It's ALWAYS racism

LDB

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Obama = racism. There can be no other conclusion and here's why. Obama is half white. Obama is half black. No matter what is said it's going to be racist because it's going to apply to only one part of him. That leads to the obvious conclusion that when speaking of Obama there can never truly be any racism since he's not just one single race to be racist against.

Now, that ignores the fact the MSM and the liberals/democrats have co-opted racism to their own meanings and usage. The key point though is racism does not and can not apply to Obama.
 

davekc

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We are at the point that the very people that voted him in are now turning on him. The only way he can gain some unity is by playing the race card and hope some stick with him on that premise rather than any policies he has messed up.
 

arkjarhead

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These days the last people want to be called is a racist. So people will keep their mouthes shut about anything they don't agree with just to keep from being called a racist. It's just a game with them.
 

tallcal101

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As usual,Leo can't add. Our President is 100% human being,same as you big boy.The bigots can argue over the details. Have at er' boys.
 
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LDB

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As usual Cal can't see the point for the forest. Keep grinding that axe.
 

tallcal101

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Come on Leo,re read what you wrote.As hard as you try,this is just a ridiculous word game aimed at trying to discredit a man (that is what he is after all) who inherited a can of worms that was about to fall off the financial cliff.He is no more or less a liar then any of them,and for heavens sake he's trying to fix a massively broken health care system which enriches a very few insurance executives and leaves most of us out on a limb even when we do pay.Let's tar and feather Obama and send him packing on a rail car,that's what it sounds like around here.

w deserved it (5000 Americans died for his lies) and this guy may, in the end,be equally discredited.It's too early to tell.The race thing will get no where with most people who voted for him,as most are young. It's demographics pure and simple,just like Mom and apple pie.

If the jobs don't start coming back,and the rich get richer,he may have a big problem with younger voters. But again,he wanted to be the President who followed the worst one in history,and he knew the potential fall out.He can't place blame on w (and he's not),but I am, for a little while longer anyway. W's legacy is a long hard road of 8 years of absolutely nothing.Zero,zip nada.
 

LDB

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No Cal, you need to reread what I wrote and what you wrote. I said that when a person is mixed races then it is racist to comment no matter what race you are or what your comment is. If Obama were all black or all white or all Indian or all anything then one could speak about him and in some cases not be considered racist. If a black person speaks of him it's racist against his white half. If a white person speaks of him it's racist against his black half.

There was nothing in my post about insurance and there's a good thread about how Mississippi made a huge improvement in the situation in a far better way than anything those in control have offered. Different thread though.

There was nothing in my post about the numerous nations who concurrently said the same thing Bush said based on various world intelligence agencies reports. Good deflection though. Textbook.
 

Poorboy

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I Believe that Carter the Coward was and Is the Worst President we have Ever Had!! But Obumma is Running a Close 2nd Place and will no doubt Bump Ole Jimmy from the Number One Position before His 1st and Only Term has expired! :D
 

Turtle

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...this is just a ridiculous word game aimed at trying to discredit a man...
No, it's a ridiculous word game aimed at absolving oneself of racism. Until the emergence of Obama, anyone with any level of "blackness" has been considered black. Now all of a sudden, in order to not appear racist, some people are trying to split the percentages so that if he's not 100% black, it is therefore not racism. "See? I'm not a racist! He's not 100% any race!" And the harder they push the issue, the more racist they come off looking like. It's like the fake outrage over Michael Vick and his dog fighting. If Michael Vick were Payton Manning, the outrage would have been no where near what it was. But people were able to use the dog fighting as an outlet for their racism and suddenly people who could care less about dog fighting found it to be worse than mass murder.

The funny thing is, whether they will admit it or not, everyone is racist to one degree or another. They can't help it, it's in the genes.
 

letzrockexpress

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No Cal, you need to reread what I wrote and what you wrote. I said that when a person is mixed races then it is racist to comment no matter what race you are or what your comment is. If Obama were all black or all white or all Indian or all anything then one could speak about him and in some cases not be considered racist. If a black person speaks of him it's racist against his white half. If a white person speaks of him it's racist against his black half.

There was nothing in my post about insurance and there's a good thread about how Mississippi made a huge improvement in the situation in a far better way than anything those in control have offered. Different thread though.

There was nothing in my post about the numerous nations who concurrently said the same thing Bush said based on various world intelligence agencies reports. Good deflection though. Textbook.

