Soma online….

For eight years, radical liberals in the media mocked and bashed President Bush for every breath and movement he made. Piles of books were written about how supposedly dumb or dangerous he was. Like children, each of these radical liberals possessed no clear personal identity, and thus took to bashing the “other” and kicking and screaming whenever any difficult new ideas came up. Michael Moore and his ilk had their turn in the limelight; none of them will merit even a single sentence in America’s history books. Their time is up.

I refuse to stoop to their level. We conservatives are adults. We do not sulk. I disagree with President Obama on many issues, but this speech is a good speech, and anyone who wallows in victimhood needs to hear it. We conservatives have been trying to communicate this great message of self-reliance for decades. Maybe it’ll reach new people when President Obama says it.

“It’s amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” – President Harry Truman

I wonder why you never hear conspiracy theories that Jackson was behind the assassination?

Kafir on July 17, 2009 at 9:04 AM

I forget. What did Jackson have to about Obama’s nuts?

He’s a blank slate. Write on him what you will.

SilentWatcher on July 17, 2009 at 2:50 AM

Tabula Rossa

That’s what “Whitey” has be trying to tell the Black community for a long time. Strange when a black person says it, It’s a new concept.

BruceB on July 17, 2009 at 9:21 AM

Both the black and white community know that this is the standard “black responsibility” speech that both groups know mean nothing, but he can point to it later as some kind of showing of moderation to his extreme leftist views.

BuckeyeSam on July 17, 2009 at 8:31 AM

I wonder why you never hear conspiracy theories that Jackson was behind the assassination?

“hey Mr. President – can you come put some gas in my car”?

……peggy joseph

So, basically what the GOP has been telling black people for decades. Why is it all of the sudden different when a black Dem says it?

Kafir on July 17, 2009 at 7:30 AM

My theory is that a black leader who got this right was sadly murdered 40 years ago. Seriously, it would be interesting how things would have developed if James Earl Ray had taken out Jesse Jackson rather than Martin Luther King. Jackson has done more to enslave blacks than anyone in the past 40 years.

Give a man a fish, he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish, he eats for a lifetime.

he urged blacks to take greater responsibility for themselves and move away from reliance on government programs

at the same time he continues to promote and push for passage of government programs that foster more and more reliance on government . . .

I can’t think of a better example of how government policy encourages minorities to “internalize limitations” than Affirmative Action.

So it’s lip service, but still, it was well said. Actions do speak louder than words, however.

And the High School counselors for Michelle told her to forget the idea of going to college. But she got in because her older (smarter and talented) brother was star of the college basketball team.

Does anybody else sort of get the feeling this guy becomes whomever he thinks his audience wants him to be?

For about 4 years now. I hope this isn’t a new realization on your part.