BYRON TAU
Politicio.com
Friday, March 23, 2012
President Obama weighed in Friday on the shooting of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, calling it a national tragedy – and saying that the young man reminded him of his own children.
“When I think about this boy, I think about my own kids,” Obama said in Rose Garden remarks. “I think every parent in America should be able to understand why it is absolutely imperative that we investigate every aspect of this. And that everybody pull together.”
Obama has come under fire from some black leaders for failing to comment on a case that has become a major national story — and brought thousands of Americans into the streets for demonstrations calling for the arrest of Martin’s shooter. One black leader even wondered why Obama called a Georgetown student who was attacked by Rush Limbaugh, but not Martin’s family. Obama’s comments Friday represent the first time the president has addressed the growing controversy.
“My main message is to the parents of Trayvon Martin. You know, if I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon,” Obama said. “All of us as Americans are going to take this with the seriousness it deserves.”
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MY SON WOULD LOOK LIKE THE 20 OR 30 WHITE PEOPLE KILLED BY BRO’S IN THE HOOD EVERYDAY.
AND YET NO NATIONAL TRAGEDY ?
AmericanPatriot Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 1:14 pm
hahahahahahahaha thats a slap in the face to the boys parents. if i had a son he would look like him. thats not gonna win you an election buddy maybe a booooooooo. sdm you are correct sir he is for the black ppl only! rascist bastard. so much for being politically correct which i dont agree with either. now im going to listen to some david allen coe!
hellangone Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 1:27 pm
Whites gunned down are supposedly not a national tragedy, but if it was ojangles gunned down instead of that punk, it would be a NATIONAL CELEBRATION!
Cnsay Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 2:09 pm
Yeah, and maybe if Rev. Wright fucked Obama in the ass, they would’ve had a Louis Farrakhan. Hell I know, Obama just said that cause he was lookin’ for an “anchor baby” to keep his illegal black ass in the US and in a job.
melvin polatnick Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 2:34 pm
The hoodie was a six foot tall mugger looking for a Vic. When fat Zimm approached he looked ripe for the picking. While being beaten and about to be robbed Zimm got off a shot.
a criminal president exploiting a teens death to further his career. shameful. there’s obviously nothing this criminal won’t do.
hellangone Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 1:30 pm
If this nation had a REAL president, he wouldn’t look or shuffle like ojangles.
RIGHT ON BRO!
If you had a son Satan
He would be the son of the son of a goat herders son.
Son of a bitch, that is.
Peace Frog Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 11:38 am
with horns
Tom Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 2:30 pm
…the son of a son of a goat herder…. ( I can hear James Taylor’s voice! )
you wouldnt have a son mr. president. by looking at your girls your wife has the dominant genes. your feminized, bi-sexual ass couldnt have a son if they were paid to have a son. LOL!
If Obama had a son he’d look like Trayvon living in a gated community with security that would shoot anyone who came near him.
Peace Frog Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 11:40 am
Yes…he wouldn’t have been gang stalked by some Neighborhood watch “captain”
Obama: ‘If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon’
Wow, what an incredibly inappropriate thing to say considering he never mentioned that Shawn Tyson could also be his son by the simple fact they are both black. Sentimentalism and good intentions always pave the road to hell.
Looks like the powers at be are setting up the kindling for some Helter Skelter fire for the nation esp when listening to Frederica Wilson on CNN.
edition. cnn. com/2012/03/23/justice/florida-teen-shooting/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
I really wouldn’t be surprised if they begin to publically link Zimmerman to MSM ‘right wing extremist sites’ such as Prison Planet by seizing his computer and looking at his browser cache, esp when considering the Sarkozy hit piece about so called ‘Hate’ websites.
a-salty-dog Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 12:04 pm
OMG, after watching the CNN ‘F*cking Coon’ audio video, don’t you have any sub-judiciary media rules in America.
he would look like the mail man.
prisoner Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 11:44 am
i beg pardon my not condoling the parents..
