"...the long standing issues of overpolicing, racism and profiling of the CPD in the North End [the black section of town] and of African-Americans throughout Champaign, the gerrymandering of the township to minimize poverty aid to the most unfortunate, voting against the broadband proposal, his contempt for the public by leaving City Council meetings for extended periods of time during public comment when residents are being critical, bullying the Safe Haven community [a self-organized homeless group], refusing to adequately deal with the Kiwane police killing [in the presence of the police chief, a cop - who had already killed an unarmed citizen - shot and killed an unarmed 15-year-old; neither cop has been charged or disciplined in any way], etc. - it is long past time for him to resign."
That's all true. But in the face of that, what the local liberals choose to get upset about is the mayor's daring to raise an objection to our murderous chief magistrate!
The Constitution specifies that the president shall be a "natural born Citizen" (art. 2, sect. 1). It's not unreasonable to ask if he is, and I don't think many Americans are going to be bullied out of asking the question by liberal disapproval. They'll probably just think that's more evidence that's something's being hidden from them. --CGE
On 4/17/10 8:59 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> On Apr 17, 2010, at 9:51 PM, Joseph Catron wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 9:25 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>>
>> This is the hometown of the University of Illinois, not some fucking
>>> cornfield:
>>>
>>
>> Living in a metropolitan area hardly immunizes one against reactionary
>> tendencies. Spend an afternoon chatting up strangers on Staten Island, in
>> Bay Ridge, or in Howard Beach.
>
> Yeah, there are some benighted people and some benighted neighborhoods,
> but the mayor of NYC would never doubt that Obama is an American. Not
> even a pigfucker like Rudy. This isn't some random stranger - it was
> someone elected by the broad population. I'm really surprised that the
> mayor of Champaign could be such a racist yahoo.
>
> Doug
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