Posted by
VBushmills on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 1:41:22 PM
A weight coach I know has had a good time, since the early days of the '08 campaign, to insist, when people would call Obama "black" that No, he is just as white as he is black, so it is just as correct to call him one as the other.
Try as we might, we can't escape Obama's color, especially since "mulatto" and "half-breed" are no longer acceptable terms. An old fellow I know, from the days when color mattered more than it does now, mentioned that to me the other day, as if to you say that everything he disliked about Obama was because of his color.
I laughed, and said, "You know, you may be right, but not like you mean it to be. Everything about Obama I've seen so far, that I don't like, I associate wih his white side."
"Really?"
"Sure. Think about it. How many black men do you know, or ever even heard of, when they came into a little money, didn't spread it around among family? Black street punks-turned-rappers-turned-millionaires still don't forget their brothers and sisters. Obama's black side is African, not Alabaman so the goal of sharing is even higher for him. Akeem Olajuwan is from Nigeria and he has showered his wealth on family both here and in Nigeria. Dikembe Matumbo is from Congo and he has showered his wealth not only on his family, but also also adopted kids and brought them here. Obama has brothers in Kenya still living on dirt floors. Has never sent them a dollar. He had an aunt living in Boston, illegal and homeless. Never gave her a penny...even after she was outed.
"Now you tell me, is it the African side, or white side that has made him such a chincy cheapskate?"
He laughed. "Yep, you got me there."
(I just used both the "c" words to describe this pusillanimous stinginess, but there is also an "n" word, which, I guess, we shouldn't use here lest Town Hall shut us down. Still.....)
Bernard Chumm