Obama Will Carefully Court Black Votes at Sharpton Event
- Posted on April 6, 2011 at 1:32am by
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He avoids race, so the story goes. He can’t afford to alienate white voters, black people will vote for him again anyway, so he has little to gain by approaching such a volatile subject.
Yet on Wednesday, President Barack Obama is scheduled to make a foray into racial territory by speaking in New York at the Rev. Al Sharpton’s national convention — an early step on the tricky path that Obama must navigate in order to engage black voters who are crucial to his re-election.
On the one hand, there’s nothing unusual about a president fulfilling a campaign promise made to a staunch political ally whose radio show is broadcast in 40 cities each weekday. Nor is it odd for Obama, who has spoken to other civil rights groups, to connect with Sharpton, a frequent White House visitor whose fame flows from his aggressive brand of black advocacy.
Aside from the timing of Obama’s speech — two days after his re-election bid was made official — Wednesday’s events at the National Action Network gathering are heavily political. Obama’s top campaign aide, David Axelrod, is to address a special plenary, followed by the secretaries of education and housing, the attorney general and the EPA administrator.
Obama remains highly popular among blacks. In 2008, 95 percent of blacks who voted chose Obama. In a Gallup poll last week, 84 percent of blacks approved of Obama’s overall performance, about the same percentage as six months ago.
So why all the attention now?
It’s actually harder for Obama to reach out to black voters than it would be for a white president, said Mark Anthony Neal, an African-American studies professor at Duke University, “because there‘s a narrative that he’s catering to a black constituency.”
“Obama needs Al Sharpton as a certain kind of surrogate for black voters,” Neal said. “Symbolically, his willingness to speak at the convention is a subtle message to black voters that he is paying attention to their concerns.
“Because that’s the other side of the narrative … there is a heavy critique of Obama among black voters for not being cognizant and attentive enough to issues affecting the black community.”
A factor in this dilemma is the view among some whites that the president gives blacks favorable treatment. Carol Swain, a Vanderbilt University political science professor and Obama critic, called that view a misperception, but said it was fed by cases like the New Black Panther voter intimidation lawsuit and the Justice Department asking Dayton, Ohio, to lower its police exam passing score because too few black applicants passed.
This dynamic may have made Obama “overly defensive” about race, said Bill Anderson, a host on the Philadelphia black talk radio station WURD.
“But think about it,” Anderson said. “If the president speaks to an entire room of white people, nobody says he’s alienating society. But if you go to an organization that’s dealing with (issues) important to society but from an African-American perspective, all of a sudden, you’re a separatist.”
That’s how some view Sharpton.
As his National Action Network celebrates 20 years of fighting for social change and justice, Sharpton’s methods and image have evolved. President George W. Bush publicly praised him for leadership on education, and Sharpton joined arch-conservative Newt Gingrich on a 2009 national tour advocating for better schools.
Six Democratic presidential candidates came to Sharpton’s convention in 2007, and Sharpton remembers Obama promising that win or lose, he would return. Now Obama will be the first sitting president to attend.
Yet some still consider Sharpton to be the rabble-rousing, pompadoured agitator of the 1980s who spread Tawana Brawley’s unproven claim about being sexually assaulted by white men and, in a separate case, exhorted protests that ended with eight dead at a Jewish-owned store in Harlem.
Sharpton is used to the criticism, even when it comes from black people. “It’s a burden you bear gladly,” he said in an interview. “I’m doing a job people would rather not see done.”
The National Action Network website lists 42 chapters nationwide and claims 200,000 members. In addition to his 40-city radio reach, Sharpton is on satellite radio and leads a weekly Harlem rally.
“I’m probably talking to more people than most activists have ever done,” Sharpton said. “I know what‘s on people’s minds, and I’m able to mobilize them.”
He also has a strong connection to what Obama adviser and Harvard University law professor Charles Ogletree once called “the streets … the people who are voiceless, faceless and powerless.”
