At “Mack” you totally have your historical memory a bit blocked. Dr. West was vehemently opposed to the Welfare Bill, challenged him for being
“a spineless jellyfish” ( I will NEVER FORGET THAT) and “peforming black while black people suffered” and, remember he was the campaign manager against him for Bill Bradley.

@ Hood chick: …

I often agree with your post but i have be honest barak and hillary are both hostile to mens issues as both worldviews consist of interpreting the world through the theoretical lens of feminism. I love the president but his frequent pandering and active participation in perpetuating the myth of a “war on women” is disturbinng.

Your distaste for black males has obviously distorted the facts for you. Everyone from Bob Johnson to Magic Johnson came out in support of Hillary. Not to mention 98% of the Congressional Black Caucus. Hillary only got as far as she did because she rode the coattail of her HUSBAND’S name and fame. She played the female and race cards to the letter, but her snakish disposition is what ultimately lost her the DNC nomination.

And whats wrong with Donna Brazile rolling with her conscious?

Maybe you would be more comfortable having a white woman in office, even if she staffed her admin with a racist like Geraldin Ferraro, than with a black man. I can assure you: when Geraldine Ferraro made her racist comments about Obama in ’08 and Jesse Jackson back in ’88, she wasn’t feeling too warm and fuzzy about black women at the time either! She lumped us all in the same boat.

BTW: did you condemn Hillary for having a racist on the team; or were you more fearful at the thought of having a black man as your leader…?

These unconscionable acts of misogyny and race division occurred throughout the democratic primary where prominent African Americans were threatening to make it rain McCain if the superdelegates did not select Obama at the DNC. The American voters are now seeing that Obama is a snake oil salesman who can’t rub two nickels together to make a dime not an agent of change. If Obama gets four more years it will be at the hands of the elites not the American voters.

Obama’s not loyal to the black community because he’s not financially beholden to the black community. Remember: in politics, access to power is real power. And people who want that access pay huge sums of money for it. Thats why he staffed his administration with Wall Street guys, like Bush staffed his with oil men. They paid to have that access.

Contrast this with the way the black Boule leaders of America treated Obama when he first ran back in 2008. They snubbed him and put their full economic and political support behind Hillary Clinton. Why didn’t Tavis and Dr. West hold Hillary to the same line of questioning and expectations as they now do Obama?

Black leaders only came out in support of Obama when he had secured the Democratic nomination. They basically snubbed him, therefore he now snubs them. Thats the way the game works.

In the black community, the politics are controlled by our black Boule leaders. They are the guardians to the temple so to speak. Obama basically won the Dem nomination and the presidency without the help of the black gatekeepers. This includes Dr. West and Tavis Smiley. So what does he need them for now…?