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Return of the Dread-I
Nobody but you has brought up the racial angle in this thread. I remember all the other white presidents I grew up with starting with Carter and going forward and I can't remember any of them as smug as Obama comes off. At least in my opinion. He's got the others beat hands down.
And I don't think it has anything to do with him being black. I think he just, as an individual, buys into the shit that people are/were saying about him. That he was so different, the hope, the change, etc. I think a lot of people did vote for him solely on the color of his skin though, which is pathetic, in my opinion.
Innauguration Day: "It's nice to see a change from all the rappers and thugs..." - Commentator.
Why is this a necessary point to even address on a day like that? Especially considering we're discussing our nations's leader? It just goes to show that that is what mainstream white America EXPECTS from us whether you and your peers do or not.
I don't remember which channel it was, but I saw something a Congressman had been sending around on the news soon thereafter... It was a grid with all of the president faces on it except the very last one. It was just a black square w/ eyes...
Just recently I heard about an email going around up there with a cartoon of several monkeys or Barrack's head on a monkey's body and it says "No wonder they can't find the birth certificate..."
It's certainly walking like a duck...
Again, this may not be an attitude you take, but you're one of several hundred thousand. The Tea Party, to me, seems to be like the Republicans' embarassing redneck cousins and unfortunately, as they gain popularity, it appears to me that there are more like-minded folks in this country than I'd once thought.