Monday, June 11, 2012

Being too cool can be 'racially charged'

You learn something everyday it seems.  It now appears that being too cool can be seen as a code word for racial overtones between those horrid conservatives and Tea Party republicans and replulicans et al.

Really? Is there noting that is beyond the reproach of the CBC and other racially motivated water carriers for this president? Four years ago there was absolutely nothing that could be said or done to inquire about the man's history, his background or his lack of qualifications and lack of record.

And now that he has a record of almost four years of failure, some are beginning to go back and have a look at some of the past. And predictably so, the CBC and others immediately cry fowl and racism.


 CBC staff: Opposition to Obama is racist

Angela Rye, Executive Director of the Congressional Black Caucus, argued that President Obama has struggled during his first term due to racially-motivated opposition from conservatives who dislike having a black president.
"This is probably the toughest presidential term in my lifetime," Rye said during CSPAN's Q&A yesterday. "I think that a lot of what the president has experienced is because he's black. You know, whether it's questioning his intellect or whether or not he's Ivy League. It's always either he's not educated enough or he's too educated; or he's too black or he's not black enough; he's too Christian or not Christian enough. There are all these things where he has to walk this very fine line to even be successful."
She said that "a lot" of conservative opposition is racially-charged, citing the use of the word "cool" in an attack ad launched by Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS superPAC.
"There's an ad, talking about [how] the president is too cool, [asking] is he too cool? And there's this music that reminds me of, you know, some of the blaxploitation films from the 70s playing in the background, him with his sunglasses," Rye said. "And to me it was just very racially-charged. They weren't asking if Bush was too cool, but, yet, people say that that's the number one person they'd love to have a beer with. So, if that's not cool I dont know what is.

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