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Nobody complained about this when Paul Ryan was a VP candidate *NM* Roland00 Send a noteboard - 05/06/2013 02:16:47 AM

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That particular point is absolutely true. Obama's family supported him materially. I don't believe he ever had to get a job to put himself through college or law school. Moreover, he never worked in a traditional job setting - he went from a political job (community organizer) to a political job (pro bono politicized work briefly at a law firm) to academia (professor) to a political job (Illinois representative, then immediately US Senator for a term, then President).

I don't see any racism in that. I see a resentment of someone who is a bit privileged, perhaps, but not racism.


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/Batshit Insanity: Denizens of this site, I present to you a recent column by Orson Scott Card Larry - 04/06/2013 07:57:40 AM 1507 Views
It would probably make for a good book with name changes and set 20 years down the road Isaac - 04/06/2013 12:34:22 PM 915 Views
I'd drop "good" from the title *NM* Larry - 05/06/2013 07:24:00 AM 503 Views
I think you're overlooking how low the bar is Isaac - 05/06/2013 02:07:00 PM 961 Views
A mix of the batshit crazy and valid criticisms of the inept Obama. Tom - 04/06/2013 02:50:00 PM 1099 Views
Re: A mix of the batshit crazy and valid criticisms of the inept Obama. Isaac - 04/06/2013 05:32:08 PM 1031 Views
Pretty much, although I'm slightly more charitable toward Obama Larry - 05/06/2013 07:20:06 AM 1019 Views
But the Republicans have been willing to compromise Tom - 05/06/2013 02:37:42 PM 1025 Views
It's hard to read this. Ghavrel - 04/06/2013 03:43:08 PM 1033 Views
Also, Card sure thinks highly of himself, doesn't he? *NM* Ghavrel - 04/06/2013 03:44:37 PM 493 Views
I don't know where you get the racism in that statement Tom - 04/06/2013 03:54:30 PM 1038 Views
Oh, he's worked crap jobs too Isaac - 04/06/2013 05:51:39 PM 1031 Views
I found a full list: Tom - 04/06/2013 07:47:48 PM 1055 Views
Basically hes had a couple of part-time summer jobs or internships outside of politics. *NM* HyogaRott - 04/06/2013 08:04:36 PM 634 Views
OK did he ever have to have a real job to suopprt more than his pot habit? *NM* random thoughts - 05/06/2013 03:17:26 AM 518 Views
I hate playing Devil's Advocate for this guy but that would apply to a lot of college students *NM* Isaac - 05/06/2013 04:50:45 AM 513 Views
Nobody complained about this when Paul Ryan was a VP candidate *NM* Roland00 - 05/06/2013 02:16:47 AM 521 Views
Only black people are lazy bums who don't work. White people focus on their studies. *NM* Ghavrel - 05/06/2013 05:08:14 AM 492 Views
No. Tom - 05/06/2013 02:40:39 PM 995 Views
Depends on whether you think Rush Limbaugh and his ilk are mainstream or not, I guess. Ghavrel - 05/06/2013 06:00:51 PM 1010 Views
I thought the "NaPo" part was the more race-tinged part Larry - 05/06/2013 07:17:16 AM 1193 Views
Yes. That's clearly a "they're coming for your families, your children..." sort of fear-mongering. *NM* Tom - 05/06/2013 02:43:41 PM 493 Views
As opposed to anything else that OSC writes? *NM* Great Lord of Chaos - 08/06/2013 09:39:54 PM 777 Views
On behalf of Nigeria, I take offense at that. Legolas - 04/06/2013 08:44:36 PM 1061 Views
Kind of tangential, but what is his position on WMDs in Iraq? beetnemesis - 11/06/2013 05:24:53 PM 986 Views
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