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PIERS MORGAN, HOST: Has Obama helped the process of eradicating racism, or has it in a strange way made it worse.

MORGAN FREEMAN: Made it worse. Made it worse. Look at, look, the Tea Partiers, who are controlling the Republican Party, stated, and what’s this guy’s name, Mitch O’Connell. Is that his, O’Connell?

MORGAN: Yeah, Mitch McConnell, yeah.

FREEMAN: Mitch McConnell. Their stated policy, publicly stated, is to do whatever it takes to see to it that Obama only serves one term. What’s, what does that, what underlines that? “Screw the country. We’re going to whatever we do to get this black man, we can, we’re going to do whatever we can to get this black man outta here.”

MORGAN: But is that necessarily a racist thing?

FREEMAN: It is a racist thing.

MORGAN: Is it not Republicans, wouldn’t that say that about any Democrat president?

FREEMAN: No, they would have gotten rid of Bill Clinton if they could have.

MORGAN: They tried.

FREEMAN: They did try, but still. I don’t, they’re not going to get rid of Obama either. I think they’re shooting themselves in the head.

MORGAN: Does it unnerve you that the Tea Party are gaining such traction?

FREEMAN: Yes.

MORGAN: Why?

FREEMAN: Well, it just shows the weak, dark, underside of America. We’re supposed to be better than that. We really are. That’s, that’s why all those people were in tears when Obama was elected president. “Ah, look at what we are. Look at how, this is America.” You know? And then it just sort of started turning because these people surfaced like stirring up muddy water.

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Originally posted by TK_REDUX:
So by implication a black man must not be President because it will ignite the anger of ignorant extreme right-wing whites? Luckily 85% of Americans are sane people.


The whites handed him the presidency.
FM
quote:
Originally posted by TK_REDUX:
So by implication a black man must not be President because it will ignite the anger of ignorant extreme right-wing whites? ...
You are absolutely correct
FM
Freeman is absolutely right. We have a black President who has done nothing for black people. Obama admires Ronald Reagan. Racists are using the fact that there is a black president as cover to further their racism and claiming racism is over because there is a black President.
FM
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Originally posted by Wally:
Freeman is absolutely right. We have a black President who has done nothing for black people. Obama admires Ronald Reagan. Racists are using the fact that there is a black president as cover to further their racism and claiming racism is over because there is a black President.


Freeman is saying that a black President (could have been Collin Powell) has brought the racists out of their caves.

The only issue with this is that blacks are not benefitting the slightest from Obama yet, should the GOP win, will be treated as if we were favored. The GOP never answers questions asked of them so to point out that blacks have suffered more under Obama will not be something they will acknowledge.
FM

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