The role of Racism re Obama
Let's begin by acknowledging that a lot of people voted for Barack Obama because he is Black, to help demonstrate how far the nation has come from its bigoted past. For them, voting for Obama was benevolent racism, but it was racism.
Now, whether or not they approve of Obama's performance as President, many of those voters won't vote for him again just because he is Black. And they won't be guilt-tripped into accepting that criticism of his energy policy or disagreement with his worldview is racist.
Obama critic Edward Klein
Tells Republicans what to remind the public about
In the last chapter of his book, "The Amateur," Klein suggests that Republicans remind the people about matters the president hopes people have forgotten.
- On his watch America lost its triple-A credit rating
- He increased the national debt by nearly $5 trillion
- His health care bill includes a 4.5% tax increase
- His immigration policy has swung wildly between fast-paced deportations and virtual amnesty
- He was for lower taxes before he was for higher taxes
- He was for removing terrorists from Guantanamo before he was against it
- He was for energy independence before he rejected the Keystone Pipeline and a handful of other switched positions.
We as citizens are jaded as we realize that despite our increasingy flawed two party system we are really controlled by powerful special interests and their agents known as lobbyists who buttonhole our elected officials and make special deals behind closed doors. Some call it reciprocity, but I call it bribery. Not any different than accidentally handing a large bill with your license to an officer except in your case you will promptly be placed under arrest. Thus the one percent never loses power for a single day and until something is done about this chancre that has existed for almost two hundred years nothing will change despite all the custom crafted for each audience rhetoric on the part of both consumate salesmen. No matter if its Royal Oak or the White House nothing changes unless its forced to change. Maybe what we need at the top is another Fiorello LaGuardia. You're too tall Frank.