When Will We Have Another Black President?
During the 2008 political campaign, then-Senator Barack Obama called for a national discussion on race. Later, Attorney General Eric Holder called us a nation of cowards for not having such discussions:
He said that Americans are afraid to talk about race, adding that “certain subjects are off-limits and that to explore them risks at best embarrassment and at worst the questioning of one’s character.”
So let’s try to honor these doubtless well-intended requests.
It’s entirely possible that President Obama has poisoned the well for at least a generation. It has nothing to do with the fact that he is black; it is because he is grossly ill-fitted for the job and may well be the worst U.S. president thus far. To enumerate even his most egregious blunders would make for a very long article and I won’t bother. There are not enough good things to fill a short paragraph, aside from the possibility that he has united enough conservatives and frustrated enough leftists to make possible some changes we can believe in.
Some probably disagree, but I think President Obama’s race was the deciding factor in his election. Had he been Caucasian, Asian, or Hispanic, he probably would not have got the Democratic Party nomination, much less been elected president. President Hillary Clinton would likely be sitting behind the desk in the Oval Office.
Should race count? No, but it does, more now than before President Obama came on the scene. Race, gender, ethnicity, and religion have, of course, long been significant. John Morton Blum, whose introductory American history course I took in college fifty years ago, told a story about Theodore Roosevelt, “the Republican Roosevelt,” and repeated it in his book of that title:
The dinner, the story goes, celebrated Roosevelt’s appointment in 1906 of Oscar Straus as Secretary of Commerce and Labor. The President explained his choice. He had selected Straus without regard to race, color, creed or party. His concern had been only to find the best qualified man in the United States. This Jacob Schiff would confirm. Schiff, presiding at the celebration, good-naturedly senescent, wealthy, respectable, and, regrettably for Roosevelt, now quite deaf nodded, “Dot’s right, Mr. President,” he acknowledged. “You came to me and said, ‘Chake, who is der best Jew I an appoint Segretary of Commerce?’ William Loeb, Roosevelt’s secretary, persuaded the newspapermen to suppress the exchange.
Blum goes on to say, “Doubtless apocryphal, this story nevertheless contains the stuff of authenticity”; TR was acutely aware of the “importance of self-conscious groups in American society.” There have been many changes in American society since 1906.
The next black Prez will be a Repub. Folks simply will not get taken in again (at least for a generation) by someone like Obama who is clearly antagonistic towards America, the only kind the Dems will proffer.
A black Republican? Well, whoever it is, you can bet he won’t support amnesty for aliens or make deals with terrorists. He wouldn’t raise taxes, like, 11 different times, would never cut and run after our military heroes got attacked. No, that kind of stuff is far too Reaganesque for today.
Where’s your cutesy fake southern accent, Betty? You do realize it adds *so* much to the pertinence of your arguments, don’t you?
Betty, I’ve read some of your postings before. However, I do have trouble grasping what you are trying to convey. Are you on some form of medication that might cloud your mind? Perhaps it is the mental disorder called liberalism.
If it’s anyone like Clarence Thomas, Thomas Sowell or even Shelby Steele then he/she would have my vote.
Lt. Col. Allen West could very well be the next black President.
Palin/West-2012
I’ll say this: I never dreamed having a black pres would cause everything to be viewed through racial lens, that it would cause talk about nothing but race. And Obama is the worst offender. When the subject of race dies down, he’ll do something to bring it up again. Divide the people and conquer. If we ever elect another black pres, be prepared to NEVER disagree with him/her, because of that old charge of “racist”. Whichever black pres we vote in, we better be damn well prepared to agree with him/her on everything, or else….As for me, I’ve had it with a black pres for my lifetime. Too damn much trouble over accusations of being a racist no matter what the issue is. Not worth it, IMO.
is 2012 too soon for Allan West to run???
Yes.
After the abysmal performance of The Won, and his very thin executive experience, the 2012 voters are going to be looking for someone who’s clearly demonstrated the ability to run a government… probably a governor or ex-governor, and one who’s served at least one full term.
Not to mention that The Won is also poisoning the well for members of Congress running for President… people are going to be extremely wary about Congresscritters in higher office for a while.
In short, our best bet for 2012 is a governor who’s served or will have served at least one term by about 2011. Now, I’m not specifying any given candidate, but there are a few we can choose from… Pawlenty, Daniels, and Barbour among them.
Pawlenty ?? I live in MN, and Tim is definitely NOT conservative! He is pure politician. He only “became” conservative a few months after The Won began to drop a bit in the polls. Tim might look attractive (and his wife Mary is attractive, too), but I pray that the nation isn’t hoodwinked. He’s another Bush, if we’re lucky!
Thank you for your comment as someone who has seen Governor Palenty over time. I have wondered about his “conservative” credentials. Thanks.
You beat me to it!!
I could certainly see him as VP in ’12. And frankly, with a single term on congress and a military career, he’d be more qualified to be POTUS in ’12 than Obama was in ’08.
I like Colonel West, a lot, and think he has a reasonably good chance eventually of becoming the POTUS. However, there is both good news and bad news. The bad news is that he actually says what he thinks. The good news is, well, that he actually says what he thinks.
As a lieutenant colonel, he had at least some managerial experience. That’s good. At that relatively low rank, he had very little political experience and he needs some. If he is elected to the Congress this year, he had better be a quick study (and he seems to be). Otherwise, he will find the land mines and ambushes in the Congress no less dangerous than those in the combat zones where he served with distinction; just different and more subtle. If he falters even briefly, the chances are that he will be eaten alive and his remains thrown into the trash dump of history. That would be disgraceful, sad for the country, and I very much hope that it doesn’t happen. I don’t think it will but I’m keeping my fingers, toes and eyes crossed.
I’d like to see him do well in the Congress for one term, maybe two, before seeking higher office. He will not waste his time (or ours) there and can even do some good. Then, and only then, will he be in a position to lead the nation as a President should.
I think running for VP or POTUS in 2012 would be a strategic mistake. It would be similar to making a wet-behind-the-ears second lieutenant with a law degree from Harvard a division commander. Colonel West is not old, and 2016 or even 2020 would probably be better. As President Obama has shown very clearly, the chair at the desk in the oval office does not come with training wheels.
I agree. Much as I admire Lt. Col. West and believe that the country really needs him now, it would probably be unwise to have him running for either office in ’12. Better late than never.
I think Obama has done a number on the prospects of many a Black American (especially liberal/Democrat Black American) for the presidency or vp position. My bet is the Democratic party turns to women and Hispanics next as their new golden children for the top spot. Giving him the nomination was pandering, pure and simple (and Hillary had some baggage at the time, so she wasn’t the ideal canidate, but that was then — watch for a primary challenge by her in ’12 “for the good of the country and the party”).
I don’t disagree with your analysis, I was just making the narrow point that if he were to run in ’12, he’d be no less qualified than the present POTUS, and in many meaningful ways, better qualified. But that’s an awfully low standard.
The performance of the present POTUS illustrates your point.
A cardboard cutout of Roger Rabbit is more qualified than Obama. I mean this quite literally.
It would be. However not because the Americans are suspicious of a potential black candidate. Allen West is one of the very best people America has to offer and the Yanks love him regardless of the color of his skin.
It would be unfair for him to enter the presidential race immediately after having won his congressional seat (hopefully so) and started his tenure as a congressman. The very people who vote for him would be rather dissapointed. I doubt that the man of such an unsheakable integrity would do such a thing.
SARAH PALIN. The other candidates who are hidding in her shadow while she is fighting Obama and the Dems would be a toast.
No one has contributed to the raising fortunes of Conservatives like her.
To soon for Lt Col West to run, naw, the timing would be great. Two blacks, one is a leader and one is a fool. Would be some problem with whites though, many have a real sour taste in their mouth over obama.
Got to West site and listen to him speak, he and Sarah are cut from the same Conservative cloth.
It’s beyond possible; it’s guaranteed. And black Americans have every reason to despise him for it…though, given that 95% of them voted for him, whether they will is dubious.
