Obama Says Race Is Key Component in Tea Party Movement
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On March 12, 2010, President Barack Obama welcomed to the White House Kenneth T. Walsh, a former White House reporter and author of “Family of Freedom: Presidents and African Americans in the White House.” As the first African American to win the White House, Walsh says a “serene and confident” Obama had agreed to sit down for a candid interview for the book.
According to Walsh, Obama didn’t hesitate to “dive in” to the subject of race, and stressed how his administration was working to build a race-neutral administration.
“Americans, since the victories of the civil rights movement, I think, have broadly come to accept the notion that everybody has to be treated equally; everybody has to be treated fairly,” Obama said. “And I think that the whole debate about how do you make up for past history creates a complicated wrinkle in that principle of equality… I think that every president should feel an obligation to deal with not only issues of discrimination, but also the legacy of slavery and segregation that has been such a profound part of our history.”
“Obviously it’s hard for me to engage in a mind experiment and say, well, if I weren’t African-American, would I feel less strongly about it or more strongly about it—and I know I feel strongly about it,” he continued. “I do come to this issue with personal experiences that are unlike any previous presidents.”
In a more candid moment, Walsh notes, Obama admitted that race is still an issue for him in many ways, suggesting it was a “key component” to the growing tea party movement:
In May 2010, he told guests at a private White House dinner that race was probably a key component in the rising opposition to his presidency from conservatives, especially right-wing activists in the anti-incumbent “Tea Party” movement that was then surging across the country. Many middle-class and working-class whites felt aggrieved and resentful that the federal government was helping other groups, including bankers, automakers, irresponsible people who had defaulted on their mortgages, and the poor, but wasn’t helping them nearly enough, he said.
A guest suggested that when Tea Party activists said they wanted to “take back” their country, their real motivation was to stir up anger and anxiety at having a black president, and Obama didn’t dispute the idea. He agreed that there was a “subterranean agenda” in the anti-Obama movement—a racially biased one—that was unfortunate. But he sadly conceded that there was little he could do about it.
His goal, he said, was to be as effective and empathetic a president as possible for all Americans. If he could accomplish that, it would advance racial progress for blacks more than anything else he could do.
This reported dinner conversation marks the first time President Obama has publicly linked the tea party movement to accusations of racism many on the left have made toward the conservative resurgence. Whether or not the president meant for this conversation to rise to a level of public awareness is not clear, but the unguarded moment offers insight into the president’s personal views of the tea party movement.



















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goatkid
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:51amDon’t tell me what I think, Barrack Hussein you S.O.B.
Report Post »Is he a mind reader now as well as the great messiah, I will never be half of the racist pig that he is.
sbenard
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:43amMore whimsical and arbitrary justice from the Deceiver in Chief. There is no rule of law for Obama. Your justice will be based upon your RACE, not the law! This is becoming ever more clear for the man who wants “social” justice rather than EQUALITY of justice!
Report Post »But this is consistent with progressivism. Progressivism teaches that there are no individual rights. Only the “collective” has rights. All personal freedom must be brought into submission to the GROUP rights.
Freedom is dieing in America. Tyranny is here. Progressivism IS tyranny!
Diane TX
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:43amThe very fact that so many Republicans were elected in 2010 – speaks for itself. The Republican Party has the smallest amount of registered voters, so many independents must have voted for the Republican, instead of the Democrat.
The Democrats really don’t seem to understand how outraged the People are about the passing of Obama Care. It was passed on Christmas Eve, without any support from the opposition Party. Stupid statements like: “we have to pass the bill before we know what’s in it“ were topped off with ”Nancy” parading through an angry crowd with her overly large gavel – to show how little “public opinion” mattered to her.
Then there were the false claims of the use of the “N” word and the spitting upon, which completely escaped all the media and personal cameras that were there that day.
Nancy DID get fired in 2010, though she refuses to leave – much as Gadhafi refuses to leave. The Republicans own the House, but not the Senate. Maybe this is better than running both Houses. I remember how Bill “Cigar” Clinton took all the credit for reviving the economy, when it really was because the Republicans were the majorities in both Houses that made the “magic” happen.
Maybe the contrast between the Republicans who want to cut spending and tax less, and the Democrats who want to spend more and tax more, will give us a Republican President in 2012. I sure hope so.
Oh, don‘t forget that the previous majority Democrat Congress couldn’t be bothered with setting a budget for the USA. They were too busy passing bills on Christmas Eve, using “reconciliation” which means – hell, all the Democrats want it. (Note: This is the first time in History that a budget wasn’t passed.)
The Republicans are stuck with cleaning up the mess that the Democrats left.
Report Post »Confederate
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:30amNow that the “messiah” has lost his luster, he plays the race card like those race pimps before him since his job performance speaks volumes of his real intent. obama. . . .let my people go! God save the United States. http://www.rebelpowflag.com
Report Post »raderby
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:07amLOOK GUYS! – truth – Obama is a liar. He is a bad president. He flips the bird at tea party people with his finger on his nose like a teen punk trying for laughs with his friends….
Report Post »He is a nothing commander in chief. He is a racist. He is half-white, too! Why is it that he is “african – american”? shouldn’t it be american-african-hawaiian-american? – I digress – - His understanding of money and business is nil. His leadership style is……………………….(dial tone) But that doesn’t mean we have to hate him. He might get voted in for another 4 years in 2012. Then we would need to kneel before him. Get real or get knee pads.
