58 am 8. marsouin:

This schism, which has been festering for decades, will come to ahead in the next few years as non-blacks will eventually turn on Obama. The clash will be ugly, but salutary in the long run.

Jul 23, 2009 - 4:13 am 9. JFM:

They unwittingly encouraged this immature behavior. I am actually quite optimistic that this sad situation can be turned around in just a few generations

Unwittingly? Some decades ago an employer knew that a Black engineer was as good as a white one and that he probably had more tenacity and ability to work in poor conditions than a white one. Today he is not sure the Black “engineer” knows what is a cosine. So he will hire the white appliant who, by a strange coincidence, happens to be the son of one of those liberals who advocated affirmative action.

Jul 23, 2009 - 4:13 am 10. Will:

But let’s see here,just who is the minority ??

Jul 23, 2009 - 4:22 am 11. Brett_McS:

You just know that after the Obama presidency spirals down the toilet – culminating in the complete repudiation in 2012 of a failed one-termer – the ‘black community’ – still 97% behind him and shocked at his defeat – is going to be talking ‘conspiracy against the black man’ from then until the polar caps melt and we’re all too busy fighting Dennis Hopper on jet skis to bother any more.

No, ‘the election of the first black president’ will not ‘forever heal the racial divide’ etc, etc. The ‘racial divide’ will be back with a vengeance, courtesy of Obama and the idiots (us) who put him in power.

Jul 23, 2009 - 4:34 am 12. Deep Brain Diarist:

I always love it when white people try to tell black people what they should be thinking.

Jul 23, 2009 - 4:41 am 13. Vaughn:

If Hitler had been Black, he would still be praised. No other race refuses to admit to a negative about one of their own, as this gang.

Every White person in my circle, agreed that Obama would push ‘race relations’ back 50 years. I’m there now!

Jul 23, 2009 - 4:44 am 14. noreen:

I have said it before and I will say it again. You will have a very long wait if you are wanting blacks to see the light about this charlatan. He could murder Michelle and the girls in their beds, burn the White House down and still be their hero and get their votes. He widens the racial divide. As this clownish devotion goes on despite our country going down the tubes because of his policies, people are not feeling kindly towards our black citizens. It makes them looks like idiots to display this slavish devotion.

Jul 23, 2009 - 4:56 am 15. "progressive"watch:

In the first place,Barack Obama’s popularity among blacks has never been 97 percent,poll or no poll. The poll does show the results of two generations of leftists and multiculturalists teaching racism to minorities. There are too many super-intelligent black people for so many of our back citizens to be that mislead without having been miseducated and misinformed.

B.O. and his administration,including Hillary,foment racial discord at every whistlestop. They are all race-baiters and race card players par excellence.

Jul 23, 2009 - 4:58 am 16. "progressive"watch:

Oh,yeah,among the plain,ordinary,non-multicultual indoctinated black people whom I know there is no black/white schism.

Jul 23, 2009 - 5:01 am 17. Войска ПВО:

As if on cue, the Bloviator-in-Chief fired off some comments regarding the arrest of Harvard professor (of course) Henry Gates by the Cambridge police the other day (emphasis added):

“However Gates, [Obama] continued, ‘jimmied his way to get into [his own] house.’

“‘There was a report called in to the police station that there might be a burglary taking place – so far so good,’ Obama said, reflecting that he’d hope the police were called if he were seen breaking into his own house, then pausing.

‘I guess this is my house now,’ he remarked of the White House. ‘Here I’d get shot.’

“Undergirding the long digression, though, was Obama’s place as a new symbol of racial reconciliation, and his long past in the trenches of the politics of race and discrimination in the Illinois State Senate.

“‘Separate and apart from this incident is that there’s a long history in this country of African-American and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately,’ the president said, eagerly engaging the issue of racial profiling, a concern earlier in his career that has seen little White House attention to date.”

Just as he has made a mockery of his campaign promise to run a transparent administration, I am not sure if the man wants to heal race relations but rather exploit racial tensions to his advantage thus winning the hearts and minds of the black and liberal steeped in victimhood. One may be certain that others more gifted in discourse and diplomacy would certainly not have tread so heavily.

Jul 23, 2009 - 5:34 am 18. JFM:

If polls are to be believed had he accepted to run in 1996 Colin Powell would have crushed Clinton like a bug.

While Powell is not popular between Consevatives (myself included) it is a tragedy for America he didn’t becpme the first Black president: he would have held to Blacks a far differnet message than the victimist one held by Obama. One of effort and hard work. Unlike the other clown, he would have worked hard to close the racial divide once and for all. Obama is trying to widen it instead and there are disturbing signs like those Blacks who try to shop exclusively at shops owned by Blacks. Reminds me of the SAs in front of Jewish-owned shops telling Germans to shop somewhere else.

Jul 23, 2009 - 5:50 am 19. jerryofva:

A couple of observations here.

First and foremost is that Obama is not black, he is mixed race just like Warren Harding. Given the racial history of the country having an African father does cause us to count him as 100% African-American. However, he had no real contact with his African father and he was raised by his white grandparents. His values are as much white as they are black. He is a faux blackm an in American. We are not good at dealing with mixed race citizens because they defy racial classification and sterotypes. Tiger Woods is example of a truly post-racial American. He doesn’t like being stereotyped as simply an African-American. To do so reduces his mother to a cypher.

The second observation is how much blacks differ from Jews in their views on members of the tribe in high places. Jews are perpetually in fear of being blamed for some political and economic disaster. Few will vote for a Jew for President even if they think he is the best candidate. That is why Joe Lieberman never gained traction within his own ethnic group in his runs for the Presidency.

The African American community is blind to the dangers of a failed Obama presidency. If he fails race relations will be set back 50 years yet the community is willing to go down with ship for someone who really isn’t black.

Jul 23, 2009 - 5:50 am 20. Cato:

#9 JFM is absolutely correct: before affirmative action took hold, whenever you found a black with a particular credential or a degree from a prestigious university, you KNEW he was at least as good as the upper 1/3 of whites with the same credential AND that he had demonstrated the ability to persevere. I knew a few pre-affirmative action black professors and lawyers, all of whom were impressively bright, hard-working, and amazingly pragmatic about race relations. Looking for a fair chance, not preferences. Some of them were not in favor of affirmative action because they thought it would devalue degrees earned by blacks. They were perceptive.

