It was very insidious and very important for many of them to never a let a black man become the ultimate symbol of success.
Originally Posted by Sistine Chapel
There are many Democrats who believe the only reason a person wouldn’t cast a vote for Obama is because Obama is “black.” They believe their opposition is scum, racist, bigoted, less than human. Well, if you feel morally superior go on lying to yourself. Maybe that will improve your self-esteem. You kind of made up the part about him being black, to make your case for the subhuman Republicans. His Mom was white and he was raised by white grandparents. Yes, many blacks were oppressed, from the time when slave ownership was legal in America until much more recently. Obama's lineage however has zip, "0", nada to do with that.
Many Republicans, maybe a majority, would have preferred Ben Carson to Donald Trump, if just given a choice between those two.
So they painted him as the anti-christ the one to bring about Armageddon when in reality he saved this country from the greatest depression since the 30's.
Originally Posted by Sistine Chapel
Man, have you got that ass backwards. Going back to 1870, growth after the 2008/2009 recession has been the slowest with the exception of the Great Depression. Somehow Obama and a Democrat Congress managed to spend $850 billion on stimulus so inefficiently that it had a negligible effect on the economy. Unemployment benefits were structured in a way so that many people waited until their 48 months were nearly up before they started to look for a job, instead of getting one earlier on.
I do have to give them a tiny bit of credit, as the Bush tax cuts were scheduled to expire at the end of 2010. But Obama and the Democrats, who controlled Congress at that time, kept them in effect until the end of 2012 for all taxpayers, and made them permanent for lower and middle income payers. They did this because they know lower tax rates promote economic growth. Too bad they didn’t make the tax cuts permanent for all – maybe the recovery wouldn’t have been as anemic. Ideology and getting political brownie points, by fucking small businesses and the rich, trumps results though.