BBomber66
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:02amThe examples of this lie are numerous and excuse my poor memory and lack of initiative to dig them out; however, I do have one that I can offer: Representative Allen West, Rep FL 22 Dist. He is a clear thinker and his clear speeches prove that. I can’t vote for him, but I would have. Don’t believe the bilge from our current administration and its media lackeys. It is about the deficit and the spending and the fiscal policies of the Fed. Printing more money doesn’t make me rich. It erodes my fixed resources. I am to the point that I must now generate more income. That means I go to work. I can’t raise taxes.
Report Post »green_manalishi
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:00amBami is the most racist “ Cry me a river” RACIST that has ever presided in this country. The concept of flagrant, notorious. and racist for the sake of racism come to mind. He intentionaly ( Rev, Wright , Black Panthers,) promotes black racism while condeming others for it because he is a psychopath andf a sadist. And it all stems to his self hatred and insecurity for finding out he is half white and his black half ran off with some Kenysian ho’s and died of alcoholism.
Report Post »green_manalishi
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:05amBami can call me a racist as much as he wants, I’m still not going to let him hold my last five dollars so he can catch the bus to work, yada mean.
Report Post »ImWatchingYouAll
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:46amThe One that screams “Racist” the most is usually “The Racist”
Report Post »graywolf11
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 1:46pmYep! He is the supreme racist, as is the rest of his admin/cronies. HE is dividing this nation becasue HE is a racist. God in Heaven, this moron cannot get 4 more years. I can’t take it anymore!!!!
Report Post »HairRazor
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:46pmThis mistake of a president is fos. As a caucasion, I believe Allen Keyes would have been our best president in several decades.
Report Post »FedUpWObama
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 9:24am@GrayWolf11,
I agree with you. I don’t know how much more my spirit can handle with all of hatred spewing from this administration. That man has made it clear, at least to ME, how he feels about America.
Hasn’t he done enough against the Constitution to Impeach him?????
When are we going to get a REAL LEADER in the White House???? Lord, I don’t think I have any more tears left in me…..I just can’t take this man anymore….he scares me something bad!!!
Report Post »Nobama12
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:38amImagine if : Wonder what Barry would think if :
UNITED STATES TEA PARTY UNION
I think that would be Obama worst nightmare .
Report Post »agro21
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:32amFrom a white, Chrisitan male, who is inter racially married, a Tea Partier, hoping and praying that Allen West, a man of color runs from President in 2012–I guess I am one of those damn racisits that Barrak Obama is talking about.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:23amGuilty as charged!
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 11:40amThe article was clear he was avoiding getting “racial” on this; wisely doing the right thing.
Report Post »just happy
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 1:59pmReally? sorry for the misread!! LOL
Report Post »BoilitDown
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:19amObama’s history of pitting Americans against one another demonstrates exactly why he must be removed from office ASAP. No leader of any country should divide up the people of that country and cause acrimony among the citizens. Fomenting class warfare the way Obama and his cronies have has polarized America during a time when it is critical to bring us all together for our survive. It looks like a deliberate effort to collapse our country, and that is plain old sedition. The administration’s economic policies also seem to be a deliberate effort to destroy us.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:27amIt’s by design, honey. He wants us to riot so he can declare martial law. Crap! He can’t even get a conservative to say a cuss word!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:28amWhat I want to know is what he’s doing while the Shariah Freaks are out dancing on his lawn!!
Report Post »momsense
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:15amWhat our fearless leader has failed to grasp is that TEA party stands for taxed enough already. Manily white working people are supporting families other than their own through their taxes and receiving no benefit–they’re pissed afteer years of seeeing their own kids do without.Time for the freeloaders to get off their asses and start taking care of themselves.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:25amHe hears the people of Egypt but doesn’t hear the American people. He doesn’t hear anything but the beat of his own heart and the sound of the federal cash register.
Report Post »Carolyn
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:05amHow funny; most of the people I’m hearing are saying “stop trying to help…. please…. don’t help so much…. it’s not helping“ Quite the opposite of ”wwaaahhhh… you helped everybody but me????” If that is really the case and all but those at the tea-parties are so much better off, will the rest of you just sign a big national Thank you card. We could call it a wrap and get “back” to being independent, freedom loving Americans, who honor our obligations and hold our promises sacred, who right our wrongs with such sacred sacrifices as the lives that were lost in the early 1860′s, and who stand with those who sit in the front of the bus!
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:04amThe DOJ actually won the case against the New Black Panther Party by default. They didn’t bother to show up for their “voter intimidation” case. I guess they were told that their case would be dismissed on account of being Black. This is an example of Social Justice instead of Equal Justice.
Was it just yesterday that Eric Holder declared “how dare you compare this case of the NBPP to anything that happened to MY People”! Um, President Obama, maybe you should check-out how racially neutral the DOJ is?
Report Post »WhatTheHuh
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:01amSo how does the President explain the Tea Party support of Herman Cain? Oh, that’s right, he‘s not a real black man because he’s a conservative. This is all wishful supposition on the part of the left. You disagree with the President, you must be racist. They say Conservatives consist mainly of white people and when a people of color step up they are called dupes, “Uncle Toms,” or simply misinformed. You really can’t win with these people because their perception of reality is so skewed. And if you want to talk about racism, look no further than Eric Holder, who has basically said that race will play a part in the decision of what his office will and will not prosecute. But nary a word of criticism about that.
As for Obama and the media, the campaign is beginning. Look for things like this that will try to diminish any opposition to him.