American left-liberals have done everything politically possible to “keep blacks on the plantation.” Their media annex has deliberately suppressed news they deem harmful to the image of the American Negro. And of course, Eric “A Nation Of Cowards” Holder has accused whites of being afraid to discuss racial matters. While American whites struggle to determine why, after all our efforts, after all our inclusions, after all our generosity, black racial animosity is higher than ever.
Obama and his lieutenants, the simultaneously ferocious and toadying Congressional Black Caucus, and the legions who perpetually scream “RAAAAACIST!” whenever someone differs with an Obamunist policy, have transformed the Democrats into the Black Racialist Party. After this experience, I can’t imagine how any white American who’s lived under Obamunism would ever again vote for a black Democrat. Of course, some will: the hard-core left-liberals still struggling to assuage undeserved guilt. But the rest of us will draw back as long as there’s an alternative.
Memories such as the ones being forged in the Obamunists’ furnace will take at least a generation to fade.
I very much agree with your posting. More and more mainstream Americans are coming to despise the race-baiting Obama administration and the Democrat elitists who handed the keys to their party over to them. It may take decades for moderate Democrats to wrest party control from Marxist and black supremist thugs and that is fortunate for all Americans…as it may well take that amount of time to recover from their destrutive rampage through our public offices.
And for their part, I may never forgive:
1. The urban limousine liberals who bankrolled Obama’s campaign
2. The leeches who voted for Obama only to capture the “free stuff” and trinkets he dangled in their eyes
3. A deranged and mindless media who swapped their journalist credentials for cheerleader uniforms in order to elect this monster
Apologies for the “anonymous” posting above. It is mine.
And with it, another thought.
The Obama administration reminds me of my readings regarding the post-Civil War Reconstrution period of American history. Abolitionists, carpet-baggers and other northern liberal do-gooders, in attempting to “buy off” former slaves (and punish Confederates), granted black men opportunity to ascend immediately to public office in southern states. Thus, illiterate, inexperienced blacks and ill-educated, poor white southerners were handed the reins to many state and local governments, in deference to experienced (albeit former Confederate) officials. It did not take long for all considered to realize a grievous mistake had been made, as these newly elected people were in no way qualified to manage the affairs of government.
In much the same manner liberal elitists, minorities, bleeding hearts, government dependents and other assorted fools handed America’s presidency over to a marginally educated, totally inexperienced, Marxist influenced, virtually uncredentialed, America-hating black man who proceeded to install the furthest left, poorest qualified and most criminally compromised administration this country has ever experienced. Couple that to a far left congress dominated by a thoroughly corrupt and totally ignorant brand of tax-and-spend socialists and you have the makings of the most disjointed, incompetent and overmatched government in our history. Few, if any, in this administration have ever managed a private company, met a payroll, balanced a budget or served in any executive capacity. In twenty months these failed acadaemians, communirt activists and braying donkeys have decimated our foreign policy, totally compromised our national security, bankrupted our treasury and created social divisions that will take decades to heal. Quite a price to pay just to feel good about your vote, doncha think?
Very well said, Anon and Salt, I wish I’d written it. Needless to say I didn’t vote for Obama, or McCain, as I recognized both for what they are and represent. Regrettably, affirmative action isn’t working they way it was envisioned, and Obama is a perfect example of that. Too bad that merit and stellar performance are frequently trumped by AA. From what I have witnessed during a 28 year career in university administration, AA leads to, for lack of a better word, payback time, in those that advance due to color rather than merit. Resentment is another word that might apply. Obama seems to have plenty of both, hence his and his wife’s dislike of America. They may both feel that they really don’t deserve to live in the WH.
bingo
I’d prefer otherwise, but it remains possible that Obama himself will be re-elected in two years.
I don’t think Americans will sort against blacks in the future but if they do, I hope it will be against candidates like Obama who have made race the meaning of their lives and the centerpiece of their careers, and otherwise have little experience and few accomplishments.
You are much too “tolerant”. What sort of evidence does it take to recognise in the Obama/ “DEmocratic Party” dramas holding the USA and the world in thrall that it is not the inexperience that is the problem.
It is the arrogance that late 20th century “liberals” who quite misleadingly,
in the dishonesty which is their natural habitat, call themselves “Democrats”, have shown in fielding this candidate for the Presidency. Even the most inexperienced can learn on the job, even the Presidency, IF they are willing. With a WE KNOW BEST what is the destiny of the nation. AND WE SHALL, over any and all opposition, FORCE that destiny IS the problem. Whether or not these arrogant persons misprize the nation and prize others e.g. the Soviet Union, “EU” and China, is another but significant element of their actions which in any other situation would be called what they are ASSAULT.
The goo-goo teachings/brainwashing from these “liberals” in the past 40 years to build citizens compliant to their assaults, without push-back is a second part of the problem.
Why do you suppose these “liberals” are in such a rush to push their programs into Law ?
When, IF Americans realise they MUST STOP these encroachments on their lives, how should they proceed. As many compatriots, according to “polls” think this administration is “doing a good job”. The polls do not however inform whether those who so think pay for or receive with no effort but signing on the “benefits”, eg; sub-prime, from this and previous such administrations
Using / exploiting as did the old time slave masters, entire populations of “black” citizens brainwashed and bribed to believe they have grievance against the majority population BECAUSE they are WHITE, and OWE “blacks” special privileges for existing. AND the whites accepting guilt because the “blacks” have not availed themselves of the freedoms, AND reponsibilities.
ALL INSTITUTIONALISED BY THE LIBERALS INTO THE LAWS OF THE NATION, DESPITE THE CONSTITUTOINAL PROVISION OF EQUALITY IN LAW OF ALL CITIZENS.
The incumbent, inexperienced, with few real accomplishments, equally envious and hostile to the “whites”, their willing front man.
To increase this “gang – warfare” these “liberals/Democrats” have gathered, as criminal gangs do, others to their side, ceding the vaunted INDEPENDENCE of America, in the service of internationalism, to nations and peoples NOT ANSWERABLE to the American Population, but whose expenses are underwritten by taxes from the Americans. ALL very subtle. All in the Service of some chimera they have taught is valuable, moral, compassionate, etc. And which ceding of the American Independence accomplished by a grab of power by the American politicians. Without a whole lot of fanfare. So Americans are in the main unaware of this surrender of parts of their national independence to organisations such as the UN.
WHY DO YOU THINK THE EAGLE IS THE SYMBOLIC BIRD OF THE UNITED STATES: A FREE FLYING BIRD, SOARING ABOVE OTHER BIRDS, A BIRD CLOAKED, LIKE JOSEPH, IN FEATHERS OF MANY COLOURS. none of which deny or hinder her free flight?
And so the Eagle has been tethered and had her wings clipped as to lose her birthright of free flight. By the guardians of the nest.
IF THIS IS NOT A CRIME, and the Eagle doesn’t PECK BACK… SHE IS NO EAGLE.
Both of you overlook what I think will be the deciding factor on Obama’s potentual re-election. Corruption and dirty politics.
Obama’s backers will do all they can to destroy any threat to his re-election. They destroyed all the Republican candidates but McCain, who was an easy opponent for the Democrats (any Democrat) to beat and who had either an incompetent or corrupt support staff. (His appointing Palin really threw them into a panic. The only thing worse, from their point of view, would have been to tap Hillary.)
agreed. I think this is one of the reasons Obama is not worried about anything he does or says..the dye is cast and most of us are not really paying attention.
The only black man I would vote for would have to have the same qualifications as a white one: both in love with America and staunch defenders of the Constitution. I can think of a half dozen black Americans around the country whom I would support over their white rivals any day. One of the biggest disappointments with Obama is the fact that when America chose him as the symbol of all things racial and otherwise, he had to be more red than anything else. And that’s in addition to be flawed in so many other areas. What a shame that his “blackness” was his over riding quality to the detriment of all others.
I like your two criteria but must add another. Executive experience. The man or woman needs 15 years of actually running something and being accountable.
