Conservative Outraged Obama Is Addressing Problems They Blamed On Him

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Conservative Outraged Obama Is Addressing Problems They Blamed On Him

by Josh Israel at Think Progress

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/02/28/3346561/brothers-keeper-critics/

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In the 2012 campaign, critics of President Obama attempted to dent his minority support by blaming him for high unemployment rates among women and racial minority groups. Now, as Obama’s newly announced “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative seeks to take aim at the challenges facing boys and men of color, conservative writers are attacking him as “divisive.”

In a National Review Online column, Roger Clegg wrote Thursday that the White House plan was “government sponsored discrimination.” Despite the nation’s lengthy history of discrimination against racial minorities and the ongoing challenges facing their communities, Clegg lamented that taking steps to combat barriers to opportunity would actually be discouraging to these groups:


Constitutionality aside, it is divisive and unfair to have racially
exclusive programs. And what kind of message is given to blacks and Latinos when they are told that their young men are so problematic that they have to be singled out for special help to ensure that they don’t screw up?




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1. This is a push poll reaction by the GOP. They are highlighting not the good

that encouraging youth to look to a better future for themselves can do....but how it is for 'problematic' youth. A dog whistle for their base. After all if a program like this is left unsullied some in the base may like the idea of giving hope to people the GOP requires them to hate. And, to the GOP, that interconnectedness must be stopped any way possible. Otherwise the base may get happy with belonging to a great country lead by a great president that thinks about the potential of all its kids. The base must be kept in hate.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

2. Not to mention

how when he does try to talk about something else, they accuse of him trying to "distract" coverage away from ACA. They have no internal/consistent logic to any of their arguments and they are unrelentingly nasty towards him. It's gotten to the point that I just automatically tune out 99% of anything that comes out of their mouths.