Comments on: Letterman to Obama: “How long have you been a black man?”

By: Snarky

Snarky — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:22:35 +0000

WHO CARES!

I don’t! And we shouldn’t!
Its a done deal, push race and color to the back burner.

We have more important issues to deal with on the front burner.

Ya Think?
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Denounce the racist fringe at the teabagging parties and we will move on. And anyway you are why the presidents great plans aren’t moving ahead anyway. That’s hypcoritical of you. Ya think? Not much.

By: Gary G

Gary G — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:21:50 +0000

Why do you allways give half truths, Mr. President? Yuo are half black and half white. The half white raised you not your father. You made sure that you used your grandmother and grandfather in the election but now it is like you have disowned them. Your grandmother must be rolling over in her grave. Why are you ashamed of your white heratige? You are nothing but an opertunist and right now being all black gives you more freedom to spread your message. Shame on you.

By: Travis

Travis — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:39:28 +0000

David,
Really? When you look at President Obama, what do you see? A white man? When you see the pictures of him growing up, with his tall ‘fro, playing basketball, is the first thing that pops into your head ‘Hey, a white guy with a ‘fro, playing basketball’? I don’t think so. He is seen as black, lived his life as a black man, and is now a proud black man who is our President. Yes, he was raised by a white mother and grandmother but he was a black man raised by a white mother and grandmother. Your comment is beyond asinine, just plain STUPID!!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:14:28 +0000

Historically, the United States used a colloquial term, the one-drop rule, to designate a black person as any person with any known African ancestry.[48] Outside of the US, some other countries have adopted the practice, but the definition of who is black and the extent to which the one drop “rule” applies varies from country to country.
The one drop rule may have originated as a means of increasing the number of black slaves[49] and been maintained as an attempt to keep the white race pure.[50] One of the results of the one drop rule was uniting the African American community and preserving an African identity.[48] Some of the most prominent civil rights activists were multiracial, and advocated equality for all.
President Barack Obama self-identifies as black and African American interchangeably.[51] According to a Williams Identity Survey conducted by Zogby International interactive poll conducted November 1–2, 2006, among those who voted, 55 percent of whites voters and 61 percent of Hispanics voters classified him as biracial instead of black after being told that his mother is white, and 66% of Black voters classified Obama as black.[52] Another poll conducted by the same group returned results that forty-two percent of African-Americans voters described Tiger Woods as black, as did 7% of white voters.[53]

By: sm

sm — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:13:48 +0000

our country is a mess
he needs to stop making speeches and get to work

By: Batman

Batman — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:10:47 +0000

Letterman has not been funny for years. I don’t think The Joker helped either.

By: Anna Langella

Anna Langella — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:06:57 +0000

20 years ago, he could be funny. Now he is just pathetic. Old and tired.

By: christina

christina — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:06:36 +0000

i love obama hes the best nd hes a very smart guy

By: Travis

Travis — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:59:31 +0000

Not that I wish to call him a liar, I must inform the President that he is “UNAWARE” that he is 50% white and in doing so has denied the very existence of the mother that gave birth to him!
- Posted by DAVID

Really? When you look at President Obama, what do you see? A white man? When you see the pictures of him growing up, with his tall ‘fro, playing basketball, is the first thing that pops into your head ‘Hey, a white guy with a ‘fro, playing basketball’? I don’t think so. He is seen as black, lived his life as a black man, and is now a proud black man who is our President. Yes, he was raised by a white mother and grandmother but he was a black man raised by a white mother and grandmother. Your comment is beyond asinine, just plain STUPID!!

By: Marky

Marky — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:59:13 +0000

WHO CARES!

I don’t! And we shouldn’t!
Its a done deal, push race and color to the back burner.

We have more important issues to deal with on the front burner.

Ya Think?