Dear Ruebacca, you are so correct and the lack of any kind of business management skills in our Politicians is scary. If you cant run a successful business for X number of years: Just like the under 35 qualification you cannot be President.
Your comment called to mind this quote from Democracy in America.
“The high station of the Presidency can only be reached at an advanced period of life, and the other federal functionaries are generally men who have been favored by fortune, or distinguished in some other career. Such cannot be the permanent aim of the ambitious.” Alexis de Toqueville
If only…
who cares? Seriously, is this what we have come to, just elect a person because of the color of his skin? it should not be a factor in the decision making proccess either for or against. The problem with obama is that the is an inexperienced left wing radical with a mesiah complex and a socialist adgenda, not the fact that he is black. The Left wind has made his entire presidency about his race, and not his politics. if you dod not vote for him or disagree with his views and what he does you are a racist. You have the left using racism as a kill all for detractors. you have the majority of black voters who will revote for him because he is black first and a democrat second. The majority of racism in this whole thing is far more from the left who voted for him, than the right who “have a black man in the whitehouse”
It will probably be a long time. But it’s a function of attitude more that skin color.
The thing is that a great many blacks look at their skin color and, with the enthusiastic help and encouragement of progressives/liberals/leftists/educators, develop a very distinct attitude. It’s the attitude that is the problem. We see it in the rap/hip hop culture, entitlement mentalilty, or the tribal racism of group like the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) or NAACP.
I’ll say it again, It’s the attitude that is the problem.
Postmodernists demand that we tolerate this very bad attitude that is built upon skin color. If we do not, it is considered racism. So they’ve cleverly created a bit of a Catch 22. The Left and blacks come down hard on anyone who dares to reject this attitude. We’ve seen the vitriol and condemnation unleashed: Oreo, Uncle Tom, race traitor, etc. They see that independent thinkers have the potential to undermine their victim narrative. Guilt tripping has turned out to be a rather effective exploitation tolerance and goodwill. They don’t want to lose that weapon. But the public is finally beginning to awaken to the fact that they’ve been being scammed for a long, long time.
Blacks are America’s version of the Palestinians – a people who really do not want even playing field at all – they just want to milk it for whatever they can get out playing the victim game and the perks that come with it: special consideration, special advantages, a free ride, easy money, double standards, etc, etc. Where’s the attitudinal difference? At then core of their identity lies victimhood. It’s sick.
So It’s not race directly. It’s the baggage these people choose to carry along with it that is the problem. Case in point is Thomas Sowell. He could rally a huge support . But Black playing the NAACP, CBC, Reverent Wright, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton game are absolutely done.
Like King said – it’s content of character.
It’s game over for these charlatans.
RJE: I agree. Racism is the belief that human capabilities and potential are determined solely by race. First, to anybody that has worked with people from different races, that doesn’t sound right. Second the “out of Africa” anthropological evidence strongly suggests that we whiteys can be considered genetically to be pale black people.
As I understand it, people like George Washington Carver and Martin Luther King were focussed on blacks disproving racism simply by performing and achieving like everyone else. I think they saw self reliance, getting educated, getting better jobs and personal wealth creation as the way for blacks to help themselves and to receive equal treatment before the law. At the same time it was the best way to poke racism and racialists in the eye. Since blacks were cynically and cruelly denied the same opportunities as whites, both men spent great energy in trying to get more opportunity for blacks.
Then along came the lefties and their ‘social justice’ and as you correctly say, the attitude changed from “how can I help myself?” to “Just because I’m black, I am entitled to massive help from government programs and if I can’t get it or if I’m not effortlessly propelled into a middle class life, then I’ve been totally screwed by white people.”
If I were a poor black, I’d use all the programs, ‘social justice’, affirmative action etc that I could, to get out of the dependency syndrome and become a self reliant wealth creator. That would be my attitude – cynical and self serving – use the dependency culture to make myself independent.
Come to think of it, I guess that is what Obama did. The really stupid thing he has done is to re-create the stereotype of black incompetence. George Washington Carver and Martin Luther King would be devastated to see that. The next black President has one more hurdle to climb over, thanks to Obama.
It’s been a long time since either party would hamper the rise of a black politician on the basis of race. Competition and the old boy network would be the limiting factor. Then we get Obama who is an affirmative action candidate. That is what we need to guard against. That is the poison in the well.
I can’t even imagine another black person being elected to POTUS for decades; not because none would be qualified – but because Obama has been so incapable, deceitful and arrogant that the linkage to skin color could not be overcome!
I personally don’t have any problem with the race of a candidate, only with his or her politics and capabilities – I only wish I could say the same for the black voters.
When oh when are they going to stand up and be Americans first?
In any state in the nation, for any seat, in any race, the majority of black people will automatically cast their vote for ANY black democrat person. It matters not if they have any qualifications, criminal record, education or ethics – only if they are black and democrat! We have many, many examples of this of course … Rangle, Waters, Hastings, Jackson-Lee, etc. People that could never get elected to office were they not put there by a totally black vote (read ALL blacks in the House).
It is really unfortunate (for all of us), that our black citizens can never get beyond race … and yet this is never seen (or mentioned) as racism!
Walt
You say “I personally don’t have any problem with the race of a candidate”
I agree, but it doesn’t matter. You and I will be called racists, sexist, homophobes no matter what. My attitude is; call me a racist, see if I care. I think it will be more than a generation before any black man, or any woman for that matter, will be elected as POTUS. The problem is not with us. It’s with them and thier name calling. When the name calling stops, and than will be a long time, then we can consider a person on the merits.
IMO we will not elect another black President until we elect a President whose main qualification isn’t that he’s black but that he is the best candidate. I agree that if Obama hadn’t been black he wouldn’t be sitting in the WH – Hillary would be. I also agree that there are people who didn’t vote for Obama due to his race but there are probably more who voted FOR him strictly due to his race. The minority community saw it as “one of their own” suceeding and liberals saw him as a way of proving they weren’t bigots – neither group really cared about his qualifications for the job. Unfortunately Obama has only fueled racial discord in America and that may be his lasting legacy.
I would take it one step further. To have voted for Obama was a racist act. Many pro Obama white voters did so precisely to demonstrate that they were not racists. Methinks they protest too much. To have voted against him based on his obvious lack of experience, tissue paper CV, non-existent legislative record, and dubious associations would have required intellectual honesty and courage and the risk of being called a racist. Why bother when you show everybody what a good person you really were?
Carla, you hit the nail on the head. All the white and latino liberals that I personally know did precisely that, voted for the black man to make them feel good about their tolerance and superiority. Black co-workers of mine admitted freely that they voted for him because he is black. After all the minority community has been brainwashed for decades to look for black role models. We taught our children that role models should demonstrate integrity, loyalty, the work ethic and compassion. Obviously you don’t have to be of a particular racial group for that.
Whoever is the next black president, it will be someone who has a solid track record instead of a blank slate on whom people can project their hopes and dreams. (Actually, the previous sentence with “black” deleted should also be true.) Someone like West, to pick a conservative, or Powell, for a liberal. Even West comes up a bit short in the experience category of working with large systems. Left or Right, for difference reasons, this lesson seems to have been learned by many, though not yet spoken.
I have to admit that I would now think twice about voting for a black person. I would have to be convinced that race is not an issue with them, and that would be difficult to prove. If a person grows up being told they are a victim, then that is the prism through which they view everything. Obama probably thinks his biggest mission is revenge against America for all the racism he’s been hearing about all his life.
To be a president, a person needs to be emotionally stable. That disqualifies anyone who sees themselves as a victim, just like Hillary Clinton.
After the OJ Simpson verdict, I was astonished that a huge majority of blacks polled agreed with the verdict. And apparently not only did they think the evidence was a white trick, but in toto, blacks were perfectly alright with ignoring the evidence altogether and acquitting him as a form of reparation for all the perceived wrongs that had been done to them over the years.
It appears to me that things have not changed since that black jury acquitted that black murderer, since a huge majority of blacks polled *still* think that Obama is doing a wonderful job, and would overwhelmingly vote for him again.
