Obama tackles race anger in major speech

[AKA_Monet]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

This whole dispute is partisan.

That said, I could care less what Obama says about race. I'm scared of what he'd do to the country, and lets not forget, this is about political posturing, not about some altruistic move to heal a racial divide (except insofar as that brings more delegates). I don't think he's evil, and I don't think he's racist. I simply disagree with the idea that he is good for America, and some liberals (not necessarily on this board) don't understand that. There seems to be a mindset that if just fixes this one thing, we'll all come around. Not quite.

I am unclear what you mean by partisan. I only saw the dems responding to it. The repubs could care less... If that isn't what you mean, help me understand?

As far as what Obama will do to the country--that I am not scared of, from my perspective it is already bad and I can only go up from this lowly point I reside now... Aside from the fact will ANYTHING get done? Really?

And I agree with you, this is ALL about politics and posturing. He is NOT going to fix a racial divide created long before there was an America, but I also am not cynical to think this will NEVER be good for America. Someday we have to heal. When will that be? After a mushroom cloud and 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit? Just asking?

[AKA_Monet]

Interesting that Huckabee say this...

On MSNBC

[shinerbock]

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

I am unclear what you mean by partisan. I only saw the dems responding to it. The repubs could care less... If that isn't what you mean, help me understand?

As far as what Obama will do to the country--that I am not scared of, from my perspective it is already bad and I can only go up from this lowly point I reside now... Aside from the fact will ANYTHING get done? Really?

And I agree with you, this is ALL about politics and posturing. He is NOT going to fix a racial divide created long before there was an America, but I also am not cynical to think this will NEVER be good for America. Someday we have to heal. When will that be? After a mushroom cloud and 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit? Just asking?

AKA, I meant partisan in that people are taking sides on here based on their political ideology. Perhaps not the best wording, but I hope that clarifies. I think people on here who are die hard GOPers won't have anything good to say about it, while people on the left see no fault in Barack. Sure, this is a generalization, but that is often the tone on this site.

I don't think things can only go up from here. I think we can abandon Iraq and leave it to fester. Combine that with a President I think would be weak on terror, and we have a disaster. Also, you could have a weakened form of capitalism in the United States, another decade preaching reliance on the government, and judges appointed which agree with those views.

I hope we do heal. I think Obama probably wants that, but this speech doesn't happen unless the people in his life are exposed through conservative media outlets. I'm sure the speech is at least somewhat authentic, I just don't think his motives are to be applauded as though this came from nowhere. This is a classic situation of a politician (yes, Obama is one) trying to turn something bad into something more palatable.