This could be a tragedy that has no silver lining. A young man is killed by another young man , and the true circumstances may never be known. Now all the political hacks are benefitting once again from two shattered lives. We can’t comment on the law until all the events leading up to this are known. And if the law was broken, we cannot punish the lawful for the act of a criminal. Where was Al Sharpton when a white grocery store owner was murdered in Bell Glade, Fl a few months ago ? If we don’t stop All these political vampires from dividing us on racial terms in order to ultimately destroy us, then we are done as a society. That is why You will never get my guns. I will protect what I have and love because the Federal Government is trying to destroy us. Just study the plight of the Native Americans, The African Americans, The 600+ thousand dead during the civil war, the millions dead from WW1 WW2 Korea Vietnam Iraq Afghanistan , all orchestrated by design. Study..with Peace
revolutionNOW Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 12:53 pm
Well said jotblotto !
the father has missed an opportunity, to capture torture then slowly kill this mutt.
prisoner Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 11:50 am
although i believe i would still have the strength to do so after going through five silver back gorillas,, if he had done this to one of my three children, and i am 5’7″ and 150 lb.
You had a son.
But you aborted him.
You had also another son.
But you sold him.
To Jews you sold him.
Then they boiled him alive.
And you ate his brain.
That was part of the culture.
By which you got the trust of your Masters.
Now is it really worth it?
To eat the brain of your son, so that you get the presidency?
Thats just shows you how racial black people are towards white people. The media and Al Sharpton claim this is not a black and white issue. Bull crap,,,,they already sentenced this guy that shot him. In the audio all heard Zimerman cry out for help. Regardless this is a terrible thing that happened, yet not a word on the 9 murders that happened the same day in Chicago. Whay to go Obama, I swear you are the worst of the worst to jump on this for a photo op.
Super Duper Man 1776 Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 12:05 pm
YEP
2 KIDS, 3 ADULTS A COP AND A PRIEST, ALL WHITE WERE KILLED IN CLEVALAND THE SAME DAY BY BRO’S IN THE HOOD.
AND NOT A WORD.
Im sorry, after actualy watching the video. Obama did handle it well. I did not know that it was a press confrence for something else, and the reporter asked him after the fact. I thought he was very fair with his statement. Still think this issue is black and white. Otherwise they would be focused on the 7 year old girl that got killed or the 11 in NY this weekend.
a-salty-dog Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 12:11 pm
Considering that the POTUS, Barry ‘who ever he is’ was educated as a lawyer at Harvard (NWO training centre), then believe me his remarks were completely inappropriate for what could eventually become a Federal ‘hate’ crime criminal case as it will not give the accused ‘Zimmerman’ any semblance of a fair trial after killing the ‘Presidents’ Son.
He probably looks a lot like the innocents being murdered with CIA drones too. So stop the murdering asswipe.
although i live in a hood, and have had people with hoods try to do me harm,, this watch man, is going to prison… he placed himself in danger.. he will need PC his whole term.
divide to conquer? was this event linked to such a plan?
Until we know all the truth on this event, everything is left to speculations. what are the details of what realy happened? not only what media reports happened. But the truth the whole truth on the events.
what better way to spark social unrest than aim an innocent person to spark another racist fuse that could lead to who knows where?
They are aiming religions and race to create division? People must be carefull not to fall for that trap.
prisoner Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 12:05 pm
also go after sports vic,, the opiat of the masses.
prisoner Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 12:06 pm
taxpayer sponsored division from grammar school up.
The president has declared his kinship with Trayvon Martin. Hundreds of federal investigators will now descend on Sanford, making sure that a presidential kinship is not broken. Zimmerman and the Sanford authorities will be charged with enough civil right violations to imprison them for years. Zimmerman will become the star witness against those that helped him escape punishment; in return he will be put under the witness protection program and disguised as a peon in some suburban Mexican ghetto.
prisoner Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 12:09 pm
do you think he was in the right.?
prisoner Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 12:10 pm
i see it as a stalking hunt..
Philippe Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 12:52 pm
Sadly, we really still are left in the dark as to what happened. I don’t believe this guy just decided to go after the kid, there had to be some action or previous event that lead up to this. I don’t like seeing punks in hoodies in my neighborhood either, but unless they’re doing something they shouldn’t be, I ignore them. This guy has gone into hiding so we don’t know his side of the story, just these racist ambulance chasers.
looking at this in black and white is wrong,,IMO.. if both white, or black.. this mutt stepped on his pecker. and should do time for murder.
prisoner Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 12:16 pm
and those who failed to test him, and impound his car,, should never hold any official position ever again..
i try to be a mirror,, you get out, what you put in.!
Super Duper Man 1776 Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 12:27 pm
I HAVE A PAPER BAG COMPLEX MYSELF
YOU ONLY GET OUT WHAT YOU PUT IN.