Report Post »tlewis
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:48amMany black members of this administration, are mean spirited, one example, according to Fox last evening, S. Jackson Lee, telling her “driver” to run red lights and drive on the shoulder of the road past traffic. Her staff has a greater turnover rate then the our White House offices, and she works her staff, except herself, to late hours at night. She thinks she queen bee, They seem to have many “servants.“ more than the tax payer and their ”inflated ego’s. Assistants for the assistants, on and on. Hummm, I thought they were the public servants!!!
Report Post »taebaggranny
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 1:25am@ TLEWIS That’s probably her way of getting back ay her staff for her ansesters(sp) being slaves..She now has the upper hand and intends to let everyone around her know it…I thank God that most black folks are not like her and the other turd stirers…
Report Post »Fina Biscotti
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:47amThe SCANDAL – in the manipulation of federal court proceedings – of the CIVIL RIGHTS complaint – w his paid poll watchers caught on Videotape in their Acts of Voter Intimidation – dressed in paramilitary garb, demanding votes for Obama, screaming racial epitaphs, blocking up the doors to the “wrong” voters – on the day of the 2008 presidential election……….
is an IMPEACHABLE offense – when the WH and Eric Holder as US AG – interfered w the court proceedings – “dismissing” the Civil Rights complaint – at the “sentencing” phase – to obstruct the three members of The New Black Panther Party from being held accountable………
was further enhanced when Holder refused to co-operate with the investigation – by the US Civil Rights Commission – of his ILLEGAL and UNLAWFUL dismissal of the Civil Rights complaint – Holder instructing DOJ attorneys to ignore the subpoenas issued to them – to give testimony before the US Civil Rights Commission – causing DOJ attorneys to resign – in order to give testimony before the US Civil Rights Commission – exposing Eric Holder’s racial politics and his corruption of the Department of Justice; Holder following instructions from the WH – Holder conspiring with Usurper Obama/soetoro – to not prosecute black-on-white crimes……which was the motive behind – the manipulation of the federal court proceedings — and the illegal dismissal – at the “sentencing” phase – of the Civil Rights complaint against the three members of the New Black Panther Party……and the cause for Holder suborning perjury before the US Civil Rights Commission w DOJ attorney Thom Perez willing to give false testimony – as part of the cover-up – to what was occurring – dismissal of criminal activities – under false pretenses.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:21amAnd they thought we would not notice!
Report Post »Miami
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:43amUp is down, night is day and he’s insane
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:18amnope…just a commie
Report Post »jedi.kep
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:58amAnyone who pulls out the race card on the Tea Party is so very disconnected from the truth. Race has NOTHING to do with the Tea Party. What a moron. Once again, Obama proves he is a buffoon.
Report Post »mrclean
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 5:57pmHis Royal Barackness is a racist.
OBLAHMA IS A RACIST. End of story.
Report Post »OneFootRandy
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:39amReparations, if this man gets a second term, that will be the agenda.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:47amWhat ?
Report Post »More Pigford ?
Showtime
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:15amNo way, Randy. Congress is closing in on him, and states are enacting laws to require certified documents of eligibility be attached to the paperwork in order to be placed on the ballot for congressman, VP, and POTUS. If enough states follow suit, there won’t be enough electoral votes left for him to win.
Report Post »DTOM_Jericho
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:38amSo by calling him a “black president” are we saying that his black genes from his father trump his white genes from his mother because black genes are superior to white? Or are we saying that black genes are like a stain that taints everything else so you end up with a “black person” if any part of their heritage is black? Hmmmm… seems very “race neutral” to me. White isn’t he yet just another white pres.?
Report Post »Miami
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:51amDTOM_Jericho
Report Post »Apparently he resents the whiteness of his mother but not the redness… he has fully embraced the redness.
RepubliCorp
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:15amIt is the commie genes from both sides that made this melon-head
Report Post »CountMeIn
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:41amI wonder about this too. Even Bill O’Reilly recently referred to him as “an African-American president from a mixed race family”. Huh? The truth is the whole concept of racial purity is a joke as we all have mixed ancestry so why do we keep categorizing people this way?
Report Post »Don Gault
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:07amAs I understand it, Obama‘s father was half ’Black’ and half Arab, and his mother was ‘White’. I believe that makes him only one quarter ‘Black’. So I think he should step down, and give his position to someone with better ‘Black’ credentials, say Walter Williams or Larry Elder. Tea Partiers would celebrate in the streets.
Report Post »Miami
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:08amCountMeIn
It’s simple, Progressives have been doing this since Teddy Roosevelt, divide and conquer. Leading the groups to turn against each other, it is a common military tactic.
Report Post »vivrobbins
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:37amNo surprise here, he has made it clear that he is the one concerned about race, he and the DoJ. Pray real hard.
Report Post »Dick Blitskreig
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:32amOr maybe you just suck.
Report Post »home_of_the_brave
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:36amWho?
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:39amDing ding ding .. WE HAVE A WINNER!
Report Post »Miami
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:40amThe chrome of a trailer hitch through a 100 feet of garden hose.
Report Post »Miami
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:41amhome_of_the_brave
Who else….. Obama
Report Post »home_of_the_brave
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:49am@MIAMA
Report Post »Sorry we get enough TROLLS in here I thought he was talking about us.
Miami
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:54amIsn’t that the truth, they must not have an answer to this yet…
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:10amThey are waiting for their talking points to be posted on another website or emailed to them … you don’t think they think up those witty (and all the same) comebacks do you? ;-D
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:10amWho or who sucks?
