Roundtable on Race: ‘Obama Can’t Walk On Water’

Since when has 47% to 53% been considered a “land slide” victory?
Also, all this use of the term “sobered” as in how Obama almost constantly uses the phrase “I was sobered by XYZ” or “it was a sobering experience” and now everyone is copying the phrase is quite revealing of something interesting just below the surface. It implies that prior to the “sobering” that they were …hmm what is the opposite of “sober”? That they were intoxicated (drunk) …yes that seems about right. Amazing to me that someone would imply that they themself were previously drunk but NOW they know better and have “sobered up”. It’s just a ridiculous turn of phrase.
Also there is no doubt that Obama and his admins have made race relations worse instead of better. Maybe the experience of being the first black US President that also makes things worse in that regard will prove to be a sobering experience to him once he’s voted out of office.

We have all seen the vile and putrid attacks by the right. Attacks void of any intelligence or common sense. To these people it does not matter what Obama does he is the Satan who is destroying America. I recognized this as what it is many months ago…Racism. There is a sub-culture of racism in this country that is nauseating to witness, and embarrassing to me as a white person.

Of course Obama can walk on water,who do you think your fooling? Obama wants to spend 1 trillion dollars to insure 2 % of the uninsured Americans,according to the CBO.When that happehs we all will pay for it and after Obama promised not to raise the deficit? Will he read the health care bill? Or does he just know what is in it,through divine intervention?

As long as the public refuse to educate themselves concerning the myth called race, is how long so-called race remains an issue and guys like Sharpton and Jesse Jackson have political prominence.

You guys are forgetting President Obama is 1/2 (50%) white or as our good friend from Italy said “A good tan”. Yes, we are a rascist nation, yes we have bigots evrywhere you look.
However you can two of the silliest people on the playground and they will make a great act. i.e. Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, etc. You can take two of the dumbest farmers around and they will make a cooperative. You can take two of the most underrated and unappreciated business people and they can make a dynasty.
We the people need to start learning to live with each other, start appreciating our neighbor for not what we can gain from him, but how we can start making our neighborhood better for everyone. We need to start demanding of our civic leaders more than they are offering.
We need to stop the bickering everywhere, and get those doggone partisans back to the table and look at things from “I AM AMERICAN”, instead of a ‘D”R”I’ after their names.
Until than we will always be divided. If that is the way it is going to be, I would just as soon move to Canada or anywhere but here, because we are doomed as a people and a nation.

President Obama has surrounded himself with some of the kookiest white people I have ever seen and shields himself from his policies through these guys. Van Jones at least was up front enough to declare his beliefs as a communistr yet we have more of the same from numerous cabinet members which should concern any redblooded American regardless of their skin color.
And speaking of race, to have Sharpton as some sort of upfront expert when he is horrible at jumping to conclusions, smearing the reputations of people and never offering an apology for distorting the facts.

Get over it!! Grow up, study and do something with your life! Stop asking for a hand out and pull yourself up like millions of different ethnic races have done from our beginning as a nation including poor whites! If you work hard enough you can become anything! Look at Obama!

Due to the catastrophic increase in the national debt since Obama took office, there are serious doubts as to whether or not the generation of my children, let alone my generation, will be able to afford a house. Say whatever you want about Obama, but the fact remains that we are no further along in the Middle East, our economy is in even worse shape, and the information being given out by the White House is repeatedly proven to be inaccurate.
AND YOU PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED WITH RACE? The stereotypes about how Americans judge by race were proven wrong by THE ELECTION ITSELF!
How about thinking of your children’s and grandchildren’s interests for a change, Mr. Baby-Boomer?
The sixties are over, get into the 21st century!

the win wasn’t a “landslide” but ignoring the facts it is also sometimes forgotten that Obama is, technically, 1/2 white. And grew up in a life of privledge and world-travelling (one that he has continued to this day- but now taxpayer funded- despite the recession and ongoing wars.) So while it is true that is he “black” in many eyes (or that his political handlers/advisors promote that he is “black”) it is also true that he never experienced the actuality of poverty, racism, etc: Hawaii, private schools, world travels, elite schools, scholarships, fundraisers, mentoring by famous leftist personalities….this is not the normal upbringing of ANYONE- white or black!

