
Originally Posted by
BgMc31;48***86
I'm kinda burned out on these threads. I'm also riding high on the fact that my favorite strongman, Zydrunas Savickas, just won the 2009 World's Strongest Man contest. He has vindicated all us jacked fatties!!! LOL!!!
With that said, T, your post is wrong in the "the playing field is level". If you look at the statistics, blacks still make less than white for similar and experience. Gays are allowed in the military but aren't allowed to be gay as long as they're in the military. And women do have equal rights but again make less then men for same work with same experience.
DSM was right, and I will continue to say this. Most don't like this man because he's black. And spare me this 1/2 white, 1/2 black shit. Let's face it, we all identify the man as being black. Hell I'm biracial and I've never been called white. Why because I DON'T look white. Of course very few people would admit they don't like the man because of his race. Being a racist isn't cool anymore. So racist will think of anything to villify this man. Now don't confuse what I'm saying. I'm not saying all whites who oppose Obama are racist. What I am saying is much of the opposition towards the man is race based.
Many people are saying things about the man that simply aren't true. In another thread Bull Nuts claims the man to be a coward and questions his patriotism ("who's side is he on"). Other's have accused him of being a socialist. And other's have said he's a failure. Let's examine each one of these...Coward? The fact that he is a black man who ran (and won) for the presidency proves he's no coward. Any man who would represents a country where many he represents hate him simply because he's black, speaks volume for his courage. I'm wondering how many death threats he's had from Iran, China, North Korea, or Russia as compared to white "Americans". Who's said is he on? HHHMMMM, the man has compaigned to bring the Olympics here, he's working on health care for all Americans, he's increased education budgets for American cities. He's a great American and a Patriot. Socialist? C'mon, since when is a public 'option', socialism? Oh yeah, I forgot, a public option is just a step towards an eventual government takeover of health care, right? Please!!! Did you all know that in the 50's Ronald Reagan made records that said the same thing about Medicaid/Medicare. Hmmmm seems to me nearly 70yrs later, we are no where closer to socialism as we were then.
Someone posted on the other Obama bashing thread, some very poignant points. The man has only been in office for 7 mos. No president has turned an entire country around in less than a year. Obama isn't responsible for this economic mess. Conservatives shouldn't be mad at Obama for this bail out culture. The first TARP program was implemented on Sept 18 of last year, under Bush. Obama didn't start the wars in Iraq and Afganistan. He wasn't responsible for the current economic crisis but has been tasked to overturn it.
The Republican stalwart has always been Ronald Reagan, he took over during a tough economic times and was elected with high marks. His popularity dipped to below 45% during his first year. But has become a hero to the Republican party. Hmmmm, kinda interesting to me.
I really didn't expect to write this much, but this stuff kinda boils my blood. I feel the need to defend Obama because the hate and vitriol against this man has some deep underlying issues. If John Edwards would have been elected president, would there be opposition? Of course, but the hate rhetoric wouldn't be there. The fact remains, the man's race is an issue. I think many white people want him to fail to prove that a black man can't lead effectively. Bull Nuts said he want a "real black man, not a half breed hybrid...". Well I take offense to that statement because because I'm biracial, that mean's I'm not a "real" black man? C'mon. And it's continued comments like this that enrage me and this types of conversations wouldn't even be said if the man wasn't black.
So for f*cks sake, if you have beef with Obama because he's black...say it, don't make other shit up that isn't true!!! This man has been handed the biggest shitstorm in history. Give him a little bit of time before you cast him as the anti-christ and the sign of the apocalypse...
I'm out...PEACE!!!!