Show me a Hero and I’ll write you a Tragedy.
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
Once
again, Obama Loyalist and Foot Soldier, PhD. Melissa Harris-Perry has provided
her two cents about President Obama’s critics.
Apparently white folks that are disappointed in Obama since electing him
in 2008 are now racist. Go
figure??? Who knew that you could turn
white folks into bigots within a 3 year timeframe? I hope Patrick J. Buchanan doesn’t get a hold
of that serum or gas or whatever it is that’s turning them. Harris-Perry attempted to compare the records
of the original 1st Black President William Jefferson Clinton and
the New 1st Black President Barack H. Obama. She felt that Obama’s
record has been more progressive and that he has actually gotten more things
done. What she fails to understand is that
the people who had homes in the 90’s are facing foreclosure NOW! They aren’t looking for a trip down memory
lane. They are looking to keep their home. As Janet Jackson once said "What Have You Done for Me Lately?"
When
Republican Presidential Candidate Herman Cain tells you he’s blacker than Obama,
you know things have gone completely wrong. Black folks have “Gone off the Reservation”
and are increasingly showing their dissatisfaction with Obama. I know Obama told us to “put on your marching
shoes.” But I still haven’t figured out where we are marching to? Even Congresswoman Maxine Waters has issues with Obama telling blacks to take off their house slippers. She even claimed that she doesn’t own a pair
of house shoes. Really? No house slippers or house shoes in a black
household? Someone needs to fact check
that!!!! Obama met with the Latinos last
week and told them a completely different story. He said that “this notion that somehow I can just
change the laws unilaterally is just not true." I didn’t hear him telling them to suit
up and get ready to march. He sounded
like he was pleading with them to give him a break. Meanwhile black folks have got to quit
complaining and suck it up??? Gay folks can now serve freely in our armed services and they are
still upset with Obama. Are Latino’s and
Gay’s racist too??? I think it’s safe to
say we can cut white folks some slack….well at least for today.
If
Harris-Perry hasn’t figured it out yet, a lot of folks have fallen out with Obama. A large part of it has to do with
not standing on principles and giving in to the opposition. But maybe I read that from a fortune cookie somewhere.
Obama Loyalists can chastise blacks, liberal whites, gays, latinos, and the
youth all they want. The even can attempt
to make them pariahs and turn their own people against them (YES…..I’m talking
about you Tom Joyner). But that still doesn’t change the issues that led to the
fallout.
Am
I to believe that the issue of unemployment is a faux issue that can be
dismissed with “well it was higher when Clinton was in office too?” Obama came in with higher expectations that
he himself promoted and ran on. He
talked a big game when he was running for office and now all you hear are
excuses. The fact that he was a
community activist was supposed to mean something. We finally had a president who understands
the plight of the working class and poor.
So why is it inappropriate to now display dissatisfaction with Lawrence
Summers (formerly against regulation of the financial industry) having a former
prominent role in the White House? You
can’t throw stones at the banking industry without at least grazing Obama. So
now that white folks are off the hook, who takes the blame? Should his
supporters be blamed for their high expectations? Or should Obama be blamed because he lowered his expectations? Meanwhile, I wonder
what the real racists are doing while all this back and forth is going on?
6 comments:
He'll be re-elected - just with less excitement.
It looks like it'll come down to him and Herman Cain.
uglyblackjohn - Herman Cain? Really? I know he is making some noise but I don't think the Republican establishment has him on their depth chart.
I'd rather throw the tea out than drink what the republicans have to offer. No one is perfect, so look at the positive things from Prez O has done and unless you come up with a better candidate, you should encourage people to go out and vote for him.If you continue to discourage folks we will be in bad shape and what will you be saying then?
Hermain Cain does not have a shot in hell. It will come down to Mitt Rommney and Palin may throw a monkey wrench in the plans and run as an independent, which may hurt Mitt, not sure. Either way his Presidency has been a disappointment, there is no sugar coating this.
Good post CO.
-Ms Scripter
Ms Scripter - Thanks for visiting again. Herman Cain is either running a con job or he actually believes he can win. I still don't know which one it is.
Seems like someone is listening to Tavis and his side kick. It saddens me that there are Black folks who can't see the forest because of the trees. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that the only one we should vote on is Prez O. A No Braino! Try to lift him up rather than tear him down. He gets enough of that from Fox and the fat guy on the radio. Those of us who has lived through prejudice can see the difference between politics and racism - racism they are trying to hide behind plotics. But is sticks out like a sore thumb.
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