Given this irrational need to overlook evidence in an attempt to gain the edge in life, it seems to me that an average American voter would be wise to question whether to vote again for a black President in the foreseeable future. And, considering the number of Congress-persons who are currently up on ethics charges, as well as the state of budgets and corruption in places like Detroit, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta and DC, one seriously has to consider ANY vote for ANY black candidate, since there does appear to be a national black sub-culture of sock it to the man and entitlement (and/or reparation) at all costs.
After Obama, the average day laborer at Home Depot has a good shot at the White House for the Dems.
He’s proven that it doesn’t take any intelligence or class, but you can use someone else’s rhetoric to appear intelligent, and use ‘class’ as a weapon against other classes.
And I’m sure the average day laborer at Home Depot can operate with the same dual standards of law enforcement as the Democrat Party has established for themselves.
Cyberg there is only one thing wrong with your opinion. Those of us who don’t speak Spanish would have to learn it and quickly too
The day laborers at my Home Depot are seemingly all from south of the border.
NOOO!!! You’re pullin’ my leg!
This stupid, arrogant and egotistical street corner hustler has ensured there won’t be another black President for a very long time. Not because another candidate may be black but because the last disaster was black.
Discussing race in an open and honest manner, is rife with danger. Not because an open discussion wouldn’t be helpful and cathartic, it’s because anything that was said would be used in a cheap and tawdry fashion against any non-leftist who uttered a sound.
Leftists are not much more these days, than a collection of race and class mercenaries in a permanent war against those likely to oppose them. Since they believe their own recruitment posters, it is imperative that they find “victims” to “protect”. Of course, the “protection” racket is a canard. It has been a canard for over 25 years, for the most part.
Here’s how the scam works. Leftists (who have completely devoured the Democratic party, not because ALL Democrats are inherently far, farther, farthest left, but because the tactics put Republicans on the permanent defensive…and Republicans have been hapless and feckless in overcoming the charade)create a “victim” based upon race, creed or color…and, upon “underclass” status.
It is imperative that leftists KEEP that victim from joining the “other” class, or “escaping victimhood”. The bagmen in the “protection racket” bring the “facts” to the “victims” on a daily basis. And demand the payment…total fealty. So, the leftist operatives in mass communications, in academia, in entertainment…feed and fuel the divide. They have absolutely no interest in bridging that divide, in fact, their greatest self-interest, is in creating as large a chasm as can be carved, eroding more and more with every passing day.
The class warfare has a slightly different gambit, using the henchmen in “unions”, an anachronism so detrimental to American global economics, useful only in creating political “muscle”…the economic hitmen, in the leftist mafia. The bagmen bring the message, the hitmen savage the economy. The era of useful “union” activity provided a true protective quality against abuse has long since passed and the benefit vs. abuse equation has been turned on its head. Unions are more abuse than benefit these days…by a wide margin. In the hands of their leftist masters, they are more “Workers Party”, than a party for the workers.
The destruction of America comes at the hands of rampant, unchecked leftism. Now completely out of control, it has both hands around America’s throat and will strangle her at the first opportunity.
If leftists were ever unveiled, if the JournoListas were ever caught red-handed in their propagandist dens, if the truth ever was allowed the oxygen it needs to refresh America…the current Democratic party would be in deep, deep trouble. It sold its soul in order to garner a permanent advantage over Republicans. It lied, cheated, stole America’s heartland…and trashed it…all for crass political advantage.
The nation of Israel is a prime example of the tactic, although, not precisely in the race and class tactic. Overwhelmingly, the global left has a rather savage dislike of Israel and non-leftists have an overwhelming devotion to her as a nation. The leftists walk an interesting tightrope, alternately slandering Israel and simultaneously painting themselves as lovers and non-leftists as haters. The precise opposite of reality. In one particularly noxious piece of propaganda, the leftists create a mirror of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion for Christians…in that they suggest that the majority of non-leftists are devoted to Israel’s well being only because of a belief in Biblical end days…or some such thing. Utterly ridiculous politically speaking, but adopted as a “truism” by those that need to slander non-leftism.
Non-leftism is a broad and wide tent. But, it has difficulty coalescing because leftists have the ability to plant negativity, doubt, divisiveness, rancor…into their
“enemies” camp, at a moment’s notice and on their whim. “Republicans divided with “teabaggers” over such and such a candidate or race for congress, senate…governor…dogcatcher, whatever.
When you see the slur against a non-leftist (bitter clingers, mean, racists, homophobes, anti-immigrant, Islamophobe), you are watching a leftist tactic in action, pumping up the victimhood, and making you hesitant to join with others…because they are inherently “bad people”. It doesn’t matter if it has an ounce of credibility (we will pick Fred Barnes or Karl Rove…doesn’t matter who…and just CALL them a racist!)
Dare to join with others en masse and protest the lies, slanders, intentional deceit? The JournoListas and race hucksters will announce that all of you are “throwing a temper tantrum”.
No, there will never be an open discussion on race in this country. The leftists couldn’t withstand it. Don’t want it. Can’t have it.
In fact, with the JournoListas in charge of the mass communication system and their brethren in academia and entertainment so totally invested in dividing America by race and class hucksterism…there will never be an open, honest, and constructive discussion about ANYTHING in this country. It’s propaganda and coverup full time for the Democratic Party and blameshifting and slander against Republicans full time.
Republicans are nearly paralyzed because they have no concept of how to overcome the unfair disadvantage with which they start every race, in which they face in every national debate, and in which their otherwise national constituency faces if they vote for them. The permanently slandered candidate must appeal to the permanently slandered voter.
The real victim in America…is truth. I’m not a conservative by nature, I’m more middle of the road by temperament. But rampant, unchecked leftism is destroying America and must be stopped. It is the Big Lie on steroids. We have to stop allowing leftists from creating the narrative, the Big Lie about us, from dividing us in our battle against them. Let’s defeat them…and sort out the remaining differences as men and women of honor.
I’m not a RINO. I’m not “squishy” on the issues. I’m not the enemy. Stop believing the propaganda. Start believing in America again. You are not throwing a tantrum, you are defending a nation. Against slander. Against slurs of your countrymen. Against it being torn piece by piece by those who intend to overthrow her. Stand together and stand up to be counted. Believe in American exceptionalism. Believe in your goodness. At long last…believe in the truth.
Wow, I am impressed! As an American by choice and politically a Libertarian I agree with you. With regret I add something else to the mix, and that is amnesty for the illegal aliens will cement permanent leftwing democrat party power for the next 100 years.
I would hope that the reign of his fraudulency, Barack Hussain Obama, is one long, drawn out “teachable moment,” and, if it is, I doubt that the majority of voters—mostly white, unfortunately, for black voters remain pretty solidly enthralled—will ever vote again for a totally unqualified black con man such as Obama, and perhaps never vote again for any black candidate for quite some time, since Obama—the supposedly “post-racial” President–has drawn the cloak of his “blackness” so tightly around him, and Obama & Co. have flung the charge of “racism” against any and all critics. Obama is the “bad apple” that taints the whole barrel, and I would be surprised if the taint does not stick to all black candidates, particularly when there are other such bad apples to notice all around, in Congress and out.
I think, too, that we also have to count the MSM as major “collateral damage,” for in the age of the Internet, their perfidy, their betrayal of their essential role in our Republic as the key supplier of complete and unbiased information, and as the “watchdog” against government corruption and overreaching, has been unmasked. I think that by now increasing numbers of people have come to realize that the vast majority of the members of MSM have sold them and our Republic out, are only loyal to the ideology of the Left and not to America, and now comprise the Left’s “Ministry of Truth.”
The MSM has overdrawn their account with the American people and they have squandered what trust they may have built up through generations of fairly honest reporting; and once such trust is lost it very rarely can be gained back again, and if somewhat regained, is not likely to ever be as strong and unalloyed as it was.
I am waiting for the first dwarf,Muslim, lesbian woman president. No really I don’t understand why race matters. Only stupid people vote based on race and not ideas, and we do have a lot of stupid voters. This whole conversation should be about ideals and ideas not race.
