And one other thing I think we’ve gotta remember. As easy as it is for those of us who are white, to look back and say “That’s a terrible statement!”…I grew up in a very segregated south. And I think that you have to cut some slack — and I’m gonna be probably the only Conservative in America who’s gonna say something like this, but I’m just tellin’ you — we’ve gotta cut some slack to people who grew up being called names, being told “you have to sit in the balcony when you go to the movie. You have to go to the back door to go into the restaurant. And you can’t sit out there with everyone else. There’s a separate waiting room in the doctor’s office. Here’s where you sit on the bus…”
And you know what? Sometimes people do have a chip on their shoulder and resentment. And you have to just say, I probably would too. I probably would too. In fact, I may have had more of a chip on my shoulder had it been me.
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Racism is racism no matter what the race of the racist. Just answer one question- Was Mr. Obama being truthful last week when he said he never heard Rev Wright make his vicious statements, or was he being truthful on Tuesday when he said he heard the statements earlier and found them offensive? Shouldn\’t responsible journalists being asking these questions?
Racism from any race is bad, of course. But the fact remains, that Africans were kidnapped and brought to this country under deplorable conditions. Once here, they were enslaved and treated as less than human for far too long. After slavery was abolished, there was a long period of brutal treatment, lynchings, successful black enclaves burned to the ground, segregation, etc. Barack was questioned about the statements and responded that he had not heard them until they were brought to his attention. The Karl Rovian style swift boating of Barack is in full swing and it is despicable.