Obama is too used to disrespect.

Over the generations, black people have put up with too much. Right from the days of slavery, to Jim Crow, to discrimination of all kinds right up to current times. They've been treated like second class citizens, or worse. And they've just taken it on the chin. Being far to submissive. And there's no better example than Barack Obama. He turns the other cheek. Time and time again. He allows Republicans to push him around. To disrespect him. And he takes it. Never shows rage. Keeps his cool. But that seems to be in keeping with the tone of many, many black people. Begging everyone's pardon. Some of 'em aren't militant enough. Forceful enough. Finally, black people have one of their own in the White House. And what does he do? He's pragmatic. Forgiving. He allows racist Republicans to have their way. Lets them push him around. They tell Obama that he's a second class president. That they'll do almost anything to see that he doesn't get a second term. Really, because he's black. If he were white, they'd show more respect. Yes, it's sad. That Obama doesn't get pissed. Maybe because he's black. He's used to shoddy treatment. To disrespect. Apparently, he expects it. And takes it. --Jim Broede