The back story is actually the top story: The overwhelmingly white progressive MSM and their cohorts in the left made Dear Leader the president. The author and FWP@3 are right on point. The question is why?
I believe they selected and promoted Dear Leader because of his blackness (regardless of his whiteness which of course is overlooked) so as to, as has been said, assuage their guilt, but also to reinforce their coalition with blacks. They, again the white progressives, need the strength and bullying power of blacks in order to achieve their goal of destroying America.
Also they see in Dear Leader the means to bridge and again reinforce their coalition with muslims. It is with muslims that they will find the power, force of arms and terror and sheer numbers to destroy America.
FWP@3 asked why has black animosity become more overt and hostile. It is because the know the MSM will NOT hold them accountable and in fact will excuse any unacceptable, uncivil and repugnant behaviors and reprehensible crimes they commit. Look at the coverage of the CT mass murderer a few weeks ago; the acid terrorist attack in WA state or the anti-human crime that happened in Nashville, TN over a year ago where black human debris terrorized, raped, brutalized and killed a white couple.
The answer going forward is that we, white Americans, must emasculate the MSM. We must defund them and make them impotent. We must join together and form one wedge to drive between them and their advertisers. Be it TV or press, they must be forced into submission.
If not then the fraud that the Dem party has, is and will commit against the US will continue and worsen. And the racial divide, which is periously close to permanent, will not be healed. And the terrorist takeover will be that much easier to occur.
With regard to black bullies and terrorist force, I submit that Eric Holder’s dismissal of all charges in the New Black Panthers voter intimidation case is an indication of this administration’s determination that black-on-white bullying is quite acceptable.
It’s difficult to predict how red-blooded white men (and women) might react to thugs (black or white) patrolling the polls this fall or in the fall of 2012. Armed conflict would sicken but not surprise me.
Once again, when government refuses to enforce our laws, it’s left to the people. Sigh, I had thought we were past that sort of thing, but thank the Founders for the 2nd Amendment!
I for one, hopefully among many, don’t give a damn what color BO’s skin is. And I don’t care what color the next person to run for president from either party is either. And I don’t care if he’s a muslim or not. The only thing I care about is getting someone who will follow the constitution and not lie every time they open their mouth nor twist with the wind like McCain does. BO is like the old adage, you can tell when he’s lying, his lips are moving. I love BO’s initials though, they are very appropriate for someone who is this bad at his job. I absolutely refuse to vote for anyone, or even let my choice be influenced by, the color of their skin, or their gender, or anything else except their qualifications and character, just like MLK said in his speech. He dreamed of a time when the character of a person was what people looked at. I’m sure he’d be appalled at what has been done in the name of his legacy. Please everyone, don’t let what B.O. has done influence your racial views. Treat everyone with honor and respect befitting their dignity as a human being.
there are plenty out there that would make excellent presidents; unfortunately, the “historic” obama election placed a marxist in that seat of power; it will be a long time to overcome this imbecile. but, you made the call, not me!
Yes. It’s the Marxism stupid.
But Remember no democratic senator opposed our stood in the way of Marxist policies. The whole Democratic party has to live this down.
I agree that the next black president will likely be a Republican, or, if a Democrat, one with a LONG history of center-right beliefs and a resume that involve real work and perhaps a military career. Regarding Obama’s high numbers amongst blacks, while I’m sure most voted for him because he was black, I doubt the numbers would’ve been in the mid 90% range had he been conservative. In Florida, Corrine Brown has had black opposition of a more conservative nature, but always prevails in a district carved out for her.
I have to disagree that Obama has poisoned the well for black candidates, but he’s provided a much-needed kick in the a$$ to the voting public to scrutinize candidates more carefully, and not dismiss red flags simply because the candidate is black, or attractive, or reads well off a teleprompter. Hopefully, but doubtfully, the media has gotten their comeuppance for their complicity in giving Obama a pass, or burying stories or situations that might reflect unfavorably on him.
I do hope and pray the he is the last COMMUNIST President of the United States… his color has NOTHING to do with the reason he is such a horrid President.
I am a little more optimistic. Lots of people, including liberals I know, are either showing buyer’s remorse or avoiding talking about Obama. I think Obama shows, in no other way possible, that experience and capability matter far more than skin color…. Obama may turn out to be a hard lesson we needed to learn.
I think that the well is not poisoned for a generation…. I think that it just means that black, white, Asian or whatever candidates need to be scrutinized equally and for the same qualities: experience and ideology, not so much stage presence or appearance. And thats a good thing.
Would it matter? Will The Democrats quit identity politics? Is Hillary Clinton not next in line? Or perhaps an openly gay candidate? Maybe Hilary can come out and they can have the best of both worlds. I haven’t memorized the playbook but I know the plays.
Obama’s black?
Only half.
What percentage yellow?
I’d say 100% yellow.
Obviously “Betty” doesn’t really “know” much.
Thanks for proving it, tho.
…the black voter just got felony hoodwinked.. their future chances at political representation.. based on race… kicked to the curb in the mud, litter and dirt, by a man whom does not have enough ‘black’ blood in him to even qualify as a black minority. His father… 90 some odd percent arab, his mother.. white. Do the math.
Its really a sad deal… once again, blacks are used and abused by the very lib’s that proclaim to protect them. As sure as we write here and time dulls the remembrance of pain.. ‘theyll’ shoot the game again… and the definition of insanity will again come to mind.
Why the knock at Palin? Either one must worships her, or one must hate her?
The “RAAACISST” card is going to be overplayed to death by the next time an African American is up for the job. No one will buy it. We’ll be able to have a Black president again but we’ll be looking more closely at the qualifications and record.
I don’t think America would have a problem with “a Governor Wilder” or someone with a decent vita (regardless of party) moving into the white house. I don’t even think we’d “accept” him or her, it would just be another crook in the house or our guy that won. I even think this would have been the case this time of they put forward a candidate with experience running a state, for example. The off-puttingness of Obama for me was that we were required to love him and above all not give his resume ANY critical look otherwise we were “questioned.”
What I DO suspect is that this may be the last time we vote for in the “it Girl” without any regard for record or experience which is pretty much what we did this time — at least I hope this is the last time.
If the MSM had done a better job of delineating the job description of a Community Organizer, perhaps my friends would not have been so impressed with that, the major portion of his resume.
You can almost forgive the rich white people for proving their not-racist-ness; it’s not like they had any idea what Obama did — EVER.
“Almost” is the operative word here. There’s no excuse for learning absolutely nothing about the candidate to whom you plan to award the keys to the kingdom, not to mention to the kingdom’s treasury.
If you had lived in Virginia during Wilder’s term as Governor, you would remember, though, that it was a disaster. Although the Virginia Constitution prevents someone from serving two consecutive terms as Governor, Wilder and his party were very unpopular when he left office, and George Allen easily won election in 1993. David Dinkins served as mayor of New York City during the same period when Wilder was Governor of Virginia, and, as is well-known, that ended with the election of Rudy Giuliani as mayor. Although Bloomberg was technically a Democrat before he decided to run for the office of mayor, it is noteworthy that New York City hasn’t re-elected a Democrat to the mayor’s office since Dinkins’ unsuccessful term.
Why the knock at Palin? Either one must worship her, or one must hate her?
It would be a good thing for the country if we could finally put the “diversity movement” behind us forever. Aside from the fact that we were already diverse to begin with, we see the distortion of diversity embodied in our President. It appears that we only elected him for the historic color of his skin.
His qualifications were slim to practically non-existent. I doubt if anyone can point out one piece of legislation that he introduced in the Senate to improve the lives of Americans. Had the mainstream media done its’ job, we would have known just how unqualified he was for the office and chosen someone else.
Until we return to a merit-based foundation upon which to select our representatives, we’ll be mired in mediocrity, or worse, elect even more clueless politicians to guide the country into a ditch. The best and brightest among us are the ones we need in Washington, not someone selected due to something as irrelevant as skin color.
I find it ironic that the only place where diversity doesn’t matter, where only talent counts, is in sports — the only place where one could actually insert unqualified people without affecting the economy!
