The Phony in Chief

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By Thomas Sowell on 10.9.12 @ 6:00AM
When he gave that demagogic speech, in a feigned accent and style, it was world class chutzpah and a rhetorical triumph.


When President Barack Obama and others on the left are not busy admonishing the rest of us to be "civil" in our discussions of political issues, they are busy letting loose insults, accusations and smears against those who dare to disagree with them.

Like so many people who have been beaten in a verbal encounter, and who can think of clever things to say the next day, after it is all over, President Obama, after his clear loss in his debate with Mitt Romney, called Governor Romney a "phony."

Innumerable facts, however, show that it is our Commander in Chief who is Phony in Chief. A classic example was his speech to a predominantly black audience at Hampton University on June 5, 2007. That date is important, as we shall see.

In his speech -- delivered in a ghetto-style accent that Obama doesn't use anywhere except when he is addressing a black audience -- he charged the federal government with not showing the same concern for the people of New Orleans after hurricane Katrina hit as they had shown for the people of New York after the 9/11 attacks, or the people of Florida after hurricane Andrew hit.

Departing from his prepared remarks, he mentioned the Stafford Act, which requires communities receiving federal disaster relief to contribute 10 percent as much as the federal government does.

Senator Obama, as he was then, pointed out that this requirement was waived in the case of New York and Florida because the people there were considered to be "part of the American family." But the people in New Orleans -- predominantly black -- "they don't care about as much," according to Barack Obama.

If you want to know what community organizers do, this is it -- rub people's emotions raw to hype their resentments. And this was Barack Obama in his old community organizer role, a role that should have warned those who thought that he was someone who would bring us together, when he was all too well practiced in the arts of polarizing us apart.
Why is the date of this speech important? Because, less than two weeks earlier, on May 24, 2007, the United States Senate had in fact voted 80-14 to waive the Stafford Act requirement for New Orleans, as it had waived that requirement for New York and Florida. More federal money was spent rebuilding New Orleans than was spent in New York after 9/11 and in Florida after hurricane Andrew, combined.

Truth is not a job requirement for a community organizer. Nor can Barack Obama claim that he wasn't present the day of that Senate vote, as he claimed he wasn't there when Jeremiah Wright unleashed his obscene attacks on America from the pulpit of the church that Obama attended for 20 years.

Unlike Jeremiah Wright's church, the U.S. Senate keeps a record of who was there on a given day. The Congressional Record for May 24, 2007 shows Senator Barack Obama present that day and voting on the bill that waived the Stafford Act requirement. Moreover, he was one of just 14 Senators who voted against -- repeat, AGAINST -- the legislation which included the waiver.

When he gave that demagogic speech, in a feigned accent and style, it was world class chutzpah and a rhetorical triumph. He truly deserves the title Phony in Chief.

If you know any true believers in Obama, show them the transcript of his June 5, 2007 speech at Hampton University (available from the Federal News Service) and then show them page S6823 of the Congressional Record for May 24, 2007, which lists which Senators voted which way on the waiver of the Stafford Act requirement for New Orleans.

Some people in the media have tried to dismiss this and other revelations of Barack Obama's real character that have belatedly come to light as "old news." But the truth is one thing that never wears out. The Pythagorean Theorem is 2,000 years old, but it can still tell you the distance from home plate to second base (127 ft.) without measuring it. And what happened five years ago can tell a lot about Barack Obama's character -- or lack of character.

Obama's true believers may not want to know the truth. But there are millions of other people who have simply projected their own desires for a post-racial America onto Barack Obama. These are the ones who need to be confronted with the truth, before they repeat the mistake they made when they voted four years ago.
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[MsPaulRevere]

As I have stated in the past, I grew up in a black neighborhood, my father owned a business there. Unless you have lived with them you will never understand this race of people. This is one of the problems with northern liberals that are now large and in charge, they have never lived among them.

There are southern blacks and then there are northern blacks and they are two different kettle's of fish. The southern blacks were more kind and not militant at least not until after the mid 70's. The northern blacks were called "uppidy" blacks by the southern people including the southern blacks. These uppidy blacks are the dangerous militants like Frank Marshall Davis and they are a nasty bunch that will grin as they cut your throat.

With that said, I talked to a very nice black man in his mid 20's yesterday at Office Depot. He checked me out and said "I hope you are gonna have a nice day today". I said no, I am doing my taxes and the conversation quickly changed it's tone. He said "oh, I'm so sorry" I said yeah, had we elected RP that would be a burden we would no longer have to endure".

He spoke to me now in a quieter tone and what he said shocked me. He suddenly looked very concerned as he scanned the empty store I could tell he as someone who worked knew the score and that store will most likely close soon. His voice was more soft now and he said to me " we must vote in something different now or we wont survive".

I was stunned and left hopeful that there are many more like him that will silently vote for anything but Obama.

There is one thing though that is constant and consistent in both groups. 95% will absolutely always vote for anyone that is their skin color.