Bush was jused as an example at the Presidential level. There is a pelthora of current examples of Conservatives and Republicans, with inferred, if not outright accusations, of racism, where there's nothing even remotely racial. latest example AG Holder crying about how poorly he's been treated by Congress.....wink wink.....because he's black
Here's a lingustic specific.....anytime you inject race into a conversation, that is by definition, racially motivated. Now, that could be a good thing, if the coversation is about race. However, there was absolutely no reason, what-so-ever, for Obama to reference Martin, that he could "be his son", in a local case. It had nothing to do with national security, global warming, illegal immigration, or even a national holilday.
There are thousands of minorities killed in places like Chicago, Detroit, NY, & LA. Are they lesser humans, in those local matters?? Is he not concerned with their killings?? What he did was inject more racial animosity & angst into an issue, that already was being stoked by the twin twits, Sharpton & JJ. It was stupid then, and it still is