I have been thinking about all the negative energy and money being spent by the extremists and racists that are leading the attacks on Obama.
Is everyone opposed to Obama a racist? Of course not. There are truly good people who have genuine disagreement with the way the President wants to lead but they are not getting any press. The true blue Ron Paul supporters are not to be put in the same category as the Teabaggers, the Birthers and many of the people showing up at town hall meetings shouting down the speakers and not allowing a discussion of the issues that face this nation These people hate Obama for four reasons 1. Black 2. Black Democrat who is smarter and more successful than they are 3. He is not an athlete or entertainer which are the only acceptable way for Black people to be successful 4.Black father white mother.
No one can tell me the Birther movement is not based on the color of the Presidents skin, if he were white no one would question where he was born.
Where were all these teabaggers when Bush ran up more national debt than all the presidents before him combined? Why did these people and their racist hateful slogans and posters only come out when we had a Black Democrat in the White House?
Why weren't people shouting down the congressmen who did nothing to hold Bush accountable for all the lies spread before the start of his war?
Post racial my ass, we are generations away from that.
The birthers, the teabaggers and the shouters all take marching orders from Savage, Beck & the junky radio host. Can anyone tell me with a straight face those three do not race bate and exploit class and cultural difference in a very negative and sinister way?
Did you know that over 60% of southerners are not sure the President is really a citizen and almost 90% of people from the west, northeast and the midwest know the President is a citizen.
I really do not want to write about this again but I am sure I will be forced to.
Shalom
I also think race is one significant motivation for the screaming Teabaggers, Birthers, and now the Deathers who insist that Obama intends to kill old people and Sarah Palin's baby, Trig, as part of his healthcare insurance reform.
ReplyDeleteYou wrote, "These people hate Obama for four reasons 1. Black 2. Black Democrat who is smarter and more successful than they are 3. He is not an athlete or entertainer which are the only acceptable way for Black people to be successful 4.Black father white mother." Number 2 reminded me of something:
I think rational people want a president who is much more knowledgeable, intelligent, and articulate than they are. I know I do. But supporters of Sarah Palin, for example, seem to want a president who is just as proudly ignorant, stupid, and inarticulate as they are.