10-24-2011, 02:53 PM
DaveS wrote:
I don't want to hijack this thread but your observation of ... "His apparent enthusiasm for killing every single governmental program and/or institution and replacing them with what appears to be a 'pull yourself up by your bootstraps' approach is rather stunning." lead me to throw out this for cross consideration ... (bold emphasis is mine)
WaPo Finds Blacks Demanding Racial (Racist?) Unity Behind Obama
By Tim Graham | October 18, 2011 | 08:45
The front page of The Washington Post carried a story Tuesday on black liberals demanding all blacks stand with President Obama -- just because he's black. Krissah Thompson's story carried some noteworthy "get in line" quotes from the forget-the-black-unemployment-numbers crowd, but the closest thing to a moderate or conservative in the article is a man suggesting Obama is not God.
On the front page, Thompson quoted from radio host Tom Joyner on his BlackAmericaWeb.com blog. “Let’s not even deal with the facts right now. Let’s deal with just our blackness and pride — and loyalty. We have the chance to re-elect the first African-American president, and that’s what we ought to be doing. And I’m not afraid or ashamed to say that as black people, we should do it because he’s a black man.”
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/people/krissah-th...z1bi7Uk8Rr
Why not? People voted for Bush because they'd rather have a beer at a bbq with him over Gore/Kerry.