Reply #21: Obama doesn't play the victim

[jpertello]

While I sympathize with the struggles you've had in your life I feel you are being unfair to Obama. He is not the whining victim that you paint him to be. He doesn't have that attitude at all. If you read his books you'll see that he's just the opposite. He believes all people, no matter their color, need to do whatever they can to help themselves and stop blaming the whites, the rich or whomever seems convenient for their problems. To quote Obama from his speech, "A More Perfect Union":

"That anger is not always productive; indeed, all too often it distracts attention from solving real problems; it keeps us from squarely facing our own complicity in our condition, and prevents the African-American community from forging the alliances it needs to bring about real change. But the anger is real; it is powerful; and to simply wish it away, to condemn it without understanding its roots, only serves to widen the chasm of misunderstanding that exists between the races."