Report Post »LKYPRL
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:30amThe ideology and policies of this president have taken race relations in this country back 20 years.
Report Post »Miami
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:37amTry 50….
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:38amOnly 20 … I would say more like 100. Obama is the one who sees color in everything.
Report Post »DTOM_Jericho
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:40amI’m thinking more like 30 – 40.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:07amMore like 40. I’m older than you are.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:17amIt sounds to me like he would like to put all the “typical white people” on a plantation (or other type of “camp”). Don’t see him or Holder or anyone in DOJ protecting the white folks.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:05am“race-neutral administration” This guy is either having a total melt down or he thinks everyone is stupid. What ever the case, this charlatan needs to start packing
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:39amRACISM AND POLITICAL DISSENT:
Those who support President Obama’s agenda claim that it is racist to oppose that agenda!
Is the book “Atlas Shrugged” racist?
The book, “ATLAS SHRUGGED” by Ayn Rand was published in 1957. The book refutes tyranny, including Mr. Obama’s particular brand of oppression. She proves conclusively that individual freedom is the basis for prosperity and that tyranny produces only poverty and despair. Individual freedom, of course is in direct conflict with the “CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN” and all of Mr. Obama’s programs.
Was “ATLAS SHRUGGED” racist when it was published in 1957 or did it become racist when Obama elected President? Perhaps, “ATLAS SHRUGGED became a racist book when we learned what Mr. Obama’s “CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN” actually is? http://commonsense21c.com/
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on March 5, 2011 at 11:45amIf anyone has pushed the race card, it’s been Obama and his administration and Sharpton & Jackson the two hanger-oners who make a living on racial disturbances they usually cause or create or help along. Obama seems to keep pushing the race card to stir the pot a little more. The only blacks I truly dislike are the ultra-liberals who help stir the pot. Why else do I love: Herman Cain, Allen West, Justice Thomas, Charles Payne (Fox report) and I wish I could think of all you other conservatives I love. Just slips my mind. Racism is in the minds of the liberals, not us conservatives.
Report Post »home_of_the_brave
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:29amYes but the Muslim brotherhood are just a bunch of freedom loving non violent muslims. “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil.
Report Post »hifi74
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:33amThe hubris of this “man” is just astounding
Report Post »home_of_the_brave
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:35amTaken right out of Hitler’s mien kampf:
Report Post »Never allow the public to cool off
Never admit a wrong
Never concede that there may be some good in your enemy
Never leave room for alternatives
Never except blame
Concentrate on one enemy at a time and blame him for everything that goes wrong
People will believe a big lie sooner than a little one, and if you repeat it frequently enough people will sooner or later believe it.
cheezwhiz
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:36ambut…bbbbut…buuut..but Foxy Piven says that TEA parties are about sex ,
who should I believe
CatB
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:37amI just don’t like “red” you think that is what he means …. Tell me Obama how do you explain Herman Cain, Allan West, …. and other CONSERVATIVES.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:42ambut the unguarded moment offers insight into the president’s personal views of the tea party movement.
Report Post »———–
Unguarded moment ?
That means “ not reading off teleprompter”
right ??
cheezwhiz
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:47amI see white people
Report Post »:D
cheezwhiz
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:50am“I do come to this issue with personal experiences that are unlike any previous presidents.”
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Says the man who calls his own grandmother
“ a typical white person”
silentwatcher
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:58amHey Obama,,,stop playing the race card. The difference between you commies and the Tea Partiers is that YOU are the only one that keeps bringing up race. Get it,,,,YOU!!!! is that because you and your cronies are afraid of them that you have to denegrate them?
Really getting sick of hearing that the Tea Party is racist……and sick of your lies, too,
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:01am@CHEEZ
I was at another TEA Party meeting tonight .. I have been to numerous different groups and in two different states and still NO SEX at a meeting .. not even any talk of sex .. I guess I will have to keep looking for this TEA Party sex.
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:07amWell then,,,,maybe Piven is having a tea party and turns to sex for her (bending over and violently vomiting) and her friends (bending over again cause I pictured it again)
Maybe she thinks our Tea Party is like hers……..
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:08am@ CatB
Report Post »Someone needs to git-r-done , she really needs some …that woman is seriously delirious
Showtime
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:08amI can‘t decide if he’s delusional or just an obsessive liar.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:11amsilentwatcher
Hey Obama,,,stop playing the race card. The difference between you commies and the Tea Partiers is that YOU are the only one that keeps bringing up race.
Report Post »—–
He can’t help it.
20 + years of RumRum Fright will do that to you .
CatB
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:13amI suggest that she go battery operated .. I don’t think anyone would want to get close to that.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:17am@CatB
Report Post »Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:13am
I suggest that she go battery operated .. I don’t think anyone would want to get close to that.
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Hush yer mouf! She’ll apply for a federal grant for that.
I CHOOSE THE RED PILL MR PRESIDENT
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:55amWell of course it’s about race…. According to his Obots, he‘s perfect and does nothing wrong so it couldn’t be about anything but race… Or is it because we aren’t trying to ram our heads deeply and firmly, well you know where like the liberals are. He always seems shocked that people don’t think like he does.
For me personally it’s because, like most of the educated elite, he‘s a first class idiot and a liberal who’s never worked a real job, had ramain noodles for supper because it was three days before payday or dug change out of the couch for gas money. The man doesn’t have a single clue about anything and still operates under the same college liberal idiocy of his youth. I despise Pelosi and Reid as well, maybe more, and I did not want Hilarycare either. But yes, it’s all about race you silly little man.
