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By the way, I wanted to fully address your snide remark concerning Haitian immigrants (Louima and Dorismond) and Diallo (African immigrant), racism, and the NYPD. You betray your ignorance of the out of control NYPD under the Giuliani regime. It was not always about race, in fact, race was only one factor in their brutal treatment at the hands of the NYPD. You let the NYPD off the hook when you say things like that. They rode roughshod over everyone's civil liberties, they physically abused EDPs regardless of race or income, they beat and harassed the homeless regardless of race, they harassed and humiliated gay people, and they all covered up for one another. Giuliani encouraged that behavior when he ran for office (he did engage in race-baiting then), he defended them no matter what they did, and he did everything he could to obstruct the DA's investigations. So, before you crack wise about me and what I know about my city, don't. Worry about what you know about Mississippi.
I am not determined to see the worst in Obama. I see him for what he is: a politician capable of anything. I do not think that Hillary or Bill Clinton are any better. As for my being alienated from other black people, I have gotten over that. My point of view is that, I am alienated from them because I am not caught up in the myth that Obama's blackness, as it were, will have any material impact on my life. I was weirded out by the whole thing and I regret that stupid lament. I never expected such an outpouring of joy, so it took me by surprise. Nevertheless, the high will wear off and they'll see.
Why are people like you calling this some historic victory for black people? I think it is an historic victory for immigrants and no one is giving that any attention. Black Americans should not lay claim to Obama as if he belongs to them. He is the son of a Kenyan immigrant. His success should give immigrants hope that their children can become president. Most black people are caught up in his hype, so whatever.
Speaking of black people, notice how no one is talking about how they might be annoyed with the Lieberman thing or Obama's staffing picks or cabinet picks. Black people and their turnout put Obama over the top in the southern states in the primaries and the general elections. They had more to do with his victory than Daily Kos or leftist activists. If the members of Kos deserve a cabinet pick, why not black people who voted like sheep for Obama? No one seems concerned with them as a group. I think I know why: because the majority of black voters, especially first time black voters, are not invested in Obama beyond their similar phenotypes.
Anyway, I stand by my position that Hillary Clinton would be a fool to be part of the Obama administration. She has been so desperate to try to get in the good graces of a party that has told her to get lost that she campaigned for him (even though she was allegedly irrelevant), she made speeches that undermined her own words in the primaries, and now she is acting like a dog jumping up in the air to catch a treat held my her master. She needs to find her self-respect and do what is best for her. It is her fault at this point. If you act like a pussy, you're gonna get screwed.
