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.
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? 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?
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.
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.
Paranoid, partisan nonsense.
That most on the right dont understand the issue is part of the problem.
Zimmerman is about the simmering resentment felt by many white conservatives concerning racism they neither see nor practice, but are told exists nonetheless; and as a consequence they refuse to enter into a good faith dialogue with African-Americans with regard to race and how young black men are perceived by white conservatives.
The proof of this can be seen in the rights effort to demonize Martin and other young black men.
And the rights bizarre and ignorant obsession with regard to knock out on this very forum is further proof, where conservatives seek to contrive the lie that this is somehow representative of African-American culture.
Martin should not have put his hands on anyone, and in particular - a man with a gun.
Sorry, but African-American culture needs to take a long look in the mirror.
There is no evidence, beyond the word of the killer, as to who initiated the physical altercation.
That is also the same reason Zimmerman was acquitted.