Racist Obama Speaks Again
By teamrose
@teamrose (1492)
United States
May 1, 2010 3:34pm CST
The Democratic National Committee this morning released this clip of the president rallying the troops, if rather coolly, for 2010. Obama's express goal: "reconnecting" with the voters who voted for the first time in 2008, but who may not plan to vote in the lower-profile Congressional elections this year.
Obama speaks with unusual demographic frankness about his coalition in his appeal to "young people, African-Americans, Latinos, and women who powered our victory in 2008 [to] stand together once again."
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0410/Obama_seeks_to_reconnectyoung_people_AfricanAmerins_Latinos_and_women_for_2010.html?showall
So now we know the stupid people are "young people, African-Americans, Latinos, and women"!
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@Justathought12 (103)
• United States
1 May 10
Mmmmmm, I am telling Nancy Pelosi what you said. Of course she won't believe it, even though its true. They have to rally the young voters, their the only ones that don't understand how everything the Democrats have done are going to cost them in money. The young don't understand that their taxes will have to go up in order to get all the goodies being promised. After all Lord Obama said the rich will pay for everything.
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@anniepa (27955)
• United States
2 May 10
We've known the largest percentages of young people, African-Americans, Latinos and women, particularly those who voted for the first time, voted for President Obama since the election. That should come as no surprise to anyone who isn't one of the "stupid people" since all of the many polls taken have indicated that. To put it another way, the one conspicuous demographic group that wasn't part of the President's "coalition" is "older white males".
My question is, what's with your title? I mean, what's "racist" about what President Obama said? What's different about this from what many other politicians have said in the past? The fact of the matter is these groups of people he mentioned are AMERICANS who in the past hadn't been all that engaged in the political process for whatever reason. Why shouldn't he want to keep them interested?
Annie
@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
2 May 10
...."To put it another way, the one conspicuous demographic group that wasn't part of the President's "coalition" is "older white males"."
To put it clearly you have just confirmed that Oba-mao omitted white males from the US voters and that is very clearly a racist statement.
Annie I guess you are to be commended for your unfaltering adoration and support of BO. No matter how he destroys our country you are there cheering him on. I hope you do not think you will get a free pass when we have lost everything we held dear.
@anniepa (27955)
• United States
3 May 10
Whiteheather, you really seem determined to pick a fight with me and I really don't know why. For about the thousandth time, I've never had "unfaltering adoration" for ANY politician or political leader. Period. The last I looked they've all bee human beings just like you and me.
Anyway, there was NOTHING racist about my words. I stated the FACT that most people who follow politics even casually already knew - WHITE MALES, particularly older ones, are the one demographic group where President Obama was the weakest. I don't know why since I'm not one of them. Actually, all the white males I'm close to in my life happened to have voted for our President so in my circle the polls are full of it.
Annie
@goldeneagle (6745)
• United States
2 May 10
The only reason that Obama was elected to begin with is that most of the people who voted for him had NO idea who/what they were voting for. They saw a chance to elect a black president, and they jumped on the proverbial bandwagon. I am not saying that everyone who voted for Obama is a total idiot. I am sure they have their strong points, but I will say that most of them made an ill-advised decision about who to vote for in the last presidential election. Unfortunately, the result of their lack of knowledge is that we have to endure what Obama is trying to do to our nation, and the consequences of his actions are going to affect our country for YEARS after he is no longer in office, and believe me...the day that he is no longer in office CANNOT come fast enough....
@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
2 May 10
...."the day that he is no longer in office CANNOT come fast enough...."
I shall really be celebrating when that day comes!
@bestboy19 (5478)
• United States
2 May 10
I don't know if I'd call them stupid, but I will call them politically ignorant. To put into the most important political office in the world, someone who has had practically no experience in politics, proves these first time voters let something other than the candidates knowledge and ability sway them. I wonder what they are feeling now. If they believe they've made a mistake, do you think they'll admit it?
@teamrose (1492)
• United States
2 May 10
I posted this thread to make people think. Are we happy with our decisions? The saddest part about our whole political system is currently there is just no one to vote for. I kinda like Ron Paul, but he doesn't have the needed support of either party. A vote for him would just dilute your vote.
@hofferp (4734)
• United States
1 May 10
Well, this is one woman he's not going to get to vote in his coalition. But then this is one woman he missed the first go-around too. So he won't lose my vote, he never had it to lose. I'd laugh myself silly if his young people, etc. showed up to the polls a whole lot smarter this time and vote his Democrats out of office.
@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
2 May 10
Now, THAT'S something we agree on, teamrose, that the Democrats have found out with Pelosi, Reid and Oba-mao they have no decent leadership!
@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
2 May 10
Many of these "surge" voters Oba-mao is referring to were also first time voters I only hope that is the past 17 months many of these young voter have grown up or at least discovered that they should not vote anyone for president based on his young good looks and glib forked tongue promises....(before you bother to scream racist at me that attempted slur does not bother me at all). Perhaps some of these voters make up some of the out of work citizens who Oba-mao has not helped at all. Of course I am old enough to know that talk is cheap.
@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
1 May 10
Oh the stupid people are those who believe that just because a person is of a certain ethnic group that he is suddenly going to make things right. And even stupider are the congress and senate who when he says "we must drill for oil off shore," will say "okay!" when they would not do it for the previous president.
Thus making "people of certain ethnic groups" always get things done and are A one perfect a self-fulfilling prophecy.
We have a term for that: When that person says "jump!" we are supposed to ask "how high?"