These are the people bearing the brunt of the 15.5 percent black unemployment rate reported in March, up from 15.3 percent in February. The overall national rate in March was 8.8 percent, a two-year low.
The president “is going with Sharpton to show us some support some kind of way,” Ilsa Lilly Fields, a black woman, said as she left a West Philadelphia drugstore Tuesday.
Fields made a face when Sharpton’s name was mentioned: “He‘s just loud and always in everyone’s business. He’s not a helpful person.”
But she said Obama was doing the best he could to help blacks: “We’re a patient people. We know what Obama has to do. We’re just waiting for him to do it.”
Swain, the political scientist, said even though Obama has not addressed black issues, blacks remain protective of him — “almost like a member of the family.”
“Black people are in many ways worse off today than they have been in decades,” she said. “They’re worse off than if there was a white president, because a white president has to do something for the black community. Obama doesn’t have to do anything.”
Across the street from the drugstore, inside Yock’s Sandwich-Ville USA, out-of-work plumber Benjamin Ryan said many whites in his union complain that Obama is favoring blacks.
“It‘s just the way they’re raised,” said Ryan, who is white. “It’s far from the truth, but it‘s what they’re exposed to.”
Ryan’s wife, Sharletta, who is black, said Obama visiting Sharpton’s conference is just “playing a typical game of politics.” She approves of his performance as president, but called Sharpton a “race pimp.”
Ryan predicted Obama would not get as many white votes in 2012 as he did in 2008, “so getting out the black vote is going to be huge.”
Anderson, the talk show host, said Obama’s visit sends a message: “This is something I need to do, and (critics) are just going to have to deal with it.”
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Jesse Washington covers race and ethnicity for The Associated Press. He is reachable at jwashington(at)ap.org or www.twitter.com/jessewashington.
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Comments (187)
DisposableWorker
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 5:10amHey guys; you want to know how we see it in my trans-cultural / multi ethnic household? There is only one “race”. That is the human race.
Report Post »Teapartywoman
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:31amAmen to that.
Report Post »Confederate
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 5:06amWell duhhhhh! Birds of a feather flock together. http://www.rebelpowflag.com
Report Post »FlowerBell
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 5:03amI have no intention of voting for anyone because they are black, white, tall short or whatever. I am going to vote for the person best qualified for the job. Anyone who does differently is a moron. And I usually don’t use words like that, but I just can’t fathom how so many people can be so ignorant, they must be morons.
Report Post »If 95% of black Americans vote for Obama because he is black I am left to believe they lack the ability for critical thinking, are the worst kind of racists and lose all my respect.
Diane TX
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 4:21amI literally don’t know anyone who is a “racist” anymore. I grew up into adulthood in the late sixties to early seventies. All the people that were “racists” and that I knew, have all died. They were all of my grandparent’s generation. My own parents were never racists. My child, in his early forties, doesn’t have a racist bone in his body. His child, hasn’t even noticed yet that there are different races in the World. Her best friend in preschool was a Black boy.
I really think that no one cares anymore what anyone’s race is – except for Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, because they make their money on racial politics. Racial politics was six decades ago.
Report Post »MJaneO
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 3:57pmI am older, but you are right!
Report Post »justice
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 4:19amWe want Obamas money, Wheres he get it, I do not know, but I want it. Talking about abuse and Racist . Taking from the poor just to be re-elected. All races better get this nut out of the Administration. People vote 2012.
Report Post »Fina Biscotti
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 4:18amAppearing with Rev. Al Sharpton – to acquire the black vote – is surely historical………..especially when Sharpton became known as a Civil Rights Leader in the 1960′s – when he convinced a young black teenager to rub dogshyt on herself and falsely portray that she was assaulted and raped by white police officers – to incite a RACE Riot.
Obama should give a Cabinet position to Rev Al Sharpton = CZAR of RACISM.
