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Bobby Rush in 2000: Obama a Harvard ‘educated fool’ who ‘thinks he knows all about’ the ‘civil rights protests’
By Nicholas Ballasy - The Daily Caller 4:19 PM 03/28/2012
Illinois Democratic Rep. Bobby Rush, who was escorted off the House floor for wearing a hooded sweatshirt Wednesday in protest of the Trayvon Martin case, defeated President Barack Obama in a 2000 Illinois congressional primary race.
Rush slammed Obama in an interview with The Chicago Reader published on March 17, 2000, saying, “He went to Harvard and became an educated fool,” adding, “We’re not impressed with these folks with these eastern elite degrees.”
The issue of police misconduct caused tension between Rush and Obama during a primary debate. Rush discussed his experience “leading marches to urge punishment for Gregory Becker, the off-duty cop who killed a homeless man in 1995,” reported The Chicago Reader.
Ironically, civil rights activists like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are protesting the Trayvon Martin case, claiming that the police failed to do their job by not arresting George Zimmerman, who shot Martin. Rush addressed the House floor on Wednesday in a hooded sweatshirt, which is what Martin wore the night he was killed.
“It’s not enough for us just to protest police misconduct without thinking systematically about how we’re going to change practice,” Obama said in “measured, mellow tones,” The Chicago Reader reported.
Rush reportedly “jumped” on Obama in the debate.
“We have never been able to progress as a people based on relying solely on the legislative process, and I think that we would be in real critical shape when we start in any way diminishing the role of protest,” Rush said. “Protest has got us where we are today.”
Rush reportedly said Obama’s over-education provided him with an “ivory tower” outlook and he specifically took issue with Obama suggesting that the black community’s days of protesting are over.
“Barack is a person who read about the civil rights protests and thinks he knows all about it,” he said. “I helped make that history, by blood, sweat, and tears.”
Obama garnered only 29.45 percent of the vote to Rush’s 59.37 percent. Salon.com reports that Obama “lashed out” at critics who suggested he was “too white” and “too bright.”
“When Congressman Rush and his allies attack me for going to Harvard and teaching at the University of Chicago, they’re sending a signal to black kids that if you’re well-educated, somehow you’re not ‘keeping it real,’” Obama said.
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Dude may be right about Obama, but Obama is just as right, this guy is a fucking tool.
I dont know what it is with many negroes and their belief that if you become educated and try and rise above, somehow youre no longer black, youre not "keeping it real", and like Obama said, its bullshit.
It creates this negative vibe where anyone that succeeds is looked down on by the black community like theyre suddenly the enemy.
Maybe its just jealousy, but who knows. All I know is that anyone that looks down on someone for being educated and not acting like some ghetto trash "from the streets" is a fucking idiot.
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but bobby rush is black and a democrat... So that means you of all people feel his statements are bullshit. he is just a 95%er moocher communist democrat...
Isnt that right 3333...
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but bobby rush is black and a democrat... So that means you of all people feel his statements are bullshit. he is just a 95%er moocher communist democrat...
Isnt that right 3333...
No - he is right - obama may have a harvard degree but he is still a moron.
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No - he is right - obama may have a harvard degree but he is still a moron.
But im just going on your posts about blacks and democrats...this guy is both.. so doesnt that make him an idiot in 95%er moocher communist marxist looter gifter?
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But im just going on your posts about blacks and democrats...this guy is both.. so doesnt that make him an idiot in 95%er moocher communist marxist looter gifter?
Probably - but what he said obama is still accurate.
Obama was probably smarter before going to Harvard.
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No - he is right - obama may have a harvard degree but he is still a moron.
you don't have a Harvard degreee and yet you're also still a moron
btw - you idiots on the right are doing a great job writing about local political spats from 12 years ago
way to keep it relevent
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I dont really give a shit one way or another, I just hate when someone looks down on somebody else for getting and education and being successful. Its horseshit.
I see it at my school as well, there is a couple black kids that dont act black, dont tow the line, dont listen to rap, and the other black kids mock them all the time, calling em house negros and shit behind their backs. Its BS. Why the hell do some blacks feel the need to mock and belittle other blacks because they decided not to follow the stereotypical culture?
Someone should never be mocked and belittle for becoming educated or being successful, let alone because they dont talk or act ghetto.
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you don't have a Harvard degreee and yet you're also still a moron
btw - you idiots on the right are doing a great job writing about local political spats from 12 years ago
way to keep it relevent
LOL - Straw - what makes me laugh at you communist progressives is that you guys are so convinced of your own genius and intellect that you can't see the own idiocy of most of what you think is correct when in actuality its mostly pure bullshit.
Please show me one example of Obama's supposed superior intelligence that has been put in to action and has had the promised results. Just one example!
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Perhaps show us one example of you possessing a basic average of intelligence and making a coherent thread that doesn't read like it was created by an insecure 10 year old with autism.
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Probably - but what he said obama is still accurate.
Obama was probably smarter before going to Harvard.
youre pathetic
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youre pathetic
His actions on the floor of the House of Reps speaks for itself.
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Perhaps show us one example of you possessing a basic average of intelligence and making a coherent thread that doesn't read like it was created by an insecure 10 year old with autism.
LOL - even Hugo admits i have been proven correct on most of my claims about obama from day one.
Too bad that communist progressive dreamers are still so delusional about what they voted for and still support.
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Cut-N-Paste quests do not count as your own contributions.
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I dont really give a shit one way or another, I just hate when someone looks down on somebody else for getting and education and being successful. Its horseshit.
I see it at my school as well, there is a couple black kids that dont act black, dont tow the line, dont listen to rap, and the other black kids mock them all the time, calling em house negros and shit behind their backs. Its BS. Why the hell do some blacks feel the need to mock and belittle other blacks because they decided not to follow the stereotypical culture?
Someone should never be mocked and belittle for becoming educated or being successful, let alone because they dont talk or act ghetto.
just wondering, are you a student or a teacher
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Cut-N-Paste quests do not count as your own contributions.
And endless creepy stalking and insults towards everyone else does?
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I dont really give a shit one way or another, I just hate when someone looks down on somebody else for getting and education and being successful. Its horseshit.
I see it at my school as well, there is a couple black kids that dont act black, dont tow the line, dont listen to rap, and the other black kids mock them all the time, calling em house negros and shit behind their backs. Its BS. Why the hell do some blacks feel the need to mock and belittle other blacks because they decided not to follow the stereotypical culture?
Someone should never be mocked and belittle for becoming educated or being successful, let alone because they dont talk or act ghetto.
Ever watched crabs in a bucket after being caught? When one finally climbs up the wall of the bucket to escape another at the bottom pulls him back down. Instead of following him up to freedom.
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And endless creepy stalking and insults towards everyone else does?
I don't insult people. I describe them.
If you find the truth insulting, that is your problem. Not mine.
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just wondering, are you a student or a teacher
Student.
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Student.
what grade?
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what grade?
Tech School for Automotive Race Machining. Just about to graduate from CNC Machining and then Ill be done.
Im 27 BTW.
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what grade?
Tech School for Automotive Race Machining. Just about to graduate from CNC Machining and then Ill be done.
Im 27 BTW.
cool
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what grade?
Tech School for Automotive Race Machining. Just about to graduate from CNC Machining and then Ill be done.
Im 27 BTW.
Planning to join a crew or open your own shop?