Go Obama

I wish people would actually read the article instead of shouting ‘Go Obama” or “my vote is for Clinton” every time a political post goes up. Nevertheless, the black vote is very important. But I hate the way the media is trying to downgrade Obama’s supporters.

It’s clear to see that not only black people are voting for him if he is taking all these states left and right.

Also, Maya Angelou is from the old school, plus she is very loyal. Didn’t she speak at President Clinton’s inauguration? She is voting for Hilary because of convenience, I don’t care what anyone says.

WOW! WOW! WOW!

i think if a mind as pro black and learned and intelligent as Maya Angelou can have such a profound opinion, it speaks volumes to the people who have blindedly sided with Barack Obama solely based on his color, without knowing the issues.

Since 1512 (or whenever) America was discovrd blacks have been given the worst treatment and not been respected on this soil. To assume that all of a sudden having a black person in the white house will change the feelings opinions thoughts policies and racism of a nation is blind and silly. A step in the right direction is what we do, what we say, how we treat each other, how we raise our kids, how we live, how we abide by laws, protest and speak out.

Washington is too big and corrupt for one man to change.

But havind said all of that if Barack Obama thinks he can change the nation to become one which gives “everyman” a better standard of living. Good for him and may the best man win. But too many times politicians say what we want to hear to get into office. Please be different Mr Obama.

“Sometimes we’ll vote for the same people our families voted for knowing very well that that has not served us very well.”

I’ve seen this. The person would just rather go with they THINK they know…. without investigation.

I agree TimeTime

I can’t understand for the light of things, why does it have to be just black voting for Obama.Does anybody ever think its not just white people?Hello Nebraska?Maine?Washington?Get out more!Not many black folks in that state.I also hate the way the news put this as a black/gender thing too.They so concered with the black votes and where it is going.Finding a way to split people up like they did long time ago.Like Obama said, he stand for all people and not just one.It’s not all about us black people.Yes black votes count, but Obama is not going to take sides because issues like healthcare is not a black thing.It’s a nation thing.People just don’t get it.

sorry for the typos!

That was a great interview and i give that interviewer credit. i would have lost my train of thought (and probably my mind) in her presence. I think she is just such a phenomenal woman and is always so relevant. i love what she had to say about just giving courtesy and how doing the right thing opens up the path to everything else. i think i am inspired to give all of her books and poems another read and maybe find some materials that i’ve never read. Anyway, J. Dakar this is a great post - thanks for researching and compiling the quotes that you found or heard. Good job CL!

your boo

OBAMA 08

Fuck a Maya Angelou, tell that bitch I said that she can suck my dick….

and fuck any Black folk that will vote a White woman over a Black man…

Coonery at its finest

[…] OrlandoSentinel.com wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt […]

Who cares about Maya Angelou’s endorsement? “Black” women married to white men? Please.

I’m just wondering why people think Black Women are gonna vote based on gender or race, and not White Men for example? Why don’t they ask white men if they’ll vote white (hilary) or man (barack)? This is such an insult to our intelligent to limit us to voters basing our votes on race or gender. When I vote I think of the PROGRAMS of the candidates. The next president will be the president of the whole nation, not just blacks or men, or whites or women. We need to vote on someone based on their skills and vision, not how they look on the outside. Fuck the media and their “analysis”!

The talking heads need to be smarter, and come across as smarter than they do. This isn’t about a race thing. It’s about what people are hearing. Sure, there are a majority of black people who identify with Barack Obama because he is a black man.

But what about those millions of people who identify with him because he simply sounds like JFK, RFK or MLK? What about those who identify with Obama because he is the candidate who has some of the most genuine ideas? What about those who identify with the Illinois Senator because they know he knows all of his ideas won’t become law, but he’s going to try his damnedest to see them through?

You can’t hate someone for liking Hillary or McCain if they have justifiable convictions past she’s a woman or he’s a white man. They’re all actually good candidates. But Mr. Obama is the best. He seems to be what the people want.

These talking heads don’t give the people of America enough credit for choosing a candidate for more than a skintone, but with purpose. That’s why they’re just that, talking heads.

and would somebody please delete comment No. 11. That is plain ignorance and shows no respect for our elder/trailblazer Maya Angelou.

I love how ONLY Barack Obama supporters have “blindly sided” with him “solely based on color” and “without knowing the issues”.

This condescending lie still isn’t working (see Tavis Smiley eroding his fan base) . Anyone on Concrete Loop can look up the issues and voting records of Barack Obama (http://www.votesmart.org/voting_category.php?can_id=9490) Hillary Clinton
(http://www.votesmart.org/voting_category.php?can_id=55463) and John McCain (http://www.votesmart.org/voting_category.php?can_id=53270) for themselves.

PLENTY of Obama supporters have done just that - and THAT is why he is WINNING. Fair and square.

