Wednesday, August 24, 2011

.... rare White House message on race.

Politico - Norman Rockwell painting sends rare White House message on race



Obama Keeping Racism Alive

President Barack Obama has taken a decidedly low-key approach to racial issues since he became America’s first black president two years ago. But in a hallway outside the Oval Office, he has placed a head-turning painting depicting one of the ugliest racial episodes in U.S. history.

Rare White House message on race?  Obama is nothing without racism.  His political bones were made using race.   His early speech and writings were steeped in racial hatred. He was elected because of race.  He as been  a (aggressively)  passive-aggressive racist since coming to the White House, and this is just another example.  Barry whatever his real name is  has set the country's race relations back 50 years,  and I'm pretty damned sure it's intentional.  There are myriad reasons to despise this man; this is just one of them.  In 60 years people will be referring to what they watched on "the Obama Channel," if you know what I mean.  Sheesh.


7 comments:

Anonymous said...

The 'suits' in that photo were Republicans. The southern dims fought integration.
Tim

Chuck Martel said...

We have a president who is both a constitutional scholar and an art critic. That is sooo cool!

"Um -- despite being a typical white person -- you know -- Norman Rockwell -- uh -- really got that little African-American girl's skin tone just about right."

Anonymous said...

Look at the photo, not just the Rockwell work. What do you see?
I see Ruby Bridges, Lord Smug and his Smuggettes.
They are smug and self-righteous because they all were in the Selma March with Dr. King. Just ask them. They'll lie outright or say they were there in spirit and that qualifies them. Ruby Bridges,her portrait, and Norman Rockwell deserve better than that crowd.
Lt. Col. Gen. Tailgunner dick

I-RIGHT-I said...

"The southern dims fought integration."

Yes they did. It was probably the last smart move they made in defense of the American education system. Since then they can fuck up a steel ball with a rubber mallet in a sand box.

DougM said...

Ugly? BS
Lynching was ugly.
The episode Rockwell illustrated was frikkin' heroic.

Anonymous said...

frikkin' heroic
Which is why Captain Bullshit & Co. don't deserve to have that painting for their own private use.
Captain Bullshit's latent racism is a disgrace to the moment depicted there.
Could Uhbama have settled for a first class print of it? Of course not; his gigantic ego would never lower itself to that, and IMHO, he's no better than Goering and his appropriated art collection.

It should have remained in the Rockwell Museum where the public could think on it.
Lt. Col. Gen. Tailgunner dick

The Ugly American said...

Hey ...remember when gay students had to be escorted by federal troops into classrooms?

Yeah, me neither.

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