Obama: "Trayvon Could Have Been Me..."

[Pliny]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

Someone needs to ask Obama if he would have sucker punched GZ and then Ground and pounded him

The answer is yes he would.

He would do exactly what he is doing now.

He "sucker punched" GZ legally by trumping up charges.
Now he is doing the "ground and pound" by targeting GZ with civil rights violations and the civil suits.

Reports are that the Justice dept. paid for many of the demonstrations against GZ.

[odooley6985]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

What I walked away with from his speech is that the problems that blacks are having is going back to "slavery".

He wouldnt know anything about African Americans and their slavery experience. I am pretty sure no one in his family genealogy was ever a slave

[Sasha]

I'm puzzled as to why GZ has become the most hated man on the planet. There are much more vile people walking around in complete freedom that make me look like Mother Teresa.

If TM had killed GZ, GZ would have been hailed a hero and TM would have been tried as an adult and sentenced to life in prison. However, I doubt we would be talking about how GZ was killed because he was a white or Hispanic man in the wrong place, minding his own business and that if he were black, TM wouldn't have killed him. I also doubt the president would be continuing to speak against TM. I doubt white and Hispanic men would be stating that if they had a son, brother, cousin, he would look like GZ.

Ridiculous. Let it go already!

[Sasha]

Originally Posted by odooley6985

He wouldnt know anything about African Americans and their slavery experience. I am pretty sure no one in his family genealogy was ever a slave

Great point!!!!

[Praxeas]

I listened to him say how you hear doors lock when a black man walks across the street....Well I alwaysd lock my car door even when nobody is there or when there is someone of any color.

In fact people lock their doors if I am there.

Elevator and a woma by herself clutching her purse? Happens to me when I get on a elevator too and she is alone. I see the same nervousness too. Maybe if I wore a suit it would not happen

[Sasha]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

I listened to him say how you hear doors lock when a black man walks across the street....Well I alwaysd lock my car door even when nobody is there or when there is someone of any color.

In fact people lock their doors if I am there.

Elevator and a woma by herself clutching her purse? Happens to me when I get on a elevator too and she is alone. I see the same nervousness too. Maybe if I wore a suit it would not happen

Also, don't wear your shirt that says, "I'm a felon." Also, don't wear the one that says, "I'm the nightmare your momma warned you about."

[FlamingZword]

So is the president confessing that 35 years ago he was a pot smoking, gun brandishing thug??

[crakjak]

Originally Posted by FlamingZword

So is the president confessing that 35 years ago he was a pot smoking, gun brandishing thug??

He was a thug community organizer less than 35 years ago, doing the bidding of the Daley pol machine!!

[canam]

Would that it were Bo Bo ! When he mentions the 6 to 11 black on black murders each weekend in Chicago ,1200 for the year, then i will listen to him !

[ILG]

Originally Posted by n david

So I'm watching the video of Obama giving his views about TM, etc etc and I wondered....why is Obama talking about this. He knows it's a hugely divisive issue; he knows he's going to take a lot of heat for commenting on it and taking TM's side on the issue.

Then it dawns on me....Obama had to control the news cycle. This is BRILLIANT strategy by Obama and the West Wing of the WH.

Today it was announced that Detroit filed for bankruptcy; and anyone who pays attention in politics can well remember Obama's victory lap around Detroit, where he proclaimed that he and his administration did not let Detroit go bankrupt. Obama also blasted Romney for saying he would allow Detroit to file bankruptcy, that it would be a good thing for the city to do so. Obama jumped all over Romney's comments.

Well here we are less than a year later and Detroit is bankrupt.

So, Obama had a choice. Either get pummeled for his premature celebration, or be the darling of MSNBC and the blacks that he is and shift focus from Detroit to his "surprise" appearance at the WH Press Conference.

Good politics. Dumb Presidential move, IMO makes him racially-biased, small and stupid for taking TM's side; but a brilliant political move.

That's what I wuz a'thinkin'. Man, that makes me mad. Obama is making such racist comments, it's unbelievable.