Here is a short list of some of Obama’s accomplishments. Where were you NOVA when Obama:

http://jackandjillpolitic...-what-obama-has-done.html

* Stopped Senate Democrats in their tracks when they tried to confirm a man who had screwed minorities over on voting rights?
* Or when he was writing op-eds about injustices in the criminal justice system?
* Or when Obama gave a speech about improving race relations and addressing poverty, but instead, the mainstream media chose to distort his speech to say that he was saying that black people wanted to riot. Why didn’t Jesse come out and have his back on this?
* Or Obama challenging the Indiana Voter ID law because it discriminates against blacks?
* Or when Barack Obama was the first Presidential candidate to begin talking about the Jena 6 controversy and putting out press releases about it? John Edwards and Hillary Clinton didn’t say much about Jena until the news came out about Jackson’s alleged comments about Obama “acting like he’s white.” CNN never reported Obama’s early press releases on Jena, but they put up Edwards’ and Clinton’s statements the day they were released. What’s up with that?
* Or his speech releasing a comprehensive civil rights agenda, especially with regard to equalizing the mandatory minimum drug sentencing laws? Well, I guess not everyone missed that one.
* Or when he secured funding so that low-income minority kids could go to college?
* Or his work to get voting rights for DC residents?
* Or the fact that he wrote the foreword for the National Urban League’s 2007 report, “The State of Black America: Portrait of the Black Male”?
* Or his talk at the National Urban Action Network conference on issues facing urban blacks?
* Or when he went on Tavis Smiley’s show and did a full interview addressing issues of concern to black voters?
* Or that he was the first candidate scheduled to appear at the Essence Music Fest, the largest black event each year and he appeared at the National Association of Black Journalists convention as well?
* Or that Obama has developed one of the most extensive ground-level outreaches to historically black colleges and universities for a Democratic candidate probably since Jesse Jackson’s run for the Presidency?
* Or his work to combat pay discrimination for women and minorities?
* Or his extensive work to help black farmers who had been discriminated against?
* Or his extensive work on Hurricane Katrina, including recently working to test FEMA trailers? I appreciate Edwards announcing his candidacy in the Ninth Ward. However, there is no way Edwards’ efforts on Katrina even come remotely close to the work Obama has done.
* Or his efforts to control media consolidation which squeezes out minority media outlets?
* Or did we forget about his July speech releasing an agenda to combat urban poverty?
* Or his efforts to limit challenges to voter eligibility, which disproportionately affects minority voters?
* Or his speech in SC to address education for all the disadvantaged, particularly the gross disparities for black children?
* Or that he has carefully monitored and regularly addressed the Genarlow Wilson case in his stump speech while other candidates haven’t?
* Or his work to combat health disparities?
* Or that he has pressed Bush on his policies towards the Congo, and pleaded with Condoleeza Rice to address the violence inflicted on Congolese women?
* Or his continued push and noted efforts on America’s policy toward Darfur?
* Or his opposition to judges who do not maintain equality and civil rights for all?
* Or his work on subprime loan discrimination which has disproportionately affected minority homeowners?
* Or his work to bring minorities into the global warming/environmental debate?
* Or his work to increase underrepresented minorities and women in the sciences and engineering?
* Or his release of a detailed plan to combat AIDS/HIV in the U.S. and around the globe?
* Or his work to fight teen pregnancy in minority communities?
* Or his efforts to address the Latino dropout rate?
* Or the speech he gave about gun violence in our urban schools?
* Or when the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education did their own research and called Obama “a superior choice”?
* Or that I haven’t heard any other candidate eloquently relating W.E.B. DuBois to the problems of race in America and around the globe and to our foreign policy and national security?

Vic did i tel you to go to sleeep. Im coming to your room with a belt im my hand.

So let me get this right, you are telling me that if I voted for Obama its only because he’s black. You are making the judgement and assumption that I do know the issues, that I’m just ignorant and I’m BLINDLY voting. I would never vote for person I didn’t believe in, I just wouldn’t vote. I almost didn’t vote this year until I researched what Obama and Clinton stand for and I do not support Clinton. So is it fair to say the only reason white women are voting for HIlary is because they are white and women and do not know a damn thing about what she stands for?

#11 Sounds like a complete idiot. Obviously has no home training to tell such a profound woman, Maya Angelou, to go suck a dick? You sound highly intelligent my brotha.

Anyway, Im for Obama. Once a Hillary Supporter I am now OBAMA!! I like them both, dont get me wrong, and togther they can do a lot of good. But lets just face it, Obama has a better chance. Hillary is an ambitious, opportunistic woman, and that would be great for our country. Plus ambitious people are very focused and make greate leaders. But Obama, this guy has the heart the American people are seeking. He’s not only brilliant but strong. Im hoping he’s able to really pull this off b/c i know he can beat McCain. And his wife is an amazing woman. They’d do well in the White House. I hope Latinos vote for him cause they might be drawn to McCain.

Does anyone think Hillary can beat McCain? She’s really not that bad people. She has the country’s best interest at heart. Its her husband we need to worry about. That guy…great guy but he’s been losin points with me lately, with the things he’s been saying.

My friend speculated that Hillary clinton would try to have Obama killed if he choses her as his VP running mate. Lol. I doubt that’ll happen, but its an interesting theory. Although I do like the idea of them on a ticket very much.

Ron Paul has good ideas too, very radical and needed to help out the working man. Only im still trying to figure out if he really does have racist tendencies as once questioned.

OBAMA 08!!

