[CornFed]

His comments have always reflected an impulsive inclination to worsen racial tensions when tragic events have occurred like those in Florida, Missouri, Long Island and others.  Unnecessarily stirring racial resentments and castigating conservatives as racist can certainly be described as divisive.  In several of those instances his comments came before the relevant investigation had even been completed.  This was an inappropriate misuse of his power and influence given the awareness of investigators of the outcome desired by the President of the United States.  But importantly as well it was incendiary.  It gave protesters in Ferguson, for instance, the sense that their outrage and violence was endorsed by POTUS.  Even the relatively minor incident of the professor in Boston who got upset when police questioned him for breaking in to his own home.  Ignoring the merits or lack of same of that case, what is the POTUS doing making national comments on a minor case like that about which he knows very little?  The chance that he would have done so if the professor was white is zero. 

I do not think it is all that rare for Obama to personally vilify conservatives and play off of tired and crude caricatures that insult a sizable portion of the populace.  His "apology" tour was offensive, but I suppose that was just an extension of his policy to revamp America to atone for what he sees as our imperialist history.

I know that many of you (most it seems to me) do not see our President the same way I do.  I think part of the reason people like burger call him centrist or moderate is because they, themselves, are much closer to his end of the political spectrum. 

On matters more central to the origin of this board, Stanford sports, you all have been successful in helping me see the light on several occasions.  Most memorable to me was my initial repulsion by Richard Sherman's behavior after the NFC Championship game.  I took the additional input many of you provided and came quickly to see what a remarkable man he is.  There have been other instances.  But before you set out to set me straight, I would only ask that you actually do some serious introspection and general reflection. I'm not a knee-jerk conservative.  Please don't come at me like a knee-jerk liberal.

[CornFed]

His comments have always reflected an impulsive inclination to worsen racial tensions when tragic events have occurred like those in Florida, Missouri, Long Island and others.  Unnecessarily stirring racial resentments and castigating conservatives as racist can certainly be described as divisive.  In several of those instances his comments came before the relevant investigation had even been completed.  This was an inappropriate misuse of his power and influence given the awareness of investigators of the outcome desired by the President of the United States.  But importantly as well it was incendiary.  It gave protesters in Ferguson, for instance, the sense that their outrage and violence was endorsed by POTUS.  Even the relatively minor incident of the professor in Boston who got upset when police questioned him for breaking in to his own home.  Ignoring the merits or lack of same of that case, what is the POTUS doing making national comments on a minor case like that about which he knows very little?  The chance that he would have done so if the professor was white is zero. 

I do not think it is all that rare for Obama to personally vilify conservatives and play off of tired and crude caricatures that insult a sizable portion of the populace.  His "apology" tour was offensive, but I suppose that was just an extension of his policy to revamp America to atone for what he sees as our imperialist history.

I know that many of you (most it seems to me) do not see our President the same way I do.  I think part of the reason people like burger call him centrist or moderate is because they, themselves, are much closer to his end of the political spectrum. 

On matters more central to the origin of this board, Stanford sports, you all have been successful in helping me see the light on several occasions.  Most memorable to me was my initial repulsion by Richard Sherman's behavior after the NFC Championship game.  I took the additional input many of you provided and came quickly to see what a remarkable man he is.  There have been other instances.  But before you set out to set me straight, I would only ask that you actually do some serious introspection and general reflection. I'm not a knee-jerk conservative.  Please don't come at me like a knee-jerk liberal.