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Black and White Standards

PassuerDFumes Wrote: Oct 31, 2012 9:01 AM

I find this belittling of blacks. It is disgusting that someone would clearly state things they knew not to be true. The Republicans did put forth ideas and plans. Obama blatantly ignored them. During his first two years, his party, not the republicans, controlled both the house and the senate. They could have done anything they wanted and then they did.The reason Republicans did not vote for Obamacare is because it is bad legislation. It is going to raise premiums and cause fewer people to have health care. When people die because of this law, Republicans did not want that blood on their hands. But as we have seen, this president is not afraid to get blood on his hands. Anybody who backs a candidate based on skincolor is despicable.

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Black and White Standards

The Washington Post (10/25/2012), in giving President Barack Obama an endorsement for another four years, wrote, "Much of the 2012 presidential campaign has dwelt on the past, but the key questions are who could better lead the country during the next four years -- and, most urgently, who is likelier to put the government on a more sound financial footing." The suggestion appears to be that a president is not to be held accountable to his promises and past record and that his past record is no indication of his future behavior. Possibly, the Washington Post people believe that a black...

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