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Arjuna;123607 wrote:Really? I haven't heard any racist remarks... admittedly I can be oblivious. I saw the PBS news tonight and their commentators seemed very slightly hopeful that when the Republicans get up off the floor from their recent set-backs, some bipartisanship might be possible.
I didn't say racist remarks on television, though there have been many comments that seem to be thinly veiled racism.
There are people who do not like Obama because of his race. I've met these people. They have stood in my store ranting and raving for half an hour about why (insert racial slur) have ruined this country, and that Obama's Presidency is the end of our good republic.
I wish this were not the case. On election night I saw a young man charge into a crowded apartment complex parking lot, wielding a shotgun, yelling about "damn (racial slur)".
kennethamy;123633 wrote:I am sure you think that is true. But what is needed is evidence.
I don't need a survey when I'm talking about people I have encountered. People who unabashedly lambaste Obama on the basis of his race.
If you really do not believe that there exists a significant portion of the American public that dislikes Obama at least in part due to their racial prejudice, then you must not have the slightest idea of American history. [/COLOR]
kennethamy;123646 wrote:Now, there's an authority! He ought to know about failed presidencies.
Your opinion of Carter's policies has absolutely nothing to do with his understanding of race in America. Even if we accept that Carter's policies were failures, it does not follow that he has no understanding of race in America.
You ought to know about that much logic.
kennethamy;123646 wrote:He was tossed out of office just as soon as possible.
You mean he was defeated in a Presidential election by one of America's most popular modern Presidents.
kennethamy;123654 wrote:How the hell does Jimmy know whether the criticisms of Obama are racist or not? We need surveys, if we can get them.
Because he keeps his eyes open and gives a damn.
And if we can't get surveys? Then what? Deny that many Americans are racist?