Report Post »Fina Biscotti
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 4:14amA factor in this dilemma is the view among some whites that the president gives blacks favorable treatment. Carol Swain, a Vanderbilt University political science professor and Obama critic, called that view a misperception, but said it was fed by cases like the New Black Panther voter intimidation lawsuit and the Justice Department asking Dayton, Ohio, to lower its police exam passing score because too few black applicants passed.
This dynamic may have made Obama “overly defensive” about race, said Bill Anderson, a host on the Philadelphia black talk radio station WURD.
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Defending his racism – or exposed for his racism?
Report Post »mrmikejohnson
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 4:12amBlack people are the only people in America who still support Obama….well, I guess MSNBC does as well. There’s no black people at MSNBC.
Report Post »sbenard
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 7:06amThey are thus the only group that supports Obama because of the color of his skin instead of the content of his character! Doesn’t that make them racist?
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:07amYes it does.
Report Post »Fina Biscotti
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 4:12amIn 2009, it was discovered that over 16 MILLION voter registrations were discovered to be invalid – although some of these non-existent people – “voted” – prior to – and during the 2008 presidential campaign.
Report Post »nptden
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 3:44amHas anybody ever found out ‘how’ Al Sharpton makes ‘money”. He doesn’t work. He calls himself a Rev. but has no ‘church’?.. Where did he study for the ministry? Who ever ‘vetted’ Al?..Time we do, most haste. Look how long it took to get Charlie Rangel. Jesse Jackson, should be on the list also. Where does he get paid from?…
Report Post »sbenard
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 7:05amThe “Reverend” Jesse Jackson doesn’t even have a divinity degree. His degree was an “honorary” degree, not one that was earned. Thus, he has never had a congregation either!
Report Post »foxrocks
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 3:26amAL Charleton has done absolutley NOTHING for young black americans. It’s the woe as me syndrome. He is an extortionist, playing up on emotions not principles about doing your best, move forward, pursue your dreams. He is about me me me Goverment give me………Bill Cosby gets it. Herman Cain gets it, ect, the list goes on.
Report Post »It’s good that Obama wants Al on his team as, this country has a choice to make, govt gimme, take care of me, or allow freedom to work, pursue your dreams, don‘t allow gov’t interference in our lives, let us make choices.
Exrepublisheep
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 3:13amSometimes people are REALLY hard to defend. So…
Report Post »HippoNips
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:53amBaloney.
Report Post »He wants race in the mix. He wants to be protrayed as the victim. Wants everyone talking about race
thegreatcarnac
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 9:43amTrue!
Report Post »Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:50amHe‘s going to do what ’organizers’ do. Divide. He wants outrage and anger because that is what community organizers do. They then call everyone else racist, and point away at everyone else as scapegoats for what organizers have done to the black community for “organizing’ purposes – Dependency!~
Has no one been paying attention for the last 3 years?
Report Post »welovetheUSA
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:40amI would hope that most blacks realize by now democrats 40 year rule and spending has left them still in welfare lines with false promises and a utopi that the government can never give them……you must do it yourself…………make your life count, the government can never replace what you can do yourself……….blacks have always fallen for the lies of free homes…money at the tax payers expense..when infact the blacks will always be worse off with the government.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:50amAmen!
Report Post »And as long as jerks like Sharpton and Jackson keep stiring up racism and promoting their failed programs, I’m afraid most black people will never see the light.
”When it all goes wrong, just blame it on ‘whitey’. “
Wolf
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 5:58amAnd you think this is going to change how?
Report Post »There’s no way any black is going to surrender free housing and food stamps to get an honest education and a job. The only ‘work’ they’ll do is line up to collect their reparation money and welfare checks.
Red Max
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:39am“Black people are in many ways worse off today than they have been in decades,” she said. “They’re worse off than if there was a white president, because a white president has to do something for the black community. Obama doesn’t have to do anything.”
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Blacks have been on the goverment plantation since 1965. No one should have to do anything for anyone.
