He's your President for Goodness Sake!By William ThomasPosted: Friday, October 1st, 2010
There was a time not so long ago when Americans, regardless of their political stripes, rallied round their president. Once elected, the man who won the White House was no longer viewed as a Republican or Democrat, but the President of the United States. The oath of office was taken, the wagons were circled around the country�s borders and it was America versus the rest of the world with the president of all the people at the helm.Suddenly President Barack Obama, with the potential to become an exceptional president has become the glaring exception to that unwritten, patriotic rule.Four days before President Obama�s inauguration, before he officially took charge of the American government, Rush Limbaugh boasted publicly that he hoped the president would fail. Of course, when the president fails the country flounders. Wishing harm upon your country in order to further your own narrow political views is selfish, sinister and a tad treasonous as well.Subsequently, during his State of the Union address, which is pretty much a pep rally for America, an unknown congressional representative from South Carolina, later identified as Joe Wilson, stopped the show when he called the President of the United States a liar. The president showed great restraint in ignoring this unprecedented insult and carried on with his speech. Speaker Nancy Pelosi was so stunned by the slur, she forgot to jump to her feet while clapping wildly, 30 or 40 times after that.Last spring, President Obama took his wife Michelle to see a play in New York City and republicans attacked him over the cost of security for the excursion. The president can�t take his wife out to dinner and a show without being scrutinized by the political opposition? As history has proven, a president in a theatre without adequate security is a tragically bad idea.Remember: �Apart from that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?�At some point, the treatment of President Obama went from offensive to ugly and then to downright dangerous.The health-care debate, which looked more like extreme fighting in a mud pit than a national dialogue, revealed a very vulgar side of America. President Obama�s face appeared on protest signs white-faced and blood-mouthed in a satanic clown image. In other tasteless portrayals, people who disagreed with his position distorted his face to look like Hitler complete with mustache and swastika.Odd, that burning the flag makes Americans crazy, but depicting the president as a clown and a maniacal fascist is accepted as part of the new rude America.Maligning the image of the leader of the free world is one thing, putting the president�s life in peril is quite another. More than once, men with guns were videotaped at the health-care rallies where the president spoke. Again, history shows that letting men with guns get within range of a president has not served America well in the past.And still the �birthers�are out there claiming Barack Obama was not born in the United States, although public documentation proves otherwise. Hawaii is definitely part of the United States, but the Panama Canal Zone where his electoral opponent Senator John McCain was born? Nobody�s sure.Last month, a 44-year-old woman in Buffalo was quite taken by President Obama when she met him in a chicken wing restaurant called Duff�s. Did she say something about a pleasure and an honour to meet the man or utter encouraging words for the difficult job he is doing? No. Quote: �You�re a hottie with a smokin� little body.�Lady, that was the President of the United States you were addressing, not one of the Jonas Brothers! He�s your president for goodness sakes, not the guy driving the Zamboni at �Monster Trucks On Ice.� Maybe next it�ll be, �Take Your President To A Topless Bar Day.�In President Barack Obama, Americans have a charismatic leader with a good and honest heart. Unlike his predecessor, he�s a very intelligent leader. And unlike that president�s predecessor, he�s a highly moral man.In President Obama, Americans have the real deal, the whole package and a leader that citizens of almost every country around the world look to with great envy. Given the opportunity, Canadians would trade our leader, hell, most of our leaders for Obama in a heartbeat.What America has in Obama is a head of state with vitality and insight and youth. Think about it, Barack Obama is a young Nelson Mandela. Mandela was the face of change and charity for all of Africa but he was too old to make it happen. The great things Obama might do for America and the world could go on for decades after he�s out of office.America, you know not what you have.The man is being challenged unfairly, characterized with vulgarity and treated with the kind of deep disrespect to which no previous president was subjected. It�s like the day after electing the first black man to be president, thereby electrifying the world with hope and joy, Americans sobered up and decided the bad old days were better.President Obama may fail but it will not be a Richard Nixon default fraught with larceny and lies. President Obama, given a fair chance, will surely succeed but his triumph will never come with a Bill Clinton caveat � �if only he�d got control of that zipper.�Please. Give the man a fair, fighting chance. This incivility toward the leader who won over Americans and gave hope to billions of people around the world that their lives could be enhanced by his example, just naturally has to stop.Believe me, when Americans drive by the White House and see a sign on the lawn that reads: �No shirt. No shoes. No service,� they�ll realize this new national rudeness has gone way, way too far. OCTOBER 2010 SENIOR LIVING MAGAZINE VANCOUVER & LOWER MAINLAND
Members of the Black Community, Tavis Smiley and Cornel West, have taken to the streets bad mouthing Mr. Obama with bus rides in black neighborhoods focusing on high black unemployment. Click and review below:
Big ups to Steve Harvey and Tom Joiner, they continue to support the President, at all costs. The President did hold a brief meeting with Ben Jealous of the NAACP and Marc Morial of the Urban League concerning the same issue of rising black unemployment...
