Wishing Barack Obama were not president, or strongly disagreeing with his policies, does not make you a racist.
I get that. MOST people get that.
So it’s entiirely possible to hate Obama and NOT be a racist.
But anyone who thinks that racism isn’t driving SOME of the over the top criticism is being naive.
Here’s the story...
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This is welcome news:
President Barack Obama’s adviser Van Jones has resigned amid controversy over past inflammatory statements, the White House said early Sunday.
Jones, an administration official specializing in environmentally friendly “green jobs” with the White House Council on Environmental Quality was linked to efforts suggesting a government role in the 2001 terror attacks and...
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This is sure to drive B.J. Stone insane with fury:
Talk-show host Sean Hannity, a vocal opponent of Barack Obama’s policies, said today he would not rule out a bid for the presidency in 2012.
Egged on by radio colleague Bill Cunningham, Hannity said he would consider entering the front lines of the political fray if...
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Look, I’m not intentionally picking on the GOP with these posts about the birthers. It’s just that I believe history will judge us all by how strongly we distance ourselves from all this hate mongering:
I’m on Skype with Orly Taitz, and from Israel the queen bee of the Birthers is telling me that Barack...
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I came across these statistics and found them disturbing:
According to Public Policy Polling (PPP), a North Carolina polling firm, only 24% of self-identified Republican voters in the state believe Barack Obama was born in the United States. 47% do not believe that Obama is American born, and 29% of Republicans aren’t sure.
One part...
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The State Journal Register’s Bernard Schoenburg reads Peoria Pundit, which is where he saw this video of Aaron Schock suggesting that President Obama has not sufficiently proven he was born in the United States.
Schock would later equivocate, saying he assumes Obama was born in the United States because he said so.
Well, Schoenburg contacted Schock’s...
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Birther: Individuals promoting eligibility claims have been dubbed birthers, drawing a parallel with 9/11 conspiracy theorists, who have been nicknamed “truthers”. The movement has been widely criticized by mainstream conservatives. A few members of congress have proposed legislation to prevent future occurrences of such issues. — Wikipedia.
According to this video, Schock seems to...
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