the connection between obama’s supporters and reparations was made repeatedly by obama as, during the campaign, he made references to all the long neglected racially-based negative conditions that he had appointed himself to set straight. I don’t know how else to interpret his intention when, in rally after rally, he left black audience members (who were interviewed by the media after the rallies) who were convinced that obama was going to come to their rescue in a variety of ways. If you look at the percentage of blacks who voted for obama as well, I absolutely do not see how you can say they did not have racial perspective on the election. If their reason for voting for him was not primarily that he was black, I’d be interested in seeing the results of polls that present other reasons (than promises made to them or implied by him).
The reason I compared him to a suicide bomber is because I have been absolutely flabbergasted over the past weeks to observe that his spoken threats to other leaders in our country, his mockery of other elected leaders in our country (who also won their elections)…these things are just the beginning. He doesn’t care about any form of collateral damage. His willingness to basically present himself as the king of the hill who will brook no interference with his chosen goals has been astounding. I cannot recall another president who has had the gall to present himself so rudely and crudely and self-important with the clear presentation of, “I AM IN POWER AND YOU WILL YIELD” in his attitude. And I remember LBJ well. In all of his Texas bluster and foul mouth, he NEVER spoke publicly with such a crass “get out of my way or suffer the consequences” attitude.
You see, I believe obama is who he presents himself to be, and part of who he presents himself to be is the presidential candidate who publicly gave the finger to both John McCain and Hillary Clinton (and got a laugh from his audience for doing so).
….but I digress. The reason I realized the suicide bomber analogy was appropriate was simply because I am becoming persuaded (by his public statements, by his political actions, by his announced and proclaimed goals) that he has one goal and one goal only: to do exactly what he wants when he wants without regard for the results, even extending to the potential that he is setting himself up for a one-term presidency. He is destructively demanding and domineering to the point where he not only does not exhibit any concern for the present or future health of the United States of America; he actually doesn’t seem to have any serious sense of self-preservation politically.
I’ve known other jerks like that in my life, and guess what? None of them were black. I’ve never thought of being black as as relevant to being a jerk. But am I being instructed here that we may no longer call a jerk a jerk if they are black? I think that’s racist.
I still can’t figure out why you assumed my reference to him as a political suicide bomber had something to do with being black. I’ve never assumed that all suicide bombers were black. Have you? I do not think of Arabs as black. (and I think they form the major percentage of suicide bombers) Do you? Why do you feel it necessary to group people by color? I don’t.
Whatever.