But know that the economy along with unemployment, sadly determines the re-election of a first term President. Even though our Brother got Bin Laden, it carries hardly any weight toward Mr. Obama getting re-elected. I watch very closely how the economy is fairing and pay close attention to the unemployment factor not reaching double digits.
If we pray for those successes, its a wrap that the President gets 2 terms; the last thing the establishment wants to see is Mr. Obama being a 2 term president. For awhile now, he's been projected as a one term President. Also, Mr. Obama has no real competitor, regardless of the eventual front runner, except whether America sees a rise in jobs, the economy turning around and feels confident in the President's ability to handle the money and job crisis.
Its a wrap that the President gets 2 terms if the economy turns around and unemployment remains in single digits? I don't know, there's skin color, his religion, and the doubt that he is truly American still looming over his head. One of these (skin color) can outweigh any other accomplishment. We as Blacks would love it if thats all that stood in his way. Hatred and disdain for Blacks causes some to see only that.
The above link provides a comparison between President Obama and some of his most stauch opposites in the political field. Black American, our work is cut out for us if President Obama isto have a fighting chance in the 2012 elections. Let the link above provide us with the motivation to get out and help OBAMA win again.
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He's your President for Goodness Sake!By William ThomasPosted: Friday, October 1st, 2010
There was a time not so long ago when Americans, regardless of their political stripes, rallied round their president. Once elected, the man who won the White House was no longer viewed as a Republican or Democrat, but the President of the United States. The oath of office was taken, the wagons were circled around the country�s borders and it was America versus the rest of the world with the president of all the people at the helm.Suddenly President Barack Obama, with the potential to become an exceptional president has become the glaring exception to that unwritten, patriotic rule.Four days before President Obama�s inauguration, before he officially took charge of the American government, Rush Limbaugh boasted publicly that he hoped the president would fail. Of course, when the president fails the country flounders. Wishing harm upon your country in order to further your own narrow political views is selfish, sinister and a tad treasonous as well.Subsequently, during his State of the Union address, which is pretty much a pep rally for America, an unknown congressional representative from South Carolina, later identified as Joe Wilson, stopped the show when he called the President of the United States a liar. The president showed great restraint in ignoring this unprecedented insult and carried on with his speech. Speaker Nancy Pelosi was so stunned by the slur, she forgot to jump to her feet while clapping wildly, 30 or 40 times after that.Last spring, President Obama took his wife Michelle to see a play in New York City and republicans attacked him over the cost of security for the excursion. The president can�t take his wife out to dinner and a show without being scrutinized by the political opposition? As history has proven, a president in a theatre without adequate security is a tragically bad idea.Remember: �Apart from that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?�At some point, the treatment of President Obama went from offensive to ugly and then to downright dangerous.The health-care debate, which looked more like extreme fighting in a mud pit than a national dialogue, revealed a very vulgar side of America. President Obama�s face appeared on protest signs white-faced and blood-mouthed in a satanic clown image. In other tasteless portrayals, people who disagreed with his position distorted his face to look like Hitler complete with mustache and swastika.Odd, that burning the flag makes Americans crazy, but depicting the president as a clown and a maniacal fascist is accepted as part of the new rude America.Maligning the image of the leader of the free world is one thing, putting the president�s life in peril is quite another. More than once, men with guns were videotaped at the health-care rallies where the president spoke. Again, history shows that letting men with guns get within range of a president has not served America well in the past.And still the �birthers�are out there claiming Barack Obama was not born in the United States, although public documentation proves otherwise. Hawaii is definitely part of the United States, but the Panama Canal Zone where his electoral opponent Senator John McCain was born? Nobody�s sure.Last month, a 44-year-old woman in Buffalo was quite taken by President Obama when she met him in a chicken wing restaurant called Duff�s. Did she say something about a pleasure and an honour to meet the man or utter encouraging words for the difficult job he is doing? No. Quote: �You�re a hottie with a smokin� little body.