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#1. JB65 wrote: “The overwhelming popular vote win (as well as huge electoral win) with clear majorities in almost every demographic group was the result of white liberal guilt, interesting analysis.”

Barack Obama won 53 percent of the popular vote. Only a partisan would consider 53 percent an “overwhelming popular vote win”, considering those same partisans claimed the nation was “sharply divided” after George W. Bush’s 51 percent win in 2004. Amazing how a two-point swing is perceived.

#2. As far as my “repugnant” observation about the “non-threatening” look of Obama’s administration, Booker Rising also made the same observation:

“However, Mr. Parks does make one fair point: where are the darker-skinned blacks in the Obama administration? But for bodyman Reggie Love and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk (Mrs. Obama is not his employee), I’d wonder President Obama knew any dark-skinned blacks. His black staff clique are like the political Gamma Rays. I have to look twice at a couple of them to even know they’re black. Hell, even President Obama’s receptionist is a redbone. Others have commented on this one too. “

#3. Get real. All of the others who would’ve made history had one thing in common: they were all white. If you are claiming that Obama’s race was taken as of equal importance to Hillary or Richardson or Palin, I’m not buying it.

CNN’s Rick Sanchez didn’t have white women on, asking them if they had no shame for not wanting to vote for Hillary or Palin. He did have no problem asking three black Republicans if they “have no shame” or felt like “sell outs” for not backing Obama.

Race was the historical factor here for the white guilt left.

#4. Yes, Obama gave that speech at the DNC convention, but until he decided to run for president, the majority of the American people didn’t know who he was.

Revise history for your guy all you want. Try and find substantive pieces on him prior to his campaign with Alan Keyes. There isn’t much.

#5. It was considered “unprecedented” when Bill Clinton (and later Jimmy Carter) began criticizing President Bush. THAT had never been done before.

And as for blaming Clinton for 9/11, the 9/11 Commission concluded that had he captured UBL when he had the opportunity, 9/11 may never have happened. Republicans didn’t try to block, and later forced a re-edit of a television docudrama on the subject. Neither did a Republican steal and destroy documents on the subject from the National Archives.

“The Path To 9/11″, to this date, hasn’t been released on DVD. That’s special, and Robert Iger (ABC prez) must really have a reason to be willing to lose millions in sales to cover for his friends, the Clintons.

#6. Obama “doesn’t” read answers off of prompters?

Who brings a telepromter to a press conference? This guy is even less able to speak without putting his foot in his mouth than then outgoing president was.
– Justin Webb’s America: BBC

The media complained, after his first primetime press conference, that his answers took so long, he could only answer six questions.

Anyone who watches the man speak knows when he’s on and off prompter. Prompter on, glowing rhetoric. Prompter off, ums and ahs.

Lastly, I’ve had more than enough experience to know how insulting Affirmative Action is. I had been a professional in my field for over 15 years when I got my job in network television. But it was the liberals I worked with that had to be convinced I was qualified for my job, despite my experience, because AA is the box they put most blacks in at that level.

As for Obama’s policies thus far into his term, if you’re a business person, he has to be a disaster on your bottom line. If you’re one of those liberals living off of grants, you’ll be feeling it soon.

To your points:

#1. The overwhelming popular vote win (as well as huge electoral win) with clear majorities in almost every demographic group was the result of white liberal guilt, interesting analysis. How do you account for all the non-white vote majorities? Also, that he didn’t tell what he would do in office, just gave platitudes, also interesting, especially when everything was detailed on his website on a topic by topic basis.

#2. I’d agree with you that Hollywood has a racist inclination towards light skinned or mixed individuals. And maybe white America does as well, but to posit that Axelrod sought out light skinned blacks to put his ‘plan’ to prey upon white guilt is a bit much. Don’t tell me you’re going all “Manchurian Candidate Theory” on us. Also, if he had found dark skinned blacks who didn’t speak ‘proper english’, would you support them or criticize them for their inability to speak ‘well’? You’re reaching on this one. And to use the term ‘Halfrican’ is repugnant, way to go, let’s make judgements on who’s black and who’s not. Didn’t the dark skin vs light skin arguments go out in the 70′s?

#3. A couple of major flaws in your ‘History in the Making’ argument. The first being the obvious, is that Obama’s major opponent in the democratic primary was Hillary Clinton, who’s nomination would also have been a first, and a Historical event. As would have an earlier opponent Gov. Richardson. Similarly in the general election, though Gov. Palin wasn’t the first woman to be nominated as a VP candidate, had she won, it would have been ‘History in the Making’. So those basically negate each other. As to the lack of media scrutiny, you have got to be kidding. It was Jeremiah Wright, 24/7, and then we all wised up and said that if we blamed Obama for everything his preacher said, we’d have to blame everyone for what their religious leaders said and did. So Catholics would be to blame for the priests that molested children, etc. And Gov. Palin’s church did have some very odd characters as leaders and speakers, and the MSM did not touch that or some of those crazy statements. Also, no one questioned McCain on his switch of religions.