I would support a little affirmative action in, say, basketball. It might make the games much more interesting, with teams fighting to find quality white recruits, then allowing those recruits on the court.
“I can think of a half dozen black Americans around the country whom I would support over their white rivals any day.”
If I understand what you’re saying, while your heart wants to be in the right place, isn’t your avowal basically racial in nature? (I’m not saying “racist”, but perhaps racialist race-obsessed). Exactly why would you support a black “over their white rivals any day”? Perhaps I am just misreading your post. If not, I think this is an illustration why so many whites voted for this incompetent man in such large numbers. Having been unjustly lashed their entire lifetimes with the “recast!” smear, many white voters were, on some deep level, eager to prove they weren’t in fact racists. In the process, they chose to make their vote on the basis of obama’s skin color above other criteria. This was a tragedy for America, and a tragedy for those whites who did it.
So the decades-long concerted and relentless abuse of most of the white people in this country by Big Media, the elite Left, and the entire black grievance industry (exemplified by Jackson, Sharpton, NAACP, etc.), had the effect of coercing many whites, through that intimidation, to prove their non-racist bona-fides by voting for a candidate because he was black, despite his obvious shortcomings as a candidate.
I saw early what Obama was and started warning my many liberal friends and family members at the beginning, but to no avail. But where I could clearly see a sinister huckster who would gravely harm America, they saw otherwise. Their indoctrination with the anti-white meme of universal white racism was complete. Even today, some of them still believe that opposition to this hideous hideous man must be a manifestation of racism. Others are beginning to see the light.
When Holder said “certain subjects are off-limits and that to explore them risks at best embarrassment and at worst the questioning of one’s character”, I doubt he comprehended that incessant black indictments of white character through endless accusations of “Racism!” are among the main reasons why discussions of race are off limits and embarrassing for whites. Ironically, it’s the verbal abuse by blacks and the media and others against whites with constant smears and insults which places this topic in the no-go zone in America today. The dysfunctional system that has arisen through the rise and enshrinement of the black shakedown and blame industry is what elected this destructive anti-American creature.
I think many white voters have learned a hard lesson here. From now on, in the privacy of the voting booth, no one white American will ever vote black for the sake of black for a very long time. Sadly, we will once again hold our racial attitudes as our most guarded innermost thoughts, never outwardly expressing what is going on in our heads. As a result, blacks, overall, will not move forward in America, they will once again be stuck in reverse.
They’ve done this to themselves.
…ah, well said…as it is exactly so.
Actually we don’t have a black president now, we have an immature child who is not man enough to do a mans job.
He can’t face a press conference.
“Mr President was there a quid pro quo between the $72k you got from BP and the release of the Lockerbee bomber?”
2-3 real journalist would roast him alive.
We would not be in this situation if Colin Powell would have run for president so many years ago. He should have been our first foray into a black president. Now we are going to be bogged down by racial politics every time we vote for a president. Thanks Democrats and MSM.
I’ve been thinking about good old Colin recently. He pissed me off several years ago and I remember thinking I’d never vote for him, but I can’t remember why now, so that given the current options, he’s not looking that bad any more. If Eisenhower could be a good First Executive, Colin might be able to be, too.
But maybe as Vice President and not the Chief Enchilada. Petreaus would do nicely there, I think.
I remember that Colin supported affirmative action, way past the time when affirmative action was a good thing. Then he supported Obama over McCain in the presidential race — another pro-affirmative action move?
General Powell isn’t looking too good to me.
General Powell is a good argument against the military having nothing to do with politics. Personally, he may be intensely conservative, but what he want to conserve is central power, making him a better fit with the Liberals than Conservatives. (Note that he was also in favor of strict gun control. He might be a good general, but I sure don’t want him in elected office.)
Definitely no Powell for our family. He is the black equivalent of McCain who we don’t like or respect.
Actually, military men aren’t always good Presidents. Yes, one can point to Generals Washington and Eisenhower as fairly good Presidents, but on the flip side, look at what happened to General Grant.
Carter also had a fairly good military career; Reagan had essentially none. Which of those would most conservatives rather have in the Oval Office?
The point is, “military” does not automatically mean “good conservative President material.” And those who think that it does are guilty of sloppy thinking.
Very good points, But really, Powell? For POTUS? Although ‘labeled’ right, he’s far too left for my invisionment.
Obama is so hideously unqualified and clearly incompetent. He has surrounded himself with communists perverts and agenda driven incompetents. His legislation is abhorred. There is such a bad taste in America’s mouth that we may not see a black person again for a generation.
Forget the liberal vein-popping rhetoric.
Obama has been the best thing for race relations since MLK.
60% of the country is now post-racial….the Tea Party 60%, and the % is growing rapidly. And we aren’t ever going to be suckered by race hustlers again.
Clarence Thomas and Thomas Sowell are revered by conservatives. Colonel West is high on the list of potential future Presidents, as is Bobby Jindal. Many other non-white politicians, pundits and citizens are held in high regard by the 60%. It’s not about race at all for people with conservative views, it’s about the philosophy. We don’t care what color someone is, we care about the content of their character. It’s obvious to everybody but racists.
Are there some in the 60% who harbor racist thoughts? Of course there are. There won’t ever be a time when that isn’t true for any group of people. Frankly, every human being has had racist thoughts at some point in life, and that will never end. It’s human nature. What counts is what you do about the thoughts.
But actionable racism, as exemplified by the Black Caucus, Al Sharpton, and Barack Obama is on life support and will never recover. Thank you Barack. It will long be remembered as your only achievement, despite your best efforts to prolong the racism scam.
well said!
To answer Humpty Dumpty’s Question…
The Slave to the Compass is the Master of the Sea!
I do like that in the subtitle: “his attorney general”, . . . except that, . . . the term may facilitate our overlooking the fact that, in actualization, “his attorney general” is OUR cancer on the body politic and can only really be properly dealt with, by us’ns, . . .
Fine, let’s discus race. That Glenn Beck rally was, oh my gosh, “mostly WHITE!’ (The media always racially preface anything conservative people do with the color WHITE). Cynthia Tucker boils Obama’s political problems down to the “browning of America” and WHITE “backlash.” Gee, the people who got Obama elected were mostly WHITE! The majority of people who voted for Obama were mostly WHITE. The armed forces of America are currently mostly male and WHITE. The Americans killed in action for two centuries have been mostly male and WHITE. In 1942 a black engineer brigade and a white engineer brigade built the ALCAN highway in six months, starting at opposite ends, meeting in the middle of the wilderness. Because of the draft, the mostly WHITE American army is currently multiracial, integrated almost overnight–which can’t be said for academe. A mostly WHITE but multicultural NY elite can’t get the hole in the ground from the 9/11 attack refilled and rebuilt in a major American port city, after nine years of dicking around. The Greek Orthodox Church is still rubble, but the mostly WHITE elite can fast track a new Mosque at the site commemorating “ecumenical” out reach between Imperial Islam and the typical American bigot. What’s is there left to discus?
Don: Is your point more than sarcasm? According to the Centers for Disease Control, in 2007 American was about 73% White, 11% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 6% Asian, Native American, etc. Therefore, any random sample would be “mostly white.”
It would be interesting to see if the Beck event was more than 11% Black, but we don’t know. Alleging racism without corroborating evidence is, well, racist.
By the way, “discus” is a heavy, flat, round thing thrown around in the Olympics. Are you trying to throw around the race card, like some sort of Freudian slip?
The sharpest person I know told me that everybody’s racist. It’s how we deal with it that seperates the bigots from those trying to make America better.
On another note, I have found an increasing number of datasets showing that gun control harms Blacks and makes whites safer. Curious that Democrats comprise the vast majority of politicians promoting gun control. The party of KKK has just gotten more wily. http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/history-justifies-supreme-court-overturning-chicago-gun-ban/
Yes, precisely, my point is sarcasm, by stating the obvious, which is not always obvious.
“separates”.
It will be a very long time before we have another black President, possibly more than a hundred years. Obama ran a supposedly color-blind campaign but as President he let his appointees constantly accuse white opponents of racism.