Ya know, if you hadn't made the race tinted comments you have made in the past I might give you the benefit of the doubt when it comes to making an unbiased observation about racism. IMHO, your best bet is to leave it alone.
 

dieseldiva

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Moi? Never...I am always flexible...I can bend with the best of them...*LOL*:rolleyes:

I've been associated with you and the hubby for what about 8 years...so I guess the bold is a sign of your aging? *LOL*

Why yes it is!! If YOUR eyes weren't so feeble, you would have caught that post a while back where it was discussed...just sayin' :cool:
 

dieseldiva

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What is.....a USUAL husband.....seems like it should be the opposite of UNUSUAL but that just doesn't fit!!:eek:
 

Pilgrim

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The funny thing is, whether they will admit it or not, everyone is racist to one degree or another. They can't help it, it's in the genes.

IMHO this is a basic fact of life, but no one wants to admit it in this day and age. I would argue that it's the pride in their culture, or national pride. The Irish are proud to be Irish; our friends from south of the border are so proud to be Mexican that they refuse to assimilate into our American culture or learn our language; how long have we been hearing the mantra "black is beautiful"? How about "kiss me I'm Polish"? This kind of cultural pride naturally creates a bias favorable toward ones own heritage and against the heritage of others, thus the "us against them" mentality. It also results in the hyphenated American labels; African-American, Mexican-American, Asian-American, regardless of the fact that most of those so labeled were born on US soil.

Oddly enough, the only ones frowned upon for promoting their racial/cultural pride are WASPS - it's definitely not fashionable or politically correct to display pride in your whiteness. And God forbid if you're proud to be a WASP from the South - that makes you the fodder for Jeff Foxworthy jokes.

In all likelihood, racism to some degree will always be a fact of life whether the population wants to admit it or not. The same goes for religious bigotry, but that's another thread.
 

Turtle

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I agree, absolutely. The southern white American male is a dying breed, attacked from several fronts (not the least of which is the feminization of the American male).

People are always wary and distrustful of anything different, unfamiliar, especially unfamiliar people. This goes back to encounters from other clans and tribes. It is self-preservation and species preservation to be cautious of anyone and anything different. A particular culture and way of life may have worked well for a long time, it's comfortable, and it works, so people are not that willing to let someone else come in and change things. Hence, a distrust of other cultures and races. And the stroke of a pen can't change those kinds of hard-coded behaviors within even a generation, as has been evidenced.

It's OK to be a little racist, a little wary, a little un-trusting. That's who we are. It's when it goes too far that it's a problem, because when it comes right down to it, people are people, and we all have the same wants, needs and desires (except for those Muslim baѕtardѕ, of course).

I went to a Walmart in Utah today. The vast majority of the people in the store were Asians, Mexicans and Indians (not India Indians, but "come to my casino" Indians). Everyone got along just fine. But the most remarkable thing about that Walmart was, it was a full-sized Supercenter, but the parking lot was tiny, not even an 1/8 of the size of a normal Walmart parking lot. However, the parking lot was a multi-level parking garage. It was very different. Very uncomfortable (although you could shop in a torrential downpour and never get wet going from the store to your car). I didn't like it at all. Does that make me a parking lotist? I dunno.
 

Darmstadter

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I went to a Walmart in Utah today. The vast majority of the people in the store were Asians, Mexicans and Indians (not India Indians, but "come to my casino" Indians). .

My wife, like many folks, is part native american (1/8 Delaware and 1/16 Cherokee). Whenever her family talks about Indians, it's either "with a dot" or "with a feather" for clarification.

I get sick of the race card getting played. Can't we all just hate him cuz he's from Chicago and Chicago sports teams are evil. Or maybe hate him cuz he's a putz that's destroying our country. Hey, maybe Obama really can bring us all together for one common purpose....to vote his arse out in 2012.
 
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Poorboy

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My wife, like many folks, is part native american (1/8 Delaware and 1/16 Cherokee). Whenever her family talks about Indians, it's either "with a dot" or "with a feather" for clarification.

I get sick of the race card getting played. Can't we all just hate him cuz he's from Chicago and Chicago sports teams are evil. Or maybe hate him cuz he's a putz that's destroying our country. Hey, maybe Obama really can bring us all together for one common purpose....to vote his arse out in 2012.

I don't Hate anybody!, But I sure Dislike Him a WHOLE LOT! Not because He's a Mulatto, But because He's a LIAR, Sneaky and Corrupt, and he's trying to take this Country and Flush it down the Toilet where He belongs! 2012 Can't come Fast enough For Me!
 

Tennesseahawk

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When political correctness grabbed the handles of racism, we became unable to laugh together with those of other races about our differences. Since we have little else in common, we just don't talk at all, anymore.
 
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