Having said that, nothing ****** people off more than to be accused of something as bad as racism when they know it’s simply not true. So I say, chat it up Mr. Prez. Protect the uglies in the street in Wisconsin throwing temper tantrums for the right to keep their power over you, and pee all over the heads of the rest of us. It’s not ok to villify them, but it‘s ok to personally villify those who don’t carry your water. Sick.. really. The more you do it, the more you turn a 60% disapproval rating into a 65% or 70%. By the way, doctoring a poll to cover the truth doesn’t change the truth…
Report Post »I CHOOSE THE RED PILL MR PRESIDENT
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:58am@CATB You’re probably right about Piven. Nobody wants to get close to it because it probably has teeth…
Report Post »Templar Knight
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:16am@Showtime
Obviously an obsessive liar. He attacks the good and associates with the evil.
So sick of this hypocrite “president” whom calls for “unity” after the Arizona tragedy. Then he goes out and unites with the hateful true racist union members(there is video evidence) then calls the Tea Party racist once again? Tell me again Mr. President, what did the Tea Party ever do that signified us as being racist? Please point out the evidence to this radical theory. Oh, that is right, you can’t cause there is None!
I hope the next candidate for the GOP points out all the hypocrisy this man has said and done, cause there couldn’t be a debate long enough to read off the entire list.
Report Post »SonOfaCommunist
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:20amIts can be too easy sometimes to spot a fool in what is portrayed to be an intelligent person. It seems he’s educated himself out of common sense.
Actually, he probably hasn’t done a good enough job on “selling” us on the greatness of Communism/Socialism/Obamanism. Should have studied business marketing instead of law!
Report Post »WTH
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:53amThis clown was supposed to bring us all together and actually brought the largest gap in politics ever!
Race has always been an issue with Obama. Ask the 90% of blacks that voted for him and those who still give him a 90% job approval.
The Tea Party is so far above the race card race baiting tripe of people like Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Obama and Sheila Jackson Lee. True Tea Party people are like Herman Cain and Allen West. These are real Americans not using race to decide how they believe and how they approach an issue.
It doesn’t have anything to do with Obama being black! It has to do with his ****** ideology!!!!!!
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 5:11amI actually hoped when a “black man” was elected as POTUS the race thing would go away.Boy was I wrong,he has done more to divide this country singlehandedly than anyone else. He puts the race baiters like JACKSON AND SHARPTON to shame, I lived thru the civil rights era and I don’t believe any of it was as bad as it is now.They can’t stand the fact that we are not racist so they have to do everything they can to make it appear that way. This country is more divided now than anytime in recent history,He is the worst President we have ever had whiite or black simply because he wants to destroy theUSA. I hope the country has learned from this and not to put anyone in the Position of President without experience. His only experiece is in community organizing and he is having a great time in Wisconsin, Indiana and Ohio etc.this puts him in his natural element.
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 5:57amA man who made racially motivated speeches during the campaign, a man who appointed a racist to AG, a man who went to a racist church, has no business saying anything about others being racist.
Report Post »Anyway, anyone but progressives know the Tea Party has no racial annimosity with regards to race.
It’s very strange to me, you know….the fact that Tea Party events are/have not been violent, yet TP’ers are accused of being racist, while E Holder can sit before a panel and say “my people.”
avenger
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:01amgeezzze…what a surprise as to owe bama’s attitude…this radical marxist is staying awake nights thanks to the tea party.you aint seen nuttin yet bubba….
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:07amObama is so blatently racist I can’t believe it… just say anything you want, and then play the race-card if someone calls him out.
Report Post »This, from the man who appointed a racist and communist as a Czar (V Jones), and a racist as an A General. This man has no shame. Obama is so obviously anti-American that he doesn’t even attempt to hide it.
Never has race been mentioned at a Tea Party meeting! We have a black as one of our regular speakers! He’s a liar and he knows it!
Stuck_in_CA
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:38amU.S.News & World Report POLL:
Report Post »More than two years into his presidency, what grade would you give Obama?
http://www.usnews.com/news/slideshows/obamas-inner-circle
BehindBlueEyes
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:40am@sonofacommunist
” It seems he’s educated himself out of common sense.”
I’ve often thought that is true about the so called highly educated people. My brother-in-law that is one of those. He travels the world giving speeches related to his profession. He has a doctrine from MIT.
Report Post »On a scale from 1 to 10 on the common-sense-o-meter he registers a zero.
waggie
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:52amThis president still doesn’t get it! I’m convinced he never will! I wouldn’t care what color he was as long as he was for the constitution and a patriot! By the way, I just want to point something out. This president and those associated with him keep saying the tea party is racist, blah, blah. I don’t get it, this guy is also half white! They keep saying he’s a black president. Well hello? He’s also half white, but they don’t want us to realize that (we’re too stupid). I’m just sayin…
Report Post »KICKILLEGALSOUT
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:10amObama has not just “fundamentally transformed” this country he has also “fundamentally transformed” the meanings of words. So by this the word Racist actually means something good, it means fiscal conservative, loves freedom, doesn’t want big government and wants our laws to be enforced and justice to be served to criminals. If this is what a Racist is then call me a Racist, I am proud to be a Racist! If they want to play the word twisting game then I will too, I am going to start telling people that I am a Racist and when they ask me about it I will explain about the new definition of what a Racist really is according to the left. This Racist word is starting to sound good in my ears today.
