Thread: Obama asks for Blacks to vote for him

Originally Posted by expatriate

aiming campaigns at specific ethnic groups is racist. Don't you think that Mitt, at some point, is going to stand up in front of a mormon crowd and say... as a mormon, I need your vote? my guess is he already has.

rac·ism (rszm)
n.
1. The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.

2. Discrimination or prejudice based on race.

Asking for the Mormon vote is not racist. Neither is asking for the vote of fellow rich people.

If Romney asked WHITE people to vote for him because he's white, that would be racist and the loony liberal world would go bugfreak!

obama asking blacks to vote for obama BECAUSE they are both black is racist.

mormons are a minority group in the US. So are african americans. the two candidates who happen to belong to these two minority groups will undoubtedly be asking their fellow minority group members to vote for them. to attempt to say that one request is totally beyond the pale and the other is perfectly legitimate is a bit silly, imo.

Originally Posted by expatriate

mormons are a minority group in the US. So are african americans. the two candidates who happen to belong to these two minority groups will undoubtedly be asking their fellow minority group members to vote for them. to attempt to say that one request is totally beyond the pale and the other is perfectly legitimate is a bit silly, imo.

The issue is RACISM, not discrimination or favoritism. A former Marine asking other Marines to vote for him would be asking for favoritism, not RACISM.

b.o. asked blacks to engage in RACISM. RACE-ISM,,,,BASED ON RACE. Not on minorities.

Originally Posted by Dan40

The issue is RACISM, not discrimination or favoritism. A former Marine asking other Marines to vote for him would be asking for favoritism, not RACISM.

b.o. asked blacks to engage in RACISM. RACE-ISM,,,,BASED ON RACE. Not on minorities.

race, religion, sexual orientation... they are all things that distinguish us. I am sure that the first homosexual candidate for president will make an open plea for all homosexuals of either party to vote for him or her. Obama asked blacks to vote for one of their own... one that understands their lot in life better than someone who isn't. Romney will undoubtedly do the same when he speaks to mormons.

but hey... if you want to get wrapped around the axle on this, so be it.

Originally Posted by expatriate

race, religion, sexual orientation... they are all things that distinguish us. I am sure that the first homosexual candidate for president will make an open plea for all homosexuals of either party to vote for him or her. Obama asked blacks to vote for one of their own... one that understands their lot in life better than someone who isn't. Romney will undoubtedly do the same when he speaks to mormons.

but hey... if you want to get wrapped around the axle on this, so be it.

obama made a RACIST appeal to blacks,,,,,FACT! Keep weaseling anyway that makes you feel good. The fact will remain that obama is a RACIST and made a RACIST appeal to blacks. Romney appealing to Mormons, is not, cannot be RACIST.
There is a number of incidents showing and proving b.o.'s RACISM. FACT.

Originally Posted by Dan40

obama made a RACIST appeal to blacks,,,,,FACT! Keep weaseling anyway that makes you feel good. The fact will remain that obama is a RACIST and made a RACIST appeal to blacks. Romney appealing to Mormons, is not, cannot be RACIST.
There is a number of incidents showing and proving b.o.'s RACISM. FACT.

It truly is unique, isn't it, for a presidential candidate to be able to appeal directly to a different race or a different creed as one of them? It has hardly ever happened before. In 1928, Al Smith was destroyed at the polls by Herbert Hoover, of all people, and the big reason was that people were afraid because he was a catholic and many protestant leaders were telling their flocks that he would owe his allegiance to the vatican and not the constitution. It worked. It took 32 more years before we even elected a catholic. Both Smith before him and JFK in 1960 appealed directly to catholics for their votes. fact. Democratic candidates have been appealing to and appearing before black audiences for years and asking them for their votes. fact. The only thing different now is that, for the first time ever, the guy making the appeal is of the same ethnicity. Never happened before.

We've never had a presidential candidate ever say, "hey, White people...vote for me because I am WHITE" because they have never HAD to say that. It was assumed. WHite folks were gonna vote for the white guy cuz white guys were the only guys running.

