No, White Friend - You Weren't "Embarrassed" by Barack Obama
John Pavlovitz,Popsugar US 15 hours ago
I remember the day after the Election, a friend of mine who happens to be white, remarked on social media that he "finally wasn't embarrassed of America and our President."
I sprained my eyes rolling them and they have never fully recovered.
Since then I've heard this sentiment echoed by more white folks than I can count, especially in recent months; supposed relief at once again having a leader who instills pride.
Since I don't have the time to ask each of the individually, I'll ask here:
So, you were embarrassed for the past 8 years, huh?
Really?
What exactly were you embarrassed by?
Were you embarrassed by his lone and enduring twenty-five year marriage to a strong woman he's never ceased to publicly praise, respect, or cherish?
Were you embarrassed by the way he lovingly and sweetly parented and protected his daughters?
Were you embarrassed by his Columbia University degree in Political Science or his graduating magna cum laude from Harvard Law School?
Maybe you were embarrassed by his white American and Black Kenyan parents, or the diversity he was raised in as normal?
Were you embarrassed by his eloquence, his quick wit, his easy humor, his seeming comfort meeting with both world leaders and street cleaners; by his bright smile or his sense of empathy or his steadiness - perhaps by his lack of personal scandals or verbal gaffes or impulsive tirades?
No. Of course you weren't.
Honestly, I don't believe you were ever embarrassed. That word implies an association that brings ridicule, one that makes you ashamed by association, and if that's something you claim to have experienced over the past eight years by having Barack Obama representing you in the world - I'm going to suggest you rethink your word choice.
You weren't "embarrassed" by Barack Obama.
You were threatened by him.
You were offended by him. You were challenged by him. You were enraged by him.
But I don't believe it had anything to do with his resume or his experience or his character or his conduct in office - because you seem fully proud right now to be associated with a three-time married, serial adulterer and confessed predator; a man whose election and business dealings and relationships are riddled with controversy and malfeasance. You're perfectly fine being represented by a bullying, obnoxious, genitalia-grabbing, Tweet-ranting, Prime Minister-shoving charlatan who's managed to offend all our allies in a few short months. And you're okay with him putting on religious faith like a rented, dusty, ill-fitting tuxedo and immediately tossing it in the garbage when he's finished with it.
None of that you're embarrassed of? I wonder how that works.
Actually, I'm afraid I have an idea. I hope I'm wrong.
Listen, you're perfectly within your rights to have disagreed with Barack Obama's policies or to have taken issue with his tactics. No one's claiming he was a flawless politician or a perfect human being. But somehow I don't think that's what we're talking about here. I think the thing President Obama did that really upset you, white friend - was having a complexion that was far darker than you were ever comfortable with. I think the President we have now feels much better.
Because objectively speaking, if what's happening in our country right now doesn't cause you great shame and doesn't induce the continual meeting of your palm to your face - I don't believe embarrassment is ever something you struggle with.
No, if you claimed to be "embarrassed" by Barack Obama but you're not embarrassed by Donald Trump - I'm going to strongly suggest it was largely a pigmentation issue.
And as an American and a Christian committed to diversity and equality and to the liberty at the heart of this nation - that, embarrasses me.
Getting back to reality, which has always been a problem with Democrats anyway, Yes! I am proud of President Trump! And unlike Owebama with Trump what you see is what you get! No one ever respected Obama except the gullible sheeple who followed the pied piper to the river.
This thread is absolute bull$hit and typical of a liberal who was recently introduced to reality.
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I'm not offended in the least. It's Democrats who have taken offense, clearly.
Just look at the hate in your profile, signature and post... Everyone knows Obama wasted 8 years, and now he wants nothing to do with the people who put him in office now that he has become rich. I think I understand where all the hate comes from, that Democrat party of angry old white women.
No PowerStroker, you nor the author of your original post could not have said it better! In so many words, you guys are exhibiting classic symptoms of butt hurt... You should fill this form out and submit it to the White House IT department.
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And as an American and a Christian committed to diversity and equality and to the liberty at the heart of this nation - that, embarrasses me.
Hmmm,
Some folks just can't be pleased, but all this is just human nature. ( eg, If you win something, you must have cheated...If you're black, you can't be trusted...If you're a pretty girl with a boyfriend, you're a slut...And on it goes )...
I think that the real embarrassment for the folks of the US-of-A, is that the proper natural born leaders are denied any place in politics ( it's a closed circle of people playing their own game of selection, like a director casting a film ), & this means there's really no-one left to vote for that anyone believes in.
The real embarrassment here folks, is the US-of-A electing a businessman, with self-interest & personal greed into the top-job.
Everyone around the world now suffers because of Mr.Trump.
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I am proud of President Trump! And unlike Owebama, with Trump, what you see is what you get! No one ever respected Obama except the gullible sheeple who followed the pied piper to the river.
LOL !!!
Yet another classic post from the administrator !!!
Nasty women ( we call them "Neo-Nazi, man-hating lesbian bitches down here lol ), or egotistical multi-billionaires, doesn't leave a lot for the folks of the US-of-A to vote for IMO...
As for the lewd video post ?...Well,....As a male, that's just the typical "jive-talk" that boys have among boys, with the Don adding his own brand of humor IMO. It also doesn't really carry much weight as it was supposed to be private, unrecorded conversation IMO. There was absolutely no need for the microphone to be on until they emerged from the bus. ( I wonder who delivered the video to the Washington Post ) ?....qt."Your fired"!!!
And as for the nasty women, didn't they end up dressing-up as vagina's ?....
Let's just hope that the 2020 election offers a better range of prospects, though I doubt it.
-- Edited by Rastus on Monday 26th of June 2017 06:41:24 AM
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