Democratic Socialist Cornel West Upset Obama Won’t Call Him Back
- Posted on July 24, 2011 at 4:36pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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Frequent Bill Maher panel guest and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America, professor Cornel West, has been upset with Barack Obama of late. The Princeton professor called his former “brother, companion and comrade,” out in May for having “a certain fear of free black men.”
“Brother Barack Obama had no sense of gratitude, no sense of loyalty, no sense of even courtesy, [no] sense of decency, just to say thank you. Is this the kind of manipulative, Machiavellian orientation we ought to get used to? That was on a personal level.”
In the same interview West went on to call the President “a black mascot of Wall Street oligarchs and a black puppet of corporate plutocrats.” West’s comments were denounced by many liberal blogs and commentators, some of which classified West‘s anger towards the President as a product of the Princeton professor’s own ego and sense of left-wing elitism, rather than any real ideological qualms with Obama.
Now in a recent New York Times Magazine interview, the left-wing ideologue has admitted that he went on a media tirade against the President because the leader of the free world did not call and thank him for campaigning on Obama’s behalf.
“I think he had to keep me at a distance. There’s no doubt that he didn’t want to be identified with a black leftist. But we’re talking about one phone call, man. That’s all. One private phone call.”
West had advocated Barack Obama for President at 65 campaign events. In the same interview West reaffirmed his comment that the President “feels most comfortable with upper-middle-class white and Jewish men who consider themselves very smart,” as an objective fact. West has spent his entire career in academia, including a short stint at Harvard that ended after West resigned in response to the university president calling his rap album an “embarrassment.”
In 2003 West made his film debut in The Matrix Reloaded.
(H/T: National Journal)
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Comments (189)
Ella
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 5:00pmMr. West, You have every right ot be mad at your‘ brother’, the pres. If I were you I would make sure not to support him in 2012. No more campaigning and for heaven sakes don’t vote for him. That should show the pres whose boss.
Report Post »johnsell
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 5:11pmI agree and second the motion and will support you in anyway possible to ensure that ungrateful Obama will not be supported in 2012! ;>}
Report Post »Pujols
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 5:22pmI would call Him back. He looks like Buck-Wheats Grandson. Man if this Guy could tell jokes He would be rich. Wait, He is a joke. He needs to hit the road for a World tour.
“Buck-Wheat III does the World in 80 days.”
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 5:53pmYuz gotz to luk Kool and be chillin at Havard.
Report Post »Shellback
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 6:25pmWhen I look at this picture, I think of that commercial “I’m coo coo for cocoa puffs”
Report Post »JustaThought
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 7:49pmDear Mr. West,
Report Post »You had me at, “President Obama (has) no sense.” Now shut the hell up and go back under the rock where you were spawned. Creep.
Devil Dog 7175
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 8:31pmIts campaign time baby… He can’t be seen at this time with your crazy azz… Wait till after hes voted out, then he will be your “bro” again…
Report Post »BehindBlueEyes
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 8:59pmThis guy is one freaky fruitcake. Another creepy friend of the nightmare in chief.
Report Post »toto
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 9:32pmThere is only one person Obama cares about and that’s Obama. I have never in my life heard so many me, mine, my‘s and I’s from a President. As for your leftist views Mr. West, babies are born leftists, totally dependent, the best ones mature and grow into self supporting conservatives.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 10:43pmLibs and Progs will kill themselves as well as each other. Just standby and observe.
Report Post »PeachyinGA
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 11:26pmWest said: Is this the kind of manipulative, Machiavellian orientation we ought to get used to? Answer: NO! Don’t get used to it because he is a one-term president and he knows it.
Report Post »Carl1 Supports Israel
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 1:03amDon’t worry Mr West. You will be taking care of. Obama will sneak you a few million!
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 1:30amso, is west upset because he can’t get his anticipated favoritism??? in public view, to boot?
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 7:33amWhen the extremist say they won’t support Obama does that put Obama closer to the center? I hope it does not give the appearance that Obama is not as far left as he actually is…I sort hope the fringe nuts continue to support Obozo so ALL of America will wake the hell up. Along with the presidency, we need the bloody SENATE real bad.
Report Post »robert
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:46amThis man illustrates plainly the degeneration going on right now in the universities. Because African Americans were unable to qualify for professorial positions in most subjects, generally, the bulls**t course of African American studies was created. This character is the product of that perversion.
Henry Gates, the “yo mama” Harvard “professor” who hatefully condemned the police for protecting his residence, backed up by the community organizer, is another.
