In a video from 2007 that would have refuted the proposition that Obama would be the first post-racial president it shows Obama blatantly race-baiting an almost exclusively black audience. He's seen telling the audience that New Orleans was getting screwed by the government when in fact New Orleans has gotten $108 billion dollars to repair itself and the other states he mentioned only a fraction of that. VIDEO: Obama speech praises Wright, attacks feds on Katrina | The Daily Caller
The video at that Daily Caller won't load so here is a you tube version.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Efi0bg97T5s]Obama 2007: '911 Victims Treated Better Than Victims of Hurricane Katrina' - YouTube[/ame]
This is not news to me but I think it may be news to some. It shows Obama claiming that because popular opinion said so, that New Orleans was getting screwed because New Orleans was black. It doesn't take into account all of the blacks that died during 9/11 or any of the blacks that were left homeless after hurricane Andrew. It's a classic case of race-baiting and I'm sure it would have sunk Obama's bid for president if it had come to light before the 2008 election.
The video at that Daily Caller won't load so here is a you tube version.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Efi0bg97T5s]Obama 2007: '911 Victims Treated Better Than Victims of Hurricane Katrina' - YouTube[/ame]
This is not news to me but I think it may be news to some. It shows Obama claiming that because popular opinion said so, that New Orleans was getting screwed because New Orleans was black. It doesn't take into account all of the blacks that died during 9/11 or any of the blacks that were left homeless after hurricane Andrew. It's a classic case of race-baiting and I'm sure it would have sunk Obama's bid for president if it had come to light before the 2008 election.
The people down in New Orleans they dont care about as much! Obama shouts in the video, which was shot in June of 2007 at Hampton University in Virginia. By contrast, survivors of Sept. 11 and Hurricane Andrew received generous amounts of aid, Obama explains. The reason? Unlike residents of majority-black New Orleans, the federal government considers those victims part of the American family.
The racially charged and at times angry speech undermines Obamas carefully-crafted image as a leader eager to build bridges between ethnic groups. For nearly 40 minutes, using an accent he almost never adopts in public, Obama describes a racist, zero-sum society, in which the white majority profits by exploiting black America. The mostly black audience shouts in agreement. The effect is closer to an Al Sharpton rally than a conventional campaign event.