Report Post »StonyBurk
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:35amand if the Creator had not intended the O to be such an A___ why did Allah create Barry to look like
Report Post »dog waste?
grandmaof5
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:37amI wonder if Eric Holder would volunteer to lend his latest quote on the Black Panthers? This is the most corrupt, lying, bias, pathetic administration I have seen in my 60+ years. I cringed at Jimmy Carter, I was embarassed by Bill Clinton, but this brazen, dillusional man is the very worst of the worst in the history of presidents. Not only that, I am sick of being called a racist because I joined the Tea Party and have been a Conservative all my life. Not one other president has ever called me racist, nor did any of the young black kids who were friends of my children and spent time at our home. The racist in the group is the POTUS!
Report Post »hopefulmainer
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:38amThe tea party has nothing to do with race! It’s all about holding people accountable. and if you are doing an awful job, we will do everything in our power to remove your power! I am tired of reverse racism!
Report Post »cnsrvtvj
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:49amWhile Obama thinks people in Libya, Iran, and Egypt have a right to stand up and be heard by the government, he doesn’t think the Tea Party deserves the same. He’s acted like a little child when talking about the Tea Party. He is the great divider; we’ve never been so divided as a nation.
http://www.donsmithshow.com – see the liberal mindset video
Report Post »Uncle Crusty
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:53amOk then, if he thinks we’re racists, then where are all the protests and signs about race fro the TP? The left is being unfair, and racist themselves if they think this way…I like BHO, just dont like his damn policies, don’t call me a racist because I desagree with the man!
Report Post »suttonea76
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:53amWow, I guess you can lose credibility at record speed Mr. President. Gotta love how Obama is becoming unsheathed and “bringing us together” with his divisive talk. All Hail Hypocrite!
Report Post »bigbud
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:04amRush said that after this “man-child ” was elected , that anyone that was white said anything in opsition to his agenda , would be called a racist. That is what has happened.
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:35amTHE TYRANT & THE TEA PARTY
When President Obama took office the “change you can believe in” was finally exposed to be just another name for tyranny. Spontaneous demonstrations of concerned patriots sprung up to protest the assault on our freedom. The tyrants were not very concerned; surely a huge majority would understand the advantages of security and unearned income over the freedom and the prosperity of Capitalism. Certainly, large crowds would shout down these reactionaries. All that was needed was a little encouragement. However, the movement was a distraction to the masses and the truth is always dangerous to the tyrant’s agenda. Immediate action was necessary.
The patriots had to be discredited before they could gain momentum. For years, the wannabe tyrants had incredible success discrediting the opposition by labeling it “RACIST”; this bunch of loosely organized malcontents, the “Tea Parties”, would be no different. After all, the new President was black. It would be easy to convince the populous that the opposition to his programs could only be base upon racism. Mr. Obama’s particular brand of tyranny was the culmination of over 100 years of slow methodical advances in benevolent coercion (tyranny). After all, the Progressive’s agenda had enjoyed over 100 years of popularity. There could be no rational reason to oppose the Progressive’s program now except that the advocate was black.
Having almost total control of the “main stream media”, the wannabe tyrants expected a quick resolution to the threat. They unleashed the preponderance of propaganda demonizing all opposition to the tyrant’s benevolent program and declaring the malcontents to be racist. The premise was that these benevolent programs were clearly in the public interest so that only an irrational personal defect such as racism could be the cause of opposition. The tyrants flooded the media with claims from politicians, celebrities and progressive organizations such as the NAACP that the tea parties were racist and evil by nature. Of course, the claims were bogus. Ayn Rand’s book “ATLAS SHRUGGED”, published in 1957, took issue with all of Mr. Obama’s agenda, long before Mr. Obama even had an agenda. With such a flood of propaganda, the destruction of the Tea Party movement was imminent.
The midterm congressional elections were approaching rapidly and the tyrants redoubled efforts to demonize the Tea Party. Even the Rinos, (Republicans in name only) reinforced the tyrant’s message. The Tea Parties had to be totally discredited before the election. The tyrants flooded the mainstream media with misinformation, how could anyone associated with the tea parties hold their head up in public after being branded as evil racist. But a strange thing happened; the Tea Party participation increased, as did the demonstrations supporting candidates that oppose Mr. Obama’s agenda. But the tyrants were not worried. They were confident that the people would people respond to the overwhelming publicity of the preponderance of propaganda? The tyrants were sure that the November 2010 elections would crush the Tea Parties, forever.
The November 2010 elections were a disaster for the wannabe tyrants and a victory for the Tea Party. The tyrants lost control of the House of Representatives, lost many Governorships and almost lost control of the Senate. It was an impossible victory for the Tea Party and freedom. Worst yet, the victory increased the Tea Party’s momentum.
Of course the tyrants did not admit defeat. Instead, they blame the poor results on the failure of the voters to understand their agenda. They vowed to correct the misunderstandings and explain the virtues of their agenda to the masses. The tyrants, undeterred from their objectives, continued to enact legislation to advance their agenda during the lame duck session that followed the election. Yet, privately the tyrants were in a panic, seeing that power slip away and the momentum of the Tea Party growing.
With almost total control of the mainstream media, the preponderance of propaganda was unable to demonize and destroy the Tea Parties. They must have been very surprised at how little truth it takes to counteract the false premises and lies.
In accordance with their tactics the wannabe tyrants have increase the repetition and quantity of misinformation. Their top priority is now to limit or eliminate sources of the truth. Distortion and lies will be used to convert any event into an issue that supports silencing the opposition. The propaganda disseminated about the assassination attempt on Congresswoman Giffords is typical of their efforts. They must silence dissent if the wannabe tyrant’s agenda is to be successfully implemented.
