Mrkim: My comment was not saying that putting the blame for the credit rating downgrade on Obama is racist, my comment was about calling the original post racist in the way that it implied that the credit rating downgrade was due to Obama being black. I don't know enough about the US economy or politics to have a definite opinion on it, but from an outsiders perspective I think the poor economy in the US is due to a mix of the legacy of previous administrations, global factors that nobody can control and the policies of the current administration. I hope Obama is judged on his decisions and policies (both good and bad) rather than the colour of his skin, but from the original post I don't think that is likely.