�Lady, that was the President of the United States you were addressing, not one of the Jonas Brothers! He�s your president for goodness sakes, not the guy driving the Zamboni at �Monster Trucks On Ice.� Maybe next it�ll be, �Take Your President To A Topless Bar Day.�In President Barack Obama, Americans have a charismatic leader with a good and honest heart. Unlike his predecessor, he�s a very intelligent leader. And unlike that president�s predecessor, he�s a highly moral man.In President Obama, Americans have the real deal, the whole package and a leader that citizens of almost every country around the world look to with great envy. Given the opportunity, Canadians would trade our leader, hell, most of our leaders for Obama in a heartbeat.What America has in Obama is a head of state with vitality and insight and youth. Think about it, Barack Obama is a young Nelson Mandela. Mandela was the face of change and charity for all of Africa but he was too old to make it happen. The great things Obama might do for America and the world could go on for decades after he�s out of office.America, you know not what you have.The man is being challenged unfairly, characterized with vulgarity and treated with the kind of deep disrespect to which no previous president was subjected. It�s like the day after electing the first black man to be president, thereby electrifying the world with hope and joy, Americans sobered up and decided the bad old days were better.President Obama may fail but it will not be a Richard Nixon default fraught with larceny and lies. President Obama, given a fair chance, will surely succeed but his triumph will never come with a Bill Clinton caveat � �if only he�d got control of that zipper.�Please. Give the man a fair, fighting chance. This incivility toward the leader who won over Americans and gave hope to billions of people around the world that their lives could be enhanced by his example, just naturally has to stop.Believe me, when Americans drive by the White House and see a sign on the lawn that reads: �No shirt. No shoes. No service,� they�ll realize this new national rudeness has gone way, way too far. OCTOBER 2010 SENIOR LIVING MAGAZINE VANCOUVER & LOWER MAINLAND
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The situation worsens,
Members of the Black Community, Tavis Smiley and Cornel West, have taken to the streets bad mouthing Mr. Obama with bus rides in black neighborhoods focusing on high black unemployment. Click and review below:
http://destee.com/index.php?threads/politics-from-the-black-perspec...
Big ups to Steve Harvey and Tom Joiner, they continue to support the President, at all costs. The President did hold a brief meeting with Ben Jealous of the NAACP and Marc Morial of the Urban League concerning the same issue of rising black unemployment...
Peace In
Excellent points Carolyn,
But know that the economy along with unemployment, sadly determines the re-election of a first term President. Even though our Brother got Bin Laden, it carries hardly any weight toward Mr. Obama getting re-elected. I watch very closely how the economy is fairing and pay close attention to the unemployment factor not reaching double digits.
If we pray for those successes, its a wrap that the President gets 2 terms; the last thing the establishment wants to see is Mr. Obama being a 2 term president. For awhile now, he's been projected as a one term President. Also, Mr. Obama has no real competitor, regardless of the eventual front runner, except whether America sees a rise in jobs, the economy turning around and feels confident in the President's ability to handle the money and job crisis.
Peace In
Its a wrap that the President gets 2 terms if the economy turns around and unemployment remains in single digits? I don't know, there's skin color, his religion, and the doubt that he is truly American still looming over his head. One of these (skin color) can outweigh any other accomplishment. We as Blacks would love it if thats all that stood in his way. Hatred and disdain for Blacks causes some to see only that.
Thanks for your input, its appreciate.
This is just one Black woman's opinion!
The above link provides a comparison between President Obama and some of his most stauch opposites in the political field. Black American, our work is cut out for us if President Obama is to have a fighting chance in the 2012 elections. Let the link above provide us with the motivation to get out and help OBAMA win again.