They exist throughout the country in the same bulls**t positions, and most all of them are racists and haters of the highest order, spewing anti-white rhetoric, and are some of the main contributors to the black violence that’s been growing in leaps and bounds….especially lately.
People who contribute to universities who provide these African Studies malcontents with a forum should halt funding 100% right now. If not, here’s hoping they might become the beneficiaries of the animalistic behavior these types help to create in order to get a close up and personal view of the situation.
Report Post »drphil69
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 1:08pmGee, one socialist wont return the call of another… what IS this world coming to???
Report Post »lukabrasi
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 2:10pmYeah and tell all your friends not to vote for him either
Report Post »PunditPawn
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 4:57pmDemocrat and Socialist are kind of redundant when referring to members of the American Democrat party.
Report Post »thegrassroots
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 5:07pmSometimes those libs are so darn entertaining! They’ve got me laughing over this one.
BHO whining because Boehner won’t return his calls. This guy whining because BHO won’t call him.
BHO & West sound like little jr hi girls! LOL
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 5:09pmThe Socialist Wing of the DEMOCRAT party is part of the moderate wing. The options are Liberal, Socialist, Progressive, Communist, Anarchist . But all are DEMOCRATS. No coservatives are allowed anymore. Look at the reaction of 85 just reading a book.
Report Post »patriotforlife
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 5:17pmThe big O is in campaign mode for 2012 and can’t afford this kind of friend in public. If O wins another 4 yrs he may move this comrade into the White House.
Report Post »chazman
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 5:23pmDemocrat Party? What Democrat Party? It’s the Liberal Marxist Party, you dolt! And don’t ever forget it … har dee har har.
Report Post »butler180
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 5:33pmTo Grassroots – right on
Report Post »dogdr
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 8:34pmNot that anybody here cares, but if you are EVER going to be taken seriously you need to at least get an education on political ideologies. The comments on this article (and virtually every article about Obama) continue to call him a Socialist, a Marxist, a Communist, Fascist, whatever term you think is the most insulting. All of those political ideologies are MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE. You cannot be a Marxist AND a Socialist, or a Socialist AND a Communist. Hard to take someone seriously when they are out screaming names at someone and they don’t even know what the meaning behind those names is. It is just more ignorant, blind hatred from the right. Get your name calling straight at least. I will give you some help with me though. I am a PROUD socialist. That means I disagree with communism, fascism and Marxism. If you actually knew anything about politics, you would understand that, and also maybe you would understand why nobody really takes Glenn and his ignorant army seriously.
Report Post »lel2007
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 10:28pmYes, that’s true. But these slim-balls change their label every time their “message” goes stale so they can sell it as a new idea. I like to refer to them as Progressive Marxist Socialist Democrats, or PMSDs.
Report Post »BehindBlueEyes
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 6:09am@dogdr
Report Post »Take some time and read The Road To Serfdom.
Here is the chronological order – socialism leads to marxism, marxism leads to communism.
They are all variations of a theme base on the control of people and lack of freedom. It all leads to totalitarianism.
Based what I know about Obama’s past and those that he chooses to surround himself with, I would say he is a communist at heart but is currently wearing the mask of a progressive. Whatever this man is it is not good for America.
I wouldn’t consider calling Obama a communist as “name calling” but rather an educated guess based on the facts. After all his childhood mentor was a communist named Frank Marshall Davis and that fact comes from Obama’s own book.
patriotforlife
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 4:55pm@dogdr…How about obama is a low life piece of dung, America and freedom hating poor excuse for a pile of crap!! Ya got a problem with that?
Report Post »In The Right
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 4:56pmThis 60′s Black Panther-esque buffoon should be removed from the classroom like his “brother” Leonard Jefferies at CCNY and Ward Churchill in Colorado.
Report Post »Fina Biscotti
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 9:13pmGreat idea, “In The Right”!
Report Post »That would be REAL progress…
junior1971
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 4:55pmOur current prez has contempt for all things American. He is not biased in his ideology, regardless of ethnicity. If you are American, you should follow his lead, and bow your heads in shame for actually believing that you are exceptional. Half white, half black, commie, greaser, soche. He does not care as long as he brings our country to its knees.
Report Post »stevoschmidt
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 4:54pmGive yourself a heart attack and do everyone a big favor
Report Post »Rob
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 4:53pmI wouldn’t want a call from the socialist…he is not my president. He is anti-everything I belive in.