Jul 23, 2009 - 5:59 am 21. cybergeezer:

Cubans in Miami fighting against the same government actions their families fought against 45 years ago in Cuba:
Miami Herald article from 7/23/2009:

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1153630.html

Obama’s using tactics from Castro’s playbook.

Jul 23, 2009 - 6:00 am 22. Meryl:

So now it is being documented that blacks as a group really never were into results, just the color of his skin.

That’s been a possibility for some time. It is discouraging to have it confirmed, because it doesn’t bode well for the future of the United States of America.

Will we ever be able to judge a man on the content of his character and not the color of his skin? And when we do so, not be accused of racism?

Jul 23, 2009 - 6:01 am 23. Justice1:

TK Farrow, why is it that everything you write is centered on blacks and race? What happened to you, to make you so racially obsessed. Are you not capable of researching, and writing anything else with conviction?
As far as 97 percent of Blacks, approving of hi performance. Where was this poll taken? In the inner cities, amongst poor people? In the rural areas? Amongst medical professionals? I ask you this because the majority of my friends are somewhat disappointed in not only Obama but the Democratic party in general. Stop race baiting. I am pretty sure pajamas media will pay you if you write about other subjects.

Jul 23, 2009 - 6:06 am 24. Perry:

As white America is more and more tolerant, black America is more and more racist.

No demographic group, apart from Islamist Muslims, is more racist and intolerant than American blacks – America’s most vociferous grievance group.

Jul 23, 2009 - 6:32 am 25. the facts:

I want equal justice under the law…that is not what we have today, we have blacks let off and catered to simply because of skin color…this is not equality! Blacks could not live with equality. I really do not know how they would deal with reality if they could not play the race card. Being white is no excuse for bad behavior, black should not be an excuse either! Whites do not think of themselves as victims every time they don’t get their way but blacks are sure when they don’t get what they want that there is some vast racial plan of injustice working against them. I am so sick of it I could puke. Whites should just stop caving in to the big black whine!

Jul 23, 2009 - 6:32 am 26. AThinkingPerson:

To be honest, “race relations” talk should be over at this point. If a black man can reach the highest office in the land by a popular vote of the people, what else is there to discuss really? We have had a black Sec. of State, a black on the Supreme Court, we will shortly have a black as Surgeon General. All fine and dandy and I’ve not read one person that’s come out to say that one or the other should not have attained that office due to his/her color.

Whatever happened to the idea of a color-blind society? It seems the powers that be (Obama, Prof. Gates, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, etc.) are desperately trying to renew old ideas for personal gain.

Jul 23, 2009 - 6:35 am 27. Barry 0351:

Black folks backed and supported O. J. Simpson 100% even though it was quite clear he butchered his wife and her friend on her front steps.
what do ya expect?

Jul 23, 2009 - 6:38 am 28. Middleman:

#2,
Most condescending post EVER! Pat yourself on the back for not speaking in clicks and grunts while you’re at it, pal.

Why is Obama’s approval at 97% among blacks. Easy, it’s because HE’S THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT!!!!! There is going to be a very long Honeymoon period, so forgive them for not waking up and being little Johnny Galts just you.
Maybe if you offered up something more than an Alaska Stepford wife as an alternative they might respond more.

It’s really quite amazing to hear the siege mentality of a lot of people on here. Now imagine if most of your family’s history was one where they were treated like second class citizens at best, or below animals at worse…

Jul 23, 2009 - 6:49 am 29. the facts:

Yes, blacks knew that O.J. did it but he did it to white folk so that is okay with them. Blacks will stick up for blacks no matter how heinous the crime. I have seen it over and over again in the news. The only rational for it is racism. I once had a black woman actually tell me that blacks cannot be racist, only whites are racist. There you have it folks, a mind set taught and reinforced in the black community and without shame or thought of how wrong it is! What is so funny is that blacks in America would not live in a black nation like any in Africa because there they would have no excuses! Blacks are their own worst enemy and they just cannot see it!
If the truth sounds racist then call me a racist.

Jul 23, 2009 - 6:55 am 30. mnewman:

#27 and 28

Sadly, we couldn’t have this conversation in a public place. That’s how bad it’s gotten with political correctness. (intimidation)

Jul 23, 2009 - 7:06 am 31. Joe Bison:

This is why Obama will never sink as low in
approval as Bush did. Ten percent will always
be for or against you in a show of tribal
politics depending on who you are and not
by what you do.

#29-In that definition of racism only those
who control power can be held as racist. The
wiggle with Obama is that Whites and especially
Jews still pull the strings so Obama is just
doing the best he can.

Hate to tell you but Jeremiah Wright is
mainstream Black thinking when the veneer
is stripped away.

Jul 23, 2009 - 7:23 am 32. Saltherring:

“…97 percent of blacks approve…” Well I guess this means that, with regards to racism, that whites are pikers compared to blacks.

Jul 23, 2009 - 7:25 am 33. uburoisc:

Look at almost any major city where blacks hold a majority, and I will show you corruption, graft, incompetence, and decay on a scale that defies imagination. By refusing to uphold or require any common standards, blacks have been allowed, through the cowardice and acquiescence of the rest of society, to remain isolated in their own irrational, conspiratorial fantasy world; a world that no one else wants to inhabit. No group in the country thinks or votes as monolithic as American blacks do, and no one receives as little result for their efforts.

And in case you think this is just Whitey talking, ask yourself this: in ten years, when the Latinos have grown larger and occupy and control more of the areas that once were the exclusive turf of blacks, do you think the guy who sold oranges on the off-ramp, while working 3 other jobs to earn money, who is now an influential businessman, is going to lend a sympathetic ear to black, racial grievance-mongering? What about the Vietnamese family who sacrificed to put their kids through Berkeley Medical School? Or the Hindus who bought a small motel and worked non-stop to earn capital to buy a chain of motels? When the dust settles down the road, the dysfunctional culture of many blacks will ensure that they are still at the bottom of the ladder, bitching and emoting, paranoid, crazy, irrational, and peevish, led by barely literate black preachers egging them to slide further down the hole. And nothing Obama does can change that.

Jul 23, 2009 - 7:37 am 34. ~Paules:

Race consciousness, class warfare, global warming, feminism, and social justice are all part of a piece. Each is a method by which Democratic politicians gerrymander the populace into easily controlled constituent groups. The only real agenda behind it all is the accrual and maintenance of power. Mr. Obama is a rather typical politician in this respect. Like the rest of his ilk, his public pronouncements are always contrived to disguise the true agenda. It’s all about power and control, nothing more, and nothing less.

