{"id":4807,"date":"2010-01-11T14:13:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-11T14:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/68.169.38.31\/?p=4807"},"modified":"2010-01-11T14:13:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-11T14:13:00","slug":"blacker-than-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormogons.com\/index.php\/2010\/01\/blacker-than-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"Blacker Than Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.portlandart.net\/archives\/barack-obama-bw.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; \" src=\"http:\/\/www.portlandart.net\/archives\/barack-obama-bw.png\" border=\"0\" title=\"Something about a black and white photo seemed appropriate in this context.\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/content.usatoday.com\/communities\/theoval\/post\/2010\/01\/obama-and-race----the-ever-present-issue\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>USA Today<\/i><\/a> points out that as much as President Obama wants to avoid discussions of race during his presidency, events are forcing him to do just that.<\/p>\n<p>Pfft. First, <i>every<\/i> presidency can be defined as a continuous string of unwanted events! In Barack Obama&#146;s case, he is effectively known for and being judged by nothing <i>but<\/i> unwanted events.  If the <i>USA Today<\/i> article is right, he better learn to deal with it fast.<\/p>\n<p>Second, let us look at the incidents that happened.  Harry Reid. Joe Biden.*  Jeremiah Wright.  Skip Gates.  Jimmy Carter. And Rob Blagojevich, who announced he&#146;s &#147;blacker than Obama.&#148; Evidently, the former Illinois governor meant <i>legally<\/i>, which is probably true.<\/p>\n<p>Unspoken? Where are the GOP names.  Remember? All the Republicans who were certain to have issues with a minority president?  All the GOP affiliates whose unbridled racism would bring to light America&#146;s shame?  Why are all these people affiliated in and around the President&#146;s own circles? It should make people think&#8230;but it sadly won&#146;t.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">* Is the Czar the only one confused as to when <i>articulate<\/i> became a racist word?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USA Today points out that as much as President Obama wants to avoid discussions of race during his presidency, events are forcing him to do just that. Pfft. First, every presidency can be defined as a continuous string of unwanted <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/gormogons.com\/index.php\/2010\/01\/blacker-than-obama\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-4807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Blacker Than Obama - The Gormogons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gormogons.com\/index.php\/2010\/01\/blacker-than-obama\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Blacker Than Obama - The Gormogons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"USA Today points out that as much as President Obama wants to avoid discussions of race during his presidency, events are forcing him to do just that. 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