LMAOOO @ 11 CRAZY FOOL

I hate the way this is constantly referred to as a race between the balck man and the white woman…it is lazy journalism and does nothing more than diminish the candidates ideals and views. Somebody mentioned before and I think is quite poignant that the fact that they never seem to highlight that this may be oooohhh a difficult time for white men….Do they A) Choose the white woman or B) Choose the black man….

I think it is important that Americans should look at the issues and what the candidates say they will do if elected with class in mind…as much as people harp on about race…It is my opinion that economics and class are just as important…

In saying that I am pro Obama….not because he is a black man ….but as my dad says…HE IS A BRILLIANT MAN!

Mainstream media and a whole lot of other folk, are doing what they always do; trying to devalue Black people in america.

If you focus on race and gender, you are distracted from the real issues. In every political race, there is always a distraction from the real issues, this time it was obvious and easy - race and gender.

Obama is just as much white as he is Black…ask his mother.

It’s more than just white women voting for Hillary or Black people voting for Obama - simple math will bear that out. Blacks are only 13% of the population, he has steadily pulled a higher percentage of the votes.

He is offering what a whole lot of people need - Change and Hope. There are a whole lot of white people voting for him, and what he stands for…. they just won’t admit it.
Things ain’t changed that much.

Oh Yea… Maya Angelou is educated, but has never been involved in Politics or many other legistalative activities. Her more recent fame and celebrity was from Clinton’s inauguration speech - which she wrote and delivered and was very good, as she usually is. But therein lies her loyality. She is like any other celebrity - she’s voicing her opinion about who she is supporting.

Toni Morrison on the other hand, is a poet much like Maya, but Toni Morrison is also a Nobel Prize -winning American author, editor, and professor.

Legendary novelist and editor Toni Morrison’s endorsement of Barack Obama is obviously not significant for her ability to move voters at the polls, which is not proven and probably not likely to be proven. But given her perceived attachment to the Clintons—Bill, she famously once called America’s first black president; and Hillary she has been close to in the past—we thought it worth printing in full the letter of endorsement she sent to the Illinois senator, as released by the Obama campaign:

Dear Senator Obama,

This letter represents a first for me–a public endorsement of a Presidential candidate. I feel driven to let you know why I am writing it. One reason is it may help gather other supporters; another is that this is one of those singular moments that nations ignore at their peril. I will not rehearse the multiple crises facing us, but of one thing I am certain: this opportunity for a national evolution (even revolution) will not come again soon, and I am convinced you are the person to capture it.

May I describe to you my thoughts?

I have admired Senator Clinton for years. Her knowledge always seemed to me exhaustive; her negotiation of politics expert. However I am more compelled by the quality of mind (as far as I can measure it) of a candidate. I cared little for her gender as a source of my admiration, and the little I did care was based on the fact that no liberal woman has ever ruled in America. Only conservative or “new-centrist” ones are allowed into that realm. Nor do I care very much for your race[s]. I would not support you if that was all you had to offer or because it might make me “proud.”

In thinking carefully about the strengths of the candidates, I stunned myself when I came to the following conclusion: that in addition to keen intelligence, integrity and a rare authenticity, you exhibit something that has nothing to do with age, experience, race or gender and something I don’t see in other candidates. That something is a creative imagination which coupled with brilliance equals wisdom. It is too bad if we associate it only with gray hair and old age. Or if we call searing vision naivete. Or if we believe cunning is insight. Or if we settle for finessing cures tailored for each ravaged tree in the forest while ignoring the poisonous landscape that feeds and surrounds it. Wisdom is a gift; you can’t train for it, inherit it, learn it in a class, or earn it in the workplace–that access can foster the acquisition of knowledge, but not wisdom.

When, I wondered, was the last time this country was guided by such a leader? Someone whose moral center was un-embargoed? Someone with courage instead of mere ambition? Someone who truly thinks of his country’s citizens as “we,” not “they”? Someone who understands what it will take to help America realize the virtues it fancies about itself, what it desperately needs to become in the world?

Our future is ripe, outrageously rich in its possibilities. Yet unleashing the glory of that future will require a difficult labor, and some may be so frightened of its birth they will refuse to abandon their nostalgia for the womb.

There have been a few prescient leaders in our past, but you are the man for this time.

Good luck to you and to us.

Toni Morrison

Is it my PC, but is the lefthand side of the statement chopped off?
Anyway, I don’t think black females are really torn. I think for the most part, we kn know who want to vote for. It’s the media hyping up the race - gender thing. It’s
ridiculous how the media is hyping this thing up. I don’t think the media is giving J is the public enough credit for knowing who they want. The media is
there to make money and they are trying to cease the opportunity.

mya I like ya a lot! I did my homework and anbama dot let any ones opion get you side tracked you are human being pic up a paper are watch cnn or google and you’ll see the truth lol@11

and obama is my choice computer froze sorry

I believe that Obama really is the best choice for presidency for the reasons stated by Prof. Lacewell. Barack is the best choice for me and for my family. Also, it was powerful hearing the interview with Maya Angelou because she speaks the truth and I am so happy that she decided to recite, “Still I Rise.”

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stl chick ya from st louis? holla back that’s my towm rep to da fullest! haha obama 08 bebe! I wonder what oprah thinking.

aloalot of people from maryland voted for obama thats whats up! im from Baltimore and the support for obama was overwhelming

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You’re Welcome.
Have a Blessed Day!