1. I don’t see that Obama is pitting us race against race, I think people see it that way. I did, however, see the Republican party engage in class war over W’s 8 loooong years.
2. Shawn, you say that he never experienced the actuality of poverty, racism, private schools, world travels, blah, blah, blah…how would you describe Bush and the Bush Dynasty? Do you really think that any of the pols are in touch with “reality?” Really? None of them are. I think the last “poor” president we had was Abraham Lincoln.
3. plainolcitizen, you think there is a catastrophic increase in the national debt since Obama took office. Really? You forgot that W. took us into a unilateral war (which a whole lot of us thought was unnecessary and seems to be the truth since (a) there were never any WMD found and (b) the taliban were and have been living in Afghanistan) which has mostly bankrupted us, and (c) the banks basically crashed on Bush’s watch. So, if your spawn cannot afford a house, maybe you ought to look at the Bush family, Cheney, Rove, et. al. You have an extremely short memory. But it’s always easier to blame people you hate.

Good ‘ol AL says “We learned [Obama] can’t walk on water, but he’s still the best political swimmer in national politics.”
I’m STILL surprised he was the fastest swimmer 49 years ago… the MORON!

“I can’t believe that George Stephanopolous would host a group of biggoted republicans(excluding Al Sharpton) on a news program that is supposed to be truthful, newsworthy, and honest. This was an absolute charade. I wonder if Stephanopolous has forgotten his big break(thanks to Bill Clinton) and possibly has forgotten the people who helped make him famous. “

That racial devide really does not exsist untill some of the sharptons and carters keep bringing it up LOOK WHO WE ELECTED. And those were not just BLACK votes. Without that devide sharpton would not be of any importance.

He can so to walk on water,just ask George Stephanopoulos.What is up with the landslide comment?
Rev. Al is ABC news ideal of a respected black spokesman,what a sad commentary on the state of the black community and ABC news.

We want all our Presidents to “walk on water”. We want them to fix our big tax eating political machine. We seesaw between Democrats and Republicans and the people continue to cry “We’re on the wrong path” no matter who is in power. Meanwhile the spin mongers and far left/right haters continue to divide the nation. The common folks want to be left alone. No more taxes – no more big government – get your freakin hands out of our wallets. You take care of your family, I’ll take care of mine and we’ll all help each other on a local level where we can see and talk to each other. We could probably get things done that you wouldn’t even believe we’re capable of. You know – like we did in the past. The politicians need to get a real job back home and represent us occasionally when we need it or continue to sit in the pig pens of Washington and collect salaries from hard working Americans.

As long as peolpe like Reverend Al still exist Race will be an issue. The reverend needs race to be an issue to stay in power and make lots of money. So and people like he keep race an issue and keeps the money flowing………

Well, at least President Obama has his media buddies. During GS’s interview of Valerie Jarrett, she was allowed to stake a claim that the GOP had no ideas and were totally at fault with respect to Obabma’s campaign promises. One way was saying that in NY, the conservative side of the party were acting in bad faith in not supporting the Repub — and actually left the impression that the Repub that dropped out would support the Democrat, and that the conservatives in the party forced the duly primary winner out of the race.
It does not mention that there was no primary. Are the newsmedia so afraid of getting into trouble with the White House that they are willing to allow the members of that White House to spin whatever they want? (Oh yes, he did question her when she said that Obama was in no way to blame — but after she repeated her answer several times — GS seemed satisfied. “Well, she must be right,” you could see GS thinking, “She did answer the question several times.”
This is not the first time a White House Official has made “arguable points” on “This Week.” Fox News is not a news outlet?
GS’s trick is to seem to strongly object to a minor point — or one that is so clearly incorrect that, in my opinion, he could just say nothing — and then knowingly nod in assent when they just repeat the charges again.
But hey, that’s TV. Although I am a conservative, I like watching GS and his “left of center” TV. I do hate it when anyone, FOXNEWS, ABC, NBC, etc say they have no POV. It’s like saying they don’t have a brain. (OK, maybe CNN can make that claim.)

@Earl: Of course the racial divide exists. You just prefer to put your fingers in your ears and hum while its statistically proven that African-Americans and especially Hispanics and Native Americans are generally poorer and less well off than white Americans. I’m not sure exactly how you think Al Sharpton or Jimmy Carter can magically make people poorer.

Al Sharpton is one of the biggest racists to be heard. Two words Tawana Brawley! This man held a state hostage with his lies and fairy tales. I am from upstate N.Y. and remember him causing the accused D.A. to lose his job,his marriage and his health. All Sharpton and his cohorts received was a slap on the wrist. For ABC News and George Stephanopoulos to give this man credibility is appalling.