Oh Noes! The Negroes Are Growin' Restless!!!

Bolt the door and grab the shotgun, Jethro, the negroes are growin' restless:

Here's proof that President Obama has indeed ushered in a new era in race relations. Who would have ever expected some white Americans to demand that an African-American man show more rage? If you've followed the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, you've heard the complaints that Obama isn't showing enough emotion. But scholars say Obama's critics ignore a lesson from American history: Many white Americans don't like angry black men.

Scholars say it, and CNN repeats it, so it must be true.

I know in my case, I find nothing more irritating than having surly household help. And don't even get me started on that waiter down at the country club. Christ, it's to the point where I'm almost ready to welcome all those illegal Meskins slinking out of Arizona. At least I might have a chance at getting a houseboy who could manage a smile while earning his minimum wages...

Of course, it could just be that white Americans prefer their presidents show competence along with their coolness. Maybe what white Americans don't like are incompetent presidents. Think about it. How much love have you seen the American public throw Jimmy Carter's way over the past thirty years? And let's not forget, Bill Clinton was our first black president, and he got pissed lots of times. That didn't stop white Americans from choosing him over Bob Dole, and you'd be hard pressed to find anybody whiter than Bob Dole.

Displays of pointless macho manly anger are all fine in their place - which is usually in the middle of a WWF pay-per-view - but Barack Obama getting all angry and whatnot doesn't change the fact that he's simply screwed the pooch on this one. Rather than sit around wondering why Barack Obama isn't throwing fits over Deepwater Horizon, wouldn't it make more sense to wonder why he hasn't done anything other than send a few Justice Department lawyers to the Gulf Coast?

Then again, CNN wouldn't be CNN if they asked that sort of question.

Comments

[Comanche Voter]

If we're going to talk about "ass kicking" the average gang banger vato down at East Los Angeles Middle School could whup the New Messiah four falls out of five.

Even the Canadians are laughing about this--with a Canadian newspaper saying that "this statement was as phony as the rest of Obama".

Now it may make some jr. assistant professor of liberal/marxist studies at Harvard get all wee wee'd up to hear the "Tough Hombre" in the White House talk this way. Heck the little jr. assistant professor will probably choke on his chardonnay and brie while telling his boyfriend all about it.

But it doesn't stop the spill. Nor does it help to stop the spill. In fact this display of macho manliness is more akin to "tits on a bull"--i.e. useless. And we're getting a lot of bull from the Oval Office these days.

[Allen]

The only thing I'm wondering about is, do these people who come up with this crap actually believe it?

As to Obama's response, pfft. I didn't expect any better. The guy who votes "present" doesn't actually lead me to believe that he'll be a take charge kind of person. Great, he went off, he's going to kick some ass. Now what?

[aelfheld]

I don't know about you, but what I saw wasn't 'anger' (let alone 'determination' or 'forthrightness'). 'Petulance', 'false bravado', 'excuse-making', those I saw.

I'm waiting for him to threaten to take his ball and go home.

[BillT]

It was a typo on the teleprompter. He was supposed to say "kiss" rather than "kick"...

[Joe Redfield]

I finally remembered who El Presidente reminded me of the other day when he made his 'kick ass' remark - Basil Fawlty

[TmjUtah]

It took about five days for the full impact of his "boot on the throat" soliloquy to really sink in.

Imagining girly pants man attempting to kick ass is just icing spilled on the floor of the bakery.

Too much.

[Simon]

Joe - It's always bottoms with you people isn't it ?

[Person of Choler]

Judging by Obama's inept and footling response to the spill, he ought to kick his own ass. Assuming he could find it, of course.

[progressive white liberal HBO audience member]

I still want him to pull up his shirt and show us all his handgun.

[The Commander]

Handguns scare him silly. He ain't got one. As far as kicking ass, well, he;'s jsut a five-year old playing dress-up in Daddy's suits, bowing to all the big kids, and talking tough like he's heard on TV. It would be funny, except it's coming from the half-white house, and it's therefore dangerous.

[PDS]

Imagine the amount of panic in the backrooms of the White House if they actually felt the need to have Obama say such an assinine thing.

[King Obama]

If we're going to talk about "ass kicking" the average gang banger vato down at East Los Angeles Middle School could whup the New Messiah four falls out of five.

Forget the average gangbanger - my 8 yr old daughter would beat his scrawny ass. Good racist projection on CNN though. Sorry only incompetent executives look around for 'someones ass to kick'. Because they can't think of solutions. What a looza.

[MRL]

Betcha Barry O is gonna give a nice opening day speech at the Ground Zero victory mosque on 9/11/11. The Manchurian Moonbat, fer sure.

He IS kicking some ass -- ours.

[Bob (that's Bob spelled backwards)]

Personally, I'd be satisfied if Obama would just call up the CEO of BP on the phone. Forget anger, or "ass kicking", a modicum of common sense would be fine.

[mojo]

Nothing more pathetic than a nerdy wonk trying to act tough. You know he's going to wimp out, even he knows he's going to wimp out. The only ones in the dark as to the inevitable wimp factor seem to be the "progressive" left, because they think he's a freakin' god, sunbeams outta his ass etc.

Me, I think I'll have another drink.

[The Commander]

Bob (that's Bob speleld backwards) wants any amount whatsoever of common sense from a hard-core leftist? Good luck...

[Bob (which is 'Bob' backwards)]

Commander -

I said I wanted it, I didn't say I was going to get it.

[Tim P]

Dennis,
I saw that same article yesterday and had pretty much the same reaction. There were a few other choice quotes in that limp screed, but I don't want to re-read it to copy them here. I don't think anyone could possibly believe that act.
Damn, 2-1/2 more years of this.

[Don Brouhaha]

Well, Jimmy Carter threatened to 'whip his ass' (talking about Ted Kennedy in the '80 Dem primary)

Bill Clinton got to grab some ass while he was President

And Barack Obama wants to "kick some ass" now that he is President.

Notice a pattern here? I don't.

[David]

Notice a pattern here? I don't.

With Democrats (along with Andrew Sullivan), it's always about the ass?

David

[richard mcenroe]

"If we're going to talk about "ass kicking" the average gang banger vato down at East Los Angeles Middle School could whup the New Messiah four falls out of five."

Just a note for perspective, the average gangbanger vato at ELA MS is twenty-three...

[The Commander]

Oh, my. ROFLMAO. That was a good one.

I gues bob (that's Bob spelled backwards) and I will just have to learn to live with disappointment - Ain't goin' to be no rationality coming out o' that malarial swamp down in DC 'til we-uns change the adminny-stration.