Jul 23, 2009 - 7:46 am 35. Strawman:

T.K. Farrow and Pajamas Media is to be congratulated for dealing with this awkward and troubling matter. Most black people simply seem incapable of thinking and following a logical argument. They apparently vote on immature emotionalism.

And before anyone accuses David of impugning the intelligence of Blacks, let me point out that you could replace “black people” with “Jews”, and the statement would remain true. It’s not about intelligence, it’s about pragmatism, or the lack thereof.

Jul 23, 2009 - 7:49 am 36. rjh:

What a surprise. 97% of blacks still support Obama. That simple statistic shows so much about racial attitudes, ability to think as an individual, and the condition of many in the black community. They are their own worst enemies. How would the headlines read if 97% of whites supported an inexperienced,Marxist,incompetent,egocentric, America hating white politician who was destroying the country? BHO will prove to be the worst thing to have ever happened to the liberal Democrats and to the black community.

Jul 23, 2009 - 7:49 am 37. WhyamInotsurprised?:

I think the term many describe for a majority of blacks is “arrested development.” But while their plight has roots in democrat derived civil rights, there are plenty of whites who are also crippled by arrested development of another variety.

It’s easy for Middleman to criticize people here but if you have witnessed first hand the abuses of the “system” by the generational victim class of black families, you would get sick to your stomach. It is endless, without hope and pitiful. And Barry doesn’t give a rat fu*k about them. All he cares about is his power and glory. It is truly sickening to have him taking over everything with the government while telling the NAACP to become “self-reliant” and “Yes we can!”

What a joke.

Jul 23, 2009 - 7:50 am 38. Samizdat:

I can understand African American pride in a President who is Black. I never understand blind adulation or respect any media source that fawns over any politician. That’s not media’s job, which apparently the MSM has forgotten. And they wonder why I don’t subscribe any longer to their publications.

I judge people on merit and accomplishment, an outdated concept in todays America. Race is irrelevant, although I admire any person who has overcome adversity. I condemn those past and present who made or make discriminatory decisions based on race, the immutable characteristic. All races are included in this perspective. We will be an equal society only when merit and accomplishment are the governing criteria for human achievement.

I await the inevitable condemnation for my racist view point.

Jul 23, 2009 - 7:53 am 39. Carolb:

I’ve said this before, but Obama will need to be caught in bed with a white woman before most blacks change their opinion of him, and even then, there will be many who will say he was framed by Republicans so he can’t be blamed.

I am not one of the 97%, but one of the 3% who no longer supports Obama. And, it’s frustrating. Even in my own family, well educated, middle class African Americans, no one can say ANYTHING negative about Barack Obama. My mom has the commemorative plate with Obama’s face next to the family bible!

But, after everything that happened during the Bush administration being blamed on Bush, all I hear with Obama is: 1) don’t blame him, blame Congress, 2)he’s trying the best he can; 3) the Jeanine Garafalo excuse (people just hating on a black man as president). They would swear that, like them, he is: pro-life, anti-gay, a devout Christian. They believe ANYTHING that comes out of his mouth. It’s sad.

Jul 23, 2009 - 7:54 am 40. blotto:

Middleman: You just proved David Thomson’s case; blacks voted for and support Obama because he is black. That is the definition of both ignorance and racialism.

It’s really quite amazing to hear the crippled, narrow minded, paternalistic and racist defense of the indefensible when a white progressive defends Obama and his destruction of America and race relations.

What we are beginning to see is the balkanization of America into white Americans on one side, and white progressives and Jews, black, Hispanic and other aggrevied minorities on the other.

Jul 23, 2009 - 7:55 am 41. Strawman:

It’s really quite amazing to hear the siege mentality of a lot of people on here. Now imagine if most of your family’s history was one where they were treated like second class citizens at best, or below animals at worse…

So it’s ok to ignore facts and behave in an irresponsible manner if you come from certain backgrounds?

Jul 23, 2009 - 7:57 am 42. Strawman:

Couple things:

1) the last president who had any kind of identity politics thing going was JFK. Did Catholics support him when they shouldn’t have? Yes. Did Protestants oppose him when they shouldn’t have? Yes. Did Catholics support him by over 90%? No.

2) I’m having problems with the smell test on 97% number. Low 90s are believable. 97 is stretching credulity. I suspect a finger on the scale (or maybe just plain sloppiness) in the polling.

Jul 23, 2009 - 8:01 am 43. Delia:

*huge, overly dramatic, heavy freakin’ sigh*

Jul 23, 2009 - 8:06 am 44. Delia:

P.S. We are the ‘human race’. The whole ‘race relations’ crappola needs to halt. Black people are human beings of a different ‘ethnic’ origin.

Can we call it ‘ethnic relations’ rather than ‘race relations’? Sorry, but that drives me crazzzzzzzzzzy.

Yes, I’m OCD. lol

Jul 23, 2009 - 8:08 am 45. jerryofva:

Strawman:

Acknowledging that you believe in nothing I agree with your point. As you well know there have articles on PJM that confirm your observation. However, there is a big difference between African-American and Jewish-American support for Obama. Jews support him because they support his socialist program. African-Americans support him over a misplaced sense of racial solidarity. African-Americans will never be dispointed while Jews will end up paying the price of socialist and African-American anti-Semitism.

Jul 23, 2009 - 8:12 am 46. Beatrice:

Obama is an extraordinary president. I admire his determination and focus. He really fights for the American People. I am always surprised about deadlines like “is Obama tough engough?”???? I am sure he will be remembered as one of our greatest presidents. His ratings don’t really mean too much. Abraham Lincoln had pretty low ones during his presidency.

Jul 23, 2009 - 8:12 am 47. Delia:

*sigh*

Can we not blame black people for 0bama? Yes, they had some pride that a black man ran for prez. Yes, they voted for 0bama.

-But, please remember, they would have voted for Hillary. Black people have been Democrats for quite a while and that’s how they vote.

It’s the idiot white-guilt tards that pushed 0bama into office.

OKAY??????

Jul 23, 2009 - 8:13 am 48. Samizdat:

Middleman at # 22,

What John Galt propounded had nothing to do with race. It had everything to do with achievement and condemnation of mindless redistribution from producers to nonproducers.

