Can We Talk...How Has A Black President Worked Out For The USA?

**Iriemon** · Mar 05 2012, 09:09 AM

Originally Posted by OldManOnFire

Even if we don't consider any history...why does the US electorate elect a president with basically zero qualifications and zero experience?

Because he is Black?

Because we're too stupid or self-serving to objectively analyze the candidates?

Bush wasn't black, I don't believe.

**darckriver** · Mar 05 2012, 09:29 AM

Originally Posted by SkullKrusher

So far, a Hawaiian born, partly African,partly Caucasian,US President has managed to lie almost as much as most of the former All Caucasian/European US presidents have.

Which reminds me of my original reaction to the question posed in the title of this thread - what could the color of the skin of a president possibly have to do with how well the man has performed for the nation???

It originally struck me as sounding as ridiculous as being asked how well that green skinned phone performs as compared with its silver and black skinned alternative. Well, other than possibly losing the former in the grass a bit more often, I doubt we could really tell much difference when it gets down to things important to phone users.

Of course, in an America where the there is a political advantage in creating a psychological hypersensitivity to phone color, there would be a great many people who would almost certainly regard the overall performance of one colored phone as superior to the other one, owing to little more than the perceived color distinction. And that, in spite of the strangely overlooked fact fact that the underlying electronics were identical! We live in a land of politically motivated BS!

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**OldManOnFire** · Mar 05 2012, 10:32 AM

Originally Posted by darckriver

Which reminds me of my original reaction to the question posed in the title of this thread - what could the color of the skin of a president possibly have to do with how well the man has performed for the nation???

It originally struck me as sounding as ridiculous as being asked how well that green skinned phone performs as compared with its silver and black skinned alternative. Well, other than possibly losing the former in the grass a bit more often, I doubt we could really tell much difference when it gets down to things important to phone users.

Of course, in an America where the there is a political advantage in creating a psychological hypersensitivity to phone color, there would be a great many people who would almost certainly regard the overall performance of one colored phone as superior to the other one, owing to little more than the perceived color distinction. And that, in spite of the strangely overlooked fact fact that the underlying electronics were identical! We live in a land of politically motivated BS!
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Nicely stated...

I actually believe we live in a land of xenophobia, governed by dogma from religion and special interests, and this evolves into politically motivated BS...