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In reply to the discussion: ‘47 Percent Negro’: Anti-Obama Protest Turns Racist In Phoenix [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)4. Wow, such hate.
I agree with the Rines family: http://www.azcentral.com/news/politics/articles/20130806obama-phoenix-protests-outside-school.html?nclick_check=1
Bill Freitag of Gilbert likes Obama so much he dressed like an Obama bobble head.
Dorn Cook of Gilbert said, hes the best president weve had for a while. Hes much better than Bush.
Jonathan Rines, a retired member of the U.S. Navy, and his wife, Angelica, said they support Obama and were appalled at some of the negativity in the crowd, especially the Bye Bye Black Sheep singing.
Theres so much extremism in Arizona, said Jonathan. The people who are doing that are a vocal minority.
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You are very welcome. The reasonable people are not as loud, but they are out there and they have
MADem
Aug 2013
#34
You are going to have to go ask an Arizonan who is familiar with that contest for the
MADem
Aug 2013
#42
She was elevated to the governorship automatically, when Janet Napolitano resigned
Bette Noir
Aug 2013
#58
So, they hate the Black President because HE turned THEM into racist assholes...
MrScorpio
Aug 2013
#10
If only he'd stayed invisible, there'd be no problem! I never wanted to believe it, but...
freshwest
Aug 2013
#61
This Ugly Display puts the myth that the tea party is not racist to rest once and for all
dem in texas
Aug 2013
#45
Fucking wacko racists, and Obama divided all the races?? I guess he did that by winning the election
Jefferson23
Aug 2013
#64