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HopeHoops

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56. Two of my neighbors are unapologetic bigots. I left my Obama signs out for them.

Tue Nov 13, 2012, 12:24 PM

Nov 2012

Actually, it was just to piss them off. Obama's black - get the fuck over it already. He'll at least be in the list of "best presidents", if not THE best, in historical accounts. The racists just can't handle it.

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Just talked to my conservative neighbor... [View all] BlueDemKev Nov 2012 OP

Because they are afraid of people who seem "different" than they are. CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2012 #1

All I read out of that translation is that Obama does not measure up to the white MichiganVote Nov 2012 #2

They have trouble connecting the dots Angry Dragon Nov 2012 #3

"Not one of us" = "he's black" HooptieWagon Nov 2012 #4

+1 Cali_Democrat Nov 2012 #12

+2 sellitman Nov 2012 #20

+3 TheBlackAdder Nov 2012 #25

+4 Lex Nov 2012 #33

I agree Nonhlanhla Nov 2012 #36

welcome to DU! renate Nov 2012 #58

Racism with "reverse engineering". JoePhilly Nov 2012 #41

Correctamundo! , nt HooptieWagon Nov 2012 #47

That means black guy Rambis Nov 2012 #51

+5 old guy Nov 2012 #52

+6 Raster Nov 2012 #53

What about Obama's mother or grandparents? Blue4Texas Nov 2012 #5

And his maternal grandfather was a WWII vet We People Nov 2012 #21

Thank you. I'll remember that :) Blue4Texas Nov 2012 #26

Good example of another racist trying hide his bigotry. Thats all it is and thats all it ever is!N/T busterbrown Nov 2012 #6

My Bigot-dar is going off. Your neighbor is prejudiced and probably a racist. nc4bo Nov 2012 #7

"Otherness" syndrome... FLyellowdog Nov 2012 #8

Like tribalism. And the instinct is much stronger in many people. MissMarple Nov 2012 #59

Will do. FLyellowdog Nov 2012 #61

Say it with me everybody "that neighbor is racist". craigmatic Nov 2012 #9

This is funny because more of Obama's male relatives EmeraldCityGrl Nov 2012 #10

Many think Ronald Reagan and John Wayne fought bravely in wars... Mike Nelson Nov 2012 #11

Exactly. And they can't stand to be corrected. nt Ilsa Nov 2012 #55

But cleduc Nov 2012 #13

We People posted link above of Grandpa Dunham Blue4Texas Nov 2012 #27

Racism is only part of it. Awknid Nov 2012 #14

Mitt didn't serve in the military either SoCalNative Nov 2012 #15

+ 1 n/t ejbr Nov 2012 #17

Romney dodged the draft Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2012 #22

Mitt Didn't Serve, His Father Didn't Serve, His Grandfather Didn't Serve... TheOther95Percent Nov 2012 #24

Yeah, but he doesn't have that skin condition the President has. progressoid Nov 2012 #28

Right, this isn't about color for crying out loud Cosmocat Nov 2012 #42

tell him he doesn't have anything in common with Romney either - duh n/t sammytko Nov 2012 #16

I live in a mobile home "park' N_E_1 for Tennis Nov 2012 #18

but even if a white Dem stood? Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2012 #23

No they wouldn't. JoeyT Nov 2012 #34

Did Reagan ever run a business? n/t ejbr Nov 2012 #19

"He's not one of us" was going around a lot during the campaign. progressoid Nov 2012 #29

Romney's white. To them, that's all that matters. HooptieWagon Nov 2012 #32

Republicans, the great dividers and hypocrites cgnick Nov 2012 #30

"He never served in the military and he's never run a business." also applies to Paul Ryan! beac Nov 2012 #31

Exactly! Beachy Nov 2012 #37

None of them are "one of us" quaker bill Nov 2012 #35

Your neighbor belongs to the barbed wire Idiocratic Party lunatica Nov 2012 #38

Oh, and the billionaire mittwitt IS like him?? a kennedy Nov 2012 #39

People like that are never going to change their opinions davidpdx Nov 2012 #40

He's racist. Plain and simple. MuttLikeMe Nov 2012 #43

Obamas Firebirds01 Nov 2012 #44

Michael Lewis did an interview on Bloomberg a while back cleduc Nov 2012 #45

Mitt has never run a business either treestar Nov 2012 #46

Bill Clinton - Never served in military, never had a real "job" justiceischeap Nov 2012 #48

Romney didn't go to the Military either Xyzse Nov 2012 #49

that's ridiculous gang Nov 2012 #50

Perhaps you should mention that neither Romney, his five sons, his father nor his grandfather served hlthe2b Nov 2012 #54

Two of my neighbors are unapologetic bigots. I left my Obama signs out for them. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #56

Yes and Obama's grandfather was on Normandy beach on D-Day plus 4. denverbill Nov 2012 #57

if your neighbor is saying that...they MrsBrady Nov 2012 #60

The right touts "the American Dream" and then disdains the two recent presidents who embody it DFW Nov 2012 #62

Answer: "So his grandfather's service doesn't count?" CBHagman Nov 2012 #63