Your post nom de guerre is inaccurate in my opinion. From what you have written on various topics at this site over time, I can’t find much “middle” to your thinking. I have kept track and you consistently approach each topic from the leftist’s perspective. I’m certain you don’t care. Just an observation. Keep opining, it’s your Constitutional right.

Jul 23, 2009 - 8:18 am 49. Strawman:

Jerry, I disagree. Unless you’re an actual Acornian or other someone else in the direct line of fire of the payola, they will sooner or later figure out that this is monopoly money. Then they will be disappointed.

Jews, OTOH, will never be disappointed, because for them, it never was about expectations. I think the (American liberal) Jews have a lot more tribal identity wrapped up in this guy and his party than you may realize.

Jul 23, 2009 - 8:34 am 50. Saltherring:

Beatrice @ 46 states that “Obama is an extraordinary president.” That he is. It took Jimmy Carter almost two years to make his mark as one of America’s worst presidents ever, while Obama has accomplished this in only six months. Extraordinary indeed!

Jul 23, 2009 - 8:38 am 51. mnewman:

The Gerald Walpern case seems to have disappeared. Michael Jackson to the rescue. A little google scrubbing, also?
#46,
Did you read the Obama coloring book, or what?
The polls only matter whn they’re high, right?

Jul 23, 2009 - 8:40 am 52. jerryofva:

Strawman:

I disagree with your disagreement. African-Americans have been screwed by the Democratic Party for the last 50 years with no sign that they will move off the plantation. If they wouldn’t abandon Bill Clinton why would you expect them to abandon someone who they view as one of their own?

I agree that Jews will never abandon him even when he demonstrates actual anti-Semitism. They didn’t abandon Stalin after he acted in concert with Hitler. The typical Jewish response to socialist anti-Semitism is to work harder to show how good socialist they are. What will disappoint them about Obama is that he will fail in his efforts to bring socialism to America.

Jul 23, 2009 - 8:48 am 53. Blarty Blarckleblart:

The approval rating of blacks jumps off the page because it’s such a glaring anomaly — or at least it should be.

If McCain had gotten elected and enjoyed 97% approval by whites, compared to only 41% by blacks, what would you be calling the “anomaly”?

Think about it.

Jul 23, 2009 - 8:58 am 54. arhooley:

33. uburoisc:

I’ll add this to your comment. The corruption and failure you see in Black-controlled local governments — Detroit being a prime example — is probably mostly due to the way “leaders” like Al Sharpton have sold Black folks on the notion that genuine Black culture is gangsta, anti-social, anarchic. (Ideas courtesy of Thomas Sowell.) God help us, when is the Black community going to get true leaders?

On another note, maybe the example of a Black Ivy League grad who’s actually raising his kids will help matters. (I know, he’s a mixed race affirmative action protege who never excelled in a real job, but in this case appearance is everything.)

And finally, I dread the inevitable collapse of the Obama presidency. Sharpton and Jackson will once again “lead” their community into an insane, racist plot that blames White conspirators and American race relations will be worse than ever. And my final prediction: White conservative politicians will gutlessly pander to this notion.

Jul 23, 2009 - 9:21 am 55. Annie:

47 and 50 are correct in their assessments, unfortunately.

‘wonder if the same voters will go Democ in 2010. Although I need to say that I am not impressed with what the Republicans have to offer

So,now we pay the price for the people that voted “black”, or “historic” , and not character and background.

Jul 23, 2009 - 9:22 am 56. donttreadonme:

IF Obama were to demand that every black family sacrifice their newborns to him and IF Obama were to enforce a black-only federal marginal tax rate of 99.99%; and IF Obama sent ONLY black men to fight his Afghan War, his approval rating amongst blacks would definitely fall…to 85%. Just saying.

Jul 23, 2009 - 9:24 am 57. Blarty Blarckleblart:

(I know, he’s a mixed race affirmative action protege who never excelled in a real job, but in this case appearance is everything.)

Clarence Thomas is mixed-race?

Jul 23, 2009 - 9:29 am 58. Toronto Girl:

Don’t lump all Jews into this debate. Most Jews I know, including myself, would NEVER have voted for Obama. I detest everything that he stands for. Liberal Jews voted for him because of his poltitics, just like other white liberals did. Who cares what his skin colour is? If he were Jewish and a socialist, I would have detested him just as much.

Jul 23, 2009 - 9:34 am 59. Middleman:

#33
If you want to talk about corruption, that chocolate state of North Dakota is listed as being the most corrupt state. The state with the most welfare abuse is the chocolate state of Utah.
I would think Asians as a whole are actually much more monolithic than blacks.
#37
I suggest you try a little empathy. The times when lynching was a regular occurance was not that long ago, and many of the people who bore witness to day-in day-out mental abuse and the threat of physcial abuse are still alive and the stories bear deep scars in the overall pscyhe. I don’t care for the people who lay around and want to cry victim. If anything Obama’s presidency kills any remaining excuses they have, but it’s going to be awhile before blacks as a whole are just going to give over it.
#40
Most people in Texas voted for Bush because he was from Texas. How many voters out there honestly vote strictly on policies? Regionalism, gender, race, and religion of a candidate are all going to be major factors. Black people in America are much more dynamic than you think and don’t suffer as much from groupthink as most people on here believe.
#48
Considering how right wing many people on this site are, I’ll always seem like someone on the left.

Jul 23, 2009 - 9:59 am 60. Realist:

‘Deep brain diarist’ what an oxymoron that is anyway whites don’t want to tell blacks ‘WHAT’ to think rather they want to tell blacks ‘TO’ think which is a completely different perspective and given that 96% of Blacks voted in a emotional, gullible and BLATANTLY RACIST way for the Obamination I think that is good advice.

Jul 23, 2009 - 10:00 am 61. David W. Lincoln:

Just like there are people ready to defend Lenin, and other assorted wraiths who have considerable to answer for, when it comes to their meting out of man’s inhumanity to man, you can be sure that BHO will not customize these words for the United States:

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danielhannan/100004499/god-for-harry-england-and-st-george/

Jul 23, 2009 - 10:05 am 62. David W. Lincoln:

Shalom Toronto Girl. I lived in Mississauga for 3 years. I’m glad to see you posting here.

Jul 23, 2009 - 10:06 am 63. WestWright:

Steve, Thanks for posting the ‘Obama addresses the NAACP’ from American Thinker. Obama has revealed his true position on race relations in that address. It may be an eye opener for many, this President is nothing more that a polished Rev. Wright, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson…so much for any post racial politics. This does not bode well for the future, I expect the demand for direct reparations to be the spark that sets off the country!

