Trump surrogate: Obama has an ‘otherness’

Posted by | September 18, 2016 16:34 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly Politics

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Okay, so he was born here, but he’s really not like us, is what Alex Castellanos is dog-whistling.

“I think the big question about Obama is not where he was born or his faith. The big question about Obama is has he been — has he considered himself more of a globalist than an American,” Alex Castellanos told Meet the Press host Chuck Todd, before adding, “There is an otherness to this president. And people have tried to exploit that politically in different way.”

Conservative use of “otherness” dates back to Obama’s first term when he was accused of being a Kenyan Muslim and harboring “anti-colonial” feelings towards the U.S.

Faced with criticism over his comment, Castellanos – the head of the pro-Trump Rebuilding America Now super PAC — took to Twitter to try and explain away his terminology.
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“otherness: not faith or race but his cool detachment, intellectual distance + oblig to global v. US responsibilities,” tweeted the GOP messaging guru, making the case for saying he meant Obama was too “cool” and detached.

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14 responses to Trump surrogate: Obama has an ‘otherness’

  1. Larry Schmitt September 18th, 2016 at 16:37

    Yes, he is other than racist, other than misogynist, other than Christian Taliban, other than America-firster. Lucky for us, he is other than everything the Republicans are.

    • Suzanne McFly September 18th, 2016 at 17:01

      And that is why he could fix the last “presidents” eff ups.

  2. Gina Bousquet September 18th, 2016 at 16:52

    He doesn’t fit the Republican mold. That’s his otherness. Thankfully!

    • Suzanne McFly September 18th, 2016 at 17:00

      What are you saying Gina? Are you saying President Obama is smart and has morals? Well I guess that is opposite of the republican mold, isn’t it?

      • Gina Bousquet September 18th, 2016 at 17:09

        Smartness, morals, elegance, wisdom, consistency, truthfulness etc… :)

  3. Mike N. September 18th, 2016 at 17:36

    But somehow Trump praising Putin and being financially in bed with several foreign governments doesn’t make him “more of a globalist than an American”?

  4. William September 18th, 2016 at 17:39

    There is an otherness to this president. ….
    Yeah…he’s not white.
    Just come out and say it.

    • whatthe46 September 18th, 2016 at 17:42

      in a nut shell.

      • Larry Schmitt September 18th, 2016 at 17:50

        Accent on the nut.

    • arc99 September 18th, 2016 at 18:25

      Wonder what the response from “both sides do it” brigade will be on this one.

      From here on, I will be referring to those people simply as BothSiders or for brevity, BS’ers..

    • Gary Parillo September 18th, 2016 at 18:44

      Excellent!That says it all with perfect clarity!

  5. bpollen September 19th, 2016 at 01:18

    Otherness – noun – the condition of non-Whiteness.

  6. Bunya September 19th, 2016 at 14:23

    Actually, he was “discovered” in Roswell in 1947 and kept on ice until 2008 when they thawed him out and put him out there to run for president.

  7. Comicus September 19th, 2016 at 16:27

    He said ‘otherness’ because he was afraid to say ‘blackness’ or the other word… you know what I mean.

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