NOTHING MORE.
AandO Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 12:40 pm
ME?
I’M BISACKSUAL. PAPER OR PLASTIC.
I ACTUALLY SAID THAT TO THE LOCAL FOOD STORE MANAGER THE OTHER DAY. HE WOULD NOT MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH ME AFTER SAYING THAT.
prisoner Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 12:48 pm
very funny.
Tom Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 2:33 pm
LOL!!!
prisoner Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 12:42 pm
i have a champianship trophy as pure stock crew chief,,, 99 speedway.
prisoner Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 12:42 pm
and scares to prove it…
prisoner Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 12:43 pm
scars
prisoner Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 12:44 pm
fastest 1/4 mile track this side the Mississippi.
A kid getting shot is a tragedy. Any kid. Probably this bozo hispanic or whatever he is is a little wanna be cop with an inferiority complex and perhaps a temper ? The case should be looked at and fair steps taken to avoid more unnecessary shootings like this in America.
However, there are a few things to be aware of here. First, there’s NEVER any outrage over blacks or browns killing whites !!! Remember the 3 or so blacks that held 2 whites for 2 or 3 days in Tennessee tortured raped and killed them ? WHERE was the coverage ??? Where was the monkey with a bullhorn ??? Also, the anti gun freaks throw money behind stuff like this so not all the crowd gathering is necessarily ‘spontaneous.’
In a country this size … “shit happens.” The bullhorns only seem to come out when it’s a black victim. I don’t know. It’s just odd.
Philippe Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 12:55 pm
“However, there are a few things to be aware of here. First, there’s NEVER any outrage over blacks or browns killing whites !!! ”
True, so I am not outraged over this event. It’s really a non issue for anyone outside of the city where it happened as we all have much bigger things to worry about. We cannot even get the full story of what happened so the media is hyping it because they are bored and love the racial overtones.
Trayvon Martin was on top of Zimmerman punching him when he was shot.
Besides the fact that almost all media outlets have lied about what race George Zimmerman is (he is a Latino/Mestizo), they are also censoring major important details of the case. Some have even published wild opinions about the 911 calls as if the opinions were factual statements.
prisoner Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 12:55 pm
damn,, if you ignore the fact he placed himself in danger, by following trayvon.. makes perfect defence.
prisoner Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 12:56 pm
should say “confronting”.
prisoner Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 12:57 pm
he should pay with his freedom,, and if he lived with mom and dad,, they will pay as well…
stop resisting stop resisting,,,boom.. sound familiar?
The really strange part of the story is that if George ‘Walter’ Zimmerman actually had his applied for Sanford Police ‘peace officer’ badge, this story would only probably get a few column inches and possibly even a temporary suspension on full pay. No badge means he is now is looking at the electric chair.
a-salty-dog Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 1:27 pm
Especially after killing the ‘Presidents’ Son.
AandO Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 1:42 pm
LOL
Way funny, wish I’d thought of that.
Obama can’t father children because he has a pussy….
Tom Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 2:35 pm
Or maybe it’s because Muslims never know WHO they have under all those robes/blankets….
And if illegal alien, and Soros puppet, Affirmative action Harvard plant dictator Barry Soetoro had a son he still wouldn’t be eligible to run for president because both parents have to be natural born citizens of the US, not Kenya.
Same old hypocracy and freshly manufactured urban folklore.
Kid dresses and acts like his hero black gangsters, and the Non-european American is re-manufactured to be a White Supremist bent on assassinating a black kid out of pure hate of blacks.
The shooter is a big fat guy who probably can’t run 50 yards. The black kid is young and should be able to smoke this guy in a foot race.
I think the black kid rolled the dice and tried to teach the wanna be copper a lesson.
There is only one rule of gunfighting………..”have a gun”.
What next? Will anti-American urban folklore manufacturers tell the world that the Mexican guy who has black relatives is the head of the Florida TEA party?
As Rom Emanuel once or twice or a zillion times said: “never let a good disaster go to waste”.
Now the national guard can set up check points and grope and rape us all to make certain that we aren’t carrying anything illegal that might be used to hurt someone else.
So, when are the welfare chimps going to burn down florida?
If they get upity here they will be smoking in hell in record time.
The chimps murder white people regularly and not much happens.
FTA
Wisconsin Task Force………..
out.
VanHelsing Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 2:14 pm
obama has a big ugly stinking puss, lol….