For Obama to associate himself with this race pimp will prove Ahmadinejad right.
caprica
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:32amdo you think that black are stupid ! ? they can see that obama is a moron ! communist marxist dictator ….the black people want to be free – I don’t think they want communsit slavery ! SLAVERY !
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:44amOh, how I wish you were right on that! Truth is though, is that there are more white people being duped by Obama than there is black folks. Obama just gets to play the race card on blacks and try to appeal to them on that level too………..
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 5:48amReally? I’ll make you a little wager here- that any white person who runs against the little black god will get less than 2% of the ‘black vote’, regardless who the person is.
Report Post »xoke
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:26amJust read a headline, it’s so close they may not know until later this week. Oh no…we all know how these go…oh look, we just found 8000 votes that didn’t get counted…
Report Post »kindling
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:26amObama does not have to do anything except promise them some more of that Obama cash. He will buy their souls and leave them empty for his moment of glory. He is a narcissist! It is all about him and he will use anyone willing to be bought for a price and most of the people that vote for him can be bought cheap!
Report Post »marine249
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:14amif prosser pulls it out
Report Post »boy o boy is sgt ed going to be ticked
prov1
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:27amyes he will and then lose his cool and end up in an even later time slot with GE/MSNBC
Report Post »prov1
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:07am“…we are a patient people…???” Not when you‘re at Denny’s ……..
Report Post »phil1765
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 4:46amOr burger king or IHOP.
Report Post »xoke
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 1:59am““Black people are in many ways worse off today than they have been in decades,” she said. “They’re worse off than if there was a white president, because a white president has to do something for the black community. Obama doesn’t have to do anything.””
No president has to do anything for any community. No president should do anything for ANY community. The best way to help out the black community, is to stop “helping” the black community.
I really hope Herman Cain makes a good run of things.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 1:55amI guess I was first because everybody else went to bed? I didn’t even lose my breath in that race.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 1:59ambusy watching the wisconsin race its a freakin close one……………….wonder why the blaze isnt running it
3575/3630 728,203 50% 726,325 50%
prosser WINNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:00amIt’s 2 a.m., and my dog said it was time to go to bed. He wants his bedtime snack.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:05amprosser WINNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yay!!!
I received an email from a friend who lives in Wisconsin, and she asked me to PRAY that Prosser wins. I DID!
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:08amShow
Report Post »I didn’t go to bed!!!!!! But I have only been first a couple of times. I get distracted and go to something else. You have to be the Champion at “First Post” I am giving you a virtiual Blue Ribbon and Congratulations!!!! lol Go You!!!!! Go you!!!!
cheezwhiz
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:10amand they suddenly FOUND 8000 votes , surprise surprise
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:48am@ show……naw they didnt find them those are the 8000 absentee votes from milwalkee
but im pretty sure if you checked the votes a good 30% of the demo votes will be fraudulent
too bad they dont need to show id to vote yet……………the bill for that is pending in the legislature
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:47pmPSYCHOSIS
Prosser now losing! Yea!
Report Post »VRW Conspirator
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 1:51amwhat about Herman Cain and Allen West…?? TRUE Black men of character, honor, integrity like MLK!!
Why is Obama catering to Sharpton, as the lady said, the race pimp! Him and Jesse Jackson are anti-semitic, tax dodging, criminals that should be put in jail…
the type of blacks that attend Sharpton rallys will vote however Big Al says anyway…they are pawns, useful idiots as Stalin put it….
man do i want to see a Cain/West 2012 ticket for the GOP…would be hysterical to watch BHO piss himself during the debates as Cain tore him apart on “black issues”…..
CAIN/WEST 2012!!!!
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:07amAMEN!
Both of those men have character and morals that resemble mine. Either one of them could easily get my support financially and my boots-on-the-ground. And for you racist lovin progressivess, I’m white.
What is it?
Report Post »http://www.AmericasTeaPartyNews.com
Rational Man
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:12amThis ‘whitey’ could get behind a Cain/West ticket or a West/Cain ticket for that matter!