Jul 23, 2009 - 10:10 am 64. Blarty Blarckleblart:

…given that 96% of Blacks voted in a emotional, gullible and BLATANTLY RACIST way for the Obamination…

You know this… how?

Jul 23, 2009 - 10:11 am 65. Scooby:

If the reverse were true…if Obama were white and his popularity was that high only among whites…it would be called racist!!

Jul 23, 2009 - 10:12 am 66. Delia:

P.S. I never understood the whole ‘fried chicken and watermelon’ connection with ‘racism’? I freakin’ LOVE fried chicken and watermelon! Man oh man. People can get so damned overly sensitive. It’s silly.

Jul 23, 2009 - 10:18 am 67. blotto:

Middleman: “Black people in America are much more dynamic than you think and don’t suffer as much from groupthink as most people on here believe.” You’re kidding right? Really no comment can adequately disabuse this completely inane, poorly reasoned and profoundly dumb statement.

Jul 23, 2009 - 10:23 am 68. Moho:

This kind of adulation removes the inclination to engage in rational thought. It leads to a 97 percent approval rating among the ethnic group with the highest unemployment rate, the group that should be most outraged at the waste and favors in a stimulus package that isn’t stimulating much.

Maybe they’re more outraged at the previous administrations responsible for that unemployment rate. You certainly can’t lay that at Obama’s feet yet–I mean, you can, and you will, and its something you didn’t complain about at all until the first African American president was elected, but you know what I mean.

Look at it this way: Maybe they’re more enraged at the fact that in two hundred years, there have only been five black senators. Maybe they’re more enraged at the fact that the first black candidate for President was only twenty years ago, and that he was roundly mocked and that elites openly said that he would never win BECAUSE HE WAS BLACK.

I think its you that can’t think for yourself. I mean, you’re right that there is something to note about one ethnic group having vastly different opinions about the same issue. But your inability to understand the basis of that–even if you disagree with it–makes you seem like somebody unable to view the world in any other way but their own. That viewpoint is your inheritance from your parents and from your society–your inability to stretch your consciousness to understand what motivates others, even when you disagree with them, is reflective of someone who doesn’t have very much to contribute to a national discourse.

Jul 23, 2009 - 10:31 am 69. Blarty Blarckleblart:

I never understood the whole ‘fried chicken and watermelon’ connection with ‘racism’?

Because fried chicken and watermelon were hallmarks of Jim Crow-era racist images of blacks.

Jul 23, 2009 - 10:48 am 70. Delia:

69. Blarty,

Is that a ‘Southern’ thing then? I never grew up with that kind of imagery/message.

Jul 23, 2009 - 11:00 am 71. JED:

The term “racism” is an absurdity and may only be resolved with severe mockery. Therefore let us substitute “skinism”, just to see how that sounds and looks in the news.

Jul 23, 2009 - 11:12 am 72. steveg:

Rev Jesse Peterson has stated many times on television that blacks are racist. Their reaction to the OJ verdict convinced me more than anything else.

Jul 23, 2009 - 11:28 am 73. Delia:

71. JED:

“skinism”

LMAO! So true though.

Jul 23, 2009 - 11:28 am 74. AtheistConservative:

“If McCain had gotten elected and enjoyed 97% approval by whites, compared to only 41% by blacks, what would you be calling the “anomaly”? Think about it.”

I must commend you – both parts of your statement are laughable, but the little back-patting plaudit you give yourself at the end is more so. Whenever someone admonishes you to ‘think about it’, that’s usually a great sign that there’s nothing in their previous statement to think about. Much like how when someone tells you a lame and obvious joke and then says, ’see what I did there’, it means they didn’t do anything.

As for your first comment: ‘white people’ do not belong to a racial identity group, despite persistent rumors to the contrary. So, strike one. Also, it’s insane to think that white people – who apparently favored ‘The Won’ – would ever support McCain at a 97% level, particularly as the economy is tanking and the President moves to socialize the nation. Third, if such a fantastical situation did happen, you’d certainly hear people remarking on it. Recall that during the campaign the MSM made great hay over the popularity of McCain/Palin among white voters (which never hit anywhere near 97%).

Anybody can make an idiotic reversal argument – what if the cheeseburger ate YOU?!? But it’s pointless. The issue is that several ethnic groups in our country have been told to identify themselves as their ethnicity first and their citizenship second. Which is one of many problems facing us as a nation. Most of us aren’t surprised by this statistic, any more than we were surprised by Obama speaking out of turn on the Cambridge police matter. It’s embedded in the DNA of left-wingers.

Jul 23, 2009 - 11:52 am 75. donttreadonme:

46. Beatrice
Lincoln also was responsible for the murder of 600,000 Americans, suspending Habeas Corpus, instituting a draft, and failing to use diplomacy and engagement in keeping the states together. He did suffer from powerful headaches, and saw “visions” of prophecy in his dreams, but oh well….

Jul 23, 2009 - 12:08 pm 76. ssmith:

Thank you for reporting the facts–I knew from the first few polls showing a 99% + approval rating from Black voters that an accurate number would never been seen.

Jul 23, 2009 - 12:19 pm 77. GCPSteve:

MOHO

“Maybe they’re more enraged at the fact that the first black candidate for President was only twenty years ago, and that he was roundly mocked and that elites openly said that he would never win BECAUSE HE WAS BLACK.”

You mean he was mocked by elites like Al Gore, John Kerry, etc….

Jul 23, 2009 - 12:38 pm 78. TOhio:

As a Black conservative I am angry and upset about this 97% African-American support of Barack Obama, too. It’s sad to see my race wholeheartedly support the most radical and liberal President that we have ever had and whose policies are going to destroy the country.

I think that there are two reasons why African-Americans are so locked into him.

1) The Democratic Party. Black people have been brainwashed into thinking that the Democratic Party is their savior so they continue to support it no matter what. The truth is that right after Black men gained the right to vote during Reconstruction, they overwhelmingly voted Republican. Thus, the Democratic Party helped to form the Klu Klux Klan and tried to stop African-Americans from voting for Ulysses S. Grant for President (who was a Republican). Also, the Democratic Party has done nothing to help the inner-city except to perpetuate a “victim mentality.” I cringe every time I see Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson on TV!

