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ftr, I did not say ALL OF IT was racially motivated, I said I thought A LOT OF IT was. I stand by that. If we had a white man doing the same things, I feel quite certain the temperament would not be as bad as it is.
My brother (the conservative one) has been sending me emails about all the bailouts Obama started. But most of the bailouts were started by Bush, something that is lost on many people who are crying about Obama's socialism. In addition, many of them are now claiming the recession is Obama's fault, even though it began BEFORE he was even elected! And this brother of mine is not stupid, even though it he is acting stupid by sending this crap out and thereby helping to facilitate the nonsense. I do believe he is racist, even though I don't believe he knows he is. He is a "polite" racist. He has racist tendencies, but he isn't aware of them.
In addition, Obama is doing exactly what he campaigned on. He campaigned on health care reform, green energy and education reform. He tied health care to the economy, as he should. He won by a huge majority. Because he won with such a large majority, I think he is caving in WAY too much to the right. He should be trying to get single payer, but instead, it looks like we might not even get a public option now. He is trying WAY too hard to please the people who will never vote with him, and who LOST. *sigh*
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