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:38amI wouldn’t mind one bit if one of them was on the ticket. It would create a dilemma for blacks, would it not?
I think of Bachmann as the Pres. candidatebecause I think she is a committed Conservative and has name recognition. Remember, she would be the first woman candidate. After Bachmann completes 8 years, the other can move up.
As to West, he needs to explain why he joined the Cong. Black Caucus.
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:40amRational Man
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:12am
This ‘whitey’ could get behind a Cain/West ticket or a West/Cain ticket for that matter!
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I could go for that as well. West / Cain – West / Bachman – West / Christie
teahugger
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 3:23amPu-lease! You know the left would just pull out the race card on these two fine men and call them Uncle Toms. All conservatives are either racists, Uncle Toms or extremists. If we can label people, we can dismiss them along with their ideas.
Report Post »GRANNYMOO
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 4:11amHe could’nt handle the truth they would tell, I would worry about them and their families a lot,and why does every one think black people are so dumb? Once, shame on the media! twice, shame on them
Report Post »beebacksoon
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 4:39amYES! If any of us want to give Herman Cain and/or Allen West an edge, we must donate to their campaign. Along with a lot of prayer, they’ll need all the financial help they can get!
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 5:33amI hope Cain and West realize what a serious threat they could be to Obama in 2012.
Report Post »After analyzing the idea a bit, the first thing that comes to mind is their safety.
Showtime
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 1:48amIf Obama wants to “help” blacks, he would cut spending. Government cannot stimulate the economy because the government has no product. If spending isn’t cut, it will be all over for America. We can fold it up and put it away as a good thing while America and her freedom lasted–until the Progressives crapped on the American people.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 1:51amWhy does Obama have to be careful while courting blacks for votes?
Report Post »Is he afraid that he might make 99% of blacks to vote for him instead of the 96% in 2008 ?
ManThong
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 1:55am“Obama remains highly popular among blacks.
Ya’ think?
Showtime
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 1:57amCHEEZ _
Report Post »Because there might be some money to be contributed to his campaign. Also, he doesn’t want them to feel unappreciated when Nov. 5, 2012 rolls around. (I think Election Day falls on the 5th.)
thepatriotdave
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:03amIf you think race was big issue for 2008, just wait and see what the progs do for 2012. Something tells me that they will stoop to a new low!
What is it?
Report Post »http://www.AmericasTeaPartyNews.com
Rational Man
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:07amSo who has Obama helped so far in this country besides his rich friends? Are blacks or anyone else in the general population any better off than they were 2yrs ago? What is he going to say to blacks? Vote for me because I’m half black? The general population, including blacks are mostly worse off being unemployed or under employed. The new poverty class used to be the middle class folks. The future looks very grim to hopeless. How long can he and Sharpton keep lying to blacks and them falling for it when things just keep getting worse?
Report Post »I thank God for smart, conservative black people that don’t fall prey to the lies of people like Sharpton and Jackson!
I have to say the same thing I did in 2008. Obama will carry the ‘stupid’ vote in this country——-AGAIN!
cheezwhiz
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:08am@ Showtime
Report Post »I’m still betting there will be no elelctions in 2012, atleast not free and fair elelctions.
We might have something supervised by UN in which illegals, muslims and blacks vote for Obama and the rest don’t even get to go inside the polling stations ( being guarded by Black panthers/nation of islam armed thugs).
But I still say Hussain will find a way to keep the billion dollars he raises for election and then not have the election
DTOM_Jericho
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:14amObama is not black. To call him that is racist. You are stating that his father‘s black race either stains or trumps his mother’s white genes. That makes you no better than the klan.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:27amDon’t black folks have to buy gasoline and food and have a job to pay for it too, just like white folks? Really! What are they going to say to convince ANYBODY that socialist marxist communism is better after having a small taste of it in the last 4yrs? All one has to do is look at the way things were 4yrs ago compared to now! (Don’t forget the Democrat congress before Obama)
Report Post »SURE! Lets keep up these insane ideological policies!
