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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 05:11 AM Original message |
Is it a surprise the first president to be openly disrespected was an African American ? |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:23 AM Response to Original message |
1. Not at all. Why didn't he just declare another civil way? nt |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
19. you mean civil war (SMILE) |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 08:15 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Right! |
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EmilyAnne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
2. Nope. And its no surprise that his birth certificate/ legitimacy is such an obsession with these |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
3. Wtf does race have to do with it????? |
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EmilyAnne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Joe Wilson of South Carolina was an aide to Strom Thurmond. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Left field as opposed to right field |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 08:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
27. LOL Made it to three posts before the racism deniers |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 08:23 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. False dilemma... also known as the fallacy of the excluded middle. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 08:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
32. Just a strange coincidence. Move along...Nothing to see here.... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:44 AM Response to Original message |
4. are you sure he is? |
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EmilyAnne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Is DemocratSinceBirth sure that President Obama is African American? Is that what you are asking?nt |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:49 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Maybe She Thinks I Am Not Sure SC Was A Former Slave State |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #9 |
36. see post 34. & just for the record, obama's the descendant of slave-owners, |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
34. is s/he sure obama is the first prez to be disrespected, is my meaning. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
39. Open disrespect of presidents is a couple of centuries old... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. you might want to review clinton-era film. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Are we talking Congresscritters shouting down a presidential address on the Senate floor? n/t |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. "disrespecting" the president. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Yeah. An old tradition. n/t |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
8. You are drawing some really ridiculous conclusions on this entire situation. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:51 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Hmmm |
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EmilyAnne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:51 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Wilson was an aide to Strom Thurmond. It was the mention of illegal immigrants that brought out his |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:54 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I Can't Imagine Calling The President A Liar In An Address To Congress |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:55 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Well, I do think it would have been justified to call Bush a liar. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:57 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Probably |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:58 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Okay, but that doesn't mean that the act of yelling at the president is wrong... |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 08:17 AM Response to Reply #18 |
30. He is wrong for doing it as a sitting Congressman. |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:56 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. I don't know his history at all. I also don't know if he simply hit a boiling point... |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:36 AM Response to Reply #8 |
25. And YOU don't have a CLUE of what you're talking about... |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #25 |
35. That Congressperson Must Have A Lot Of Seething Hostility |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 08:16 AM Response to Reply #8 |
29. The lack of respect and hate for all things Obama is rooted in racism. |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #29 |
42. Clinton wasn't disrespected? |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:54 AM Response to Original message |
13. Several of them have been shot |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 08:29 AM Response to Reply #13 |
33. and beaten near to death with a cane |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
15. No, I'm not surprised at all. The GOP has jumped the shark. nt |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
20. Seems to me that Jackie Robinson had to listen to a lot of shit, too. |
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fishnfla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
21. Hypothetical: what if were a woman that got hollered at? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:12 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. The Act Would Be Disrespectful Regardless Of The Gender Or Race Of The Target |
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dugaresa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
23. it doesn't surprise me at all that a republican would shout at the president |
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dbt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
24. White Wingers Are Scared Shitless Of Obama |
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rbrnmw (789 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
26. I am one of his constituents |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
47. Keep Trying Bro |
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kiranon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
37. Bingo. You hit the nail on the head. n/t |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Thank you |
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Generator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
41. No not surprised |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
45. He wasn't the first president to be openly disrespected while addressing Congress. |
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