The wannabe tyrants will stop at nothing to silence the truth! Both Hitler’s and Mussolini’s first priority upon obtaining power was control of the media. So far, President Obama has been unable to totally control the media. Having seen how little truth is required to discredit misinformation, silencing the opposition is now the wannabe tyrant’s primary objective! Claiming that the violence from a left-leaning lunatic, with no ties to the Tea Party, is caused by the Tea Party’s rhetoric demonstrates their desperation.
If the wannabe tyrants are successful in using the government’s monopoly on force to silence the political opposition, the American Revolution is lost!
Flooding the mainstream media with propaganda trying to convert an event into an issue has a second advantage to the wannabe tyrants. Attention is diverted from the repeal of Obama care.
THE SOLUTION? THROW THE RASCALS OUT!
For more on the tyrant’s tactics read Chapter 5, “Wannabe Peers Strategy And Tactics”, in the book “21st CENTURY COMMON SENSE”.
Report Post »ozz
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:46am“working-class whites felt aggrieved and resentful that the federal government was helping other groups, including bankers, automakers, irresponsible people who had defaulted on their mortgages, and the poor, but wasn’t helping them nearly enough, he said.”
DEAD WRONG!!! YOU STILL DON”T GET IT.
We don’t want you to help them at all and WE DON”T WANT YOU TO HELP US EITHER!!
WE WANT THE FEDERAL GOV OUT OF OUR LIVES. Stop with the regulations, stop with the taxes, stop with the help. If it is not expressly in the constitution then stop doing it.
Report Post »Toastery
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:47amThe way you deal with any bad thing that is history, such as slavery, is drop it and move on!!
Report Post »Hugh Williams
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:52amLet’s see… I like JC Watts, but I don’t like Obama’s policies. I like Alan Keys, but I don’t like Obama’s policies. I like Condoleezza Rice, but I don’t like Obama’s policies.
Report Post »It is about ideology not race. I am not a Marxist and I will never support any Marxist regardless of skin color.
whybother
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 9:05am@toastery….. although many made decent points in their remarks, you are the ONLY ONE who actually picked up on the KEY to the racist nature of BHO. There is NO NEED to fix the past. We learn from it and move forward a better people, we do NOT TRY to make amends for the mistakes made long ago.
Report Post »Even the civil rights marches of the ‘50s and ’60s are long gone, but we CANNOT move forward if people like BHO still live in the past. He was TWO years old when MLK gave his speech.
And the only racists are the ones who BELIEVE COLOR MATTERS. I, for one, could not care less about the levels of pigmentation in another’s skin.
SO you tell me, BHO, which of us is the racist?
John_Free
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 9:05amAs an active Tea Party Participant I LOUDLY PROCLAIM THAT THE ONLY RACIST IN THE ROOM IS OBAMA AND THE DEMOCRATS..
The man is the devil incarnate…he’s a liar and a thief…He‘s stealing my Grandchildren’s America with his lies and deceit.
America was doomed the moment we elected this evil man.
My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. “Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you…Hosea 4:6
OBAMA is the consequence of America’s Sin.
Report Post »Buck Bagaw
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 9:08amActually the Exalted One is partially correct. As an active TEA Party member I can confirm that ALL TEA Party members have a racial background.
Report Post »taskmaster78
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 9:11amAnd this from the race baitter and chief.
Report Post »fertlmind
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 9:25amhis quote “I do come to this issue with personal experiences that are unlike any previous presidents.”
Report Post »discadrs the fact that he is ONLY HALF black.
Obamma is the 2nd biggest racist in the country
Eric Holder is the BIGGEST RACIST IN AMERICA
They are causing most of the problems we have concerning race in America
not the Tea Party
TexasCommonSense
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 9:38amIt is completely inappropriate for the POTUS to promote such divisiveness among the people of the United States. Mr. President, you are the President of ALL people of this country, not just the ones you like or the ones with whom you agree.
Report Post »PNATTMBTCurtain
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 9:39amObama’s mind is not right. History will show he suffers from narcissism and a false sense of reality. His father left an indelible mark on him.
Report Post »Miguelito
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 9:50amWe need a leader!
Report Post »Silent_Majority
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:02amI cannot even say that anti obama is a key component. If hillary were elected in 08 I believe we would still have the Tea Party.
When will they understand what the Government has done has brought forth the Tea Party, both sides D&R. I‘m not happy with the R’s either, they just happen to give the Tea Party the best possible chance. I do not believe a third party is the answer….
http://www.talknerdy.net
Report Post »hifi74
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:24amCATB
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:01am
@CHEEZ
I was at another TEA Party meeting tonight .. I have been to numerous different groups and in two different states and still NO SEX at a meeting .. not even any talk of sex .. I guess I will have to keep looking for this TEA Party sex.
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No no it’s sects not sex…….I mean obviously thats what she meant. Right? Maybe? Possibly?
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hologram5
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:47amAh, words of wisdom from the “great divider”. This guy is getting closer to impeachment every day.
Report Post »jmbogstad
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 11:06amThis guy just does not get it, or he does, but lies about it, for political gain.
Report Post »http://WWW.PoliticalTs.com
We oppose him because of his policies, not his race. Hmm, he said before that he didn’t think the tea party was motivated by race, and now he say’s it is? Can anyone say, I’m trying to stir up my base?
http://WWW.PoliticalTs.com
get the POXXS shirt.