Hey, look at me! I’m half black!
marine249
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:28amDTOM_JERICHO
Report Post »you got me all messed up
if he is not black
what is he gray
decendentof56
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:30am“But think about it,” Anderson said. “If the president speaks to an entire room of white people, nobody says he’s alienating society. But if you go to an organization that’s dealing with (issues) important to society but from an African-American perspective, all of a sudden, you’re a separatist.”
It’s very simple to interprete anyone speaking in front of a black group as a separatist. It is because the group they are speaking to IS A SEPARATIST GROUP! Do you GET IT? Who the hill do you think the NAACP is? They’re a SEPARATE GROUP! They advocate for a PARTICULAR GROUP! Period! End of discussion!
These groups are all organized openly as advocating for a particular group, which in and of itself goes against “all men are created equal”.
You are not considered promoting a ‘separatist group’ when you speak in front of a white group because white groups are not promoting a special set of rules for themselves. So…..it is not having a double-standard by accusing Obama of being racist by speaking to a ‘racist’ group like NAN.
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:31am@ thepatriotdave
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:03am
If you think race was big issue for 2008, just wait and see what the progs do for 2012. Something tells me that they will stoop to a new low!
Report Post »~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
That might be exactly the reason it will backfire on them too, though. The tools the conservatives will have is the truth of the progressives own words and actions to use against them. They are gonna get one hell of a fight.
Rational Man
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:40am@decendentof56
Obama is not advocating for black people. He is advocating for himself and votes!
Report Post »He is taking the WHOLE country down. That includes black, red, yellow, white and brown.
Psychosis
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:48amhttp://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2011/by_county/WI_Supreme_Court_0405.html?SITE=AP&SECTION=POLITICS
Report Post »nptden
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 3:34amObama better worry about Rep Allen West or Mr. Cain…They are ‘real’ black patriots. More and more blacks are seeing Obama for the ‘socialist, Marxist’ he is. Many blacks are seeing how the ‘Progressives’ have obliterated ‘true’ black history (i.e.Black Revolutionary Heroes) to keep them ‘victimized’ and used for their ‘socialist, Marxist’ agenda. Blacks are waking up.
Report Post »beebacksoon
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 4:35amCheewiz: “We might have something supervised by UN in which illegals, muslims and blacks vote for Obama and the rest don’t even get to go inside the polling stations ( being guarded by Black panthers/nation of islam armed thugs).”
Report Post »I couldn’t agree more. If we want someone like Herman Cain and Allen West we must donate to their campaign. They will have a hard time competing against the billion + BHO has!
beebacksoon
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 4:36amI wonder if BHO paid for Sharpton‘s nat’l convention with part of that billion, or are we, the taxpayer, paying for it? How about Sharpton invite Herman Cain and Allen West at his next gathering?
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 5:21amAllen West or Herman Cain fully supported by both the RNC and Tea Party…in 2012. Well worth considering. Stop now with Romney, Palin, Bachmann….a waste of energy time and money. Need a situation which has a chance of beating the ruthlessly dishonest, hugely wealthy Obama machine.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 6:27amCarefully court black votes? You mean he isnt going to write them checks hes gonna pay them cash so he dosent get caught???
Report Post »Hes gonna take it out of the Obama stash….
Ruler4You
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 6:55amFTA: “”.. a careful people..”? sounds to me like you’re a spiteful revengeful people. Almost islamic.
Report Post »Jackers
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 6:55amOf course Barack Obama must play up to his base: Blacks, Latinos and other Minorities; the Unions; Limo Liberals; open-border Progressives and the “youth” (brainwashed students)…
The rest of us, white middle-class America, are the “enemy”… As Obama told a group of Latinos during the mid-term elections, “We must defeat our enemies.”
As for this gathering with Rev. Al Sharpton… Two race hustlers can work the crowd better than one.
