Jimmy Carter was WRONG...it's NOT about RACISM in AMERICA..it's THIS!

[KoKo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkWQ4uolB8Q

Carter is going with the "old stuff...King and the rest." We have a Supreme Court with a Racist Clarence Thomas. ...we have this...

I love Jimmy Carter...worked for him...but he doesn't understand that the RW has even corrupted King's Followers and all those who want opportunity.

Lloyd Marcus is using Opportunity! And so should the rest of us. It's a "Wake Up America." It's not about RACE or CLASS or TWO AMERICAS ...it's about FREEDOM TO HAVE INFLUENCE!

ENJOY. THIS GUY HAS TALENT! He's Musical Director for Fox News...He's ON A ROLL! But, he's a SICK USER! Not anything about Dr. King in this performance. He is an opportunist...but there are So Many.

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. Serious lack of rhythm in those 'dancers' behind him

And no this guy doesn't have talent. He has a fair singing voice. BFD.

[sandnsea]

2. It's about white christian male superiority, heterosexual male

more than just plain racism. Anybody who denies that prefers living in denial.

[BlooInBloo]

3. I can't recall ever seeing anybody ever say it's racism and *nothing* else...

Got a link?

[sandnsea]

8. Racism is part of a sense of superiority n/t

[BlooInBloo]

9. Can you give me a single example of the denial you referred to? Or is it just a purely...

theoretical possibility with no actual instance anywhere in reality?

[sandnsea]

11. Well Obama did, for one

I really have no clue what you're upset about.

[BlooInBloo]

16. Obama said it was racism and nothing else? Fascinating. Link please? Thanks!

[sandnsea]

19. Said it wasn't racism but was other things

Again, I've got no clue what you're upset about. I think you are reading more into a couple of sentences than I said.

[KoKo]

10. How would you characterize Lloyd Marcus's performance there?

Trashing Obama. The only Black Face in the crowd of White Folks. He's a darling of the "Tea-Baggers" having composed many anti-Obama Songs for them (Google: Lloyd Markus)there's many of his RW Compositions there on You Tube for your edification and enlightenment. :-(

[sandnsea]

12. Misguided. Paid well. Only he knows for sure n/t

[KoKo]

14. No obligation to his heritage...or what folks went through...that's my point...sadly. n/t

[sandnsea]

20. What's that got to do with Jimmy Carter? n/t

[uppityperson]

21. The only black face and I love the confused looks when he says "I am not an african-american"

They are thinking "wtf? but, but, but, he's....black!" and then he says he was born in "america" and CHEERS!!!!! "hey guys, see! we're not bigots!"

good grief. What a tool.

[Tansy_Gold]

7. "White" comes first, though. It's the first and most important

dividing line.

In terms of who is better than, higher on the totem pole than, more important than, white always trumps (>) :

White male > black male

White female > black female

Male > Female except

White female > black male.

White christian male > black christian male

White gay male > black straight male
("They" can justify this by asserting that "gay" is a choice, which means that white gay guy really could be a white straight guy if he wanted to, and therefore there's no contradiction. Of course a white straight guy is still > a white gay guy, but long as he's white, he's "better.")

Look at any combination you want, and as long as one is white and one is black, the white will always be perceived -- by "them" -- as superior, as more deserving, as more legitimate.

The wingnuts would've hated Hillary Clinton as president, but they would not have protested her legitimacy the way they are Obama's. She might be (in their view) a man-hating lesbian, but she's white. And that's all that really matters to them.

Whatever other aspects anyone brings in, ultimately it's all about race. Oh, they'll say it's about other things, but they're lying, even if they're lying to themselves. Their whole worldview is based on the assumption that white people rule. That worldview has been shaken to its very core and they just can't deal with it.

Most of them are southerners who grew up in a society that either was overtly segregated or was overtly resistant to desegregation. Some of them are victims of the "reagan democrat" ideology: people who were made to see people of color as threats to their livelihoods, while of course we all know that it was reagan's own anti-union policies that posed the real threat. And some are just people who were raised for some reason or other to believe white folks is best.

Obama can't address this directly, but he (or Axelrod or Emmanuel or someone) needs to get some heavy-hitting surrogates out there to counter the limbaugh spew of let's go back to segregated buses and segregated hotels and while we're at it let's just return to lynchings and. . . .well, you see what a slippery slope that is.

Obama attempted to address this with the response to the Rev. Wright crap, but it wasn't enough, and it didn't last long enough. Also, what he could do it as a candidate, he can't do as president, and the problem hasn't gone away. Race is still an issue in this country, and pretending it doesn't exist is not gonna solve it.


Tansy Gold

[KG]

4. geez, what a tool!

not you. :P

[Sarah Ibarruri]

5. There have always existed people who hate themselves

They'll use themselves as causes to serve those who hate them the most. It's a form of masochism. Like a spouse that remains with an abuser.

[KoKo]

6. What's worrysome ...is how do they attain power that the rest of us never have...

no matter how hard we work...walking streets for candidates, being engaged in our local politics, and faxing and phoning and doing everything we can to make change. But...in the end...this guy rides high..and we are out there not wanting to talk against him because he's an African-American...or some other group like "Irish-Catholic, etc" and yet he spreads his hate and ends up with Multi-Millions because he goes with a group who would be happy to see him swinging from the oak tree by his neck rather than give him or others the most basic rights in America.

This guy symbolizes ...like the Wall St. Thugs...what is so WRONG WITH AMERICA TODAY!

Not a black or brown face in that crowd ...but he's probably making millions...

:shrug:

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

22. Millions?

Okay, let's calm down a sec........

[Sarah Ibarruri]

23. Republicans hire self-loathing minorities they can use to speak out agianst the minorities nt

[lame54]

13. a gay black republican...

:wtf: :silly: :wow: :shrug:

[KoKo]

15. I'd say he's a "theatrical guy"...song and dance and only way to make a living is to go Right Wing?

Those old Fred Astaire movies are "long in the tooth." What's a person of "talent" to do these days?

Go to the Right WING? What does that say? All creatives...to the back of the bus...unless you are Republican? :shrug:

He's a "user" for sure...but what if he REALLY BELIEVES THIS SHIT? Then we got BIG PROBLEMS.

[lame54]

18. watch this...

http://www.foxnews.com/video/index.html?playerId=videolandingpage&streamingFormat=FLASH&referralObject=3958230&referralPlaylistId=undefined

[Joe Fields]

17. I don't think you listened to what President Carter actually said.

[KoKo]

24. Yes...I did ...and he truly believes what he says...but he doesn't see the folks like Marcus...

and the others. Folks who sell against their own...forgetting history who make money off being the "contrarian" that they use to sell and sell and sell. Carter remembers the time he lived in. He doesn't grasp the greed of the times we are in now.

[josephmink]

25. does not make sense

If it was about racism then Obama would not have gotten voted in as President in the first place

[sandnsea]

26. More Arkansans voted for Kerry than Obama

Explain that.