Re: Obama backtracks and babbles

On Mar 22, 12:58=A0pm, "Dano" <janeandd...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> pinky wrote:
>
> > Instead he continued to dodge issues or obfuscate them with a "he
> > said, she said" contest, throwing everyone, including his beloved
> > grandmother, under the bus to save himself. =A0I liked him better when
> > he spoke a lot and said nothing. =A0Still not saying much, but.....
>
> How did he throw Granny under the bus? =A0Are you disputing the actual
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t of
> what he said? =A0

I'm disputing the relevance of an alleged remark made over--what?  40
years ago?  Within the context of an era gone by, not contem****ary
society.

Do you not think most white people would react the same way
> when walking alone down a street with several young black men
approaching?=


I'm a woman.  A gang of white or black males approaching would be
viewed as equally suspicious.

> That's just an unfortunate, if understandable fact of life. =A0Do you
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> there is anyone totally without those types of feelings regardless of
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> politics or race? =A0Do you not think a white person has some amount of
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ar
> and trepidation in a predominantly black neighborhood...or a black
person =
in
> a predominantly white neighborhood? =A0

Economic status is more of an indicator of crime than color.  I
wouldn't walk through any neighborhood with a reputation for crime.

Just the very fact that there exist so
> many of those predominantly *any* color or ethnicity type of
neighborhoods=

> is proof positive of the problem of racism still existing.

In some neighborhoods, sure.  Do you expect Obama to change local
dynamics of neighborhoods?  Neighbors will love and tolerate each
other and together fight crime because Obama is president?!  That
happens on a local and individual basis.  If you want change, change
your behavior.  Don't pass it off as the sagacity or effectiveness of
Obama.  He's a new face on the scene spouting the same recycled
rhetoric of yesteryear.  It's time to move forward with solutions.

pink