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This is a serious question. In 50 years, when thinking Americans, political scientists and historians look back on the two terms of President Barack Obama, will they conclude that racism was the primary motivating factor in the continued obstructionism of a Republican House and Senate?
I understand that the GOP wants this President (and by extension, much of America) to fail, I get that. I also understand that the GOP represents the richest 1% of America, as well as corporations and their shareholders, both of which contain the wealthiest white Americans.
I am not asking about those who vote Republican, whether or not they are racist is immaterial, I am talking about the Republican membership of the 111th, 112th, 113th and 114th United States Congress.
Considering they have put forth little reason to be overwhelmingly obstructionist during the Presidency of the United States first African-American President, someone who has bent over backwards to appease Republicans, will history view the overwhelmingly white, older, male membership of the GOP as racist? Will President Obama breaking the color barrier, and the irrational level of opposition faced in doing so, be attributed to a Jim Crow level of disdain for this nations first black President?
Or will this opposition to President Obama be rationalized as something else in 2066?
The "racisim" should be directed towards the Democrats for electing someone who was not qualified for the job.
To reply to the original question in the OP:
In part there will always be a segment of the US that will see it that way, and in part they will be correct.
This is a serious question. In 50 years, when thinking Americans, political scientists and historians look back on the two terms of President Barack Obama, will they conclude that racism was the primary motivating factor in the continued obstructionism of a Republican House and Senate?
I understand that the GOP wants this President (and by extension, much of America) to fail, I get that. I also understand that the GOP represents the richest 1% of America, as well as corporations and their shareholders, both of which contain the wealthiest white Americans.
I am not asking about those who vote Republican, whether or not they are racist is immaterial, I am talking about the Republican membership of the 111th, 112th, 113th and 114th United States Congress.
Considering they have put forth little reason to be overwhelmingly obstructionist during the Presidency of the United States first African-American President, someone who has bent over backwards to appease Republicans, will history view the overwhelmingly white, older, male membership of the GOP as racist? Will President Obama breaking the color barrier, and the irrational level of opposition faced in doing so, be attributed to a Jim Crow level of disdain for this nations first black President?
Or will this opposition to President Obama be rationalized as something else in 2066?
Could be that Obama's outlook, actions, policies, directions he wants to (and has) taken the country in just plain out really suck.
Did you ever consider that?
Not agreeing with him do not make them, or even voters, wrong on some accusation you care to put forth.
I claim him immediately, that's why I said Vice President. Not sure what your comment has to do with the topic.
Well the topic is racism and Joe Biden has certainly proven himself to be either a racist or just a complete moron... potentially both. I'm sure you just love him for it though don't you?
The "racisim" should be directed towards the Democrats for electing someone who was not qualified for the job.
An accusation used by a party enraged that a black man is president. Under Bush we got huge deficits, completely unfunded Medicare Part D, the $2 trillion dollar Iraq War where they literally lost $40 billion dollars on pallets NY Fed's $40 Billion Iraqi Money Trail, the Great Recession, TARP and a disastrous Katrina response and that's just the surface. Seven years and Bush never did get Bin Laden.
Obama took office in the face of the Great Recession and got Bin Laden in his first term. Like I said, I think history will be extremely favorable to Obama, far more than Republicans will ever admit. We'll wait a couple of decades, then do a movie. I hope some of these Republicans are still be alive to see the reenactment.
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