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kmassey Wrote: Oct 11, 2012 8:53 AM
I knew iot Ann Coulter could not read an article without hawking her book. Listen both sides play the race card, but the problem is those on the right will not call them out on it. Instead they look for examples of what the other side is doing. When Bill Clinton made those remarks aboput President Obama, Blacks on the left called him out and voiced their disapproval. However, when those on the right make racist comments towards the President, like the many cartoon showing him as a monkey or referring to him as the food stamp president, there is no out cry from the right. Simply put if both side, or those who are concerned put members on noticed that the race card is not appropiate, then and only then will it be gone.
skywalker58 Wrote: Oct 11, 2012 10:54 AM
More whites are on food stamps than blacks. Calling Obama the food stamp president is a knock on his policies that kept the economy in a stall, and lessening the requirements to obtain food stamps. It points out the fact that RECORD numbers of people now receive food stamps. It is ridiculous to me that one person in seven is on government assistance. Do the math. There are 300 million people in the US. That means 42.85 million receive aid. How can our economy be so bad that one in seven need help. If I was president I would be embarrased by one in 20!
19john37 Wrote: Oct 11, 2012 9:35 AM
kmassey, I am, what might be considered, a hard core conservative. I AGREE that there are elements of racism on both sides of ideology. However, I have to disagree with one of your points. Calling Obama "the Foodstamp" president IS NOT RACIST. He has presided over the largest increase in the use of food stamps since their inception. That makes it one of his failings of policy, or lack thereof, and, an honest point of contention. I do feel that the Left's increasingly inane use of the race card will eventually desensitize anything that is truely worthy of scorn......Crying wolf, shall we say?
rickmcq Wrote: Oct 11, 2012 9:21 AM
"Listen both sides play the race card, but the problem is those on the right will not call them out on it."

So you think that the Left DOES call out members of the Left for playing the race card? Please give an example or two so we can see "the difference" you refer to.

Oh, and one example of the Right playing the race card would be nice, too.
rickmcq Wrote: Oct 11, 2012 9:37 AM
And please don't try to count the Left calling out the Left for criticizing the Left - I am asking for an example of the Left calling out the Left for playing the race card against the Right.
Ben Linus Wrote: Oct 11, 2012 9:12 AM
She wrote the article, she didn't read it.

And food stamp president isn't a racist term. It's pointing out that as President more and more people are on food stamps. His administration made up campaigns to get more people on food stamps. They ran advertisements promoting food stamps. If he were all-white instead of just half-white, people would point out the same facts. Of course, Hillary would have been President if he were all-white.
george washington Wrote: Oct 11, 2012 9:04 AM
Ann Coulter is a professional writer.

Of course she hawks her books.

Bravo Sierra on your 'both sides do it" claim.

The Libs are the world champions of phony racism claims. Read the book and dispute it.

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