YES WE CAN….ITS TIME FOR CHANGE. the voters results have proven people are ready for a 360 change…not familiar faces, race card, old fashion conservatives, etc….but complete change.

OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT….YES WE CAN!

I find it interesting that the media continues to focus on the fact that black people are voting for Obama because he is black. For years many black people automatically voted for democratic candidates, yet the media has never made a dig deal that black people are voting for democrats because they are democrats.

I love you Barry but we need to not allow race to come up even though it is a factor.

I’m so tired of hearing about the “black vote”. It’s ridiculous. Why don’t people concentrate on all the white women, who are voting for Hillary? Barack Obama is the best candidate in this race period. He has the experience, he has the vision, and most importantly he has the character. As he said before, this race is about “the past vs. the future”. I’m ready to step into the future.

Read what this AA judge has to say about Clinton Administration’s legislation
that greatly affected young black youth going to prison…..highlighted in red

Why This Older Woman Is For Obama
by Patricia Wald (dated 1/15/08)

I have spent more than 40 years of my near-80 in public service as a federal
judge, international judge, public interest lawyer and government official.
A veteran of the woman’s movement since its infancy in the 1960’s, an ardent
Democrat and an equally ardent supporter of women’s rights-to-choose, to
work, to live as we see fit, and yes, one day to elect a woman President, I
hail the advances in my lifetime that have resulted in Senator Clinton’s
dynamic bid for the Presidency.

But women my age fought for the opportunity to be judged on our skills,
talents and abilities, not on our gender, and that is the standard by which
Senator Clinton’s candidacy should be judged. Perhaps we were naïve, but
legions of us believed that if we were allowed to enter the game alongside
men, we would prove our worth.

Which is a prelude to why I now support Barack Obama and have recently spent
8 days on the icy streets of Cedar Rapids, Iowa campaigning for him.

As someone who cares mightily about restoration of our country to conditions
under which my grandchildren live and flourish, I have carefully assayed the
dueling claims of Senator Clinton and Senator Obama to lead the nation.
Senator Clinton proclaims a decisive advantage in experience that notably
embraces her days as First Lady. The Clinton Administration of the 1990s has
much to be proud of, but bears responsibility for some damaging policies as
well. I mention here only a few that I encountered while on the bench. It
oversaw the largest incarceration boom in the nation’s history even as crime
rates slowed. The 1994 “tough on crime” legislation sponsored by the White
House and which she lobbied for expanded the federal death penalty and gave
fiscal incentives for states to legislate “truth in sentencing” laws. The
Administration also supported a federal “three strikes” law patterned after
California ’s that overwhelmed prisons, and legislation that pushed youthful
offenders into adult institutions. The result of policies like these was a
generation of young men and women, heavily tilted toward minorities, which
suffered more severely than their crimes warranted. Credible researchers and
political leaders later repudiated these policies for their costliness,
ineffectiveness in improving public safety, and devastating impact on
families and minority communities. Since then Senator Clinton has shown
reluctance to support retroactive application of the sentencing reductions
for those in prison for crack cocaine violations whose penalties have since
been drastically cut by the U.S. Sentencing Commission.

Her Senate career reflects a cautious and expedient legislator; her
ambivalent attitude toward the Iraq war – particularly her failure to read
the critical intelligence report before voting to authorize military action
– give pause when considering her claims to leadership and change.

I find that Senator Obama’s record is fully as impressive as hers. His well
documented years organizing and unifying poor communities in Chicago give
him first-hand knowledge of conditions on the ground that a new President
will surely need in tackling the still intractable issues of race and
poverty. He has been an unswerving supporter of women’s right to choose,
despite the Clinton campaign’s repeated misstatements of his record. He has
played a leadership role in Illinois for children’s health insurance and tax
credits for working class families. As someone whose career has been in law
enforcement I admire especially his unremitting honesty and his respect for
the law and its processes. This has been amply demonstrated in the face of
false and misleading statements about his record in this campaign.

His ethics reform legislation was labeled by the Washington Post as “the
strongest ethics legislation to emerge from Congress yet.” His opposition to
the Iraq War at a time when it was overwhelmingly supported by political
leaders and the public is a testament to his sound judgment, even as others
fell into lock-step behind a flawed and deceptive strategy.

To be old means to remember and that can be a blessing and a curse. Much has
been written about “hope” and “inspiration” that Senator Obama brings,
particularly among the young. For me these are not vague and amorphous
qualities. I recall a time during the 1960s and into the 1970s when many of
us passionately believed in the power of Government and in ourselves to be
forces for positive social change. We sought out visionary leaders who could
appeal to our inner angels. When Robert Kennedy said in 1968, “I dream of
things that never were and ask why not,” he voiced the deepest longings of
our country as he called on us to find a way to go forward – together black,
white, Latino, poor, rich, young, old, male, female – to challenge injustice
and poverty.

We have not heard so soaring an appeal in 40 years. We have suffered through
spates of painful, ugly, and mean-spirited leadership. Our sights have been
blurred and misdirected, our youth dispirited and politically apathetic.
Now, Barack Obama tells us, “in the face of a politics that’s shut you out,
that’s told you to settle, that’s divided us for too long . . . [we] can be
one people, reaching for what’s possible.”

