I sometimes wonder if Barack Obama didn't PROMOTE that Kenyan story just to keep folks who were defending him focused on that and off the truly questionable things in his background and history.
I don't really think you believe what you are saying. In today's climate, if Obama had done anything like that, there would be somebody ready to provide the background information to prove it. That's just silly to think that Obama actually has time to go to such lengths to promote something that Republicans started to begin with.
And given all the domestic violence in this country and given that George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin were absolutely nobody to anybody except those who knew them personally, why was this such a huge story in the first place?
That is such an easy thing to figure out, I can't understand that you didn't get it. It was such a huge story because the victim was black and the perpetrator was white, and it was swept under the rug by the Sanford Police. Stories like that always make the news, it doesn't matter if you reverse the races.
OJ you can understand--he was beloved both as an amazing sports figure and then as a movie star. Everybody knew who he was. But why is George Zimmerman such an internationally known figure and EVERYTHING he does is instant front page news?
It's the sign of the times. OJ was how many years ago? Now we have people with cell phones that can take pictures/videos, we have Facebook where people make racial comments that everyone can see and incense others, we have Twitter, where news travels much faster and spreads quicker, not to mention the election of a black President that has increased racial bias.
Is that orchestrated and planned too? To get more troublesome news bumped into inside pages? To divert the national conversation? These incidents sure seem to keep cropping up just when the press for the present Administration is the worst. I am guessing Barack Obama would figuratively kill to get another George Zimmerman type story going to divert the national attention right now.
That is truly an insensitive thing to say. Obama would "figuratively kill" to get another George Zimmerman type story? Obama will be vindicated in spite of the many lies and erroneous stories being created by the right, and he doesn't need to initiate sensationalism to divert national attention, the right wing will make sure to expand and twist everything he says and does in order to give the impression that he is bad. Fortunately, truth always wins out, and when the facts are provided, Americans are able to figure out for themselves who the bad guys truly are.
I know I for one am sick of hearing about George Zimmerman. I just don't think he is important enough to merit all the attention.
Unfortunately he isn't going away. The fact that he became a political issue, and giving his propensity to commit crimes, he will be in the news every time he steps out of bounds.
I don't think he'll stay out of trouble, we've already been able to get a glimpse of his true persona, and he is trouble with a capital "T". But, just like OJ, he will find himself in a situation where the courts will not cater to him and we won't have to hear about him as often.