What We Did Not Get Out Of The Jesse Jackson Comment
By gewcew23
@gewcew23 (8007)
United States
July 11, 2008 10:49am CST
Everyone wants to talk about the castration comment. Why, because it was funny, but let us be honest Michelle has already done that. What we did not get out of the comments was the Obama talks down to black people. Though I am not sure exactly what JJ was talking about, lets also be honest Obama does talk down to people. The bitter clingers, the you cannot drive you suvs, the typical white person, the you need to be bilingual, and the embarassed of Americans comment sure sounds like someone who is an elitist snob. So it would not be to hard to imagine that Obama talks down to black people.
By the way Obama when you cannot speak any better than a 2nd grader you have no place to an um look down on anyone.
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@Yestheypayme2dothis (7874)
• United States
11 Jul 08
He also uses black people. He has brown skin. Thus, he thinks blacks should be able to relate to him on that basis alone so he can get their votes.
http://www.usweekly.com/:
Laughter From the Cave
Joe Carol
The Democratic National Party ignored the popular vote and selected Barack Obama as the Democratic presidential nominee. If elected, Barack Obama will be the first Arab-American President of the United States.
The DNC billed their candidate as a Black African-American, but he's not. Obama is 50% Caucasian, 43.75% Arab, and 6.25% Black African. His mother was white, and his great, great, great grandmother was Black African, but the remainder of the Kenyan Obama's, including Barack's father, are Arab African. Obama is Arab-American, not African-American. He's short the 12.5% Black African heritage necessary to qualify as African-American.
There is a class distinction in Obama's homeland between Black Africans and Arab Africans. Black Africans are considered the under class. Arab Africans are careful to distinguish themselves from Black Africans, hence Barack's three Arab names, Baracka Hussein Obama.
The Arab Press has written extensively about Obama's Arab Heritage. They're quite excited about his candidacy. Osama Bin Laden is no doubt having the time of his life watching us consider electing an Arab-American president. Finally, change he can believe in.
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@Yestheypayme2dothis (7874)
• United States
11 Jul 08
You CHOOSE to miss the point.
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@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
11 Jul 08
I don't usually say this, but I think it's racist to claim that he is not half African just because of his father's heritage. His father was from Kenya, an African country. This is the same type of racism a South African friend of mine dealt with when he was accused of fraudulently listing himself as an African American. Why was he accused of misrepresenting himself? Because his skin was white. He was born in Africa (South Africa) and became a naturalized citizen after his family moved to the US. By all reasonable standards that qualified him as an African American, but because of the color of his skin alone people wanted to label him as Caucasian (a fabricated race meant to include everyone with light skin).
What you're doing to Obama is the same thing only you can't use the color of his skin so you are tracing back his family tree to question his African heritage. Seriously, just drop it and focus on his stance on the issues, dishonesty, flip-flopping, and inexperience. Those are more relevant to his potential as a president than his heritage.
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@fiona08 (454)
• United States
11 Jul 08
And Yestheypaymetodothis, you are still peddling the same tired BS. You got your stats from a video gaming website. And you are the first person I have ever heard, who knows what percentage blood you have to have to "qualify" for a certain race. Come up with some intelligent argument for hating Obama. Give this senselessness a rest.
@twallace (2675)
• United States
11 Jul 08
I had a chance to catch it on the news and it looks like who every cut the mic on had to be watching them and wanted to know what they were talking about. It caused issues and that is how things happen. This is one of those times that you have to be careful of what you say. He was just speaking his mind at the time and was over heard. They are really making a big deal about it, just about anything that Obama does they are making a big deal about. If he said nothing at all they would still have a problem with him. JJ was just speaking his mind that it all, everyone does that.
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@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
11 Jul 08
Of course he was speaking his mind. That's the point. He wasn't making a joke, nor can he claim anyone misinterpreted his statement. He clearly stated while speaking his mind that Obama's behavior makes him want to cut the man's balls off. He claims it was a private conversation which makes it that much clearer that he meant what he said.
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