#4. You state that no one had heard of Pres. Obama two years ago. Again, wrong. His big splash in the mainstream politics was his speech at the 2004 DNC (4+ years ago) and since then has been in the limelight. I didn’t think his climb would be as quick as it was, but Pres. Bush led this country so far off a cliff, America wanted a new direction. That’s also why in the past two elections Democrats in the house and senate, as well as in state offices have been dominating. You also critique his lack of experience and call him a community organizer, while explicitly leaving out that he was in the Illinois state senate, as well as the Senator from Illinois. Convenient that you omitted that. And granted, there are people with more experience, that doesn’t make them correct. It also does not mean if people select the candidate with less experience, but better ideas they do so as an ‘affirmative action’ choice.

#5. How wrong you are on this point is enough to write a whole dissertation on. First, Pres. Obama declared he would overturn the previous admin’s rulings on Stem Cells, Guantanamo, torture, etc. during the campaign. To claim his doing so is hubris, is inane. I seem to remember a certain republican president upon winning reelection by a much smaller margin claiming ‘i have political capital, and i intend to spend it’. I’ll have to dig through the archives to see your statements against that hubris. And you want respect for the previous administration?
First, tell Cheney to show a little as well, his criticism is unprecedented, whether you agree with it or not. Second, the previous admin didn’t earn respect. 9/11 occurred on their watch, though they tried to blame Pres. Clinton for that. They trampled all over our rights and effectively ran this country into the ground. And you want him to respect what they did? No thanks. And to the fact that Pres. Obama took over banks, get your facts straight, the previous administration did that. Changing Cuba policy, stated in the campaign. Raising CAFE fuel standards, was done in the 70′s to raise the cars from 6mpg (and the auto companies protested), and again was promised in the campaign.

#6. Pres. Obama does not read answers off a teleprompter, he read his opening statement off one, the same that many presidents do, including Reagan and Bush. We could compare his performances at press conferences better with GWB, except Bush gave 4 in his 8 years. I think Obama is already at that number. Maybe Bush was busy setting the record for most vacation days taken by a president. As for the ‘I Inherited this’, you are right, it will wear off after a while, right around the time his policies start working. And those that don’t he’ll take responsibility for, unlike any mistakes by the previous admin. Just keep in mind, as I stated before 9/11 which was 9 months in to GWB’s term, was blamed on Clinton by many a republican. How’s that for personal responsibility? You are correct that if he does fail, if there are missteps, it will affect future African American candidates, and that is the sad truth about the racism in our country. You don’t see the same for when a white person fails.

But your analysis that he is an affirmative action president is utterly wrong, and is actually sad that you would disparage his accomplishments as due only to the guilt whites feel over the color of his skin. It’s sad, because it’s your sorry attempt to try and minimize the truly pathetic presidency of George W. Bush and the damage his fellow republicans, and your ideals have caused America. You want to lay blame on race or guilt, but the blame lays at the feet of those who implemented policies and wars so recklessly that they have left this country crushed. Upon seeing that damage, a huge majority of Americans overwhelmingly voted to end those bad policies, and try a different better way and they picked the guy they thought could do it, not because he is of mixed race. The sooner you realize that, the sooner your party may be able to emerge from the wilderness, stop losing elections, not have a 21% identification rate, and a 13% approval rate for Congressional Republicans. Personally, I’d love for you to not change, moderate, update or anything. Republicans ‘Staying the Course’ has worked so well for democrats in the past two elections, I hope you keep doing what’s been working out so well.

Mr. Parks sees parallels between the rise and fall of Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, his state’s first black governor, and what he calls “the rise and coming fall of the first black president”. The conservative Republican commentator opines a…

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Oh well…. What else is playing.

That’s the problem, he isn’t failing in what he want’s to do. He is succeding in his plan to “Change America”

That change is destroying a country that allowed him to be elected

I also applaud your courage in calling out the fact that Obama was the ultimate affirmative action hire and consistently received a free pass from everyone because they were scared of being called racist. But I hope your prepared to be called an Oreo cookie or some other such BS. Liberals talk about free speech but are the first to deny you yours if you disagree with them.
My sister once got angry with me when I said the only reason for his popularity despite his lack of accomplishments was because he was black. But if Barack Obama was a white guy from a working class Chicago neighborhood named Barry O’Banion, not only would no one care about him, no one would know his name.

But your main point is the most damning. If Obama is a failure, which he very well may be, it would be devastating to any future black candidate, because the only thing their opponent would need to do to win is compare them to Obama.

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Just waiting for CNN to call you and ask “Well, Bob, isn’t that racist?” like they did during Hurricane Katrina. If they do call you, I’d love to hear you put them in their place, as they deserve it

also, very excellent points about the “halficran” aspect of society. Sad part is, that, what you’d stated – it was an issue of what was pleasing to their eyes. makes me sick. Doesn’t matter what skin color you have, it’s all about accomplishments and content of character. I know for a fact that this man could debate and destroy any lefty in his path, and most certainly the likes of Deval or Obama.

If I was in your voting district, you’d definitely have my vote. The time be good again at some point to run for local office though, and you may just win, given the left’s crummy performance that people are growing increasingly sick of. Fingers crossed

Again, FANTASTIC straight FACTS and common sense here. love it. People NEED this reality check

oh my.
bob is starting to sound like LL.
oh my.