http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/05/us08-media-wrap-hills-prepares-to-close-the-book/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:54:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/05/us08-media-wrap-hills-prepares-to-close-the-book/#comment-25760 Marilyn Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-25760 The US have had a talking dummy as president for nearly 8 years, I think the US media who all supported his gung ho romp to war are just hedging their bets with nonsense. The US have had a talking dummy as president for nearly 8 years, I think the US media who all supported his gung ho romp to war are just hedging their bets with nonsense.

]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/05/us08-media-wrap-hills-prepares-to-close-the-book/#comment-25761 Tony Papafilis Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-25761 Washington Post piece highlights the problem for Obama - he's a looney lefty whose politics have been somewhat hidden by the race issue. If he was an Italian (for example) that talked about Italians the way he talks of black Americans as if nobody else exists, he would be denounced as un-American. All this race sensitivity by the lefty whites is the real racism. Why not judge him by his intellect and ideas rather than skin colour. Hasn't the whole race politics thing over the past 40 odd years been about people not being judged by their colour? So why does he refer to "his" people when talking about blacks? Are other Americans not his people? He is not even black as an American but a Kenyan so he really has no basis to claim any stronger affinity with black than white Americans excpet to play the race card for own selfish interest. That makes him a racist which is not what people want of a US President. Washington Post piece highlights the problem for Obama - he’s a looney lefty whose politics have been somewhat hidden by the race issue. If he was an Italian (for example) that talked about Italians the way he talks of black Americans as if nobody else exists, he would be denounced as un-American. All this race sensitivity by the lefty whites is the real racism. Why not judge him by his intellect and ideas rather than skin colour. Hasn’t the whole race politics thing over the past 40 odd years been about people not being judged by their colour? So why does he refer to “his” people when talking about blacks? Are other Americans not his people? He is not even black as an American but a Kenyan so he really has no basis to claim any stronger affinity with black than white Americans excpet to play the race card for own selfish interest. That makes him a racist which is not what people want of a US President.

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