Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Obama According to TexasFred


From the conservative blogger site,  The TexasFred Blog, I selected this blog piece Obama: Martin ‘could have been me’ 35 years ago to critique.  The author is Fred Witzell, a self described “highly opinionated and very Conservative blogger” who “does not play the PC game.”    The tone in this blog is harsh and it is apparent that this blogger has contempt for the Obama administration, if not also for President Obama personally.  His argument is that President Obama is a racist and uses his mixed race to his political advantage.  It is a post that is meant to further incite those that already do not sympathize with the President; he loosely presents “facts” and mostly personal opinion to support his argument. A caption on a picture of Obama seems to chide him for addressing the Travon Martin ruling instead of the Detroit bankruptcy, followed by descriptions of the President as “EVIL” and “RACIST.”  Furthermore, he claims that the President’s goal is to incite race riots in this country by incurring marital law and confiscating all guns. 
Needless to say, I completely disagree with this author’s inciting views.  The author writes for his very conservative base and fails to provide any direct support for his comments.  His strong reactions make him sound almost paranoid.  I may be on the other side of the political spectrum, but I think even for the very conservative he goes over the top with his views.  At the same time, I know there is wide discontent with the current administration among this group, but all credibility is lost here. 

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