My ten grandchildren and their peers need not be seared by our failures and
our mixed memories. I want them to be moved by the same idealism that once
moved us. We should not deny them that chance. For all Senator Clinton’s
talents, skills, and accomplishments, Barack Obama provides the greater
hope.

==
Patricia Wald served as judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia Circuit for twenty years, including five years as its
Chief Judge. Retired from American judicial service, she later was a judge
on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia . Judge
Wald also recently served as a member of the Iraq Intelligence Commission
(the President’s Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the U.S.
Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction), an independent panel tasked with
investigating U.S. intelligence surrounding the United States’ 2003 invasion
of Iraq and Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction

Hope and Dream of a slave….
RISE OBAMA!!!!

OBAMA ‘08

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THANKS for posting the article about Patricia Wald BILL!!!!

I am so loving you Americans right about now….The world is watching….*no pressure*…smiles

I wonder how many white people are voting for Obama simply because he is black. A lot of whites want to prove that they aren’t racist, so Obama is the perfect candidate for them.

J.D……this is why your posts are my favorites

Thank you for posting the Scarlett O Hara link. I got that in an email several days ago!

And I hate the fact that the media is portraying that the Black Woman has a difficult choice to make because she has to choose between her Vagina and her complexion.

I’m voting for Obama! and its not because he is Black! I like his views!

If Condaleeza Rice, Collin Powell or even (God forbid!) Al Sharpton were to be Democratic candidates I would NOT vote for none of them…because I dont agree with their views….

I like Obama….because he sounds like he wants to help this nation, as well and the Black communities….

and Shit I’m tired of paying High costs for Medicare and school Tuition!!!!

And I sure as hell aint playing MAMMY to no damn body!!!

OBAMA 08!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SOm eof you in here…THANK YOU! GO OBAMA! Why do some of you insist that just because someone shouts out go OBAMA we are doing because we are just mindless fools supporting him because of his color! YOU COON! DAMN! Are you serious!? How about I love the vision he has for ALL American people! How about you DAMN RIGHT I am excited to see a BLACK MAN running for prez. Hell, it’s not like it’s AL SHARPTON! COONS will always find excuses to not vote for this man. Same types that would’ve had us at the back of the bus if SOMEONE hadn’t of gotten tired. I swear, some of you are a straight CANCER to your race!

O yes, BLACKS are the MINORITY DUMMY! It’s actually WHITE PEOPLE holding Barack down. So keep ya trifling ass vote for Hillary YOU COON.

I have listened over and over to Obama illustrious and tear jerking speeches…as wonderful and poetic as they are they lack and specific details of what he plans to do….that makes me nervous coming from someone with such minimal experience and the fact that he flows with Republicans so well, almost too well, is a red flag…

I am in Texas and will be voting for experience and a proven track record as far as it pertains to the the things that matter in my life..I will be voting for Hillary Clinton…I loooove Obama’s message but I already have a Pastor….We need a President…

for the record I am a Black Male…

DJ MUtha

oops for typos

I agree with her for atleast the past 40 plus years black people have been voting for these white democrats who do absolutely nothing for our communities. Mainly because we don’t demand it. I will say this for the so called illegal immigrants, I admire them so much and the reason why they are not even citizens of this country and they are out there fighting and demanding their rights. They are not waiting for someone to give them to them they are fighting and here we are with so much power. Power we don’t even know we have and we won’t even fight for the the stuff in our own communities. We get mad when someone calls out the mess in our communities. It is sad. But we keep voting for the same people over and over.

And so what if someone voted for Barack Obama because he’s black does that mean he still can’t do the job. How many white men held that position because they were white. Did it mean they couldn’t do the job. Some of them were some pretty good presidents.

Change is scary and challenging. Just for the simple fact that it is change and it is new. Does not mean it is not right. I think what scares a lot of black people about Mr.Obama is that there are a lot of black people who make excuses as to why they can’t do something and after this they will have to find a new excuse. We need to realize the power that we have and harness that power. But we have to start in our own commuities. We have to start cleaning our communities. Running those drug dealers out of there. It is not going to be easy but only we can do it. Then getting people the help they need to get of the drugs. That will be half the battle. But we can do it.

GO OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You children can do what you want.
I am 56 years old and I voted for the Clintons twice and I am not backtracking, hell I would not go back to a man I have been broken up with after ten years , i don’t back peddle.
I have a 8 year old grandson I have to demonstrate the courage to. This election affects his future as a dreamer and an American citizen.
Look you all can do what the hell you want to do with Lurleen and George Wallace, but my grandsons or my sons blood will not beon my hands falling for the Clinton yoki- doke.
Some of you young folk are so smart until you are stupid.
And to the black man that’s voting for Hillary one day yu will get your noses out of their you know what and once the shit is cleared fromyour eyes maybe your vision won’t be so blurred and a lot of brothers are voting for her because they see him as a black man and not a man like they see themselves and society has told them t hey are limited and Slick Willie like you all seeing yourselves this way then you will always support his wife over a black MAN.

