Comments on: Obama: Ricci “Moved the Ball” on Race

By: Pvhajmlz

Pvhajmlz — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:10:12 +0000

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By: G.A.Phillips

G.A.Phillips — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:02:50 +0000

Arguably those two are just continuations of Bush's policies (slight variation, Bush was interested in killing adults and babies and a different approach to ruining the economy).

ya , lol I forgot......
I ask a serious question, and I get lies and stupidity........

Your sanity...next question...

Im not the one worshiping a neopagan new age Nazi.......

Next question lol........

my country as gone to the donkeys.....

By: An Interested Party

An Interested Party — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:09:35 +0000

Did I miss anything?

Your sanity...next question...

By: ggr

ggr — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:37:09 +0000

NO.1 make sure to provide tax money to abort..er,murder babies over seas....

NO.2 Destroy the economy....

Arguably those two are just continuations of Bush's policies (slight variation, Bush was interested in killing adults and babies and a different approach to ruining the economy).

The more things change ... and people wonder why half of eligible voters don't bother to cast a ballot.

By: G.A.Phillips

G.A.Phillips — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:28:07 +0000

Could someone please tell me what this actually means?

I will...

He is saying that reverse racism ain't that big of a deal,and in fact his Reverend showed him were it said it was OK in the bible......

lol, but on a serious note:

It doesn't keep him up at night, isn't on his list of the 100 Most Important Issues Facing the Country.

NO.1 make sure to provide tax money to abort..er,murder babies over seas....

NO.2 Destroy the economy....

NO.3 implement socialism....

No4.?

Did I miss anything?

By: BJ

BJ — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:42:24 +0000

Could someone please tell me what this actually means?

He's saying that he's not caught up in the AA debate the way much of the country is. It doesn't keep him up at night, isn't on his list of the 100 Most Important Issues Facing the Country. Not denying the existence of Obamaspeak, but I thought that statement was pretty straight forward. Also, I don't think he's criticizing the decision at all.

By: floyd

floyd — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:08:42 +0000

Steve;
Just as it takes two to tango, it would take an open minded liberal to listen objectively as to what government's role on race relations ought to be. If such a person exists, he is indeed rare.
Race relations in America are agenda driven from the "nanny state left" to such a degree that any attempt to do the "right" thing would be met with a murderous uprising from the Democrats who maintain their power base by the exploitation of gender, race, and ethnic based politics.
The very condescension that is exercised in the guise of support must first be eradicated if we ever hope to treat minorities as they deserve to be treated. That is as equals without burden or privilege in a society that must sooner or later refuse to allow the eye of the law to discriminate.

By: Dodd

Dodd — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:22:07 +0000

I’ve always believe that affirmative action was less of an issue or should be less of an issue than it has been made out to be in news reports

Could someone please tell me what this actually means? This is classic Obamaspeak in that it sounds like he's said something heady when he's actually saying it, but when you look at the words in cold, hard print, they don't actually say much. Still, if there's anything more substantive here than cotton candy, I'd love to hear the translation.

By: G.A.Phillips

G.A.Phillips — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:52:59 +0000

I would like to see some credible thinker on the conservative side make an affirmative case for what should be done about race issues in the US. We have many who opine on what should not be done. Ideally this would done from an historical perspective.

OK, name some race issues......

By: steve

steve — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:28:05 +0000

I would like to see some credible thinker on the conservative side make an affirmative case for what should be done about race issues in the US. We have many who opine on what should not be done. Ideally this would done from an historical perspective.

Steve

By: floyd

floyd — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:25:37 +0000

"""Moving the ball forward" is a good thing, isn't it?"" """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Which end of the field [or court] is forward?

By: Furhead

Furhead — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:01:04 +0000

Is "moving the ball" a criticism? I was actually trying to figure out what he meant by it. "Moving the ball forward" is a good thing, isn't it?

By: odograph

odograph — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:00:22 +0000

I wouldn't call what you quoted there "criticism," it comes across to me more as observation, with insight to his perspective.

By: ptfe

ptfe — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:48:04 +0000

"Constant" is a pretty strong word, but my experience is generally that the use of this sort of emphatic correlates with the number of examples approaching typical math answers: infinity, 1, or 0. I can't think of a single instance where the president (or anyone) was accused of "undermining the legitimacy of the courts" simply by disagreeing with a ruling. Of course, I'd be happy to entertain evidence of this if it exists. (Incidentally, the idea of an "independent judiciary" typically came up re: DoJ, which was clearly pushing a political agenda under Bush. That has nothing to do with criticism of court rulings.)

By: Davebo

Davebo — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:30:25 +0000

If that passes for criticism of the court it's pretty weak tea.