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WMD:
--- Quote from: yahurd on 10 November 2008, 09:06 ---Its because he isn't just a poltician you european wanker, hes the leader of the world!
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I'm American....
--- Quote from: yahurd on 10 November 2008, 09:06 ---Which reminds me, 100% of candidates are white men on the GOP side
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That's the stereotype, but it's not actually true. In fact, when Obama was running for Senate, the GOP put a black guy up against him.
Refalm:
Becoming a Presidential or Congress candidate takes a lot of networking, and white males are best at sticking around exclusive clubs of power-hungry assholes.
However, change is coming. Who knows, maybe this GOP guy will run for 2012 President:
davidnix71:
Our president can't do much without the support of Congress. They control the money. America is broke, so Obama will have his hands full
just trying to pay bills on time.
He isn't a ghetto black, anyway. It's not skin color that causes trouble here, it's behaviour. Too many blacks want to be anything but white, even if it means rejecting what works, like education and honest work.
Obama has the chance to legitimize black success. When asked about laws banning people from wearing their underwear on the outside (popular ghetto black dress) he said it wasn't likely to do any good, "But that said, brothers, pull your pants up."
worker201:
--- Quote from: davidnix71 on 15 November 2008, 17:20 ---He isn't a ghetto black, anyway. It's not skin color that causes trouble here, it's behaviour. Too many blacks want to be anything but white, even if it means rejecting what works, like education and honest work.
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Crazy talk. George W. Bush is living proof that education and honest work don't mean shit. The interactions between blacks, education, and work are intricate and subtle, and almost none of them have anything to do with a conscious desire to be less white.
To a culture that seems to substitutes symbols (Cadillacs and bling being stereotypical examples) for true status, this is one symbol that really does have meaningful status. Obama doesn't have mad ice - but he's the fucking president! Hopefully that will be worth something.
Things aren't looking pretty so far - when a significant percentage of society is opposed to your success, it's kinda hard to succeed, and sometimes even harder to feel good about it:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081115/ap_on_re_us/obama_racial
fishcorn:
--- Quote from: worker201 on 16 November 2008, 04:14 ---Things aren't looking pretty so far - when a significant percentage of society is opposed to your success, it's kinda hard to succeed, and sometimes even harder to feel good about it:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081115/ap_on_re_us/obama_racial
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It's the cool new trend, bro-skish-skosh. I voted for Obama in the primary and the election, and even I've been spray painting racial epithets everywhere.
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