2) The fact that Obama is of Black Heritage. Obama technically isn’t African-American because he is not a descendant of slaves in America. His father was from Africa, but was not American. But, this doesn’t matter to Black people. He looks Black and as far as they are concerned, he is Black and therefore one of us. Because he married an African-American woman and attended an all-Black church also helps with his “Black” credentials and, thus, Black support.

How does this get fixed? Openly confront the problem. I applaud Pajamas Media for even daring to write this article about it. The more that facts get out, the more likely that it will force African-Americans to face some painful truths.

Jul 23, 2009 - 1:52 pm 79. Sebastian Shaw:

Most of the black die-hard liberals will only see President Obama’s skin color & make him into someone he isn’t: a leader; they will go down when Obama, the MSM, & everyone else tied to the Obama Administration sinks into oblivion of mediocrity.

Meanwhile, in the real world, President Obama will become kryptonite to the other Democrats.

Jul 23, 2009 - 1:54 pm 80. uburoisc:

Middleman, I’ve looked at the data behind the study about North Dakota being the most corrupt state, and it is, predictably, risible. Please try and look at bad studies peddled by dumb journalists with a grain of salt.

As far as voting in the last 40 years or so (and getting worse with each election), blacks are the only demographic that votes in such one-dimensional numbers in this country. I can look at almost any black person I meet, man or woman, old or young, rich or poor, and I can be very certain they vote for the democratic candidate; I really don’t need to even ask. Blacks may be dynamic in other respects, but when it comes down to politics, blacks are a token vote.

Jul 23, 2009 - 2:29 pm 81. c:

I wonder if the people who write their comments really think about what they are writing. I have read thread after thread denouncing race mongering. There is a whole bunch of racial politics going on right here. If you read this strand carefully, there are many stereotypical statements made about blacks in general that are not fair. Many people have characterized blacks as caudled, childish, affirmative action having people who are not capable of thinking individually but rather follow blindly like lemmings. I’m not calling anyone racist, but if you look at blacks and automatically assume that that person is incompetent because they are black, then your beliefs are racist. This article and many of the comments that follow foster an “us against them” mentality.

Perhaps there is a larger social issue that would lead blacks to show support for Obama regardless of your perceptions of how badly he is doing. Unity in the black community is a value that kept blacks alive and safe for 400 years. As a result there is a real stigma among blacks to “criticize one of our own.” I’m not saying that this is right, it just is. Is this racist? Maybe. Obama will have to mess up pretty badly for blacks in mass to turn on him, or at least admit displeasure to a pollster because the overriding perception is that the group suffers when we “sell each other out.” I’m not saying this is a healthy way of thinking, I am offering this theory as food for thought. As an aside, some mentioned that all blacks believed OJ did nit do it; here is one black guy at least who believes OJ was guilty as sin and my peer group of black friends unanimously think the same. He got off because the prosecution did a poor job of making its case.

Also, keep in mind that this poll is a sampling of black sentiment, not a 100% accurate picture. This is not to say that the number of blacks who support Obama is not disproportionally high, I just question just how accurate 97% to 99% is.

I voted for Obama. I have the article about his election framed and on my wall. I kept the sticker and yes I celebrate the historic nature of his election much as I celebrate Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in baseball. That aside, I’m not sure how I feel about how he is doing because he has not been in office long enough. I’m neutral right now, but I am examining with a close eye. I waited to pass judgment on W as well. Perhaps Obama will pan out to be a disappointment in the end, and if I see the need, I will vote for another candidate come 2012. That candidate might even be Republican.

Oh, one more thing, get off of the “he is not a real African American anyway” kick. If a black person in this country looks back far enough, there will be a white person in his or her heritage. Obama identifies himself as African American, that is his right. Before anyone knew who Obama was, when he walked in to a room, people saw a black guy. Don’t fault him because he embraced that identity.

Jul 23, 2009 - 2:32 pm 82. Samizdat:

TOHIO @ 78,

Bravo and right on. Open confrontation and discussion is the way forward. This country should live up to Dr King’s admonition that people should be judged on the content of their character, not the color of their skin. That’s a two way street.

I disagree strongly with President Obama on 95% of his agenda, however, if he as a Black man stands as proof that skin color is irrelevant to achieving the highest office in the land, maybe we can begin to attain a level of understanding that Dr King would approve of regarding the irrelevance of race to merit and performance. Obama has done the country some good in this regard, however much I disagree with his policies. The way to true post racialism is as you suggest.

Jul 23, 2009 - 2:34 pm 83. Blarty Blarckleblart:

70 Delia

Yes, it was mostly a Southern thing.

74 AtheistCon

Wrong. If the scenario I described happened, conservatives would be “asking” why blacks are so racist against a white president. They certainly wouldn’t be asking why whites are so supportive of a white president.

Heads you win, tails they lose.

Jul 23, 2009 - 3:18 pm 84. David W. Lincoln:

Warning: This blog entry by Daniel Hannan will probably result in pain due to laughing so hard.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danielhannan/100004411/a-child-could-see-through-labour/

One other thing, substitute Democrats for Labour, and you get the same thing. Right?

This is the dead horse too many blacks have tied themselves to.

Jul 23, 2009 - 3:22 pm 85. jerryofva:

moho:

As I pointed out earlier Obama is not black. He is mixed race and he is not the first mixed race President. That honor goes to President Warren G. Harding. The fact that almost everyone on the thread fails to acknowledge the first point is truly a sign that we aren’t living in a post-racial world. When you insist on calling him African-American you are reducing his maternal lineage to a cipher. There is a certain irony to this in that his African father abandoned him at an early age while he was raised by his mother’s side of the family. He owes more to his white lineage then he does to his African lineage. I am sure if this fact got advertised more his support among African-Americans would begin to mirror the rest of the population while it would make little difference to the whites who judge him on content of character and the strength of agreement on his policies.

Jul 23, 2009 - 3:40 pm 86. Chris Bolts Sr.:

Well, George Bush had Evangelicals, Barack Insane has me-too black folks.

Well, not all: don’t count me among those.

Jul 23, 2009 - 4:13 pm 87. Ruebacca:

The Democrates have owned the Afercan American comunity since the founding of the republic.

