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Obama did this with the Gates situation- his initial reaction about the stupidity of the cop was accurate. But because the MA cops (and cops in general) were offended, he backtracked, “calibrated” his words differently, and ended up having a shallow photo opt and friendly powwow with a cop that violated the civil liberties of a law abiding African American. What kind of message did this send to the vulnerable black youth who have their civil liberties violated by cops on the daily? More importantly, what kind of message did this send to cops that violate the civil liberties of vulnerable black youth on the daily?

I believe that Joe Wilson is a Southern Dixiecrat (figuratively speaking) and was motivated by race as Jimmy Carter suggest. I also believe the anti government Tea Parties and health care Town halls were motivated by race as well. It’s the elephant in the room.

I have no desire for the president to get into a racial food fight, but how can people defend him from these vicious attacks when he won’t even defend himself? How can we as a nation properly defend those who are the most consistent victims of racism, when the Commander and Chief of this nation is in no position politically (ironically because of his race!) to defend the consistent victims of racism?

I must say back when BET had the BET news with Sheryl Miller and Courtland Milloy would do the commentary. I will say you can tell Courtland came from a strict household. This man speaks the TRUTH excpet for his homophobia feelings. But he's right on spot with this one!

I gotta onehundred dollars to place against you!

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By Courtland Milloy
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

On several occasions this year, President Obama has expressed with certain bravado a threat to “call out” anyone who would undermine his reform efforts. The problem is that the Ivy League gentleman from Hawaii appears not to have mastered this coarsened art of the streetwise rebuke and, as a result, he tends to come off as bluffing.

“If you misrepresent what's in this [health care] plan, we will call you out,” Obama told a joint session of Congress last week. Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) apparently knew better. He not only misrepresented the plan but also interrupted Obama's speech to call the president a liar.

Sure enough, Obama did not call him out.

Let's face it: Our articulate and mild-mannered president doesn't have the stomach for the kind of merciless ridicule that one uses to expose and embarrass political hypocrites and scoundrels. But if Obama is going to keep threatening to call people out — as if he were from the streets and not just someone who used to work in the streets — the least he can do is learn the fundamentals.

Otherwise, he's just selling wolf tickets — writing macho bad checks with his mouth and leaving others to cover the racial overdraft.

Some people don't believe Wilson's outburst had anything to do with race. They'll tell you it's democracy in action. But tell that to the many African Americans who know first-hand the subtlety of post-racial slights. What had been our excitement over Obama's election is rapidly becoming consternation at a marked increase in racism and attendant racial disparities — in health, income, jobs and housing — to say nothing of Obama's abject refusal to even broach the subject of race.
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Talk about clueless.

Clyburn was reportedly exasperated that Obama advisers, who are overwhelmingly white, had urged the president to publicly forgive a man who would not publicly apologize and simply forget about the insult.

And yet, many African Americans just don't have that luxury. We know that part of the price we must pay for having a black president is finding ways to cope with a growing racial backlash.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar…

Doesn't Anderson Cooper repeat? I wanna see that!

i wonder does he really believe what he is saying?