# Go ahead, be mean to the nice black man **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 31, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-ahead-be-mean-to-the-nice-black-man/479362 "2008-12-31T16:10:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-ahead-be-mean-to-the-nice-black-man/479362/61 "2009-01-02T15:56:33Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > Sorry but Obama is WHITE and AFRICAN, NOT African-American. > > It’s bloody sad Obama plays up to blacks claiming to be an Africa American, when his roots are from Africa, not going back through the slaves and coming to this country in chains. Obama’s people know nothing of this. > > Yet when G-Rod gives the go ahead to Roland Burris a GOOD African American, he gets slammed. Burris deserved to be elected to whatever state office he ran for, but people downstate wouldn’t vote for him because he was an African American, not a half white person playing up his skin color NOT HIS ROOTS to get elected. > > Gee I wonder if a really dark guy from Southern India was born in Uganda and said had a kid if the kid said “I"m African American,” would anyone accept him? You are one intensely stupid motherfucker, aren’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2009, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-ahead-be-mean-to-the-nice-black-man/479362/62 "2009-01-02T16:14:12Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Obama himself announced that he wanted an African American months ago, as the Chicago Sun-Times reported in October. Cite please? It’s become clear that when asked to express an actual preference, they preferred Valerie Jarrett at first. Race was a consideration in this whole matter but some of the other prominent candidates, like Tammy Duckworth, definitely weren’t black. That’s a side issue anyway. Race was going to be a factor in choosing Obama’s replacement, but it’s still obvious Blagojevich picked a black candidate in an effort to make it harder for the Senate to block his choice. ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-ahead-be-mean-to-the-nice-black-man/479362/63 "2009-01-02T19:00:42Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > “Innocent until proven guilty” applies to the legal system, not the Senate. The Senate can choose to act based on the appearance of impropriety if it wants to, rather than waiting for proof of a crime. > > An extra middle finger to Bobby Rush, by the way. Amen to that. Dragging race into it only serves to muddy already murky waters and proves Rush the asshole we knew he was. Burris is a nice guy and all, but not exactly a dynamo. Kind of an empty suit, really. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2009, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-ahead-be-mean-to-the-nice-black-man/479362/64 "2009-01-02T22:00:19Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > He tried to send an innocent man to the gas chamber. Thanks for noting this. I had only the vaguest recollection. Googling produces plenty of hits, including this [1998 editorial](http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2008/12/burris-failed-his-only-major-test-in-office-as-ag.html) from the Chicago Tribune. If these stories are correct (and the evidence appears overwhelming that they are) then calling Burris sub-human slime is charitable. Surely an attempt in defiance of the evidence and over the violent objection of his subordinate to judicially murder an innocent man (from which murder he expected to reap political gain) must permanently disqualify this man for anything resembling a position of responsibility. His statement “A jury has found this individual guilty and given him the death penalty. It is my role to see to it that it is upheld. That’s my job.” is a flat-out lie, or shows ignorance of a prosecutor’s role so massive as to defy description. He may well be among the dozen least-qualified men in the State of Illinois. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-ahead-be-mean-to-the-nice-black-man/479362.md?page=3)