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Originally Posted by n david
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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Take it however you would like to take it.
It would have been highly inappropriate for the President to not have said anything to show empathy.
The President didn't divide us-- the media did. Besides, we really weren't that divided-- there were plenty of people of all races from all over the country participating in demonstrations for the purpose of demanding legal action.
The President made one error in the beginning of his Presidency, and everyone else in the country has moved on, except for you.
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