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<blockquote data-quote="trplnkl" data-source="post: 896760" data-attributes="member: 13254">Why would anyone equate pointing out he has a shared name with a murderous tyrant with racism? The purpose that most have in pointing out the name is to draw a supposed connection with Islam, noting to do with his race. The socialist &quot;charges&quot; have nothing to do with his race, but his &quot;share the wealth&quot; statements. &nbsp;I see more claims from the left about GOP racism than I see racism among the republicans that I personally know. Are there racists in the GOP? Sure there are as well as in the democrats and (probably) in the other smaller political influences. What I do question about racism is the (often) twisting of things said, down right ridiculous postulating that is prevalent in today&#039;s political atmosphere.&nbsp; When I read where someone has called 0bama a monkey (it has happened) I don&#039;t automatically assume they did so because of his race but take it the same as I would if they called him a clown. One can find a lot of statements, if they really want to, that race can be read into the comment.&nbsp;I&#039;m not sure what you mean by &quot;the ridiculously weak support the GOP has with minorities&quot;. Do you mean the lack of minorities supporting the GOP or the lack of GOP support of minorities?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="trplnkl, post: 896760, member: 13254"] Why would anyone equate pointing out he has a shared name with a murderous tyrant with racism? The purpose that most have in pointing out the name is to draw a supposed connection with Islam, noting to do with his race. The socialist "charges" have nothing to do with his race, but his "share the wealth" statements. I see more claims from the left about GOP racism than I see racism among the republicans that I personally know. Are there racists in the GOP? Sure there are as well as in the democrats and (probably) in the other smaller political influences. What I do question about racism is the (often) twisting of things said, down right ridiculous postulating that is prevalent in today's political atmosphere. When I read where someone has called 0bama a monkey (it has happened) I don't automatically assume they did so because of his race but take it the same as I would if they called him a clown. One can find a lot of statements, if they really want to, that race can be read into the comment. I'm not sure what you mean by "the ridiculously weak support the GOP has with minorities". Do you mean the lack of minorities supporting the GOP or the lack of GOP support of minorities? [/QUOTE]

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