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Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson
Obama's comment wasn't stupid.
He was empathetic.
I had empathy too.
Why wouldn't you want the President to speak about something that, at the time, was galvanizing the nation-- not just black people?
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Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson
Exactly.
Might have happened.
I used that phrase on purpose too because the President noticeably did not jump to any conclusions (publicly) on this case.
The President was displaying empathy in a time of widespread civil unrest.
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It wasn't right for the President to sanctimoniously insert himself into the discussion. He constantly claims he can't comment about ongoing investigations....yet whenever a black person is involved in a high profile case, he can't help himself. This wasn't the first time he did so. He made an incredibly ignorant and inflammatory remark about a white police officer...that the white officer acted stupidly. That, too, was before the facts were known and we found out it was the black Professor and not the white officer who acted stupidly.
"My main message is to the parents of Trayvon Martin. You know, if I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon. And, you know, I think they are right to expect that all of us as Americans are going to take this with the seriousness it deserves and that we're going to get to the bottom of what exactly happened."
ie, I'm black, your son's black...I got your back on this. Not only did it have racial tones and divided Americans into whites vs blacks, but he was saying "if I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon...." I'm the President, therefore my "son" (Trayvon) must be a good guy.
Look, if Obama wants to talk and stoke racial tension before a trial has even begun...he should have no problem commenting on Benghazi, IRS, Snowden, NSA, etc.
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