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msanthrope

(37,549 posts)
Wed Jul 10, 2013, 04:51 PM Jul 2013

Apparently, President Obama is a descendant of a 'British collaborator.'

This type of post by anti-Obama, pro-RKBA posters is becoming all too typical in GD.




61. His family background may hold the key.


He may have learned a lesson in his early life which we never considered. (I, too, was an early enthusiastic supporter. But I completely overlooked a factor from his early background. Now it seems obvious.)

His book, Dreams from My Father, was focused on by him as indicating lessons that influenced him.

Those who became British colloborators in Kenya became rich. Reportedly, his grandfather Onyango Obama was known to have a favorite saying, "If you do a good job for the white man, then he will always pay you well." Although Obama did not describe him with affection in his book, he did not reject that philosophy.

Whenever you want to understand what Obama is going to do, don't look to the traditional policies of the Democratic Party and his role as a professional Democrat (D), don't look at the Constitution and his role as a constitutional scholar, don't look to the laws and his role as a lawyer, don't look to the poverty in American and his role as a community organizer.

Instead, look at what the international super-rich want. Some of the banksters that received our money aren't even American banksters.

What the international super-rich want, he is going to deliver.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3217897



And they tell me it isn't about racism.....


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Apparently, President Obama is a descendant of a 'British collaborator.' (Original Post) msanthrope Jul 2013 OP
"I, too, was an early enthusiastic supporter" tanyev Jul 2013 #1
The only amusing part of that post. nt msanthrope Jul 2013 #3
I know! Whisp Jul 2013 #21
Oy. pinto Jul 2013 #2
Sites like Free Republic spent an exhaustive....and I mean, exhaustive amount of time poring over msanthrope Jul 2013 #5
Wingers are xenophobic as geese - and about as smart IrishAyes Jul 2013 #31
Yeah, his dad was really hands on and taught him soooo much. aquart Jul 2013 #4
This wasn't even dad--this was grandad, living in Kenya. nt msanthrope Jul 2013 #6
And Barack spent so much time there in his formative years. aquart Jul 2013 #7
He was BORN THERE!!! He has soil memories!!! msanthrope Jul 2013 #8
Ah, the dirt in the blood. aquart Jul 2013 #10
This isn't racism, though. Arguably, I am the racist for even suggesting that there is anything msanthrope Jul 2013 #12
That's nothing compared to the shit in RWer's alleged brains IrishAyes Jul 2013 #20
Oh FFS! JustAnotherGen Jul 2013 #9
But it's not racist. Just remember that. This isn't about racism. At all. nt msanthrope Jul 2013 #11
I always knew JustAnotherGen Jul 2013 #15
Bible blamed the kids for thirty generations. aquart Jul 2013 #13
This is the right wing day treestar Jul 2013 #27
Wingers haven't considered IrishAyes Jul 2013 #32
And this Trash is posted on DU??? Lady Freedom Returns Jul 2013 #14
The entire thread is a who's who, isn't it? nt msanthrope Jul 2013 #16
They are playing right into the hands JustAnotherGen Jul 2013 #17
Driving down the 2014 vote is hard werk.....nt msanthrope Jul 2013 #18
Maybe when Christie JustAnotherGen Jul 2013 #19
That's definitely the goal. IrishAyes Jul 2013 #33
RKBA? Prophet 451 Jul 2013 #22
It means "right to keep and bear arms". Major Hogwash Jul 2013 #24
Ah, ok. Thanks n/t Prophet 451 Jul 2013 #35
I've had that OP on Ignore for a long time because of his continued Cha Jul 2013 #23
Skinner is going to have to do something other than just sit back like a passive spectator. Major Hogwash Jul 2013 #25
I think he already looking into it. Lady Freedom Returns Jul 2013 #28
That's interesting,LFR sheshe2 Jul 2013 #29
That happens at the DU3 if the post is over 24 hours old. Major Hogwash Jul 2013 #36
But this one was just a couple of minutes old. n/t Lady Freedom Returns Jul 2013 #38
In that case, I don't know what happened. Major Hogwash Jul 2013 #40
It's been given free rein and as it goes with Cha Jul 2013 #30
Who needs NOLALady Jul 2013 #26
When anything goes, everything will. IrishAyes Jul 2013 #34
The poor guy is a very distant relative of Porgie, too. I don't hold that against him. MADem Jul 2013 #37
KICK for our weekenders. great white snark Jul 2013 #39

pinto

(106,886 posts)
2. Oy.
Wed Jul 10, 2013, 04:59 PM
Jul 2013
Although Obama did not describe him with affection in his book, he did not reject that philosophy.


How does poster know Obama's view of that philosophy? First hand, second, third, hearsay, RW propaganda?
 

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)
5. Sites like Free Republic spent an exhaustive....and I mean, exhaustive amount of time poring over
Wed Jul 10, 2013, 05:05 PM
Jul 2013

the pages of President Obama's writings, looking for the 'key' to Obama's thinking. Always, there was some 'foreign' influence.

aquart

(69,014 posts)
4. Yeah, his dad was really hands on and taught him soooo much.
Wed Jul 10, 2013, 05:02 PM
Jul 2013

Or maybe it was racial memory.

Ye freaking gods.

 

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)
12. This isn't racism, though. Arguably, I am the racist for even suggesting that there is anything
Wed Jul 10, 2013, 05:12 PM
Jul 2013

untoward with that post.

