I Can Stand a Black Man, I Just Can't Stand Obama

Recently, one of my friends posted this image on Facebook. I began to type a comment on it, but I realized it had just gotten too long and I decided that this would be a better medium to express my thoughts on the absurdity that this picture portrays. I know that in today's society minorities are the only ones "allowed" to get offended, but I happened to find this image to be pretty damn offensive. I do NOT support Barack Obama, but I am NOT a Republican. I am an Obama opponent, not because of his skin color, but because of his politics. If Ron Paul was the same exact person except he was black, I would support him as much as I do now. In fact, not supporting Obama is an understatement. I think he is a terrible president, but he possibly could have done a decent job had he waited 8-12 years to mature and get some more political experience. I saw this man, who is supposed to be the leader of this country, get pissed off while having a look of disgust on his face during an interview on television, as well as doing the same thing a few times while trying to mediate between political parties. While I probably would have resorted to physical violence and screaming if I were in charge of getting the Republicans and Democrats to compromise, I am not the president. The president can not act rattled or annoyed. He needs to be cool, calm and collected at all times. To me, portraying a strong, calm image is one of the most important traits to possess for the president of the United States. This is one of the many reasons that I have lost so much respect for our Commander in Chief. While I disagree with everything that this picture stands for, it brings up an interesting issue. I would be willing to bet a significant amount of money that there are more blacks out there who voted for Obama because they share his skin color than there are white people who do not like him and did not vote for him because he is black. As for any black person who reads this and disagrees, please inform me of a few of the president's acts that fall into line with your political beliefs and that you fully support. Obamacare does not count, unless you can explain the ins and outs of it to me because I consider myself pretty well informed on politics, but I still do not understand exactly who will be effected and how exactly it is changing our current system. Outside of his health care reform, I can think of a few things that may have appealed to you. Do you like that he is a serial liar and just tries to use buzz words and lies just to please his crowds (the current Republican nominees are just as guilty). Do you like that he is taking terrorists who, by their own admission, only regret that they did not kill MORE Americans during the attacks on 9/11, onto American soil to give them trials under US law? Do you like how it takes about two seconds to look up a video during Obama's 2008 campaign where he says that under his presidency no US dollars would be spent shutting down LEGAL medicinal marijuana dispensaries, and then two months into office he started ordering the DEA to raid them (talk about taking away jobs...)? How about how he promised to veto the NDAA bill (which would have overturned some of the scarier parts of GWB's Patriot Act) and then backed down from yet another promise and signed it into law anyways? Could it possibly be that you (this one is specifically for you, Jarred, as a black man in the military) believe that it is America's responsibility to police the world by attacking foreign lands to force our values on them. Just like we did by spending hundreds of billions of American tax payer dollars intervening in and bombing Libya. I thought Democrats were traditionally anti-war, but I guess not. Maybe if you are a black man you do not care about securing the boarder between US and Mexico because your buddy Obama obviously does not. This, however, is very important to me and I do not like how the issue has seemingly been ignored for the last three years. I believe that this is because Obama is scared of angering many of the Hispanics that voted for him in 2008, when in reality, just because they do not speak perfect English, does not make them stupid. Many of the ones who vote want the boarder secured so the criminals who make the image of all immigrants look bad will be stopped. These are just a few of reasons that I quickly assembled on why I happen to dislike Barack Obama. When it comes down to it, I just think he is a liar (more than the average politician) and has lied on many issues that happen to be important to me. I stuck with issues unrelated to the economy because as much as Obama has fucked that all up, most Republicans probably would have done the same (except Ron Paul who actually understands the economy...or maybe he's just a physic). For the record, I would hate Obama just as much if he were a short, white, red head as long as he had the same principles he has today. This leads me to the final and one of my biggest problems with Obama's presidency. It is not a criticism of the man himself, but rather the country that he leads and how we have reacted to having a black president. Now that our country has a black president, we need to stop making race such a big deal. One of my biggest concerns with his presidency is how the race card seems to come up so often. Let us take a trip down memory lane back to 2002. George W. Bush had not yet fucked up his presidency. In fact, his early handling of the attacks on 9/11 made him so popular that people were talking about his Secretary of State, Colin Powell, running for office once Bush's term expired. When asked about his thoughts on running Secretary Powell said that he had considered it, but if he were president he would want to be known for his policies and principles, and would not like all of the news just focusing on how he would have been the first black president**. I wish more of America would adopt this view. The demographics of America are changing and changing fast. We need to stop with all of this playing of the race card because we will only pass it on to a younger generation. A generation that would be fine without our stupid ass racial issues because by the time they are our age the amount of people in each race will be about equal in the US, with mixed race children fast approaching those who are purely one race. In the words of Ron Paul, ‎"Racism is simply an ugly form of collectivism, the mindset that views humans strictly as members of groups rather than individuals. Racists believe that all individuals who share superficial physical characteristics are alike: as collectivists, racists think only in terms of groups. By encouraging Americans to adopt a group mentality, the advocates of so-called 'diversity' actually perpetuate racism. Their obsession with racial group identity is inherently racist." It is a shame that so many criticisms of the president are considered racist. Look at Newt Gingrich's (who would most likely be just as bad of a president in his own way) comments on Obama being a "welfare president." That was considered racist by some, when it is a fact that the number of Americans on welfare has almost doubled since 2008.  As the leader of the free world, one needs to be open to all sorts of criticism without the race card continuously being played. Criticizing the government is one of the cornerstones of a democracy. That is all I have for now, but I would love to hear from a black person about a list of policies that you have enjoyed that came from Obama's camp. Oh, and Osama Bin Laden does not count either. Obama did not order that Bin Laden be hunted and killed. That order came down ten years ago. 


A Few Notes: 


**I remember hearing this story in 2007 or 2008, but due to Google's terrible new search program that only brings me Wikipedia articles and forums I can not find the story, but I am 85% sure that it is true.
--I just now figured out the magical invention of the hyperlink. Tried to go back and source some of lies that I accuse him of, but got too lazy. Google any yourself, if you do not believe them, remember: these are just my opinions on the president. I am ALWAYS up for a good political debate as long as you know your facts.
--I use the term "black people" rather than "African Americans" on purpose. I am sorry if this is offensive to anyone, but I personally think that "African Americans" is a ignorant, politically correct term that is sometimes inaccurate. In addition to not all blacks having ancestors from Africa, (Jamaica and other Caribbean islands produce people with black skin too) I personally do not care where your great-great grandparents were born. I'm not a European American, I'm an American, just like black people are Americans. It is 2012. Forget about where your family was from and just happy to be an American!