Op-ed:
Hey Obama...it's time to put the race card to bed
By: Diane Sori
Dear Mr. Obama,
And while there's NO problem with your reveling in your
long ago college-found 'blackness,' please let's put the race card to rest here
and now for remember Mr. Obama, America is still predominately white and you
were voted in twice by that very white majority you now claim is against you
because they can't deal with America having a black president.
Come on Mr. Obama you really can't believe that
for do you think white America suddenly and miraculously discovered you were
black...half-black that is...after five tumultuous years in office. Did
it ever cross your mind that it's your
policies and politics...its ObamaCare, spying on 'We the People,' and
Benghazi...it's
the far left direction you've taken our country into...it's the
scandals, the LIES, and the cover-ups...it's
the catering to America's enemies as you defame our military and
veterans every chance you get...it's your deliberate ripping off of
healed over racial scars
that have now set American race relations back years...it's your total
disregard and disrespect for our Constitution...it's your arrogance and
narcissism...it's all this and so much more that we don't like and the
color of your
skin plays NO...I repeat NO...part in that dislike even while in your
own perceived
perception every time someone speaks up or goes against what you say or
want you whine
it's because of your race.
It's NOT and deep down I think you know it's NOT, but
I guess outwardly on the surface you haven't figured that out yet because if
you opened your eyes...and stopped taking vacations on our hard earned taxpayer
dime...and saw the reality around you you'd discover millions of Americans
still out of work...our economy still limping along at best...our seemingly losing
Iraq because you don't know what it takes to be a Commander-in-Chief...our
becoming a laughing stock in the eyes of world leaders...and that you have done
absolutely NOTHING of substance to improve the lot of black Americans who you
made so many promises to five short years ago.
And it's so sad that the very people who you want to keep control over so they dare
NOT realize that they're being used for votes by you and your liberal
Democratic ilk are the very people who look up to you as the man who crossed and
conquered the racial divide. NO Mr. Obama, your race place NO part in any of
that...your sellout of America and the American people of all colors is what we
don't like.
So Mr. Obama, let's cut to the chase and please try to accept some truth for a change...some truth that for you racism
is an emotional cash-cow...you use it to keep those in your orbit in line...you
use it to keep Congress in line...and you try to use it to keep 'We the People'
in line. You can in NO way accept the
fact that it's both easier and advantageous politically to claim that some in America
are against you simply because they don't like the color of your skin than it
is for you to accept the truth that to do otherwise would force you to face the
one thing you dare NOT face...admitting that your policies, laws, and decisions
are all failures...with many decisions made and policies set in haste so you
could jet-off to yet another fundraiser...for it then shifts the blame off the
Republican House...off the TEA Party...and puts it directly back on you where
it so rightly belongs. And being the
narcissist that you are...taking responsibility for your own actions is as
foreign to you as when your muslim brethren DHS Security Adviser Mohamed
Elibiary said “America is an Islamic country with
an Islamically compliant constitution,” is to us.
And so Mr. Obama, as we head into the upcoming
mid-term elections we on the right know that you will be pulling out the race card every chance you get in an effort
to save a Senate that is heading towards RED but for the sake of this
country...for the sake of all those Americans hurting because of your misguided
policies...for the sake of our brave troops fighting to win 'the hearts and
minds of the enemy' instead of being allowed to fight to win...isn't it time to
put the race card to bed as it's done its job in dividing America in ways we haven't
seen in decades and that is something you built... something you own...something
you must be called to task for.An American Patriot who's had ENOUGH!
Thank you, this is the best artical I've read in weeks about Obama, I'm disgusted and at this point not even at him because his wishes for this country are clear my disappointment lies in the hands of congress for not stopping this psychopath in his tracks
ReplyDeleteThank you again
You're very welcome and I so agree about Congress...thy could have stopped him long ago.
DeleteWow. What a Bunch of Crap!
ReplyDeletePresident Obama was exactly right. Some people don’t like him because he’s African-American. I didn’t think this was even remotely controversial. But wow. Some of the usual suspects erupted in protest, behaving suspiciously defensive when, in fact, the president wasn’t really talking about them specifically.
Predictably, the conservative entertainment complex lost its collective bowel control and ended up proving Obama’s point!
Fact: there are more than a few people who think it’s terrible that there’s an African-American president. It has nothing to do with successes or failures. I’ll come back to this point.
You clearly don’t get it. Indeed, while the president has made some mistakes along the way, he’s been routinely assaulted by all sides for almost every reason. On the left, he’s worse than Bush. On the right, he’s a Brundlefly of Mao, Hitler and Stalin. On the left, he’s corporatist. On the right, he’s a communist. Everything from his use of Teleprompters to the Affordable Care Act has been framed as a scandal and punctuated with the obligatory “gate” suffix. Anyone at Glenn Beck’s tree fort ever heard of Darrell Issa?
That aside, whether you voted for him or not, it’s an empirical fact that more than a few white Americans who think the Obama presidency represents the emerging Browning of America and the end of white civilization. They believe that this menacing (yet also somehow effete) black guy is unlawfully occupying the White House — a black guy whom they seriously believe to be an Islamic sleeper cell.
Have any of these radio and TV goons heard of Birthers? Would there be such a conspiracy theory if the president wasn’t an African-American man with the name Barack Hussein Obama? Of course not. Would some people forward viral images of watermelons growing on the White House lawn? Nope. Would there have been a man carrying around a Curious George monkey doll, referring to it as “Little Obama?” No way. Would the most popular talk radio host and, somehow, the eighth most admired living human in the U.S. repeatedly refer to the president as a “man-child?” Say it with me: no.
Other than racism, what’s the common thread connecting all of these examples? They all began before the president was even elected, much less suffered any failures that required the so-called playing of the “race card.”
Had the various offended parties actually read more than just the one paragraph, they’d also have read the paragraph that immediately followed it in which the president cautions progressives to not conflate every criticism with racism. But in the digital media age it’s easier to kneejerk into a sweet, sweet outrage coma than to actually, you know, read thoroughly. It’s easy to scold the president for playing the “race card” (as if racial identity is a game) than to recognize that even if you don’t like his politics or policies, this president has been eminently thoughtful, fair-minded and reasonable. And especially in comparison to his predecessor, he’s hasn’t been afraid to admit mistakes and accept blame where blame is due.
Now, to be clear, I’m not suggesting that all Republicans or all conservatives hate the president because he’s African-American, nor do I think they’re all racists. It’d be totally be dishonest to make such a sweeping generalization. But there’s more than enough evidence to prove that among opponents of the president, there’s a faction that dislikes and distrusts the president because he’s not white. Confirming such a reality isn’t about excuse-making, it’s about observable, objective fact.
Nonsense, not everyone who disagrees with Obama is a racist.
DeleteI have been attacking Obama on my blog www.viewfromjerusalem since before he came to office. However, as you know he is only half black, I, of course, am just attacking his white side.