Papantonio: They Hate Their Emancipated President

[GoLeft TV]

Run time: 03:30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOGDhCU7MBc   Posted on YouTube: September 23, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: September 23, 2009 By DU Member: GoLeft TV Views on DU: 1072

 
There is something oddly familiar about the rise in racist attacks against President Obama. Some of the best historians in America say that the wealthy landowners and bankers of the South during the time of the Civil War used their power to convince poor southern farmers that they needed to take up arms and defend their way of life. What they were really doing is protecting the investments of the wealthy, while being manipulated through racist fears. The same is true of the attacks against Obama. Mike Papantonio spells it out for us in this week's Pap Attack.

For the full text, check it out on Huffington Post - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-papantonio/they-hate-their-emancipat_b_295774.html

[unapatriciated]

1. kick for truth

[goddess40]

2. I love this guy!!!

I wish he could get his own TV show

[sj6media]

3. The low end of the intellectual chain should...

...watch this video over and over again. The funny thing about
racism is when you are a victim you don't have the luxury of
forgetting your experiences (I.E Slavery, the Holocaust). You
don't have the luxury of forgetting history. But if you are a
racist (on the low end of the intellectual chain), you
actually don't remember history and so you are bound to repeat
it. 

[Overseas]

4. K&R for another excellent Pap Attack!

Thanks to Mike for pointing out that yes, there are racist attitudes in the crowd but the crowd is being manipulated to protect corporate financial interests.

[BigD_95]

5. very well said

[Fading Captain]

6. Carefull, people

While this gentlement makes a terrific argument, he's only describing a certain type of Republican. There are Republicans who'd be acting this way if Hilary Clinton or John Edwards were president.

Racism is a factor in this ugly scene. But it's not the only factor. It's not even the overriding factor. And to believe it would be massive oversimplification.