Since the chosen one, who waffled on same sex marriage has finally came out in support of it, some in the media said he would lose the backing from the Black and Hispanic community.
I knew that was BS the minute I heard it. Barry could shoot a video of
himself murdering someone (preferably Biden) in the West Wing of the WH, post it on YouTube, and still carry 92% of the Black vote.
Likewise, to a large percentage of Blacks, not all, it made no difference if OJ was guilty or not. The only thing that mattered was the color of his skin. Now I call that racism. Or my comment may be construed as racism. I prefer to call it fact.
Just to avoid any confusion, if I had my druthers and could snap my fingers and make someone else president right now, this guy would be president...
And it would happen before you could blink and eye.
Case in point below.
Many blacks shrug off Obama's new view on gays - Boston.com
ARDMORE, Pa.—Like many black Americans, Dorsey Jackson does not believe in gay marriage, but he wasn't disillusioned when Barack Obama became the first president to support it. The windows of his suburban Philadelphia barbershop still display an "Obama 2012" placard and another that reads "We've Got His Back."
If Obama needs to endorse same-sex marriage to be re-elected, said Jackson, so be it: "Look, man -- by any means necessary."
With that phrase popularized by the black radical Malcolm X, Jackson rebutted those who say Obama's new stand will weaken the massive black support he needs to win re-election in November. Black voters and especially black churches have long opposed gay marriage. But the 40-year-old barber and other African-Americans interviewed in politically key states say their support for Obama remains unshaken.
Some questioned whether he really believes what he says about gay marriage or merely took that stand to help defeat Republican Mitt Romney -- suggesting African-Americans view the first black president less as an icon than as a straight-up politician who still feels like family.
"Obama is human," said Leon Givens of Charlotte, N.C. "I don't have him on a pedestal."
On Tuesday, Givens voted in favor of banning gay marriage in North Carolina. Many black precincts voted 2-1 for the ballot measure, which passed easily.
The next day, Givens heard Obama tell the nation in a TV interview: "I think same-sex couples should be able to get married."
But this fall, Givens plans to register Obama voters and drive senior citizens to the polls. A retired human resources manager, he suspects the president's pronouncement was "more a political thing than his true feelings." But he's not dwelling on it.
"We can agree to disagree on gay marriage," Givens said, "and then I leave him alone."
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