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Does Obama's race effect low approval and/or investors' timid buying behaviors?

Does Obama's race effect low approval and/or investors' timid buying behaviors?

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    Votes: 2 8.7%

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    Votes: 21 91.3%
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Do you think that our current president's (of the U.S.) approval ratings dropping to record lows and that our economic recession is at all related to the fact that our president is viewed as an African American?

Here are some ideas I have floating around in my head:

Do investors (the majority of which are no African American) not trust the president because he is seen as being an African American?
Are people nervous because this is the first time a non-Caucasian has been president?
How much do you think the presidents race effects things?

Does Obama's race effect low approval and/or investors' timid buying behaviors?
 
Racemongering


Class and now race warfare to the left of me, thumpers to my right.
 
ecofarm said:
Racemongering


Class and now race warfare to the left of me, thumpers to my right.
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Are colloquialisms the only thing you have to offer? What do you think? Is it possible that Obama caused unrest in investors by being non-Caucasian?

So how is this race warfare again?
 
Harry Guerrilla said:
No, it's not his race at all.
It's his inability to get a firm grip on the situation at hand.

Just my opinion of course.
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Just to play the devil's advocate ..

Do you know anyone who you think could be doing a better job as a president given the craptastic governmental system he inherited?
 
Warren Harding.


or, frankly, any of the post-war administrations that were handed off a market crash. thus far, this is the worst management of a recovery yet.
 
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MusicAdventurer said:
Are colloquialisms the only thing you have to offer? What do you think? Is it possible that Obama caused unrest in investors by being non-Caucasian?

So how is this race warfare again?
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No, not at all. Whatever “unrest” you are trying to blame on racism, he caused, not by his ethnicity, but by pursuing idiotic policies that have had a disastrous effect in the nation and on the economy. These policies would have been equally idiotic and equally disastrous if he had been Caucasian, Hispanic, Asian, Martian, or whatever. Ethnicity has nothing the least bit to do with it. Racism has nothing the least bit to do with it. His policies have everything to do with it.
 
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I am a liberal democract, and I do not believe that Obama's low-rating has anything to do with his race.

the economy is in bad shape, we have a huge debt, and there doesn't appear to be any easy solution.

the buck stops with the President, and he happens to be black.
 
MusicAdventurer said:
Just to play the devil's advocate ..

Do you know anyone who you think could be doing a better job as a president given the craptastic governmental system he inherited?
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It's not really a specific answer to your question but more of my personal observation.
He's playing to many different constituencies and this is the kind of result you get, crap.

So the person I could think of, would be one who actually cares about solving problems, rather than one who wants to buy people off.
Still looking for this mythical person. ;)
 
I believe it has more to do with the rich and powerful making one of their power moves, then pure race...I believe corporations and the rich are purposely inflicting pain by purposely not hiring and keeping the misery level up so they can control the rhetoric and the election in 2012. They want a everything rich and corporation teaparty administration.
Anyone that believes that corporations and the rich dont manipulate and can be vicious and uncaring about it...imho is quite naive and blinded
 
Harry Guerrilla said:
It's not really a specific answer to your question but more of my personal observation.
He's playing to many different constituencies and this is the kind of result you get, crap.

So the person I could think of, would be one who actually cares about solving problems, rather than one who wants to buy people off.
Still looking for this mythical person. ;)
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:( Daniels said he wouldn't run (even after a few months, it still hurts). :(
 
lpast said:
I believe it has more to do with the rich and powerful making one of their power moves, then pure race...I believe corporations and the rich are purposely inflicting pain by purposely not hiring and keeping the misery level up so they can control the rhetoric and the election in 2012. They want a everything rich and corporation teaparty administration.
Anyone that believes that corporations and the rich dont manipulate and can be vicious and uncaring about it...imho is quite naive and blinded
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those evil corporations... being all.... corporationy....
 
MusicAdventurer said:
Does Obama's race effect low approval and/or investors' timid buying behaviors?
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Low approval - No. Obama was black in 2008, when the voters elected him in the first place. To the extent that it has any discernible negative impact on his approval rating, it's always been factored in anyway. It's not like this is a new phenomenon.

