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Topic: Many African-Americans concerned about Obama’s focus on immigrant rights |
Many African-Americans concerned about Obama’s focus on immigrant rights
McClatchy Newspapers, by William Douglas and Franco Ordonez
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Posted By:earlybird, 2/12/2013 9:26:29 AM
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| WASHINGTON — No sooner did President Barack Obama and a group of senators separately outline proposals to revamp the nation’s immigration system than the phone lines on several African-American-oriented talk radio shows heated up with callers blasting the plans. “Amnesty,” complained Frankie from Maryland recently on the nationally syndicated “Keeping it Real with Al Sharpton.” (Snip) “Our issues are not being highlighted and pushed, and things like gay marriage and (immigration) are being pushed to the forefront,” the caller said. “Hispanics are effectively organized. For us not to be organized and for us not to hold our leadership accountable
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Comments: When you deal in special interest pandering politics, thisis what you get...with Al Sharpton et al stirring the pot.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Newtsche, 2/12/2013 9:28:20 AM (No. 9171723)
Those concerned will realize it´s Zip after all, he´s one of them sorta, so, yeah, it´s all good.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
SoCalGal, 2/12/2013 9:31:14 AM (No. 9171729)
The community is restless. He "owes" them:
FTA:
Bernard Anderson, an Obama supporter and a former assistant labor secretary during Bill Clinton’s presidency, recently told an African-American economic summit at Washington’s Howard University that African-Americans should no longer give Obama “a pass” on dealing with issues that directly impact their community.
“He is not going to run again for anything. He does not deserve a pass anymore,” Anderson said. “Let him not only find his voice but summon his courage and use his political capital to address racial inequality. He owes that to the African-American.”
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Mr. Hanky, 2/12/2013 9:32:58 AM (No. 9171735)
Bwahahaha! You idiots didn´t care what he was ´about´ or his policies, only his skin color.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Pros7767, 2/12/2013 9:35:15 AM (No. 9171739)
Fools all. He got your vote. He could care less about you now!
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Roberto 22, 2/12/2013 9:44:38 AM (No. 9171767)
Why worry about a group that you already have in your pckt....
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
navybrat, 2/12/2013 9:45:32 AM (No. 9171770)
Obama has the majority black support no matter what he does. He does not have to please them to get their vote. He must pander for the immigrant vote for the dem party. He must also make up phony womens´ issues to get the vote of uninformed, low information women voters.
Don´t worry minority voters, he got your vote and does not need you now. Shut up and get out of his way until the next election when the dems need your votes.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
harleynyc, 2/12/2013 9:46:00 AM (No. 9171773)
muslims are amused with the free stuff battle between blacks and hispanics. obama weakens the U.S. while islam continues it´s invasion.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
NorthernDog, 2/12/2013 9:48:31 AM (No. 9171782)
FTA: Some members of the Congressional Black Caucus are quietly seething because Obama hasn’t met with the 42-member group since May 13, 2011.
Why should he? An automatic 95% of the black vote means he doesn´t have to give you diddly-squat.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
mythman, 2/12/2013 10:05:26 AM (No. 9171833)
It´s morning in the Black Community.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Jethro bo, 2/12/2013 10:05:30 AM (No. 9171834)
When a group can be relied upon to vote 95+% based solely on race or party, then don´t expect any favors. Votes are to be bought and the AA community has sold their votes as cheap as possible. However, the competition, Hispanics, have not reliably sold their votes. Thus, the Dems will sacrifice the AA community in order to buy Hispanic votes. It’s just good old fashion competition. If the AA community wants to now compete with illegals for the jobs available to them, then continue to sell the AA community votes for next to nothing. Oh, and playing the race card isn´t going to work on Illegals. They cdon´t care and feel tey are discriminated by AAs.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
veritas, 2/12/2013 10:05:48 AM (No. 9171839)
"Our issues"? One could puke.
"Immigrant rights"? One could puke.
"Address racial inequality"? Well, after I puke, I´ll ask Mr. Anderson a question or two. Explain where that "racial inequality" exists. If you refer to a racial group that often has higher unemployment and lower incomes than another racial group, maybe members of that first group too-frequently bring far fewer positives and far more negatives to employers? Maybe? Maybe some critical negatives are self-selected? Maybe another critical negative [let´s see... who´s on the right slope? who´s on the left slope?] cannot possibly be addressed by any gov´t policy? Maybe?
FTA: ...African-Americans who gave him 93 percent of their vote.... Some members of the Congressional Black Caucus are quietly seething because Obama hasn’t met with the 42-member group since May 13, 2011. Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla. .... said the black caucus sent the White House the names of 61 potential candidates for positions in a second-term administration.... "Not one of that 61 was selected – not one"....
Let´s see -- a population segment acted stupidly, and is now unhappy about being treated as though stupid. I think that´s it. Alcee? H-e-l-l-o-o-o? [Alcee, stupid enough to get impeached and removed, is surprised he´s stupid enough to get fleeced. Heh, heh, heh.]
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Lt.Mom, 2/12/2013 10:09:30 AM (No. 9171853)
FTA - “Hispanics are effectively organized. For us not to be organized and for us not to hold our leadership accountable is disheartening.”