Jul 23, 2009 - 6:10 pm 88. Moho:

JerryofA:

As I pointed out earlier Obama is not black. He is mixed race and he is not the first mixed race President. That honor goes to President Warren G. Harding. The fact that almost everyone on the thread fails to acknowledge the first point is truly a sign that we aren’t living in a post-racial world. When you insist on calling him African-American you are reducing his maternal lineage to a cipher. There is a certain irony to this in that his African father abandoned him at an early age while he was raised by his mother’s side of the family. He owes more to his white lineage then he does to his African lineage. I am sure if this fact got advertised more his support among African-Americans would begin to mirror the rest of the population while it would make little difference to the whites who judge him on content of character and the strength of agreement on his policies.

Ignoring your wacky reference to Harding, my second impulse is to think that you don’t know any black people. You might not know this, but many of the people that you assume everyday are black–which I suppose you define as having two black parents–are actually mixed race. Some of them are even Mexican and Japanese. They don’t go around advertising the fact that their parents aren’t what you think is black just to make it easier for you to understand the world. Do the rest of us a favor and go out to a metropolitan area and start mixing with real people and discover something about the country you live in, you dope.

In short: most ignorant comment on this thread. And that’s saying a mouthful.

Jul 23, 2009 - 6:37 pm 89. Strawman:

I suggest you try a little empathy.

I suggest you stop pretending to be morally/intellectually superior, and start recognizing this pose as the hollow and transparent psychological device that it is.

Jul 23, 2009 - 6:52 pm 90. Strawman:

He looks Black and as far as they are concerned, he is Black and therefore one of us. Because he married an African-American woman and attended an all-Black church also helps with his “Black” credentials and, thus, Black support.

This was no accident. This was all part of the plan to adopt a racial identity. Michelle was his invitation into the tribe. Without her, and the network she connected him to, he’d be just another white hippy from Hawaii.

Jul 23, 2009 - 6:57 pm 91. jerryofva:

moho:

I see you are in high dungeon? Don’t know any black people? My ex-brother in law is pretty dark and so are my Neice and Nephew. Ok, my niece looks more Ethiopean the African. By the way my neice is the head surgical nurse a major research hospital and my nephew is the #2 guy at a major defense contractor.

But seriously, your response pegs you for a typical liberal racist. Just ask yourself the question where would Obama be if his mother wasn’t white given that his father was a deadbeat who ran out on him when he was two years old.

Jul 23, 2009 - 7:16 pm 92. AtheistConservative:

“Wrong. If the scenario I described happened, conservatives would be ‘asking’ why blacks are so racist against a white president”

Yes, when you fantasize a ridiculous scenario, I’d wager a ridiculous outcome is usually not far behind.

Remind me – how many white presidents have we had? How many of them have had a 97% support rating amongst people of the same skin color? And how many cries of racism against him have there been?

Just admit your comment was stupid, and move on. Like Obama says – admitting mistakes is how we grow.

Jul 23, 2009 - 7:18 pm 93. jerryofva:

And one more thing moho. I grew up in Chicago and live in the DC metro area.

Jul 23, 2009 - 7:19 pm 94. College Know-It-All Hippy:

Blah blah blah WINGNUT blah blah blah WINGNUT blah blah blah WINGNUT blah blah blah WINGNUT blah blah blah WINGNUT.

Ignorant!!!11

My best friend is black,

CKIAH

Jul 23, 2009 - 7:26 pm 95. jerryofva:

College know it all:

I may be thin skinned and assume that you are referring to me but to be precise it isn’t my best friend, it’s my ex-brother-in-law, nephew and niece.

Jul 23, 2009 - 8:17 pm 96. steveg:

Perhaps its a good time for another race relations speech from Obama. Matthews other leg needs a good tingle.

Jul 23, 2009 - 8:44 pm 97. stuart Williamson:

Beyond the long-term damage the Obama’s administration has already inflicted, the most tragic aspect of his malfeasance is his failure to live up to his promises to be a post-racial unifier. Instead, he is overtly fanning the smoldering embers of the die-hard black racists, calculatedly ruining the best opportunity in our history for true unification.

When he has clearly failed, and been defeated, the black voters, and the radical left, will claim that racial hatred was the sole reason, alienate the honest voters who trusted Obama and were betrayed, and set relationship back by at least 20 years. Plus, almost certainly deprive he Democrats of any chance or regaining the White House for at least as long a period.

The Mendacity of Hoax.

Jul 23, 2009 - 10:23 pm 98. WhyamInotsurprised?:

#59 Miiddleman – empathy? you want MORE empathy? how many more years and trillions of dollars of empathy? People need to get off their asses and stop making excuses. My parents came from Mexico in the 40’s. Started as migrant farmers. Learned the construction trades. Helped to build Silicon Valley’s infrastructure. Built a life for themselves and their progeny. I am a second generation Mex-Am but think of myself as just American. Born in North Carolina. I faced discrimination but nothing, nothing kept me from my goals. Maybe I had to modify my goals a bit and alter my timeline but I did not quit or make excuses. I carried on. My dad taught me not to quit nor to bow to any man.

And yet, after decades of free educational opportunities, food stamps, housing, health care, legal help, civil rights, etc., generations of blacks are still in the same sad situation. They cannot blame anyone except themselves. You want more empathy! Go blow it where the sun don’t shine!

Jul 23, 2009 - 11:12 pm 99. Dero:

Let me guess, the 58 percent of other minorities that approve is just a blip. (that number is like 67 for hispanics). This is why the GOP party is doomed. White american concerns simply won’t be american concerns for much longer.

Jul 23, 2009 - 11:28 pm 100. AL:

You guys are truly amazing. Polls numbers indicating Obama support among Jews and Blacks are on pair in accuracy with MSM opinion about Obama.

Very few among Jews, traditionally leftish and Democratic, will express their disappointment with Obama. Even less among Blacks will speak their mind freely against first black president.

Jul 24, 2009 - 12:46 am 101. AThinkingPerson:

The GOP is doomed Dero (re # 98)? Yeah. Right. The GOP need only wait for Obama to continue to force more minorities out of the job market and onto the welfare rolls to succeed during the next election. You’re continuing to look at the election results from months ago which are a snapshot in time. Poll those same minorities today about how Obama is bringing home that HopeNChange BS and you’d get much different numbers. Today, for the first time, Obama’s favorable numbers are below 50%. Surely you aren’t claiming that minorities don’t account for any of that loss in poll numbers? That would be very naive.

