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Old 04-12-2011, 07:07 PM  
jigg
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not everyone who dislikes Obama is a racist, it's really stupid to suggest that and there's a tendency for the libs to scream racism when they're challenged. Stupid and annoying imo

There are legit issues that need to be addressed - like why is he surrounded by lobysts when he said the door would be closed on them? Why is NBC/GE guy in charge of jobs when that company is the biggest exporter. And so on

However the push-back before he was even in office, just after he got elected was heavily racist driven by the typical white, old, evangelicals and rednecks of the South where racism exists even today. See the recent news of 48% who want interracial marriage banned!

When he was elected my partner rang back home, and the first thing that my in-laws said was how the blacks would now run the country, and how he's going to start giving them handouts and free houses like they get where they live and so on. They live in the bible belt, in the thick of it. My partner's aunt is on Facebook as are a lot his family and their walls are open - same thing there, they all live in the South, hundreds of friends. Lots of racist overtones, race-baiting jokes and stereotypes and their general consensus is that born-again Christians are superior, if you don't have Jesus you're doomed and it's your fault the country is falling apart.


It's my understanding that the modern day tea party started with Ron Paul actually, it had nice core values until it was co-opted by the GOP machine.
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