Maggie's Farm

Hey, gotta play the race card any time it's presented.

Obama wouldn't be in the race if he were white. He knows he'd never have gotten out of the primaries.

Alec isn't exactly astute and if he believes the claim Romney is "out of touch" with America, I have no idea what he thinks he is. I guess because we get to laugh at his TV appearances, he feels he has a connection.

To be fair, they used the term "belong" in the sense of 'belonging to a club' - a voluntary membership, in other words.

I don't know about anyone else, but I never joined the government. I didn't voluntarily say "OK, this looks good, so sign me up." In fact, most times I say "why the hell can't they get out of my life?"

I see where they were going with this, but they got it all twisted. The essential flaw of the Democrats is their belief that government is all-powerful need for all people's lives. I say it's a useful adjunct that should be treated with a measure of respect, but greater measures of caution and fear.

Many of them have, I don't disagree.

But most have not. That is precisely why the language was crafted in the touchy-feely 'you and I belong to the same CLUB!' BS. Hey, when you put it that way, yeah I wanna belong, too!

Umm, well, it's not so simple. Most people actually don't want to belong to a club that would have them as a member (thank you, Groucho), but so many people have low self-esteem, joining up with others to 'belong to the government club' sounds like a whole lotta fun!

This is clearly where the Dems seek to make their mark, with people whose self-esteem is so low, they can grab a few extra votes by making them feel as if they 'belong'. Feh.

I agree, but Democrats don't. Their club is all about making someone else pay for others' problems. The natural extension, for them, is forcing others to join the club to cover the bills they've created for themselves.

The assumption by Democrats is that the US remains an essentially racist nation, so of course being black is a detriment.

But racism as a theme is ancient news. There are pockets of racism, I won't deny it exists in certain places. But generally speaking it isn't the driving force.

I know many people who voted for Obama for only one reason - to say "I voted for a black man." I am not making this up. They never came out and admitted this, but when you hear someone say "I don't really like him, but I think having a black president would be good for the nation." Well, you connect the dots. His color does play a role in his appeal.

Of course, some (not all) of those people today are saying "I still don't like him, but Romney is just a rich guy and he's going to steal our money." Or something to that effect. As if Obama isn't stealing it already, but let's not obscure the discussion with facts, the fact is people who voted for him because he was black are now seeking to rationalize their behavior of 4 years ago by finding reasons to either not vote, or vote for him again.

Hopefully, most of them won't vote, and the racism inherent in the original decision will become apparent.

I frankly don't give a damn what color he is. I find it hilarious every time the "RACISM" scream goes up. I can't quite square how I can like JC Watts, Condi Rice, Clarence Thomas, and a host of other black people (not to mention the ones I work with), but for some reason, the only reason I have for not liking Obama MUST BE racism.

I guess I'm just in denial.