Investors - No. This economic slump (and the upcoming sequel to the 2008 financial crisis) is global. And many of the countries that are ruled by the same familiar white faces are in a much worse situation vis-a-vis the United States.
 
aww.... look at this. Left and Right coming together to agree that the OP is silly.




.... I'd like to buy the world a Coke ...... :music:
 
MusicAdventurer said:
Do you think that our current president's (of the U.S.) approval ratings dropping to record lows and that our economic recession is at all related to the fact that our president is viewed as an African American?

Here are some ideas I have floating around in my head:

Do investors (the majority of which are no African American) not trust the president because he is seen as being an African American?
Are people nervous because this is the first time a non-Caucasian has been president?
How much do you think the presidents race effects things?

Does Obama's race effect low approval and/or investors' timid buying behaviors?
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I don't think Obama's race affects his low approval anymore than I thought Bush's Southern accent and trust fund baby life affected his low approval ratings. I think, at this point, people evaluate their approval of a president based on his policies. Racial, regional, economic, gender and other biases play a part in the intensity with which they criticize him, not in the presence of criticism itself.
 
MusicAdventurer said:
Are colloquialisms the only thing you have to offer? What do you think? Is it possible that Obama caused unrest in investors by being non-Caucasian?

So how is this race warfare again?
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That's all I got.
 
Let's also keep in mind that the stock market seems to be completely out of touch with the state of the American economy...and Obama's approval ratings.

The Stock Market has regained much of its horrible losses since the mortgage crisis, and yet GDP has NOT recovered and the unemployment rate stays ridiculously high. Clearly, the Dow Jones and the American economy are totally unrelated.
 
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in my opinion, no, his race has nothing to do with it.
 
MusicAdventurer said:
Do you think that our current president's (of the U.S.) approval ratings dropping to record lows and that our economic recession is at all related to the fact that our president is viewed as an African American?

Here are some ideas I have floating around in my head:

Do investors (the majority of which are no African American) not trust the president because he is seen as being an African American?
Are people nervous because this is the first time a non-Caucasian has been president?
How much do you think the presidents race effects things?

Does Obama's race effect low approval and/or investors' timid buying behaviors?
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If you are retarded then his race might effect effect your low approval of him and/or investors' timid buying behaviors. There are legitimate reasons to disprove of Obama or be timid of investing and race is not one of them.

Those trying to blame his low approval rating or timid buying behaviors on Obama race are nothing more than race parasites. Who are these race parasites. Who are these race parasites? They are the race baiters who try to bring race into every discussion for example Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson who feed off the color of their own skin to try to remain famous and relevant.The other race parasites are the racists themselves who are just as bad are the baiters who also worry such insignificant things as race.
 
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Yeah man. He's black. That's gotta be the reason for these economical problems.
 
No, his race has nothing to do with it. His low approval rating and investor timidity is due to Obama failing as a president :) Not due to his race.
 
Poor less than well thought out programs and policies along with the constant lying is what has caused his fall from Grace.

A little of the latest drop could be due to Michelle Obama spending $10million of U.S. taxpayers’ money on vacations alone in the past year.

As I have said before the Obama's are both acting and spending like a couple who was on welfare, that just hit the Mega Millions lotto.
 
Councilman said:
As I have said before the Obama's are both acting and spending like a couple who was on welfare, that just hit the Mega Millions lotto.
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Of course, an important distinction here would be that the former welfare couple recklessly spending their lottery winnings are—at least for the time being—spending money that is rightfully theirs to do with what they will. The money that Obama has been recklessly spending is not his; it belongs to the American taxpayers. I think, very understandably, a very large portion of us American taxpayers are not at all happy with the way he has been squandering our money.

In 2008, we turned this nation's checkbook and credit cards over to a gang of reckless, irresponsible, ignorant children, led by Mr. Obama. A great many of are hoping that in 2012, we can put grown-ups in charge of these things.
 
Out of twenty-nine people who have voted so far, only two voted “yes”.

I wonder if either of those two has the guts to com forth and defend the idea that any of Obama's public-approval problems have anything to do with his race.
 
Bob Blaylock said:
Out of twenty-nine people who have voted so far, only two voted “yes”. I wonder if either of those two has the guts to com forth and defend the idea that any of Obama's public-approval problems have anything to do with his race.
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It's doubtful. Wonder what'd they say.
 
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