Bill Maher: If First Black President Only Has One Term, People Would See It As A ‘Failure’

[Tx4obama]

VIDEO here: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/bill-maher-if-first-black-president-only-has-one-term-people-would-see-it-as-a-failure/

Bill Maher invited Arsenio Hall on his show to mostly talk about the 20th anniversary of the Rodney King riots, but the last part of their discussion turned to the presidential election and the all-important race factor in how the Barack Obama-Mitt Romney showdown will come to an end in November. Maher said that if the first black president of the United States ever elected only has one term, “America reads that as a failure,” and the coded message behind it would be that an African-American president “just didn’t work.” ... -snip - (more at link above)

[veganlush]

1. he's a smart guy

but sometimes he talks too much.

[pnwmom]

2. He would be lumped in with Carter as a failed President.

Which wouldn't be fair in either case.

[Tx4obama]

4. Did you watch the whole video? n/t

[jillan]

3. I agreed with that. It's true. If President Obama was to lose, how long would it take to get

another Black man elected to the Presidency?

It's something to think about.

[JohnnyRingo]

5. It's true when he said it would give Republicans an excuse...

...to say what they've wanted to say for three years. "That Obama proved black men are not qualified to lead the country".

Of course it's possible Republicans really aren't racists, and they'd never stoop so low, and maybe Rush Limbaugh plans to will his fortune to the NAACP and Code Pink.