Report Post »Profx72
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 4:53pmTo paraphrase Margaret Thatcher, “The Problem with ‘Democratic Socialism’ is that eventually you run out of Other People’s Power.” Cornell West‘s only real gripe should be that President Obama’s “Strings” are being pulled by a DIFFERENT Puppet Master than Cornell West had intended. He thought he was getting a puppet of his very own to play with, but he backed a Socialist with a slightly different agenda than his own. Boo hoo: Sorry, Cornell, it sucks to be you! (For that matter, it sucks to be us, too. We have to put up with him…for a little while longer, anyway.)
Report Post »http://www.maverickvoice.com
libloather7
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 4:52pmFiled under who gives a s*it!
Report Post »OhSuzieQ
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 9:15pmLibloather7
Posted on July 24, 2011
Filed under who gives a s*it!
I said the same thing to myself…lol
Report Post »NuffSaid
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 4:52pmYour own mama won’t invite you back
Report Post »GBMBulletsSKNRD
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 5:01pmLoser
Report Post »TelepromoterNChief
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 4:52pmThe President’s safety is ALWAYS a concern.
This nutjob is a threat.
Obama should NOT return his calls or invite him to one of his weekly parties at the White Howze.
Report Post »f2345ranky
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 4:57pmYou mean Obama’s crib.
Report Post »1bambam
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 4:50pmThis guy is as relevant as AL Gore ,,,bye bye
Report Post »TalonTed
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 4:50pmIsn’t it strange Cornel West that left is right, up is down, and right is wrong for most of those dealing with Barack Obama. But, there are many more important issues that the country is dealing with than you being snubbed by your buddy Barack! Get a life and move on already.
Report Post »HawkEyeTx
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 4:50pmAdd your comments
Report Post »HawkEyeTx
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 4:50pmEither way….the truth be told.
Report Post »jcizarter
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 4:48pmBarach is half white and half Kenyan. No slaves in his background. Only slave owners.
Report Post »Dr. Klahn
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 1:46am… and slave sellers.
Report Post »texasfarmer
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 4:48pmNow that”s a 70′s hairdo.
Report Post »TelepromoterNChief
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 4:53pmFor the hair alone, I’d invite him over to my annual SuperBowl party.
He just couldn’t come inside.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 8:52pmI know I’m old, but I remember in the “I LOVE LUCY” show when Lucy had her baby, Rickey was wearing that same hair-do.” It’s even funnier now.
Report Post »BehindBlueEyes
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 6:52amThis guy must wear out a set of pillow cases a night.
Report Post »stevoschmidt
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 4:48pmhe’s one of the hienz 47
Report Post »redbone007
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 4:48pmb l a c k on b l a c k crime. Obama knows Cornel will still vote for him….no love lost. This is just two relative fighting but will still have each other back during the election. Let move on to more important story just as Israel.
Report Post »Tear Em Up
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 4:47pmHe won’t call…but they are probably texting like crazy….
http://traffic.libsyn.com/mikeleeandterrymartin/Number_74_July_23rd_2011.mp3
Report Post »912828Buckeye
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 4:47pmI would not return his calls either. 8~)
Report Post »Dale
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 5:02pmBuckeye;
odumbo [BIG EARS!] is just upset that Mr. Speaker won’t return his calls!
Report Post »stevoschmidt
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 4:47pmPut a sock in it West, you’ll be campaigning for obummer in no time again.
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 4:43pmYawn,,,,,hmmm,,huh?
Report Post »Vital
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 4:43pmAfter 2012…America needs to change the Capital city. It has gotten to dirty and smelly
Report Post »SkiTuna
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 6:36pmIf Obama gets his way and is re-elected you can bet the capitol city will change. How about Jihad, MD or Muslimtown, IA how about in Islam City, CO this joker of a president represents the worst kind american we all know he‘s anti america and just talks a good game to make people thing he’s a patriot. Patriot my azz…
Report Post »felix
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 4:43pmanother complete P O S !
Report Post »Vital
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 4:41pmNo one cares!
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 4:40pmI think I’ve seen him hanging around outside the Port Authority building in New York…arguing with himself and losing.
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 4:45pmWas he wearing a soiled diaper, pushing a doll stroller filled with ketchup/mustard packets, trying to smoke a banana and singing showtunes from the musical “Cats”? Wow…I thought that was him.
Report Post »stevoschmidt
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 4:48pmhienz 47 commie ketchup
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