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Having said that, there is the other side....many bama supporters like the worst president ever "Carter" and others claim that people who oppose Obama have racial issues....
Most of the people who don't like Obama's views didn't vote for him and more have changed their mind. Aproxx 47% didn't vote for Obama during the presidential race....so my question is....?
Are people who didn't vote racists or just against what he stands for?
I know what me and my friends are standing for, we don't agree with his views and his associations and feel stronger than before he became the president. Are we racists "NO"...for sure not and people who know us, know better, or it means that a white person who is friends with black, hispanic, asian's, etc...nowadays is a racist
I thought it was funny and smart of Obama to say this, some smart person whispered this in his ears!
Obama on Letterman: I Was Black Before the Election
Obama on Letterman: I Was Black Before the Election - Political News - FOXNews.com (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/22/obama-tells-letterman-actually-black-election/ - broken link)
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Having said that, there is the other side....many bama supporters like the worst president ever "Carter" and others claim that people who oppose Obama have racial issues....
Most of the people who don't like Obama's views didn't vote for him and more have changed their mind. Aproxx 47% didn't vote for Obama during the presidential race....so my question is....?
Are people who didn't vote racists or just against what he stands for?
I know what me and my friends are standing for, we don't agree with his views and his associations and feel stronger than before he became the president. Are we racists "NO"...for sure not and people who know us, know better, or it means that a white person who is friends with black, hispanic, asian's, etc...nowadays is a racist
Is everybody who voted against Obama racist. No
Are the people who would not vote for a black for president racist. Yes
There are many people in this country still, who make their decisions based on race, religion, nationality or sex. Some of them are here in C-D.
IF you are going to quote a position, you should quote it correctly.
Carter did not say all people that opppose Obama were racist. He said that he believe there is a group within the opposition that is especially vitriolic and disrepectfull and he believes some of that is race based.
The conversation goes no where when you resort to labeling an entire group.
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Originally Posted by bentlebee
I thought it was funny and smart of Obama to say this, some smart person whispered this in his ears!
Obama on Letterman: I Was Black Before the Election
Obama on Letterman: I Was Black Before the Election - Political News - FOXNews.com (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/22/obama-tells-letterman-actually-black-election/ - broken link)
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Having said that, there is the other side....many bama supporters like the worst president ever "Carter" and others claim that people who oppose Obama have racial issues....
Most of the people who don't like Obama's views didn't vote for him and more have changed their mind. Aproxx 47% didn't vote for Obama during the presidential race....so my question is....?
Are people who didn't vote racists or just against what he stands for?
I know what me and my friends are standing for, we don't agree with his views and his associations and feel stronger than before he became the president. Are we racists "NO"...for sure not and people who know us, know better, or it means that a white person who is friends with black, hispanic, asian's, etc...nowadays is a racist
IF you are going to quote a position, you should quote it correctly.
Carter did not say all people that opppose Obama were racist. He said that he believe there is a group within the opposition that is especially vitriolic and disrepectfull and he believes some of that is race based.
The conversation goes no where when you resort to labeling an entire group.
Thank you,
had to rep you for this post. TOS says not to attack fellow posters, however it gets very frustrating and sickening when posters get on this forum and knowingly lie, mis-represent, and distort the truth in order to try to throw mud on the President.
I tend to give these people the benefit of the doubt and state that they misrepresent the truth rather than they are too ignorant to comprehend what is clearly told to them, by former President Carter.
I notice those on the right keep harping about democrats wanting a "race war" yet I've never seen that introduced into any discussion except by those on the right, then they falsely says someone is constantly labeling them racists and therfore looking for a racial fight. How dishonest can you get??
If Carter just mentioned the few that are racist and that is why they are now so against Obama, why didn't he say the same when Bush was president..I'll bet you some people who are racist didn't vote or Bush either, but never it was an issue to be mentioned by Carter and others...now it is! So IMO he didn't meant the few, he really meant most of us who oppose Obama's views.
If Carter just mentioned the few that are racist and that is why they are now so against Obama, why didn't he say the same when Bush was president..I'll bet you some people who are racist didn't vote or Bush either, but never it was an issue to be mentioned by Carter and others...now it is! So IMO he didn't meant the few, he really meant most of us who oppose Obama's views.
Are you serious? Can you remind me of the non-white candidate all the non-white racist people voted for???
John Kerry - Caucasian
George Bush - Caucasian
Al Gore - Caucasian.
If Carter just mentioned the few that are racist and that is why they are now so against Obama, why didn't he say the same when Bush was president..I'll bet you some people who are racist didn't vote or Bush either, but never it was an issue to be mentioned by Carter and others...now it is! So IMO he didn't meant the few, he really meant most of us who oppose Obama's views.
Furthurmore, why are you so offended by an opinion that suggests some of the crazy nonsense we are seeing from some opponents is race based?? If that does not apply to you, why should it offend you? And if it does not apply to you, why are you not outraged at the lunatics that ARE getting all the media attention. The lunatics that insist Obama is a Muslim, that he was born in Kenya, that he is a terrorist???
I thought it was funny and smart of Obama to say this, some smart person whispered this in his ears!
Excuse me, but Obama, regardless of whether or not you appreciate his plans for the country, is not a stupid man by any means.
And aren't you tired of beating this same horse to death? Every day I log in there's yet another topic from you about him. Makes me think that you, and certain other folks on this forum, are a tad obssessed with him.
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How dishonest can you get??