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'Obama's Right Mistake'

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Comrades, our glorious useful idiots at The Racist Root (a website, frequently listed on MSNBC's homepage, that entices race-war and class hatred to bring about the subversion of the Western world) published this wonderful article on Obamas presidency, the critics from the Left, and the extremist right-wing radikkkals that have taken hold of the Repuiblikkkan Party.

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Here are some excerpts from this article:

Lawrence Bobo, The Root wrote:President Barack Obama is being pilloried from all sides. The far left doesn't understand why corporate America and Wall Street bankers have not yet been rendered penniless by the government. What remains of the so-called Clinton left can't understand why anyone would have a civil conversation with a Republican. The independents and a dwindling number of thinking Republicans hear the continuous roar of criticism and are beginning to assume that, heck, there sure is a lot of smoke; therefore, there must be a fire. And the far right, of course, is locked in a blood-chilling howl of undying outrage at the fact that the president of the United States is not just a Democrat, but he's an African American, too.

Lawrence Bobo, The Root wrote: ...let me say that the real problem here is much simpler. It involves a noxious combination of a failed media, political extremists on the right and a seemingly natural inclination for vicious internal fighting on the left. The end result is stagnation at a moment when we as a nation can least afford it.

Lawrence Bobo, The Root wrote:Of the three problems, the failures of the media irk me the most. Journalists do have an obligation to report “the news.” They must also strive to do so in a manner that is as free as possible of bias. This stricture, however, does not relieve the media of an equal obligation to show good judgment. The absurd and alarmist claims made by critics of the Obama health care reform plans were too long treated as serious charges. Moreover, the readiness to transmit to the world the image of Obama with Hitler's mustache and to seriously treat claims that he is a“socialist,” or now, according to the bigot Rush Limbaugh, a “fascist,”border on the criminally reckless.

Lawrence Bobo, The Root wrote:More important for me, Obama is the quintessential cosmopolite. He is the community organizer; the small ‘d' democrat, the natural born bridge-builder, the true avatar of tolerance, civility and affirmation of common humanity. That American news media have played a largely passive role as extremists depict him as a Hitlerian proto-fascist is a shame that will not soon be undone. A truly pathetic performance all around by our major media outlets.

Lawrence Bobo, The Root wrote: This brings me to the right-wing extremists. These people lost a free and fair election. Obama is right to sense that their hold on American politics will continue to diminish. Part of the “right mistake” here is for Obama to continue to hold out the hope and possibility of bipartisanship in order to reveal just how irrational, counterproductive, extreme and arguably dangerous many of the forces now driving the Republican Party have become. The moment reminds me less of the Clinton era's failed health care reform effort and more of Newt Gingrich's undoing as he sought to shut down the federal government. Clinton wisely let Gingrich's destructive strategy play out. And it did so, thankfully, to Gingrich's eventual undoing.

Lawrence Bobo, The Root wrote: We all just spent several days extolling the career and accomplishments of the late Massachusetts senator, Ted Kennedy. He was the keeper of the liberal flame in American politics and yet managed regularly to work with Republicans on legislation that advanced his political commitments. There is much concern that the coming battle for successful health care reform will be much harder without his presence and the type of leadership he long provided.

Lawrence Bobo, The Root wrote:And yet we don't hear from the left that Kennedy failed his principles or core constituencies by having been such an effective bipartisan legislator. It puzzles and disappoints me that Obama faces such charges for attempting the same thing.

Lawrence Bobo, The Root wrote: I share the view from some critics that Obama must now step out more strongly and clearly (and one hopes persuasively) with his message on health care reform. The moment for letting others carry the message is behind us. The president must take ownership of this issue and of the direction in which he wants this discussion to head.

Lawrence Bobo, The Root wrote:Indeed, let me go a step farther and offer the modest proposal that those on the left recognize Obama as their best and finest hope, the keeper of the flame in our time, as Ted Kennedy did with his endorsement during the 2008 campaign. The effort at bipartisanship on health care reform may be nearing its end. But the fealty Obama has shown to creating such an ideological- and political party-spanning reach for a major policy change is in every respect the right mistake.

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The Root seems to tie alot of racism into their articles. They are having a field day with the S.A. runner Caster Semenya.

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This reads much like a rant by the MIA Chairman Punchenko, PBUH. Gave me a few chuckles.

Also brought up a mental image of a prog in a bubble. Too bad I don't have time to photoshop it right now.

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Comrade Merciful Kim Jung-Il,

Are you certain that the author of these excellent works of literary erudition is not Lawrence Boob?

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The Dyslexic Prog Bobo will now join the gallery of other People's Cube characters, like the Dyslexic Muslims burning the effigy of Popeye, and the Dyslexic Republicans who though of Hillary every time the news anchor told a story of the baby polar bear Knut.

(I still don't understand why the German zookeepers were not allowed to name a baby monkey Obama but it was OK to name a baby polar bear after Hillary).

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My glorious little boxer was named "Bobo". She was a pain in the ass. I finally had to ship her off to a farm where she could run free and not be able to nip at young children in the park. But, I regress, there is no similarity with Mr. Bozo (oops, Bobo). Mr. Bobo had a better resume, then my little nipper:

[HIGHLIGHT=#d8d8d8]Lawrence D. Bobo is the W. E. B. Du Bois Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University. He holds appointments in the Department of Sociology and the Department of African and African American Studies. His research focuses on the intersection of social inequality, politics, and race. [/HIGHLIGHT]

[HIGHLIGHT=#ffffff]Does anyone know where that intersection is? I've been driving around and I haven't found it![/HIGHLIGHT]

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Comrade Lenin Grad,

Don't you mean taking public transit, bicycling, or walking around? I would add riding various animals, but that would be oppressive and exploitative.


 
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