[Assam] Obama : Anti-Immigrants ? Should go back home in a box?

[Chan Mahanta]

>  >..So much for the "greatest democracy in the
world".


What does democracy have to do with racism?  Can't a raging racist 
country be a a terrific democracy too?

Or is democracy synonymous with all things good?










At 8:39 PM +0800 6/12/08, Jyotirmoy Sharma wrote:
>It is usually the old and the senile who refuse to change with the times.
>Probably you could tell the old man that it's most likely that he would be
>in box before Obama. That would be dangerous actually, that old person could
>be carrying a gun :-)
>Maybe colour is still a big issue in the US. A black man standing for the
>White House is a big news there..So much for the "greatest democracy in the
>world".
>JS
>
>
>On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 4:01 PM, umesh sharma <jaipurschool at yahoo.com>
>wrote:
>
>>  Hi,
>>
>>  Since many of us seem to be Obama fans amongst us or atleast Democrats
>>  (those in the USA - NRAs) and are always criticing Iraq War etc and blaming
>>  Bush, I have a question.
>>
>>  The question is not mine. Actually, it is from a couple of students of mine
>>  , who are now in the US. During our dinner conversation at their first
>>  Indian (NRA) the students  started discussing politics, one worried that if
>>  Obama wins the election then he would stop all H1B work visas which they aim
>>  for and I am on right now. They seemed to have followed tha race pretty
>>  closely. I do not access to TV.
>>
>>  However, yesterday I was at McDonalds sipping by iced coffee waiting for my
>>  job to start and then came Obama on CNN tv channel. Saying all sorts of
>>  stuff about healthcare, tax and what not, blaming the Bush govt for giving
>>  millions to corporations etc. Along came an old guy (perhaps from an
>>  assisted living housing nearby), might be eighty, shaking and walking. He
>>  just looked at Obama on the TV and said, "He should be put in a box and sent
>>  home."  Then the gentleman looked at me for approval and and nodded along.
>>  Again he looked up at the tv at ceiling level and  repeated ,   raised in
>>  hand , pointing with his fingers as if taking aim. And said , "shoom!!"
>>   blew him away. I merely smiled and wondered if realized that Obama
>>   couldn't be sent home (I could). Obama was born the USA.
>>
>>  any comments?
>>
>>  umesh
>>
>>
>>  Umesh Sharma
>>
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