It’s as if John Kennedy, as the first Catholic President, then let his appointees constantly attack Protestant opponents of religious bigotry.
There won’t be another black Democratic nominee until there has been a conservative Republican President who is black.
I am of Scandinavian stock originally from Wisconsin. I have no insight into the black community.
I do observe that nationally blacks did not rally to Sharpton’s run in 04. Obama first locked down the Howard Dean left before the Blacks took him seriously. I think the traditional demogueing Black politician is going to die-out after this. Black America has reached the white house and found it to be no panacea. The Marxist agenda has done nothing constructive for anyone including the Black community.
I think Sharpton’s game is going to be harder to play in the future. The CBC’s creditability is shattered. I think it will be very hard for future Gore’s or John Kerry’s to hold the Black vote as a block. I can’t believe the Black community is going to want more Marxism and demagoguery after this experience.
Black Christians are going to be the first to bolt.
“Black Christians are going to be the first to bolt.”
I’m of Scots-Irish stock originally from South Carolina and I believe I have some insight into the black community. Obama will keep most African American voters no matter what he does, including black Christians. He could appear on national T.V. with 666 tatooed to his forehead and perform a partial birth abortion and he’d still stay in the 90% range with the most-favored identity group. Trust me on this.
Khan I totally agree with you. I have a black Christian friend who goes to church on Sundays, who tries in a nice way to convert me. Socially she leans conservative but votes democrat always and will vote for Obama again: because he has a kind heart and he is black. Moreover, I understand that in church the preacher frequently praises and urges his flock to pray for the president. It is a black church.
Yes, it is an unfortunate reality we must acknowledge. If you look at his polling numbers you’ll see that over 90% of African Americans still strongly approve of him, despite the fact that unemployment in their ranks is over 25%. And despite the fact that most African Americans are social conservatives, none of his radical social agenda seem to bother them in the least. I would like to be hopeful but it was this kind of wishful thinking that made a lot of otherwise sensible people vote for him thinking that it would expire the race card and expunge all their white guilt. All this being said, there’s still that small margin of conservative African Americans who never voted for him in the first place. I don’t envy their position — it must be maddening.
The problem is not that Obama is a black man. THe problem is that he is the WRONG black man.
Just like Carter was the WRONG white man.
If he runs, my choice for 2012 is Herman Cain – a true conservative leader, business guru, political pundit, talk radio show host, author, and tea party speaker. Right now he’s helping take back our government in 2010 – hermanatorpac.org
Agreed. I’ve thought for a long time now (well before the election in 2008), that it would a great thing if we showed the world that we could elect a black man to president; it’s just a damn tragedy that it had to be Barack Obama.
(No, I didn’t vote for him, because his thin record, his extreme liberalism, and his willing associations with the likes of Jeremiah Wright, William Ayers, et al, made him toxic to me.)
Holder is not looking for a discussion. He wants up to undergo “re-education” type “self criticism” sessions, sort of like “sensitivity training”, except that we admit to all sorts of horrible racist sins.
Holder can blow it out his ears.
All very fine and clear expositions; although some see various sometimes subtle distinctions that could be made with reasonable (reasoned) assumptions.
But… to emphasize the gravity of both race (rather than the comparative lack of substantive racial discrimination here) and pervasive corruption on the other hand and in the importance of our machinery for slow changes: should we see a re-election of Obama or a continuation of his regime-change, there will be a short and vicious revolution in this country — of that I am completely convinced and any progress of the implementation of current malgovernance will only increase that pressure to truncate this ongoing disaster — with even greater shockwaves.
No reasonable person can wish for that either.
But we can no longer maintain business as usual with near-identical enemies on both sides of our borders.
As usual, literary ruminations are a meaningless distraction for those to whom Ground Zero is an abstraction or a talking-point.
We Americans are not so crass.
I am not convinced that Obama has aspirations for a next term. If he does run and no Amnesty has been granted I do not believe he is electable. His policies for change certainly has accomplished more division and the divide grows wider each day of his Administration.
>It’s as if John Kennedy, as the first Catholic President, then let his
>appointees constantly attack Protestant opponents of religious bigotry.
Obama’s appointees have made it safe for whites to not feel guilty on racial issues.
It still is not safe for whites to act racist due to law suits. However, the post-civil rights, post Obama, majority white jury pool are no longer going to sympathize with black plaintiffs just because they are black.
Diversity as we know it will be attacked by a lot of whites as a racial scam and they be supported by other whites unafraid of being called racist.
This will cause huge shifts in American culture and governance.
Only after that all has worked out will another Black culture American president be possible.
A “Black Ike” — AKA an American military man who has “black skin” — likely won’t count as “black” after Obama.
Law of unintended consequences:
The O.J.verdict lead directly to welfare reform. Whites tend to riot quietly.
Mr. Obama has poisoned the well for other Black presidential aspirants for at least a generation. Party affiliation is likely not to matter.
“Whites tend to riot quietly”.
I thought that, just not in such precise words. Thank you for the clarification of thoughts.
“Whites tend to riot quietly”.
Unless they are from France or Greece.
2144 at the latest.
The cause and effect that will probably result from this thug in the White House probably will impact the racial identity of future candidates, but it shouldn’t. I’d like to see the result of this fiasco look like this: liars, hiders, pretenders, role-players, inexperienced, arrogant know-it-alls who have a visceral hatred for America and all things related to the sovereignty of the United States of America need not apply~~and I don’t care if they are Scotch, Irish, Italian or Danish; black, white, purple or gray. Is it too much to ask that the fool political parties don’t ever nominate an incompetent hater like him again? That is not primarily about race. It is primarily about giving a damn about the survival of our country.
Michelle Obama, 2016?
Hey, it could happen…
Peace.
DS
That is actually a fear of mine. The media are soooo in love with Michelle, her wardrobe, her “garden”, her upper arms, her crusade for healthy food (always with an ice cream cone in hand) etc. What’s more she is a woman which makes her a double whammy.
She’s not very nice. And, I don’t think, very smart. AND, more and more, her fashion sense is being questioned. That high thick waistline she keeps wanting to emphasize, you know.
I think in a street fight between the two of them, I’d have to go with Hillary, even though Hillary isn’t very nice either, may not be as smart as Bill says she is, and has lamentable taste in pant suits. I think Hillary would be better at the stab-in-the-back in the dark move, and since Michelle is all about equality, that would be a totally fair thing.
I think Mrs. Obama is doing just fine. As first lady, her principal functions are symbolic and her actions thus far represent very well the attitude of the present administration.
There is no good reason why Mrs. Obama and her daughter should not vacation in sunny Spain or anywhere else; President Obama’s salary, roughly $400,000 per year plus various perks, means that she can spend their money like crazy if she and President Obama enjoy it. Once he leaves office, the family will be set for life financially. They need not be frugal to ensure their future security. That’s the way it works these days.
Staying in a large suite at one of the most luxurious hotels available is what lots of “comfortable” people do; that’s why such places exist. Wherever Mrs. Obama goes, security personnel and various functionaries have to accompany her, at taxpayer expense of course. That’s unavoidable and comes with the territory.
As noted above, symbolism is the important thing, and Mrs. Obama got it pitch-perfect: Hubby and I have it made, we deserve it, I’m so very proud, thank you very much and now go away and don’t bother us. Staying at a Holiday Inn Express, a pleasant bed and breakfast or at the home of the friend she needed to comfort would not have made this symbolic gesture. Rather, it would have been hypocritical and a therefore dishonest gesture of sensitivity toward those less fortunate, many of whom are now on enforced “vacations” and can’t spend them even at the YMCA.
Keep up the good work, Mrs. Obama.
..I am on my knees here, praying desperately that you accidentally omitted the /sarc tag. Otherwise, you are severely delusional.
Please seek help.
War Planner,
Of course I was being sarcastic. Mrs. Obama does, however, seem fully to represent what the Obama administration stands for, as noted in the comment.
In other words, I got mine, @#$*& you. She should keep up the good work!