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 7:12amI wonder if black voters would be just as enthusiastic about a true black candidate like Cain or West. Probably not, since they are conservative.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 7:45amCome on people if Al has a show , we should be boycotting any products advertised on it. Wer should go on a campaign against Al much like his campaign against Beck.
Report Post »BIGJAYINPA
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 7:52amBarry Boy is going to “carefully court” Black voters??? Isn’t that kind of like courting a ******?? I mean after all you’ve already paid for her services why do you have to court her?? You got the bucks, she’ll lay right down for you.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 8:00am.
Report Post »“Stay away from the White Side Barak” this is your father speaking
banjarmon
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 9:45amHey you people that voted for BHO the first time, Are you any better off now?? I pray you vote with a clear and open mind.
Report Post »hud
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:40amLet’s pray that even w/100% of the ***** vote he doesn’t get reelected. PS he won’t get 100% cause Herman Cain or Rep West won’t support him
Report Post »mtDiamonds
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:44amBlack people wake up and stop being mindless zombies and thinking that Barack Hussien Obama is just like you and I, and the notion ( to coin a phrase ) that we blacks have things in common is laughable. I don‘t know any black from my hood that went to Harvard and grew up in Hawaii or Indoni I’m just saying..
Report Post »DTOM_Jericho
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:45am@marine249
He has a black parent and white parent. What makes him black and not white? (not that I want to claim him)
I would say that he is of mixed lineage. His race is CERTAINLY not African-American because Africa is a continent and America is a country. We call white people white so black people are black not some blank panther made up name from the 60s to describe a RACE.
Report Post »Wayner
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 11:42amIs Shabezz going to be offering insights at this rally?
Report Post »GIDEON612
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 11:45amHe is too busy courting the illegals that they want to keep here if they are doing nothing wrong, except of course entering and living in the country illegally. If they want to be more like China then adopt their immigration policies. When someone breaches their border they shoot them. There is an immigration policy that we can all agree on.
After living in the southeast corner of Arizona for over four years you have no idea what is really going on down there until you have been there for a while. The libs paint this into a hate issue towards Latino’s but that is just another shell game to let in what will destroy us.
All that we see going on now is the whole strategy of Sugar Ray Leonard.
Report Post »He would hold up his left glove, while opening and closing his left hand, and his opponent would catch this out of his peripheral vision and glance at his left hand for a fraction of a second. At that instant Leonard would drill them in the face with a powerful right blow.
GetRealThinker
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 11:47amWho would blacks vote for if Herman Cain ran against him. Both of his parents are black!
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:45pmBANJARMON
I am absolutely better off now than 2 years ago, made like a bandit in the stock market, picked up 3 foreclosed homes and flipped them, business is booming, kids now have health insurance. What’s not to like?
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 3:02pmBlacks in total are only 13% of the population are they not??? So EVEN if ALL the Blacks were to vote for Obama.. he would lose.. the fact that there is a big uprising in blacks who will NOT vote for Obama this time around (like all those who moved out of the cities..into the suburbs) .. I have noticed a big surge in blacks attending T.E.A. party meetings.. so the majority of blacks that will be voting for Obama are the inner city blacks..they are the ones who work and made something of themselves and don’t feel the need to make HISTORY again and vote for a black man.. as one woman put it.. she would rather blame everything on a white man than a black man.. since it’s the same thing different day..
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 4:10pmRational Man, most blacks in this nation don’t pay taxes, don’t have full house notes (the government subsidizes them), don’t have phone bills (government program pays for them), don’t have to buy food (food stamps), get their light bills paid, don’t buy insurance (nobody is going to sue a black with no money, and the jails are all full). The only issue they have to vote is race, and voting for someone that won’t take away their government handouts.
Report Post »avenger
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 7:42pmanother huge yawnnnn……same old shet ..different year..new walk around $$$$ for the dopes,more voter fraud,more cheating and stuff.when are the majority chickens going to put a stop this ?
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