Post by africurious on Feb 13, 2012 13:02:42 GMT -5
Yea, i don't like politicians as a group because they are full of ish. However, they are what we have to deal with in the political system we've worked out. That said, I don't dislike Obama but I'll always speak up on his typical politician fakery. If you weren't comparing him to King, then why did you mention King as an individual with imperfections? You could've easily said everyone has imperfections. People of the civil rights era are often mentioned with Obama and that irks me b/c what they did is waaaay more significant and required facing more adversity (they paid with their lives even) than this slick talking dude who knows how to tell ppl what they wanna hear (note: he's not necessarily more insincere than any politician, he's just good at being a politician image-wise).
That guy shouting "liar" didn't bother me so much b/c I feel even a prez should be called so if someone feels it. Heck, I would've been glad if someone shouted that at Bush. Obama knows the deal and I'm sure he let that ish slide off like the calm cat he is because that idiot who shouted is small fries. Pointing a finger in the face of the prez shouldn't be done though. I saw a pic of it and she didn't even point it in his face. Her finger didn't go higher than shoulder level in the pic (unless she had it higher at some other time) but the gesture was still a bit too much.
Those 2 ppl aren't relevant to our convo though as they both weren't liberals. We were talking about white liberals supporting Obama less. Those 2 were conservative so their dislike for him and over the top actions aren't so surprising. The racism among conservatives is also obvious.
Yup, I agree many of the ppl being let down by obama were naive. I knew they'd be disappointed if he were elected and the reality of the office set in. This happens with all prez candidates who get elected. However, Obama was a particularly inspirational candidate so higher hopes = greater disappointment when hopes not met. This is independent of any racism that white liberal may have.
My question on her #s was rhetorical so I didn't expect you to answer it.
That guy shouting "liar" didn't bother me so much b/c I feel even a prez should be called so if someone feels it. Heck, I would've been glad if someone shouted that at Bush. Obama knows the deal and I'm sure he let that ish slide off like the calm cat he is because that idiot who shouted is small fries. Pointing a finger in the face of the prez shouldn't be done though. I saw a pic of it and she didn't even point it in his face. Her finger didn't go higher than shoulder level in the pic (unless she had it higher at some other time) but the gesture was still a bit too much.
Those 2 ppl aren't relevant to our convo though as they both weren't liberals. We were talking about white liberals supporting Obama less. Those 2 were conservative so their dislike for him and over the top actions aren't so surprising. The racism among conservatives is also obvious.
Yup, I agree many of the ppl being let down by obama were naive. I knew they'd be disappointed if he were elected and the reality of the office set in. This happens with all prez candidates who get elected. However, Obama was a particularly inspirational candidate so higher hopes = greater disappointment when hopes not met. This is independent of any racism that white liberal may have.
My question on her #s was rhetorical so I didn't expect you to answer it.