Jul 24, 2009 - 6:20 am 102. jerryofva:

ATP:

I think it is safe to say that Jews will continue to support Obama because they support his socialist agenda. I do think that so-called minorities will begin to fall away from him. When African-Americans finally come to the conclusion that he is a disaster their support for him will drop like a stone. Unlike the rest of country they will still overwhelmingly support his polices but they will come to recognize he damage his failure will do the status of the African American community. They will want him gone in 2012.

Jul 24, 2009 - 7:15 am 103. Spanky:

Unfortunately with too many blacks race is first, last and everything with them. It is difficult for a White person to deal with this type of mind set. It is usually smart to allow them their infantile rants and just move along. For a White it is a no win situation everytime. All this makes it very tedious to deal with any minority about anything.

Jul 24, 2009 - 8:02 am 104. Joe Bison:

One more observation on this issue is that
it goes beyond “race” and is a manifestation
of “cultural think”.

Take Rice for example-Many Black males I
knew referred to her as a “zebra”, an
Uncle Tom or a sellout.

There is a “redneck” philosophy that
dominates thinking in the Black community
and the Democrats, especially those who
are Black like Obama, connect to it.

Jul 24, 2009 - 11:13 am 105. wrg:

I guess we are racists if we:

1.We believe in free enterprise and a free market.
2.We believe in national sovereignty and independence.
3.We acknowledge our long and proud history where our forefathers fought for freedom.
4.We believe in low taxes.
5.We believe in a reduced welfare dependency state.
6.We believe in controlled immigration.
7.We believe in the right to freedom of speech.
8.We believe in a strong and well equipped national defense force.
9.We believe in deciding for ourselves how our children should be educated.

Gee, I guess I’m a racist.

Jul 24, 2009 - 11:41 am 106. c:

WRG

I don’t beleive you are a racist based on your list. I would have to see evidence that you actually think less of a person and then work to hold that person down for me to call you a racist.

Jul 24, 2009 - 1:54 pm 107. john m e:

…” he should have calibrated better.” I believe racism in the white house has been calibrated to the highest standard in the history of presidential commentary…Barry,Barry, Barry, you can take racism off the table now,you won!… Boxer and Pelosi can pack it in legislation where nobody will see it till it’s too late.

Jul 24, 2009 - 3:11 pm 108. Cybergeezer:

Obama’s a disgrace to every American; Black or white. A disgrace to the Office of President, and a disgrace to his race. Whether he calls himself black or white.
This week he completely exposed his juvenile racial attitude, and reinforced it with backup statements.
Obama’s legacy-A disgrace to the Office of President and a disgrace to his race; whatever that may be.

Jul 24, 2009 - 6:17 pm 109. Chris:

Oh well… It won’t keep Obama in office, now that the rest of the voting populace has found out how incompetent that empty suit is.

Jul 24, 2009 - 8:51 pm 110. Battlecat:

Blacks are the number one target of hate crimes in America (69.3% of 4,956 race-motivated crimes, 2007), so there is some substance to the endless grievances, even if race-baiters cry “wolf” too often.

During the election primaries, not a single black person ever called me a racist for supporting Hillary Clinton. No sir, that’s what the “educated” white “liberals” called me.

FBI’s 2007 list of hate-crime victims: http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2007/victims.htm

FBI’s 2007 list of hate-crime offenders: http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2007/offenders.htm

Jul 25, 2009 - 7:27 pm 111. Still Bill:

Why are black people always blaming Republicans for all their problems. Most big cities have been run by Democrats for years and years, yet black people keep coming out of public schools as stupid as they were when they went in. Sooner or later black people will figure out the Democratic Party game plan – keep you stupid and dependent and DEMOCRATS.

Jul 26, 2009 - 4:47 am 112. Immanuel Goldstein:

I have a friend and co-worker who is in immigrant from Ethiopia. A real, honest to god African. And he has nothing but contempt for American blacks. He sees this country with the eyes of an immigrant and can’t believe his good fortune. He is like a kid on Christmas morning. He doesn’t know which package to unwrap first. His brain is on fire with plans and schemes and business ideas and ways to make money and get ahead for himself, his wife and family and his church. He does not understand the victim and welfare state mentality of American blacks, and doesn’t cultivate pimp/gansta fashions that he encounters in the black community. You can actually talk to him about things and not get the hostility that drips off of so many blacks in this society.

Jul 26, 2009 - 12:34 pm 113. Cybergeezer:

111. Still Bill:
You are correct, in your statement, and the Democrat Party has to have strawmen and victims everywhere.

Jul 26, 2009 - 1:29 pm 114. Jim Baker:

Obama has always been a communist and is more committed to that ideology than to anything else. Black men and women support him. I think that is pretty natural. However, in smaller numbers, they will turn against the Obama administration when his real agenda becomes more clear. This is only my opinion. I have little evidence to support my opinion at this time.

Jul 26, 2009 - 8:04 pm 115. cackcon:

1. If it’s truly 97%, then that’s higher than the percentage who voted for him right? I wonder if a few blacks might be afraid of him failing even if they’d rather he did (and I could hardly blame anyone for this sentiment).

2. Optimistically, I’m going to guess that the number is inflated because conservative blacks don’t much care for racial self-identification on polls–or would prefer not to respond, period.

3. I’ve had blacks who were previously quite nice to me start to shun me after learning I didn’t support Obama. (Admittedly, I should take more caution in revealing this sometimes!) Even folks I know are conservatives seem to wince a bit when I speak ill of him. See # 1.

4. Conservatives must be as careful as possible to address what ails “Black America” today without necessarily labeling blacks “racists.” (I broke a similar rule for the “wise Latina”–so sue me.) There is much that is admirable in what could be called the black subculture; unfortunately, I think blacks buying into the Left’s propaganda for the past few decades has nearly crippled an entire demographic forever. If you belong to a church or similar organization, make it a point to reach out to your local black community. They’re largely conservatives deep down–at least on social issues–but mistrust free markets, etc., due to obvious historical reasons. Build the trust as best you can, and tell them you acted because of your core principles–not in spite of them. (Make a similar effort for Hispanics, too.) Don’t leave it to GOP pols to build the bridge because it won’t happen. The cure for what ails us all is cultural and not political, so stop looking to D.C. to “fix” everything.

Jul 26, 2009 - 10:12 pm 116. gaetano:

If blacks would vote republican just one year ,they would see an increase in their way of life that they never saw before.Who ever told the blacks that they had to vote democrat because they were black or poor or that only the rich vote republican?

Aug 23, 2009 - 3:18 pm

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