Simply put, it's all because he's black.

I've thought all along that no matter what President Obama tries to do...the racists of this country will fight him at every turn...not because his policies are wrong or bad or socialist or whatever, but because the man is not white. And not only is he not white, he's BLACK. Do these people think their biased hatred doesn't really show? :mad:


Good commentary here:http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/08/17/2009-08-17_its_obama_theyre_after.html

I am so angry at these so-called "American Patriots" that I could spit on them. :mad: :mad: :mad:

remember what happened when Clinton tried healthcare reform?

as I remember, he was one of those kinds of people that you either loved or hated. Plus he did the god-awful thing of putting a woman in charge of health care reform. How dare he! I don't know whether that reform would have been good or bad, but it's clear that we need help now and it's a shame that people are fighting against it for the wrong reasons. If they'd open their minds, maybe we could actually get some bipartison support and stop all this foolishness. It's just so frustrating.

interests and whatever the color of the president, they'd be fighting reform like the dickens. Of course racism is clearly evident re Obama, but the fight over healthcare reform isn't because of it.

The insurance companies don't give a dam that he's black - its the money.

look at the people the insurance companies are recruiting to the townhalls. That segment of society, the ones we're seeing on the news (real and faux), are the bigots of our country. The insurance companies aren't telling them to be angry, they are just stirring the pot and giving the bigots an outlet for their "manufactured rage". They are mad that Obama is our President and yelling about health care and socialism and big government provides them with a way to yell at this man that they hate. I know there's a lot more to this issue than meets the eye, but the ones making all the noise don't know diddly squat about it. They're being used and they are eager to comply because it gives them a soapbox.

Yep, you're right. You say it well too which is something I always apprciate. Thank you.

We have a long ways to go before we are really a non-racist country. I feel it won't happen until most of us present day inhabitants are long gone due to us dying off. Maybe in our grand childrens day will the color of ones skin be a non issue.

was just as hated here.

after eight years of Bush.

You are right about one thing, the racists will fight him at every turn. But you are wrong if you think they have any impact on the debate.

I have been all around this planet, maybe 40-50 different countries.

Americans are below average when it comes to racism. Black, white, brown, yellow, the entire planet has a racist minority.

As long as you keep using this crutch of blaming any opposition on racism you will never really understand what you are up against.

I think that these people are already having an impact on the debate. They are getting as much coverage of their behavior as the issue of health care itself, and the right wing leaders are just sitting back enjoying the show. They don't care how President Obama goes down, just as long as he goes down. Causing hate and discontent, whether it's over this issue or some other, is their agenda. How sad that those who need health care help won't get it due to this idiocy.

That is the point. When they continue to blame racism they overlook all the real reasons that the opposition is against reform.
The vast majority of the folks that are having the impact are not racist. If health care supporters continue to play a race card then the people they are fighting for will loose out. Quit looking for the diversion and figure out why.

What's the diversion? What are we up against?

I would guess it is the wallet that motivates a population that has 9.5 percent unemployment, and a retirement account that has halved in the last 2 years. Sure as hell does not make them racist. Middle America does not feel that health care is the big problem. When you call them racist because they have different priorities then you give the whole debate a diversion that can not be overcome.

You need to convince them that the plan will not cost them any money. But no government program has even come in on budget, so that is hard to do. Most conservatives didn't like the fact that Bush spent as much as he did. Is stands to reason that they would be even more upset about spending 4 times as much the next year.

you are a racist.

QED

I am pretty sure I posted that it was all over the planet.

But thanks for calling someone a racist whom you have never met.

Give up your crutch, not all folks who disagree with you are racist!

people wouldn't be so important if the media did not pay them attention. The focus of the debate needs to go to those who support it. Those who are against it have had their time in the spotlight long enough.

Our president's ethnicity is simply a convenient way to motivate a few more of the ignorant to support the corporate status quo.

A few votes here and there, and our prez would be HRC.

Think the manic screamers at the town halls would be quieter?

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No, but they'd be biased because she's a woman and the bigots STILL wouldn't care about their fellow Americans. :rofl:
Geez!!!!
Guess I can't win for losing on this one...
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with black men.

The problem is that Obama is a DEMOCRAT.

damn her!

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someone in the military an Officer called Bill Clinton a draft dodging, dope smoking, gay loving, womanizing President while speaking on a college campus. Of course he was kicked out of the military and lost his stripes and benefits. So I agree part of the problem is Obama is black. But not the whole problem. We are dealing with some of the same people Clinton had to deal with and these people are bat-shit crazy.

Has Obama been accused of murder? Give em time.



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It wouldn't matter what color he was...what he says endangers a parasitic industry.

between being a Democrat and a Republican.

The Public Option is the only thing making this a Democratic Bill.

The Racists are another issue.

then Barack Obama wouldn't have been elected in the first place. You cannot elect a non-DLC'er as President in this country with just voters from the urban areas.

Barack Obama got the votes of non-urban white America because he was not threatening to them, he was a clear break from the "burn, baby, burn" black power days of forty years ago. What's happened since? Rush Limpballs, etc., who couldn't make the socialism charge stick last year, are finally able to use the great uncertainty over what will happen to healthcare to successfully pin the "radical" label onto the President and his supporters in Congress.

It's just a matter of who got their message out, that's all.