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In reply to the discussion: Paul Begala's recent comments are very crude. [View all]geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)33. This guy borders on being an explicit racist
http://ethicsalarms.com/2014/12/21/president-obamas-unexpected-legacy-the-deadly-deterioration-of-racial-reconciliation-and-trust/#more-24792
President Obama, elected on the promise that he would bring the races together, lit the long fuse for this unfolding disaster for our democracy in July of 2009, less than a year into his first term. A prominent African American professor, Henry Lewis Gates, Jr., acted like a jerk to a white Cambridge, Mass. police officer responding to a call, and was arrested for disturbing the peace. Obama, in the first of his many unethical pronouncements that interfered with local matters completely unrelated to his job, made public comments suggesting that Gates was treated unjustly because of his race. The facts indicated that Obama had impugned the character of not only a model police officer, but one recognized for extraordinary sensitivity in the area of black community relations. There was no public apology from Obama, however, and the fuse was lit.As Obamas star-crossed journey through his presidency continued and the gaffes, botches, failures, and examples of non-feasance, malfeasance and misfeasance under his leadership proliferated, he allowed his surrogates to resort to race-baiting as the main line of defense. Republicans were racist, conservatives were racist, the Tea Party was racist, and whites were racist: whatever problems Barack Obama had presiding over the government, they werent due to the fact that he had no governing experience and skill whatsoever, or that he refused to get his hands dirty in the rough quid pro quos of politics, they were all due to racis
And this is the filth that is being dragged here to attack Clinton.
President Obama, elected on the promise that he would bring the races together, lit the long fuse for this unfolding disaster for our democracy in July of 2009, less than a year into his first term. A prominent African American professor, Henry Lewis Gates, Jr., acted like a jerk to a white Cambridge, Mass. police officer responding to a call, and was arrested for disturbing the peace. Obama, in the first of his many unethical pronouncements that interfered with local matters completely unrelated to his job, made public comments suggesting that Gates was treated unjustly because of his race. The facts indicated that Obama had impugned the character of not only a model police officer, but one recognized for extraordinary sensitivity in the area of black community relations. There was no public apology from Obama, however, and the fuse was lit.As Obamas star-crossed journey through his presidency continued and the gaffes, botches, failures, and examples of non-feasance, malfeasance and misfeasance under his leadership proliferated, he allowed his surrogates to resort to race-baiting as the main line of defense. Republicans were racist, conservatives were racist, the Tea Party was racist, and whites were racist: whatever problems Barack Obama had presiding over the government, they werent due to the fact that he had no governing experience and skill whatsoever, or that he refused to get his hands dirty in the rough quid pro quos of politics, they were all due to racis
And this is the filth that is being dragged here to attack Clinton.
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I miss the days when Op Ed was clearly defined as such, from any side of any issue.
pinto
Mar 2015
#1
And yet I was not really addressing Begala nor his 'species' but rather the 'blogger' as an actual
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2015
#6
I read several of the blogger's posts. I find I agree with him more often than not.
madfloridian
Mar 2015
#13
I agree w ith you MF. And I agree that these operatives ARE a scourge on our political system.
sabrina 1
Mar 2015
#34
I am not anti "all things Clinton" but they can do better than that for a spokesman.
madfloridian
Mar 2015
#9
I'll give a pass when there is a self-delete and repudiation of this asshole rightwing scold.
geek tragedy
Mar 2015
#30
I appreciate the Pass. But there are many varied ideas on Twitter, blogs, and the world beyond DU.
madfloridian
Mar 2015
#37
This board is entertaining but not in the way it was intended to be./NT
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2015
#31
I don't like this blogger, either, but I'm not so sure they're actually a solid RWer.
AverageJoe90
Mar 2015
#50
Read this post and tell us this guy isn't a straight-up right wing asshole
geek tragedy
Mar 2015
#64
Oh, Lordy. The world is not that narrow. There are many views that we can partly agree with...
madfloridian
Mar 2015
#56
Sadly, some folks see something, and then they tend to jump to the worst possible conclusions.
AverageJoe90
Mar 2015
#59
If I can figure out that her detractors are going to try to paint her as a relic of the past ...
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2015
#77
Getting unpleasant around here for those whose thinking differs from the norm.
madfloridian
Mar 2015
#78
Appreciated. But there are some very good posts there, he goes after the GOP as well.
madfloridian
Mar 2015
#82
So Ethics Alarms blog is a disreputable place, but Paul Begala is still an *sshole.....
PassingFair
Mar 2015
#80