Deuteronomy22
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 11:15amYou here are perfect examples of the racial hatred towards Obama. Thank you Lone Ranger for your perfect example.
Report Post »Sinista Mace
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 11:22amI’m a black Tea Party member, a Conservative Libertarian, and a registered Independent.
Report Post »White Devil
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 11:25amHey “TOBYWIL2” If you want to write a book, get a publisher.
Report Post »DSN397
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 11:43amWho also have never met a black westerner who‘s head they didn’t want to lop off.
Report Post »meamerican
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 12:32pmObama = Racist
Obviously he hates white people – sad considering he is half white!
Report Post »lketchum
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 12:46pmMr. President, Sir, no one even sees the color of your skin.
What you look like in any regard is irrelevant.
In case it has not “been clear” to you, we oppose any govt., any any level, that is too big, inefficient and intrusive. “To be clear” we simply want big govt., out of our wallets and out of our lives to the extent that they have reached into them. That’s all. Nothing more and certainly nothing less.
So please, do not be confused, Sir. “Let me be clear”, get out, and stay out of my life, my house, my family, my church, my business and especially, my wallet! I am not asking you for anything (I don’t expect to see a dime of the millions I, as a business owner, have paid into SSI/Medicare, etc…). I just want to live in peace and without your foot on my, or any other neck?
Are we clear, Sir?
Report Post »drphil69
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 12:49pmSoon it will be “racist” to NOT have a burka on the Statue of “Liberty”
Report Post »Templar Knight
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:11pm@Sinista Mace
It doesn’t matter what color anyone is in the Tea Party or anywhere else. A man should be discerned by the content of his character not the color of his skin. Liberals and the Obama administration fail to realize this thus calling those like you and me in the Tea Party racist.
Sad thing is there is a lot more racist comments coming from the leftist Union members than from anywhere on the right yet Obama defends them. That is not true “unity” that he claimed to have wanted.
Report Post »thegrassroots
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:20pmThe POTUS is scraping the bottom of his delusional bucket. He’s run out of denials. All he’s got left is the race card. It’s not working, BHO — America sees who you really are.
Very Simply — You Are In The Process Of Being Fired!
Report Post »DirectlyUnPCman
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:27pmI say race is THE major component in Obama’s whole administration. Without it, he doesnt stand a chance.
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:00pmMR. OBAMA
Report Post »Get OFF the PITY POT.. here‘s the worst thing you’ve heard.. NO ONE CARES about YOUR race.. OOPS.. HOWEVER.. they DO NOT LIKE your policies.. so quit feeling sorry that your such an INEPT leader that people don’t like them.. THESE same so called (by you and your narrow minded buddies) racist people VOTED FOR YOU FOOL.. THE WORLD does NOT revolve around YOU or YOUR RACE.. actually you have gotten off LIGHT as compared to what would have happened if you had been a WHITE president.. GROW UP.. The LARGEST group of RACISTS are in YOUR administration and are your so called friends..
Mikeyyy
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:10pmAgain, Obama is trying to undermine a growing political group that is a real threat to the Progressive Liberals. Um, newsflash, Mr. President, the American people voted in a black for president…please don’t insult our intelligence with statements that incite and are for political gain.
Report Post »colonial10
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 9:30pmI have spoken with a very successful American who is African and he believes Obama is destroying business at a fast rate. Herman Cain also an American who is African believes the same. Maybe it comes down to what people want to hear instead of looking at the results.
Report Post »DisillusionedDaily
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 9:50pmIn spite of his outstanding college education, his socialist education has dominated his every move. I cannot believe that someone supposedly intelligent can be so blindly led to promote the communist/socialist mantra and not take the time to investigate the facts for himself. I had always thought that a college education was to teach the student how to research and think, but I was wrong. It teaches the student what they should think and how to ignore the facts to persue an agenda that has proven to be a failure throughout most of Europe.
Report Post »Miguelito
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 8:26amHe sounds like Van Jones and J. Wright! Radical president that promotes US Against Them mentality. Matthew 7:15…”Beware of the false prophets, who come in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.” I pray everyday that Obama will be surrounded by Godly men and women and I pray for the truth!
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 10:37amObama is gearing up for the 2012 campaign it will be all about race baiting and class warfare …
Report Post »GODBLESSOURCOUNTRY
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 2:09pmObama will never see it is not his race but his politics the Tea Party and many other don’t agree with.
Report Post »He minimizes that aspect, but continues to play the race card because he has nothing else and this seens to work for him.
Thumpper1946
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 4:38pmI have tried to find a more congenial word for “Dementia” but, frankly, I haven’t been able to find one. So that leaves me with the simple statement that our “President” may be demented. He is making the point that there is a “legacy of slavery and segregation” in our country and that every President should feel an obligation to deal with these.
I’m sorry Mr. “President”, my family immigrated to the United States legally early in the twentieth century. My wife’s family came much earlier and fought on the Union side in the Civil War. We feel no obligation to any person of color who may have ties to slavery in this country.
“President” Obama “agreed that there was a “subterranean agenda” in the anti-Obama movement.” I feel that the “subterranean agenda” is a term more closely associated with the current administration. Unfortunately, Obama’s agenda is seldom subterranean!
Report Post »FIREDUDE
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 5:05pmF- Husein!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »dumbblond
Posted on March 5, 2011 at 1:37pmRead an article the other day that said that middle & low income white people have libs puzzled . Even though our wages have stagnated for the last 10 yrs. we still won’t embrace King Obama. Hilarious!!
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