I actually don't think it is racist, so much as "not like me"ist
I think if he had a heavy Spanish accent, heck, a heavy French accent, the same would hold true. If he were a Morman, again, true. If he were single, I think he would be having similar problems. Or gay. So on Obama's case, I believe it is cultural and racial and religious and ideological and political. And some sour grapes. Kennedy was looked at askance during his run up to the presidency, people wondering if a Catholic could be a "normal" president. As America becomes more diverse, and as "normal" gets redefined, there are going to be many people that cling desperately to their heritage. On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > That's my take on it too. > And it's what I think of when they are interviewed and say > they have to "take back THEIR country". > > Sad stuff. > > 2009/10/17 Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>: > > > > I'm simply not sure about that. It seems to me that the birther issues > > are a veneer overlying the racism. I think that if Obama was white > > but had the exact same background, the same accusations would not > > exist. Its only because he is black that you're getting such hysterics > > on the extreme right wing. > > > > I did listen to an interesting interview with a birther. The > > interviewer did ask if they had the same objections to John McCain, > > since technically he was born on foreign soil. The woman had no > > problem with that. It was my impression that she was offended over the > > effrontery of Obama being black. > > > > larr > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:305890 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