@#43 That is exaclty whatthis shit is George and Lurleen Wallace all over again and the media isn’t speaking about this. She ran for her husband, and you all see Bill now he is too controlling and arrogant not to let Billiary run the white house without his input. Shit they both already think they are smarter than anyon else on the planet.
Has anyone noticed hat Hillary has not congraulated Obama on his wins. Believe it or not I am watch how she is treating him and she shows me she is a bigot and she wants no black to excell her in anything.
I don’t trust the Clintons, I just don’t. They too slick fo rme!!!

I’m a black woman & my vote is for Obama because when it comes to politics, I’m black before I’m a woman. I’m 28 yrs. old & there are no black political leaders that I fell can be a leader for my generation, until now. It’s an awesome opportunity to be a part of this historical event, and be the writers of our own history. It’s time for us to recognize the wrongs that were perpetrated on our elders & make them right. We can’t keep complaining about our situation as black people & not be engaged in the process, no matter how “unfair” it may be. Let’s support Brother Obama as a community; he’s the most qualified catalyst for change for black people. Get out there & vote, because now more than ever, our vote counts!

@ 43

I agree…

http://youtube.com/watch?v=5EuNgqIiz60
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSpANnlfFbc

Lol, that film clip of Maya Angelou is actually an indictment of many of our people’s mindstate in regards to voting and just Americanization in general. No disrespect to her, but the white man knows what he’s going to get when he interviews Maya Angelou, that’s why he interviewed her. She didn’t disappoint in being able to poeticize her coonery. That’s why the white man and the white woman looked at each other after it was over, smiled, and said “That was my favorite interview ever!”, lol. Negroes that know their place always make white people feel chipper. I don’t care who she or anyone else votes for; or if they vote at all, my thing is why are black people, especially so-called “affluent” or “prestigious” blacks, so concerned about forcing all races to come together as opposed to working on the issues that we have as a race prior to any attempts at forced integration or globalization. She sounded like a buffoon talking about the “likenesses of humankind” and the “courage to love”. She doesn’t have courage, she has freedom. In America, she’s free to be confused and cause confusion for others when she’s given publicity. She has the freedom to marry a white man or become a lesbian, like most famous black women have (which is irrefutable), and still speak on black issues as if their perspective has not been tainted. This is, like I’ve said before, exhibit A as to why this society preaches and teaches effeminization and glorification of the woman, specifically the black woman. “The black woman wants this….the black woman wants that…..”. I guess all the black man wants is a fat ass, a blunt, and a sandwich so his opinion doesn’t matter, lol. Blacks are the only race of people that are treated like this and it’s on purpose because it’s known that if the men of your race are destroyed, your race is destroyed.

@49-JUDAH

Very good point.

Hillary does not take time to campaign in states she feels she will not win. Even when she lost South Carolina she left without thanking the people who did support her. Barack Obama win or lose he always thank those who supported him, he never takes anything for granted. He says he does’nt win until he wins. Hillary has skipped a lot of states ( as if to say these people don’t matter ), went straight to Texas to woo the voters because she needs you big time (large amount of delegates at stake ) TEXAS STAND UP VOTE BARACK OBAMA!!! he is a canidate for everyone!

no matter who is president this country will still be ran by old White men, it isn’t about the president, it is about THE SYSTEM. There NOTHING Obama can do unless we get to the root of the problem. Our votes don’t matter away in this country anyway, we didn’t get the president we voted for two terms in the row, so we gotta think outside of the box, and roll with someone that does just that!

There is someone that the major television networks are ignoring because he can do just that. A person who believes in the true liberty and justice for all. See for yourself, google presidential candidate “Ron Paul”.

A smaller government
Get the feds out of the educational system
Don’t police the world but lead by example
Get rid of federal reserve (our financial slavery)
Get rid of the income tax (our financial slavery)
Get rid of war on drugs (which constantly keeps Black males in prison)
Stop companies from running the health care system

That’s what Ron Paul is about, and I think he can help us and our future a lot better than any other presidential candidate.

Judah - That’s so true.

I don’t know this sister - by this email was sent to me and it’s worth sharing…

When Black is Enough

Please, make me a believer! I must confess, I feel that in being a Barack
Obama supporter I have missed something or as the media portrays. I have
Missed everything the Clinton’s have done for me, a black woman in America.

Since I am truly a socialite at heart who hates to miss an event, let alone
A decade of the African-American migration to a better life; please can
Someone?…Anyone?

Tell me what exactly the Clinton’s have done for black people that has made
Our loyalty so steadfast and unwavering! Or are we still doing cartwheels
For crumbs?

Some have said it was the end of the George Bush and Newt Gingrich era, the
Appointment of Black Judges and high ranking officials, welfare reform, a
Few jazz solos on late night television and of course his o ffice in Harlem
Sealed the deal. Are our hearts that cheap?

Both of the Bush presidents have appointed African-Americans as judges or
High ranking officials so what does that mean? Although the welfare lady no
Longer does surprise home visits and counts the number of beers your
Boyfriend may have bought you it still has left a trail of many unskilled
Single mothers without viable employment options.

