Comments on: Bush Is Not And Obama Is Not

By: HemmD

HemmD — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 03:01:43 +0000

The people who create these comparisons probably could not articulate Che's or Hitler's political philosophy. They demonstrate their resounding ignorance by broad brushing current figures with boogey men from the past. Unfortunately, there is an equally ignorant group of people who lap this crap up and call it politics.

By: Don Quijote

Don Quijote — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:29:32 +0000

Today I've been hearing Obama called a Hugo Chavez dictator.

Chavez may be many things, but he is not a dictator. He was elected fair and square, you'll have to tell your friends to get over it.

By: denisedh

denisedh — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:35:57 +0000

T,
Thanks for your reasoned posts. I look forward to reading them.

By: T_Steel

T_Steel — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:56:08 +0000

“But you knew it was coming.”

Yes. And even though I knew it was coming, I hoped it wouldn't. It's almost like some people wish the reincarnations of Hitler or Guevara would turn up in the White House so they can have a cause to fight against (figuratively and literally).

“No telling what tomorrow brings. The chimp thing though I have say thats not funny………what would be the outcry if Obama was called Chimperor in chief…..Im not saying…Im just saying.”

The chimpanzee angle may not be funny to all but it is infinitely more harmless than Adolf Hitler. Has for the “Chimperor” In Chief, yeah there would be some serious volcanic eruptions from the NAACP, CBC, and other organizations (not to mention individuals). But that the whole racial double standard, whether justified or not, that still bites us in the arse from time to time.

By: pacatrue

pacatrue — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:55:04 +0000

The outcry would be deservedly greater, greenschemes, because there is a long and serious history in our nation of identifying African-Americans with subhumans like chimps. Portraying Obama as a monkey directly ties into centuries of rampant racism which our nation is still trying to get past. There is no history of denigrating all white people as a type of monkey and so the Bush as chimp thing is only a personal attack / joke, not an attack tied to a history of race.

By: greenschemes

greenschemes — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:47:29 +0000

Agreed.

But you knew it was coming.

After years of this type of rhetoric directed at Bush and Cheney there was no doubt that this was coming.

Today I've been hearing Obama called a Hugo Chavez dictator.

No telling what tomorrow brings. The chimp thing though I have say thats not funny.........what would be the outcry if Obama was called Chimperor in chief.....Im not saying...Im just saying.