There's an eerie parallel between John Boehner suing President Obama and all those despicable creeps who committed crimes against their own family members...and then falsely and conveniently blaming a black man (real or imagined).
Dating back to slavery days, sometimes a white person who wanted to get out of a seemingly impossible jam of their own doing would say black man did it, knowing full well that a society mired in racism would be quick to believe them--no matter how ridiculous their stories might be. Sadly, much the same is happening today with John Boehner's planned frivolous and ridiculous lawsuit against the President of the United States of America.
In this case, however, the accuser is not blaming the accused of stealing a pig, raping a white woman or murdering a child. The accused is being blamed for all of the crippling dysfunction in Washington, when in fact, most of the blame should fall upon Boehner and the obstructionist, hateful House Republicans he allegedly leads. I mean after all, they've schemed to ensure the failure of the Obama Administration since the day the President was inaugurated on January 20, 2009.
So in a move of desperation, Boehner has succumbed to the "blame the black man syndrome" to deflect the blame for his and Congress's failures and outright sabotage. Here are some examples of this syndrome taken from http://destee.com/...
Scottsboro Boys -- In 1931, two young white women alleged that they had been assaulted and raped by nine "Negro boys." After swift "legal" (pre-lynching) procedures, eight of the Blacks were sentenced to death. Eventually, the women recanted their story, though it did not result in freedom for the young Black men.
Riot of 1908 -- In Springfield, Illinois, a white woman, falsely accused "a black fiend" of raping her. Local whites formed a mob, killed two Blacks chosen randomly, then burned and pillaged the local Black community. Blacks fled to avoid a mass lynching. The woman later admitted that she lied about the rape to cover up an extramarital affair.
Charles Stuart -- On the night of October 23, 1989, Charles Stuart shot his seven months pregnant wife in the head, and then shot himself in the abdomen. Stuart told the police that the murderer was a Black man, sparking a police round-up of hundreds of Black men for questioning. The Black community was outraged. Charles Stuart picked a Black man out of a lineup, who was subsequently arrested for the crime. Stuart's story unraveled and he committed suicide by jumping off a bridge.
Jesse Anderson Hoax -- In April 1992, Jesse Anderson, a white man, told the police that while leaving a suburban Milwaukee restaurant he and his wife were attacked by two Black men. According to Anderson, the men stabbed him and his wife. His wife was stabbed multiple times in the face, head, and upper body. She died following the attack. After a five-day search for the fictional Black criminals, Anderson was arrested and charged with his wife's murder. Anderson was subsequently convicted of first-degree intentional homicide.
Susan Smith Hoax -- In 1994, a South Carolina white woman named Susan Smith claimed a "Black male in his late 20s to early 30s, wearing a plaid shirt, jeans, and a toboggan-type hat" had commandeered her car and kidnapped her two children. Smith appeared on television and tearfully pled for her children's lives, telling them "your Momma loves you. Be strong." The pastor of Smith's church said in reference to the Black suspect, "There are some people that would like to see this man's brains bashed in." Nine days later Smith confessed to killing her own children, 14-month-old Alex and 3-year-old Michael.
And then there's this recent weird one I found at
http://www.nydailynews.com/...
February 2014: Brent Thomas Posada told Redding, Calif. police that a black man had shot him in the stomach during a scuffle, but they could not find any evidence to back up his claim and he eventually admitted the truth: He shot himself, although it's not clear why he wanted to injure himself.
Um. Ok...seriously, Mr. Posada? Talk about literally shooting yourself in the foot just so you can have something to blame on a black man.
Bottom line: Boehner is adding his name to this list of scoundrels. Somehow, I'm not surprised.
So yeah, Mr. Speaker. Please proceed with your blame the black man strategy. It didn't work for Susan Smith, Charles Stuart, Jesse Anderson or Brent Posada. And I don't think it's going to work for Boehner or the Republicans either. The lazy, government-hating, race-baiting rogues are shooting themselves in the foot, just like Posada did.