I guess none of that matters when videos are on.at least that’s what former
Owner of BET must have been thinking. It actually disappoints me that
Someone like Bob Johnson isn’t astute enough to just speak *for* his
Candidate and not against any black man who has worked for the greater
Good of all people and specific to this argument-black people-like
Barack Obama has done throughout his career.

Even more disturbing is that fact that Bob Johnson owned the only black
Entertainment television station and failed to develop any programming or
Entertainment with substance other than videos and has made no apologies for
That embarrassing fact. Maybe he was the one doing “who knows what” in the
Streets. That just may be the only excuse for not coming up with any
Alternatives when we finally realized Seinfeld created a New York without
Black people.

What hurts me as a black woman is this idea that “white people aren’t ready
For a back president” so we might as well vote for Hilary. Since when did
Black people defer to white people once our mind was made up for change?

In truth, white people weren’t ready for the emancipation of the slaves,
They weren’t ready for the Civil Rights movement or for us to vote, they
Weren’t ready for us to grad uate from Harvard, and they weren’t ready for us
To date their daughters.

WE were ready and we forced them to accept our decision for change and the
Way our lives were valued. It seems to me that black women of the Democratic
Party who are unequivocally for Hilary Clinton have a bit of the
“Dangerous Minds” or the “Freedom Writers” syndrome where we have
To rely on a white woman to make things better for us.

What happened to the argument that only a black person
Can truly understand our plight and what we really go through to thrive in
America? This does not override the fact that white people have been
Instrumental in many facets of black life. However, being instrumental
Versus being a musician are very different places when it comes to the
Finished product.

The Barack Obama campaign believes the media’s reports about the lack of
Support he has from black women are untrue. In fact, they have said that he
Has tremendous support from black women across America. The polls can be
Faulty as we have all witnessed. With all of the issues black people have
Had with accurate media portrayal it is important to have all the bases
Covered.

That’s why it amazes me that African-Americans are on television talking
About how they would never vote for Obama just because he is black. I wonder
How many other people are voting against him based upon that same premise.

How many white women are voting for Hilary to see themselves sitting at the
Desk in the Oval office? Or how many Latinos voted for Richardson? No one
Blamed them for drawing support and capitalizing on their common threads.
Even more politically incorrect is this idea of black women being “torn”
Between Hilary because she is a woman and Barack because he is black.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but when white women were talking
About women’s liberation they were not talking about black women. At the
Time, white women were burning bras while black women in the south were
Still trying to make sure their husbands weren’t being charred hanging from a
Tree. Plus, who do you think was minding their children while they were out
Protesting?

Unfortunately, you only get to check one box and first thing is fir st:
Color.

Not to mention the fact that feminism was different for white women than any
other race. It was their black female counterparts who were able to break
color barriers in terms of employment and historically have been the
breadwinners in their respective households. When white woman were fighting
not to stay home black women wished they had that luxury.

The race for Presidency is a long and drawn out job interview for the
highest ranking job in this country. We all know what it feels like when
being articulate over the phone meets shock in person. We also know what
happens when you are qualified for a job, but have one year less experience
in one category and therefore don’t get an interview-then you realize if
there were so many qualified diverse candidates there wouldn’t be a need for
that position to have a tag line. We finally have a chance to show our
children that they really can be anything and anyone in this world- no
limitations. That America is our America. Isn’t that enough?

Let’s face it, if there were no white people behind Obama he wouldn’t
even be in the running. Nevertheless, this time, let’s make this decision
for change on our own. Why do we need a Michelle Pfeifer or Hilary
Swank to show us the way?

I could understand if Obama was an uneducated, inarticulate knucklehead
without a plan. But that could be farther from the truth. It is time to
realize we can’t survive on these crumbs. Honestly, when it comes to finding
out what roads the Clinton’s have paved for us “I feel a lotta ways tired!”

Sandra E. Thompson

America is more willing to accept a black man as president more than a white woman in my opinion. Because at the end of the day, he is still a man, and America is one of the most sexist countries in the World.

Start with national security, since the president’s most important duties are as commander-in-chief. Over the summer, Mr. Obama talked about invading Pakistan, a nation armed with nuclear weapons; meeting without preconditions with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who vows to destroy Israel and create another Holocaust; and Kim Jong Il, who is murdering and starving his people, but emphasized that the nuclear option was off the table against terrorists — something no president has ever taken off the table since we created nuclear weapons in the 1940s. Even Democrats who have worked in national security condemned all of those remarks. Mr. Obama is a foreign-policy novice who would put our national security at risk.

Next, consider economic policy. For all its faults, our health care system is the strongest in the world. And free trade agreements, created by Bill Clinton as well as President Bush, have made more goods more affordable so that even people of modest means can live a life that no one imagined a generation ago. Yet Mr. Obama promises to raise taxes on “the rich.”

How to fix Social Security? Raise taxes. How to fix Medicare? Raise taxes. Prescription drugs? Raise taxes. Free college? Raise taxes. Socialize medicine? Raise taxes. His solution to everything is to have government take it over. Big Brother on steroids, funded by your paycheck.