More than the fact that he is black, the reason that Obama was nominated was because his name is not Clinton. And he was elected because he wasn’t John “let’s nominate him because even the Dems like him and he is a sure-thing to win” McCain.
THERE IS ONLY ONE possible response in a truly post-racial age.
Black Americans are 12.3% of the population, one in eight. Now that we are beyond racial categories, we expect one of every eight elections, or a black president every 32 years, three times a century.
You don’t know much about statistics do you. 1 in 8 does not mean everytime you will get 1 in 8. 1/4 of a deck of cards is hearts, but that does not mean every time you are dealt 4 cards one will be a heart. You can be dealt 5, 6, 7, 8….cards before you are dealt a heart as any good poker player can tell you. Each time you get a card the odds start all over from the beginning. Its how people get all sons or all daughters even though 1 in 2 babies will be a girl. So if your absurd statistics are everything view is correct than every election we stand a 12.3% chance of a black president. The odds don’t change over the years, its the same odds everytime, 12.3%.
I will be happy to vote for any black candidate, male or female, who shares my political views.
Why must a majority white country vote for a person of a different ethnicity simply because of that ethnicity?
Hasn’t the white guilt been played upon enough?
If a person is ‘other-than-white’ and happens to espouse my conservative beliefs, I’ll vote for him. BFD. It’s not about white/black/yellow/red/brown! It’s about keeping this country the BEST damned country in the WORLD.
Amen!
Obama did to Blacks what Dukakis did to Greeks! Americans will never be able to forget that the first black president of the U.S. is a Marxist!who hates the country that has given him so much and that will go on for a long time.
Obama did to Blacks what Dukakis did to Greeks!
Let us rephrase that: “Obama did to Blacks what Dukakis did to anti-war policy geeks who strap on a helmet and take a ride on a tank, and let dangerous criminals out on furlough.”
While Obama and his supporters made a big thing out of his being black, Dukakis didn’t make a big thing out of his being Greek. A long-time family friend of Greek descent voted for Bush, not Dukakis- as did his Sicilian wife. No big deal. Dukakis was a Democrat. The family friend of Greek descent was a Republican.
Black Republican maybe fourteen years, Black Democrat, only after Obama is no longer a living memory. Maybe a hundred andfifty years.
What a dopey article and stupid premise. Obama got elected because he ran a slick, well-organized campaign and was the Anti-Bush (or maybe even the Anti-Republican): well-spoken, smart, well-informed and had his eye on what would be best in the long run for the country and the world at large. Race had nothing to do with it. Of course, as soon as he was looking as a threat, the usual right wing numbnuts attacked.
Colin Powell could have been a strong Republican candidate at one point before the party became radicalized and before he knowingly lied at the UN when he used a Powerpoint presentation to lay out BS “evidence” to justify attacking Iraq. That he and his people recanted this craven act later was way too little, way too late.
Wisdom for the 21st Century: Never believe anything in a PowerPoint presentation.
Wrong. Race had everything to do with it.
Also, Colin Powell’s shortcomings (of which there are many, including
his support of Barack Obama) in no way justifies Obama’s incompetence,
or his open disdain for the country he was elected to govern.
Think of how proud all Americans would be whether white, black, liberal or conservative, if we had chosen Dr. Thomas Sowell for our first black President. But NO, we had to go for a community organizer, Barack Hussein Obama. The Media has blood on it’s hands with this one.
Law of unintended consequences:
The Presidency of Barack Hussein Obama should lead directly to the abolition of all laws promoting affirmative action at all levels of government, public and private business and educational institutions. That would maybe be us back on a more balanced platform of equality going forward, or at least be a good first step in dismantling the rot of Progressive legislation.
Plus statutory elimination of the “disparate impact” doctrine from civil rights litigation.
Yeh, this discussion makes sense. I mean after Jimmie Carter’s disasterous one term, the Republicans’ needed to find a good REPUBLICAN peanut farmer to run for the highest office in the land.
Come on folks. Obama was a mistake caused by the very type of discussions we are having. We are about to be drowned in a sea of Statism eminating from the very people who pushed Obama on us. He might be toast but they are far from it. We need to return to our roots and start dismantling the legislative destruction the Progressives of both parties have foisted upon us or we are all toast. The color of someone’s skin is a distraction we can’t afford.
Yes, we need to really elect a “black” President. If Herman Cain runs for President in 2012, I will definitely vote for him. And hopefully, Herman Cain will be our “first” black president.
Although I will admit the color of a person’s skin is a distraction…I will consider it in an election with a black candidate and the other guy will need to be a real “knuckle dragger” for me not to vote for them.
Although I did not vote skin color, I see the disastrous results of so many that did..I saw the crowing of blacks after the elections..”we won” blahblahblah…”we” who?..we are supposed to be one nation. If you do not live among blacks you would not see or understand this attitude and it is ugly.
Excellent post, Mr. Miller.
Your observation about the “poisoning of the well” falls right in line with one of Shelby Steele’s comments about the flaws of modern-day race-centered everything.
When minorities are elevated to undeserved positions, STRICTLY because of their race, it does immeasurable damage to all minorities.
Instead of prematurely elevating an unprepared minority to the position of President, what if our society had waited for a truly viable, capable candidate? Wow. How proud we ALL could be!
But, as it is, the whole of the nation will be licking this wound. Most Americans are just angry and disgusted at the way the media swooned and endangered America by appointing President Obama. While the remainder of Americans are justifiably embarrassed and will NEVER be able to hold their chin up after going to the mat for this empty-vessel of a man-child President.
How long does it take a society to get over that anger and embarrassment? We’ll see.
Herman Cain in 2012. Alan West is another political rock I really like.
Blacks are slowly finding out that they are very welcome on the right. 30+ black conservatives are running this cycle. That speaks volumns.
Better question, Will America ever elect another CHICAGO politician? Will America ever settle for a first-term Senator again? I’d like to see 2 term Govenors or business leaders. Executives execute…legislators legislate.
Ps. I have been at a rally where Mason Weaver spoke. He opens with, “I am NOT an African-American, I…am an AMERICAN”..the crowd goes nuts!!!
We can start by getting Allen West elected to Congress, on HIS road to the Presidency.
2012 it’s about 18 months until, give or take a month or two.. Obama will get re-elected..
See everything is a color with Americans.. a Race, a Religion.. It’s never just a man or a woman.. It’s something that has to seperate you from another..
These things will be the reason that he will be elected again.. Because, it’s clear and evident that his skin color plays a role in your hatred and thinking..
I mean you people got really desperate.. It was the Birthers, then it was the claims that he was muslim, then the tea party (a bunch of people needing a re-fill on there Prozac).. I mean.. It’s gotten crazy and it makes it easier for him to be re-elected..
If you can bring case, point and fact of Obama bads/wrongs then do so, but if it is not fact based then people look at you as if it’s only due to his color..I look at you that way..
That is going to swing the vote to him.. Even white, black, chinese, jewish, alike look at some of the things said about Obama and say it’s crazy.. Everything he does is attacked by those like you and it’s going to appear it’s racist and based on his race..
WHY IS THAT?
Because you cannot proove any of your allegations!!! So as you people continue.. It’s going to be easy for him to be re-elected.. easy.. You are building his campaign..
god lets hope not
FOR ALL THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE GREAT AMERICAN SOIL– ASK YOUSELFS WHERE ARE YOUR PARENTS FROM ? AND THEIR PARENTS ? THIS LAND OF THE FREE IS IT ONLY FOR THOSE BORN ON THIS LAND -CONTRARY TO ITS BELEIVES IN JUSTICE AND LIBERTY FOR ALL NO MATTER RACE ,COLOR OR RELIGION – I PRAY FOR THE SOLDIERS AF ALL NATIONS AND COLOR WHO LOST THIER LIVES DEFENDING THE RED WHITE AND BLUE –LONG LIVE OBAMA…
Thank you for the auspicious writeup. It actually used to be a entertainment account it. Look complex to more added agreeable from you! However, how can we keep up a correspondence?