Don't Support Obama's Health Care Reform? You Might be a Racist
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This doesn't really shock me. Folks say that their disdain for the President has nothing to do with race. Anecdotally, at least, coming from the buckle of the Bible Belt, I'd have to say that such claims are utter horseshit. At least now we're starting to see the emergence of some research which might actually bear that out. |
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I heard this on the radio this morning and I'm not surprised.
In my personal experience, though, I've seen a lot of people support Barama blindly just because he's Black. Of course, I'm thinking of a demographic (middle-aged Black women) who are pretty solidly Democratic so they'd be supportive of Bill Clinton as well. |
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Munchkin03, with all due respect, my nephews used to say "gotta go poop-poop...stink-stink..." but that doesn't mean a healthy-minded adult should say that when the adult needs to use the restroom. Adults who can type and say the President's name should type and say the President's name--there is no "(President) Barama."
Moreover, depending on who used "Barama," I would feel as though the President was being mocked in addition to mocking names of certain ethnic and cultural origins. |
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And Dr. Phil, there's nothing wrong with a grown adult going poop poop..stink stink.... |
I've read the study. It seems fair.
Anecdotally, as I said, there are a lot of angry racist white folks right now. It's hard to coexist with them and not be constantly picking fights. It's even worse when you get to rural Oklahoma. I can't imagine Texas is any better. |
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This one seems to have been very careful about setting flat baselines (making both sponsors strong liberals so conservatives would dislike it equally, for example). And I would be very leery of any question that said "some people..." but that also makes for an interesting alternative. Changing subject slightly, have you read about No Labels? This seems like a great organization and I love their ideas, and perish the thought, it was started by a couple Republicans. www.nolabels.org/work ... |
The study, IIRC, takes more reputable polls and distills information from them.
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I would have liked to see them compare Obama to someone else, someone more current in politics. I've heard that past presidents are typically looked upon more favorably as time passes (barring scandal i.e. Nixon) plus Clinton is better liked than Obama IMHO. I think his time in office is looked at more favorably. Good economy, pre-9/11, no wars...the good ole days. I've even heard people say they wish that Hillary would have won so Bill Clinton could be in the WH again. |
With all the crying that happened at Nixon's funeral, I would say he was probably redeemed a GREAT deal. You have to admit that he did things no one else was brave enough to do (i.e. reaching out to China) and let's face it...even if he would have done everything right the press would have hated him anyway.
American Experience just did a show on Clinton, and it really hits home what a perfect storm he got dropped into (i.e. with Newt G being Speaker) and what a polarizing figure he was...he just made it worse by not being able to keep his dick in his pants. |
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And isn't every president doomed to be a polarizing figure? It seems that no matter what you do or say as long as you associate with a political party the other half of the country isn't going to agree with you or your policies. |
They were just saying that it went beyond "I don't care for Jimmy Carter" to the point that people PASSIONATELY LOVED or PASSIONATELY HATED Clinton. I'm not sure that was him specifically though, rather the way the media/the country is going. There is no "middle" anymore.
And yes, when Kennedy was alive only something like 30% of people in a poll said they voted for him. After he was assassinated, it went up to 70%. |
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