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Do you believe that opposition to Obama is mostly based on his race

Is opposition to Obama mostly due to his race?


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Originally Posted by WillRockwell
There is no reason for anyone to be angry about healthcare reform because not only are there no details to get upset about, but it has been made clear that anyone who likes their healthcare coverage may keep it. The "anger" is all phony, or perhaps these people are angry because the president is black.
 
Nah. The issues that have people up in arms over are justifiable. I'm not sayiing I agree with the opposition--just that it isn't nonsensical for somone to claim it's due to race.
 
Absolutely not. I do not oppose Obama's policies based on anything other than they are ridiculous and dangerous policies. Obama is a socialist and his "change" is detrimental to the American way of life. The fact that his skin is darker than mine bears no weight in why I oppose him. Are there those who oppose him based solely on the color of his skin? Of course there are, but those numbers are so small and insignificant that it is barely worth a mention.
 
Mostly? No. For some people? Sure. For some it's simply because there was a donkey next to his name on the ballot. For others it's that he really is quite liberal and they disagree. For some it's all three. He's a black, liberal democrat. Somehow I could predict Hannity not liking that.
 
He's more liberal than me. That's the biggest factor, I think. If he were conservative, I doubt 96% of republicans would have had any qualms, at all, about voting for a black man.

I mean, there's always the idiotic fringe, but by and large, I don't see the Republicans as any more racist than the Democrats.

On another board that I was posting on, during the days leading up to the Democratic primaries, the racist whites came out of the woodwork of the Democratic party, and it was not pretty. One kept referring to Obama as the "lipsticked pig."

:roll:
 
Mostly, no. There is certainly some opposition to him based on his race, and listening to white men call him racist is surreal and hilarious, but most opposition to him is based on his being a liberal.
 
Why does it not surprise me that goldendog believes that race is the reason for our opposition to Obama? :roll:
 
The opposition to Obama is due to political differences,this is no different than when democrats opposed Bush or when republicans opposed Clinton. Its like the morons who claim Obama is a closet muslim or not a natural born American,its not due to race but due to desperation of losers,just like when the Bush bashers made lies up lies that Bush stole the elections,Bush went AWOL,Bush lied for Iraq, Bush masterminded 9-11 or some other crack pot leftist conspiracy theory meant to try to discredit Bush. Anyone who says its due to race is a ****en race baiting moron or a race parasite moron.
 
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The opposition to Obama stems from philisophical differences, not race. Anytime a President challenges the status quo, there will be opposition from those who have something to lose, and those who are uneducated or misinformed and think that they have something to lose.
 
Nothing to do with race, just his policy. It was bound to grate on some peoples nerves.

I mean i'm sure there are some that dislike him because of his skin colour but they are a minority.
 
No, but I do believe that it's a feather in the cap for some of those who don't like him. Some use racial slurs, innuendos, whatever against him (and his wife) in an attempt to get under the skin of those who do support him.

I do think that there are some who despise him because of his skin color. My neighbor is one.
 
Based on this comment here...

No, I think it's ridiculous to make the claim that it is. I think most opposition to Obama is based on his broken promises and broken platform. He's not doing a great job as President. I mean some may like him because he's not doing as bad as Bush; but that's like saying a movie is better than Ultraviolet. Sure, it can be true, but it doesn't actually give any information about the system. Better than Ultraviolet can still be a really ****ty movie. Better than Bush can still be a really ****ty President; and on the absolute scale Obama is doing a bad job.
 
Angry because his health care bill sucks, yes. Because he is black? :lol:

Don't start playing the race card now.
 
No, but I do believe that it's a feather in the cap for some of those who don't like him. Some use racial slurs, innuendos, whatever against him (and his wife) in an attempt to get under the skin of those who do support him.

I do think that there are some who despise him because of his skin color. My neighbor is one.




Where? Here? I have never seen it.



this poll, is so NOT shocking looking at the results.... :lol:
 
I love it that we can see who voted for what position. The lone "America is racist" voter is...frickin hilarious.
 
No, I do not believe it is based upon race. Obama is Arrogant. Obama is far out of the mainstream. He is not a leader type and more like a Boss type who demands obedience. Much of his childhood was in Kenya and after that he spent most of his time with the left fringe so he doesn't have the acculturation to understand what America is about really. Most of the far left understand somewhat at least what Mainstream America is about, they just want to change it. Obama doesn't have a clue; he believes the rhetoric that the opposition is being disingenuous in it's opposition to his programs.
 
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No, I'm sure there are a lot of people who genuinely disagree with his policies. I believe many Republicans would oppose universal health care or bank bailouts or climate change legislation even if it was Hillary Clinton or John Edwards or any other Democrat sitting in the White House.

However, I'm afraid there ARE also a lot of people who oppose Obama because of his race. I'm referring to the people who question his birth certificate, the people who tie him to Jeremiah Wright, those who honestly believe he "hates white folks and white culture" (as Glenn Beck recently claimed), etc.
 
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Based on this comment here...
That comment is just another example of -someone- talking out of his arse.
As per the norm.

I am sure that there are some that oppose The Obama becauise He is black.
These people repreent but a small fraction of tat opposition.
 
I would wager that >95% of the people who oppose Obama would oppose a white Democratic president with the same policies.

The fact that he's black might shape the way in which some people express their opposition (birth cert nonsense/secret muslim v. whitewater rapist/murdered vince foster), but it would be there either way.

It is of course a convenient way for supporters to write off opposition as "just a bunch of racists." We're seeing the same thing with the criticism of anyone who opposes the proposed health care bills as being a tool of the industries or part of astroturf organizations.
 
Opposition to Obama has nothing whatsoever to do with his race and everything to do with his stupidity, arrogance and short-sightedness.
 
Here's a question I think Conservatives should as Liberals who accuse opposition to Obama's policies as racist (I ask it all the time and it shuts them {Liberals} right up): "If Obama were a Conservative Republican and his opponent were a lilly white male Liberal, would you support Obama"?? If that were the case it would be a resounding YES from me. But alas, it isn't.
 
Why does it not surprise me that goldendog believes that race is the reason for our opposition to Obama? :roll:

Oh I don't know, maybe because in the same breath you can make an equally senseless rant about the President and :

Obama is a socialist and his "change" is detrimental to the American way of life

I hate to break the news to you bud, but this is a Democracy. We have elections. Elections matter. If you can not tolerate opinions that are in opposition to yours, I would suggest moving to some remote island. But to say this he is a socialist, and his policies are detrimental, only makes you belong with the Birthers and 9/11 truthers.
 
Oh I don't know, maybe because in the same breath you can make an equally senseless rant about the President and :



I hate to break the news to you bud, but this is a Democracy. We have elections. Elections matter. If you can not tolerate opinions that are in opposition to yours, I would suggest moving to some remote island. But to say this he is a socialist, and his policies are detrimental, only makes you belong with the Birthers and 9/11 truthers.

No, it is NOT a democracy! Get it right Sammy boy!! This is a REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLIC!
 
Opposition to Obama has nothing whatsoever to do with his race and everything to do with his stupidity, arrogance and short-sightedness.

God, I suppose you would think that Bush and Palin are great intellectuals :rofl
 
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