JustAnotherGen

(33,561 posts)
9. Oh FFS!
Wed Jul 10, 2013, 05:09 PM
Jul 2013

So now it's "Let the sins of the fathers rain down upon the heads of the children.". That's idiotic.

JustAnotherGen

(33,561 posts)
15. I always knew
Wed Jul 10, 2013, 05:16 PM
Jul 2013

It existed at DU. Yet that same asshole will go and quote Thomas Jefferson - a proud slave owner. And give Jefferson a God-Like staus although his behavior outside of politics was evil.

aquart

(69,014 posts)
13. Bible blamed the kids for thirty generations.
Wed Jul 10, 2013, 05:13 PM
Jul 2013

Which made the Jesus claim to the throne of David sooooo dicey. (Because of Ruth. Moab blood.)

So don't think you can get off on a grandfather.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
27. This is the right wing day
Wed Jul 10, 2013, 10:02 PM
Jul 2013

Right wingers have told me Ann Dunham was a communist - she was friends with one at one point, it appears.

The funny thing for poor right wingers is that even being in the same room with a communist causes a person to imbibe those views immediately and completely. Communism is that powerful!

IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)
32. Wingers haven't considered
Thu Jul 11, 2013, 11:58 AM
Jul 2013

that if communism is so powerful it can overwhelm capitalists who breathe the same air, then is communism perhaps the better system? All the wingers worship is power. They feel threatened by communists (and everyone else). So why don't they switch to their allegiance to the most powerful and therefore worthiest system?

Yeah, yeah, I know... circular reasoning. There's NO kind of reasoning with wingers; they lack the brain cells to participate. They're like panicked horses, which will return to a burning barn if able, because that's the main place they've found security. Horses have to be forced out of a burning barn, and they'll fight you tooth and hoof to remain there.

JustAnotherGen

(33,561 posts)
19. Maybe when Christie
Wed Jul 10, 2013, 05:59 PM
Jul 2013

Wins here in NJ in November they will snap out of it? I don't know - but if that s.o.b wins our goose is cooked in 2016. He's slick and likable. And he will not play nice with SOS Clinton. He won the Govs office in a very blue state. He only needs NJ, PA and maybe Ohio to win.


Just a couple of northern blue states and our goose is cooked.

They need to wake up.

ETA: I know several Republicans that are pleased that he's already started his campaign for President. It's why he's come out against gay marriage and kept quiet in the Voting Rights Act decision. He's got to secure IndieTeaPublicans votes in Southern state primaries.

Cha

(305,415 posts)
23. I've had that OP on Ignore for a long time because of his continued
Wed Jul 10, 2013, 07:36 PM
Jul 2013

obsessive hate directed towards PBO. I wouldn't even have seen it without this link. The thread mostly looks like the usual whiners wondering why oh why did the President not do everything I wanted.

Except ProSense.. gotta love her. She gets on and tells them why she strongly supports President Obama and has the facts to back it up.. as opposed to the OP talking outta his ass.

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
25. Skinner is going to have to do something other than just sit back like a passive spectator.
Wed Jul 10, 2013, 08:30 PM
Jul 2013

There is no way that the DU forum can stand to be bombarded day after day with that kind of racist crap and then expect anyone else to come here and make comments using the premise of "just having discussions."

First it was all the complaints about President Obama's policies.
Then it was complaints about President Obama, the man.
But, that post, in particular, is like some kind of ouija board determination of how President Obama thinks.
And that is just insane, whacked out crapola!



Lady Freedom Returns

(14,120 posts)
28. I think he already looking into it.
Wed Jul 10, 2013, 10:16 PM
Jul 2013

I went to alert on one of the nastier, over the top, anti Obama posts and a different kind of alert came up. It was just a place to write what was wrong with the post and it said it would go straight to the Administrators.

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
36. That happens at the DU3 if the post is over 24 hours old.
Fri Jul 12, 2013, 07:29 PM
Jul 2013

They had a problem last year with people alerting on really old posts in months old threads, so now the alert system only goes to a jury in the first 24 hours after the post is made. Older posts go straight to the admins.

But, that doesn't work either.

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
40. In that case, I don't know what happened.
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 04:54 PM
Jul 2013

I've asked Skinner to do something about some of the racist rants that are being left on the DU forum, but he ignores whatever I tell him.

Cha

(305,415 posts)
30. It's been given free rein and as it goes with
Wed Jul 10, 2013, 10:58 PM
Jul 2013

some people.. that means they take advantage and walk all over ya.. or in this case.. stomp all over DU.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
37. The poor guy is a very distant relative of Porgie, too. I don't hold that against him.
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 03:24 AM
Jul 2013

That makes him related to Poppy as well.

He's also distantly related to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

It gets better--he's a distant relative to Winston Churchill, and LBJ, and James Madison, and Gerald Ford AND Harry Truman.

We can pick our friends, we can't pick our relatives.

The best paragraph of this article:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/26/barackobama.hillaryclinton

While family trees such as these throw up interesting links, genetically they are meaningless. While children carry half the genes of their father, cousins as far removed as Obama and Bush would have no more genetic link than someone they bumped into at random in the street.


When I see trash, I tend to toss it--I'd do that with that kind of meanspirited, deliberate goading.

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