I'm amazed no one has mentioned Donald Trump's remark today about how Obama should "get off the basketball court" to deal with spiking gas prices and other dire issues.
(I provided a liberal blog version, that gives maximum spin of how great Obama is, and how evil and racist anyone criticizing Obama must be, to criticize the Annointed One.)
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TRUMP: If you look at what he’s doing in Libya, which is a total disaster. Nobody even knows what’s going on in Libya. If you look at what’s happening with gasoline prices where he said he has no control over prices, which he does if he gets on the phone or gets off his basketball court or whatever he is doing at the time. He should be focussing on OPEC and getting prices down...
Or maybe, y'know, Trump just said that because Obama was on video yesterday at a photo-op at some school shooting hoops while America burns.
dave...i don't think it's necessary to mention all the dog whistles that trump and others use to jin up the that segment of the population that hate obama for reasons other than just his policies.
fact is this: trump and others have used the birther thing to basically call obama a nigger without saying the word. obama likes to play golf as well as basketball. why wouldn't trump mention that instead? because it doesn't paint the right picture.
the whole thing about his grades is the same thing...it's to fan the flames of racial hatred and further the socio-economic division of this country.
trump and people of his ilk should be ashamed of themselves. nothing good can come of this. trump isnt going to run and if he does, he won't win. so all he is doing is riling up the nuts on the far right. to what purpose?
is this really the best thing for this country right now?
you don't have to like obama. his politics and policies could be exactly opposite of what you believe is best for this country. even i, an obama supporter, have been underwhelmed by some of the things he's done so far...not because i think he's wrong but, because i think he's been too cautious and too concillatory to people that only want to personally destroy him rather than do whats good for the country.
but how can anyone think that firing up the people in this country...of which there are LEGION...that hate minorities based on stereotypes and ignorance is a good thing?
you want him out? fine. put up a candidate that has better ideas and better plans. put up a candidate that can show beyond a reasonable doubt that obama's policies have hurt this country. put up a candidate that has the intellect, vision and charisma to debate the issues and win more than 50% of the electorate and a majority in the electoral college. put up a SERIOUS candidate that doesn't find it necessary to use lies, innuendo, ignorance and hatred to create excitement.
let's elect a president based on the what's best for the country. not what's worst for it.
Oderint, dum metuant.
You are a god damned idiot, you know that? You ought to be smacked upside your dumb-fuck head, even after all these years. Shame on you!
