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AFA: Obama Would Have Lost if He Were White (Original Post) celtics23 Dec 2012 OP
I wonder what he makes of the new jobs report. ChairmanAgnostic Dec 2012 #1
If only President Obama were a socialist, Americans (not the elite) dotymed Dec 2012 #2
Yes, it is all about race. Democratopia Dec 2012 #3
Actually am sure he would have been the biggest efhmc Dec 2012 #4
Republicans thought hatred of our first black president would see them to winning the election. Democratopia Dec 2012 #5
For The Love of K--reist BlueManFan Dec 2012 #6
Yeah......right thelordofhell Dec 2012 #7

ChairmanAgnostic

(28,017 posts)
1. I wonder what he makes of the new jobs report.
Fri Dec 7, 2012, 10:55 AM
Dec 2012

Wait a sec. He's not a liberal, but a socialist,, AND america is moving ever further to the right?

How the hell can both be true?

If Obama is a socialist, then he should have lost big time. If a white socialist would have run, he should have lost big time, too. Only because he was black did he win?

Many tea baggers are thrown out of office, and he calls that a plateau?

dotymed

(5,610 posts)
2. If only President Obama were a socialist, Americans (not the elite)
Fri Dec 7, 2012, 10:57 AM
Dec 2012

would be in great shape. Look at Senator Bernie Sanders....THE voice of reason in our political system. If he were President, Americans would prosper and corporations would not be people...

 

Democratopia

(552 posts)
3. Yes, it is all about race.
Fri Dec 7, 2012, 11:10 AM
Dec 2012

The whole Obama socialist/communist/destroying America thing is rooted in racism.

Obama is less of a socialist than Reagan. Taxes were higher when Reagan left office than they are now. Obama has reduced the increase in government spending compared to Bush. He has a plan to reduce spending further. There is no evidence that Obama it a socialist intent on destroying America. Ensuring everyone has healthcare is what every single developed nation in the world does. Every single position held by Republicans is rooted in racism and is a reaction to a black president. The Republicans have moved to the right on every issue to appease the racial element.

If Obama had been white, he wouldn't have been the focus of the Republican/Fox News/Limbaugh/Tea Party hate campaign, built on a tissue of lies. He would have achieved more in his first term, as he would not have faced the same obstructionism. He would have won by an even bigger margin, because Romney was bolstered by millions of racists and haters.

 

Democratopia

(552 posts)
5. Republicans thought hatred of our first black president would see them to winning the election.
Fri Dec 7, 2012, 11:27 AM
Dec 2012

That is why they had a slate of terrible candidates to choose from. They didn't think they needed a quality candidate with wide appeal and good ideas. All they wanted was an anti-Obama campaign, a referendum on the president and no coherent policies of their own.

Romney got 47%, but how much of that was from disgruntlement of a struggling economy, misinformation about Obama and the racial element? They relied on that hatred and anger, but that was not good enough to win the election.

BlueManFan

(256 posts)
6. For The Love of K--reist
Fri Dec 7, 2012, 11:51 AM
Dec 2012

why don't these asshats just put on their robes and hoods and go burn a fucking cross or something. Barack Obama has put up with more shit from these buffoons that any sane man would have. But I fear the more into oblivion the teabaggers move, the more hateful their venom will become. "Family Association" my ass......

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