If Obama were to say, "Hey... all you black folks, vote for me...and when I get elected, I will enact laws that favor black folks and make whitey drink out of separate fountains. How'd ya like that, my brothers? and all you WHITE folks... I don't wan't your stupid cracker votes anyway, cuz I am a RACIST and I will be the president for BLACK people so all you loyal democratic white folks, just go ahead and vote for Romney."

...if Obama said that, you might have something substantive to (*)(*)(*)(*)(*) about. As it is... all you got is this tempest in a teapot about which you can express your faux outrage and righteous indignation. God, but it gets old!

Originally Posted by Marine1

Subject: : What's Going On Here????

Seriously—REALLY SERIOUSLY—what do YOU think would have happened IF a Caucasian President had ever produced and published a You Tube Video for ALL WHITE PEOPLE to unite for a WHITE PRESIDENT…Seriously, what do you think would have happened…;

In my opinion, this is the MOST SIGNIFICANT DEMONSTRATION of INTENTIONAL DIVISIVE RACISM by ANY PRESIDENT in the history of OUR COUNTRY that I recall having seen—I personally believe it is DESPICABLE!

Whose President IS HE?


Subject: Obama Announces the 2012 Launch of African Americans for Obama

This is a Dangerous Video.

Obama Announces the 2012 Launch of African Americans for Obama this is what racism smells like. It can't be explained away.

Would you vote for a white person who did this? I wouldn't and I think they would be run right out of town if they tried it. This is just some food for thought if you're pondering your vote in November.

Can you imagine Santorum or Romney or Newt or Paul putting out a call for all the white brothers and sisters to vote for him because he's white and so are they?

If this video is not alarming to you, simply delete. If you are offended by what's taking place, please pass it on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=BdjoHA5ocwU

So Vote for the White guy ...

Originally Posted by expatriate

It truly is unique, isn't it, for a presidential candidate to be able to appeal directly to a different race or a different creed as one of them? It has hardly ever happened before. In 1928, Al Smith was destroyed at the polls by Herbert Hoover, of all people, and the big reason was that people were afraid because he was a catholic and many protestant leaders were telling their flocks that he would owe his allegiance to the vatican and not the constitution. It worked. It took 32 more years before we even elected a catholic. Both Smith before him and JFK in 1960 appealed directly to catholics for their votes. fact. Democratic candidates have been appealing to and appearing before black audiences for years and asking them for their votes. fact. The only thing different now is that, for the first time ever, the guy making the appeal is of the same ethnicity. Never happened before.

We've never had a presidential candidate ever say, "hey, White people...vote for me because I am WHITE" because they have never HAD to say that. It was assumed. WHite folks were gonna vote for the white guy cuz white guys were the only guys running.

If Obama were to say, "Hey... all you black folks, vote for me...and when I get elected, I will enact laws that favor black folks and make whitey drink out of separate fountains. How'd ya like that, my brothers? and all you WHITE folks... I don't wan't your stupid cracker votes anyway, cuz I am a RACIST and I will be the president for BLACK people so all you loyal democratic white folks, just go ahead and vote for Romney."

...if Obama said that, you might have something substantive to (*)(*)(*)(*)(*) about. As it is... all you got is this tempest in a teapot about which you can express your faux outrage and righteous indignation. God, but it gets old!

ALL actions, speeches, or decisions made, positive OR negative, BASED on RACE are RACIST. b.o. made a RACIST speech and is a RACIST. If Herman Cain had asked blacks to vote for him, because he is black, your eyeballs would explode!

Originally Posted by Dan40

ALL actions, speeches, or decisions made, positive OR negative, BASED on RACE are RACIST. b.o. made a RACIST speech and is a RACIST. If Herman Cain had asked blacks to vote for him, because he is black, your eyeballs would explode!

I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree. If Herman Cain had asked blacks to vote for him because he was one of them and shared their life experiences and understood the difficult journey they had taken together, I would have thought that would be just fine.