In other words, we want our piece of the pie. Division of the spoils of war. So that´s how it ends; a race to the bottom of the barrel for a country that was founded on a higher vision, that was once was a light to the world.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
stablemoney, 2/12/2013 10:12:49 AM (No. 9171858)
Obama is exotic, never raised in America, and has none of its values. So black, aka African Americans, can just get used to the fact that he does not give a d--- about you. Obama is interested in communism, climate change, immigration to perpetuate Obama power, and gay rights to legitimize his and Mooch´s marriage.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
GringoinQuito, 2/12/2013 10:23:24 AM (No. 9171898)
You helped put him in office...live with it! You got what you deserved.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
coldoc, 2/12/2013 10:26:44 AM (No. 9171909)
Blacks have insisted on following the victimology route courtesy of the sharptons, jacksons, and farrakhans. They consistently vote democrat, enabling the continuation of the eugenics program fostered by planned parenthood. They ensure their becoming a demographic of shrinking significance. Hispanics will dictate the future of this country. Blacks will not.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
califedup, 2/12/2013 10:29:10 AM (No. 9171915)
What´s an African American? Is that someone who used to live in Africa but is now a naturalized citizen? Also Africa is a continent and not a country and contains all different colors of people so how can this label apply only to black Americans and for that matter why are so many Americans buying into this fake deliberately racist divisive label?
So again I pose the question what is an African American? Can someone point out a prominent "African American" as an example?
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
bpl40, 2/12/2013 10:32:14 AM (No. 9171921)
This is an unseemly battle for the spoils of victimology. Nothing for mainstream America to cheer about.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
InOhio, 2/12/2013 10:44:02 AM (No. 9171949)
#6 and many others: said it all.
They will continue to back him no matter how it hurts them. If they could vote for him again, they would. It´s pathetic, and very very dangerous, but some of us know that.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
CEP, 2/12/2013 10:45:28 AM (No. 9171953)
Well they better get on board and learn spanish.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
ratslayer, 2/12/2013 11:07:11 AM (No. 9171996)
But we be gettin "sail foams". Poor, poor people. Getting crumbs from govt. and have to get used to it cos it won´t get better.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
veritas, 2/12/2013 11:10:08 AM (No. 9172001)
re #19, from "Get Shorty":
Chili Palmer [aside]: C´mon, you can do better than him [referring to Big Daddy´s role as muscle and driver for Ray "Bones" Barboni].
Big Daddy [holding a straight razor to Chili´s throat]: Not these days. Not ´less you speak Spanish.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
southernboy, 2/12/2013 11:22:54 AM (No. 9172030)
Me! Me! It’s all about me!!
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
bighambone, 2/12/2013 11:32:49 AM (No. 9172059)
As American citizens, black people should be highly ticked off, as illegal aliens are holding down millions of jobs in this country that black people could be doing when the black unemployment rate is the highest of any tribe in America, and Obama with his over the top pandering for Hispanic votes is facilitating all that.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
MMSgranny, 2/12/2013 11:49:26 AM (No. 9172103)
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. SOS. I have become thoroughly convinced Obama could line 500-1000 black children up and kill them in front of everyone; and he would still get 93+% of the black vote. It´s sick. It´s unfortunately what we are all up against.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Nevadadad46, 2/12/2013 12:22:27 PM (No. 9172173)
And they can take their concern, blend it with a dollar and buy a cup of McDonald´s java. They voted in a monster and he does not give a scatological sample about their "concerns". Too bad (though hilarious) when LoInfo voters get the little bit of bad news they can understand about their voting selection.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
antiquegolf, 2/12/2013 12:32:26 PM (No. 9172197)
Reply 23 is spot on. Blacks have been severely impacted by the illegal alien invasion. mexicans have taken jobs away from blacks. What´s more, the overwhelming supply of cheap laborers have driven down wages for unskilled and semi-skilled jobs which is demoralizing for blacks who can´t find work that pays a living wage. The descendants of slaves have paid the biggest price for our politicians corrupt open border policies. The concern expressed by African-Americans on this topic is 35 years too late.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
bob913, 2/12/2013 12:40:50 PM (No. 9172215)
You like that 20%++ unemployment? Then you will love the 50% unemployment.
obama will show his concern by going on many muti million dollar vacations at your expense.
Suckers!
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
mustang flyer, 2/12/2013 12:55:08 PM (No. 9172245)
And the Lord said "for all things give thanks..." Are the blacks aware what ´the war on poverty´ was all about? It was about trying to float the standard of living for blacks, to make them more equal by creating lower levels of achievement for them so they could ´more fairly´ compete. But have they? Trillions of dollars have been squandered on this ´war´ that cannot and will not be won because the objects of this fight want it all given to them with no effort on their part. Obama has continued helping by giving unemployment monies away for example, without anyone seeking employment...what a deal. Trillions spent with what results? Highest unemployment, highest illegitimate rate in the country with over 75% of ´fatherless´ babies and highest percentage rate of jailed felons. With nothing to crow about they support a black president with over 94% of their votes and can´t say or know why other than he is black. Now another ethnic group is getting rewarded for their votes with strong support and the black ´leadership´ wants to know ´where´s ours ?" How much more do you want? You are like used paper cups, no longer needed...you did your job now shut up and go away till you are needed again...feels good don´t it? By the way, where are the thanks for all you have already gotten?
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