Finally, look at the social issues. Mr. Obama had the audacity to open a stadium rally by saying, “All praise and glory to God!” but says that Christian leaders speaking for life and marriage have “hijacked” — hijacked — Christianity. He is pro-partial birth abortion, and promises to appoint Supreme Court justices who will rule any restriction on it unconstitutional. He espouses the abortion views of Margaret Sanger, one of the early advocates of racial cleansing. His spiritual leaders endorse homosexual marriage, and he is moving in that direction. In Illinois, he refused to vote against a statewide ban — ban — on all handguns in the state. These are radical left, Hollywood, and San Francisco values, not Middle America values.

The real Mr. Obama is an easy target for the general election. Mrs. Clinton is a far tougher opponent. But Mr. Obama could win if people don’t start looking behind his veneer and flowery speeches. His vision of “bringing America together” means saying that those who disagree with his agenda for America are hijackers or warmongers. Uniting the country means adopting his liberal agenda and abandoning any conflicting beliefs.

But right now everyone is talking about how eloquent of a speaker he is and — yes — they’re talking about his race. Those should never be the factors on which we base our choice for president. Mr. Obama’s radical agenda sets him far outside the American mainstream, to the left of Mrs. Clinton.

It’s time to talk about the real Barack Obama. In an election of firsts, let’s first make sure we elect the person who is qualified to be our president in a nuclear age during a global civilizational war.

YAWn the media needs to just STFU

I LOVE MAYA ANGELOU

SHES ONE OF THE BEST POETS

I THINK THAT THIS IS A TOUCHY SUBJECT

BUT LETS NOT GO OVERBOARD

WHAT IS DESTINED WILL BE AND IT LOOKS LIKE OBAMA IS THE MAN

HE SWAYED ME AND GOT MY VOTE LATER ON IN THE CAMPAIGN AND THAT SAYS ALOT ABOUT HIM TO ME

CONGRATULATIONS OBAMA

AND WILL SOMEBODY PLEASE DELETE # 11

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YALL?????

“IF YOU DONT STAND FOR SOMETHING, YOU’LL FALL FOR ANYTHING”

I am an African American woman who voted for Barack because of his stand on the issues and if I wanted to vote for Barack because of color who cares white people have been doing it for years, white women are voting for Hillary because she’s white and a woman and aint nobody complaining.

People might not like how others choose to vote but it’s their right and their vote so…

OBAMA HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR ON SAYIN THAT HE WONTS CHANGE HE HAS ALSO SPOKE ABOUT CHANGE WHAT HE WILL DO IS GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY NEED AND THATS A VOICE”
im so tired of people (presidents ) thinking for them selves and not the people and we cant speak up without a voice … if you notice these LAST STATES HE HAS GAINED MORE LATINO VOTES AND WHITE WOMAN AND WHITES… SO THE RACE CARD IS BEING PLAYED OUT!!! HE IS ALSO AHEAD NOW WITH DELEGATES SO WHATS THEY SAY??
I cannot vote for hiliary because hiliary thinks she knows it all and cannot admit her mistakes we dont I REPEAT DONT NEED A FEMALE BUSH AND HER SIDE KICK HUSBAND WHOS WILLING TO SAY ANTHING FOR HER TO WIN……..

You’ve got to fucking kidding me, Marion Berry. If anyone is symptomatic of inability to take our voting right seriously, it’s the fact that this fool not only holds a public office, but is given a forum anywhere. He didn’t mess-up once, but several times. You could have done much better than this embarrassment of a being.
It’s shameful that we don’t take it more seriously. You can blame the “mainstream media,” “white Democrats” are whomever. We march to church every Sunday morning, and blindly give our money to so many of those who don’t a damned about us, and most of them all black. TAKE INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY FOLKS!!!!

Judah is right. This country wishes to destroy our men. And black women cannot hold the family up by themselves for too much longer. A race can truly suffer if the men cannot succeed. I have a son so I have a vested interest in the survival of our brothers.

And shame on Maya Angelou for that statement. I respect her, but she has a powerful influence and that could affect some people’s view of Obama.

I am casting my vote for Obama.

T*MOBLIE DO YA RESEARCH BARACK OBAMA. COM CLEARS WHAT YOU SAY UP AND COME IN LETS NOT ACT LIKE HILIARY AINT SWITCHED UP!!!( IRAG WAR ) SHE SAID YES ( NOW ) SHE SAYS NO…HUMMMMMM.. LET ME THINK………. OBAMA READY ON DAY ONE!

O AND HIS FLOWERY SPEECHES MAKES ME FUZZY AND WARM LMAO!!!
HIS STANCE MAKES COMPLETE SENSE RATHER THAN HILIARYS MANDATING ASS…@ T*MOBILE

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********J. Dakar, you are doing something to cut off the left margins when you post!
********I notice this before on your post only! Contact Angel!!

the gramm i mean the election aint till november get off his nuts haters.

***_______I DONT LIKE BEING IN THE OFFICE ALL DAY EITHER IT SUCKS.

_____&&&&&&I LIKE TO BE OUT EXPLORING THE SKIES AND JUST CLEARING THE AIRPORTS LIKE 5 PLANES IT SEEM LIKE EVERY NITE I SEE A NEW ONE IT SEEM BALLER I HEART U.

########## I LIKE MY GOVERNMENT TEACHER MY HISTORY FROM 1865 IS OK OR MAYBE ITS 1685 IDN BUT I LIKE IT,.

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