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Home Front: Politix
The Obama Presidency ‐ Racially Fueled Riots Spike an American Catastrophe:
2016-07-14
[Breitbart] There can be no dispute that Barack Obama was forced to wade through unprecedented bigotry in his speedy ascent to the most powerful perch in the world. His predecessor, George W. Bush, called it the "soft bigotry of low expectations."

A street hustler with sterling academic bona fides -- which are always suspect -- Mr. Obama had never accomplished a single thing as a politician when he decided to run for president. In his 2008 campaign, he was most admired for not voting to invade Iraq -- a vote that took place years before he joined the U.S. Senate.

Yet not even one year into his presidency, and while directing two hot wars, Mr. Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy between peoples." He was heralded in particular for his unparalleled success in the Muslim world.

Indeed, the soft bigotry of low expectations exists nowhere so virulently as in the whitest confines of Nordic lands and elite American academia.

The insultingly low bar set for President Obama, however, gave even those American voters who could not support his candidacy or policies some glimmer of hope.

Because he was half-black, half-white, Mr. Obama had more credibility than any president ever elected in American history to be the balm that would finally salve the festering wounds that still divided some Americans 150 years after the end of slavery.

The vast majority of Americans had moved on from those noxious divisions, but a
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#2  "Plenty of blame to share in was war on cops."
Posted by: JohnQC   2016-07-14 19:45  

#1  Hurt is spot on. Thomas Sowell also has a column this a.m. entitled "Plenty of blame to share in was on cops." He slams the race hustlers such as Sharpton and BLM. He says: "The same is true of the more upscale, genteel and sophisticated race panderers, including the president of the United States." Genteel and sophisticated must mean you get someone else to do your dirty work for you.
Posted by: JohnQC   2016-07-14 10:43  

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