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Sheepshank

(12,504 posts)
Sun Jan 12, 2014, 10:04 PM Jan 2014

Looking at the Post by Freshwest "Obama and the Democrats"

everything in those early days seemed so...I don't know the right words...like perhaps "unencumbered", by all the bull crap?

But what struck me even more, was the ballsy move on the part of the Dems to chose a black man as the Left Wing Representative to run for the highest office in the nation. We knew what we wanted, he had what we wanted, but we took a leap of faith that a majority of the nation would see past the color or at least be proud of the color brown.

In my first sentence I alluded to the encumbrances created by all the bullshit that have tainted the Office of the Presidency since the 2008 elections. The reality is that the crapping has been implemented by a very vocal minority, they sure have crapped all over the presidential experience of having a decent man, with high ideals serving the people. Too bad really.

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Looking at the Post by Freshwest "Obama and the Democrats" (Original Post) Sheepshank Jan 2014 OP
I was kind of surprised, and very disappointed, by that very vocal minority. NYC_SKP Jan 2014 #1
+1 nt brer cat Jan 2014 #2
Yes, the small vocal minority Cha Jan 2014 #3
K&Ring here! freshwest Jan 2014 #4
Thanks freshwest! Cha Jan 2014 #5
Well said, cha classof56 Jan 2014 #11
I almost forgot to thank you for the above picture. Never saw a better one. IrishAyes Jan 2014 #14
I like it, too, Irish.. saved in my special Cha Jan 2014 #15
Color, what is that? sheshe2 Jan 2014 #6
It's been fun having Chris Christie to kick around treestar Jan 2014 #7
Oh of course.. it's Cha Jan 2014 #8
I saw something about that same silly charge somewhere else. IrishAyes Jan 2014 #13
Morning kick! NYC_SKP Jan 2014 #9
So many dynamics in play Sheepshank Jan 2014 #10
While I was at the library recently, IrishAyes Jan 2014 #12
 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
1. I was kind of surprised, and very disappointed, by that very vocal minority.
Sun Jan 12, 2014, 10:28 PM
Jan 2014

I was also disappointed by how racist our country, even the RW, continues to be.

Still as proud as I could be that we won.

Twice!

Cha

(305,406 posts)
3. Yes, the small vocal minority
Mon Jan 13, 2014, 12:38 AM
Jan 2014

have done an extraordinary amount of crapping all over the White House, Sheepshank. Thankfully there are so many many more who are appreciative of who we have in our Oval Office.



TOD

I never thought about what color Senator Obama was.. only that he was the best one for the job. I was unpleasantly surprised when I saw what the hatemongers were permeating the air waves with an attempt to sharpen the divide in our country.

And, they are so far from over it.. powerful people have a huge stake in fueling racism and bigotry.. it's an ugly ugly stain on America. the Shame is theirs.

sheshe2

(87,490 posts)
6. Color, what is that?
Mon Jan 13, 2014, 01:19 AM
Jan 2014

I see the beauty in a persons soul, I have never judged a person by the color of their skin.

“When you photograph people in color, you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in Black and white, you photograph their souls!”
― Ted Grant


https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/color

Thank you for yor thread Sheepshank.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
7. It's been fun having Chris Christie to kick around
Mon Jan 13, 2014, 06:29 AM
Jan 2014

Though I did actually find a post criticizing the President for the bridge closure. I kid you not. I may try to find it.



I recall on the news the day after the 2008 election, Jessie Jackson saying white people had changed. He may have been right about the masses, but the vocal minority just got worse.

IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)
13. I saw something about that same silly charge somewhere else.
Mon Jan 13, 2014, 10:48 PM
Jan 2014

I swear, if these people ever admit to global warming, can you guess who they'll blame? He probably caused the Krakatoa volcano explosion in the 1800's too.

Say, maybe it's his fault that I can't find my car keys too. No, wait, that's right... I don't have a car anymore. He must've stolen it!

 

Sheepshank

(12,504 posts)
10. So many dynamics in play
Mon Jan 13, 2014, 10:35 AM
Jan 2014

and while color means diddly squat to me on a personal level, I am certain that a contingent of the up-line politicos, those that can promote (or demote) a candidate had to have taken color into consideration. I honestly think there was a platform, a personality, a buzz about Obama that tipped the scales. But back to the vocal minority....never in a million years did I ever think that they would be so vocal, so obvious...lacking any shame in their bigotry. I had no idea people would not have any filter when it comes to this type of blatant racism. They don't even try to hide it. I really had no idea it could be this bad. And it's a minority of people that are making it seem this bad.

IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)
12. While I was at the library recently,
Mon Jan 13, 2014, 10:42 PM
Jan 2014

Two women passed behind me. The one I'd always thought better of was saying sympathetically to the other, "Yes, I know. He's not white like us, is he?"

Now this is such a whistle stop town that there are no black people around - who'd be stupid enough to come here? - and the only black man the locals ever complain about because he's almost the only one they know at all, is - wait for it! - that man in their WH. I was so disappointed in both women, but especially the one I'd thought was a little better sort.

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