Letters to the Editor
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SOMEBODY WANT TO...
pull that giant stick out of Obama's ass?
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Concern for black paranoia
Canvassing in PA for Obama, I had a young black guy as my partner on the morning of the Primary last Tuesday. Our progress ground totally to a halt because he kept receiving calls from friends who were terribly afraid their vote would somehow get discounted. It seemed almost impossible to comfort them despite me taking his cellphone and repeating the voting instructions. Illogical as it seemed, it was clear the local black community were convinced the Clintons would somehow get their votes discounted in that Primary. Clyburn refers to senior African leaders being worried about a "Clinton conspiracy"? I can say from first-hand experience the African American in the street is equally worried. My PA experience follows on the surprising paranoia that I came across in SC too. One angry black grandmother told me, the way Bill Clinton was trying to suppress the black vote it reminded her of the 60's. Again, I hadn't realised the situation was that bad until someone talked about it with such intensity. Even my intelligent young black companion last Tuesday lost his confidence at one point, and tried to return to his polling station to make an attempt to re-vote. The behavior of the Clintons is producing conspiracy fears in some form or another, within the black community, which spell trouble. Clyburn is not off the mark, but most of us don't realise it.
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@ AKA Smith
Thank you for the response. I was confused by your earlier statement.
I agree with almost all of what you say as well as the policies that you support.
I would also contend that a candidate with this list of policies would be rejected if presented as an explicit list of policies. So, we have to target the closest possible candidate platform, with the hope of producing momentum in the progressive/ liberal direction.
That is why I support Hillary Clinton.
I am very worried about the racial tone of this campaign, even more so after reading about the paranoid delusions outlined by Brummie.
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@sistabuck = troll=tear the man down for a fee
You have posted exactly one letter to Salon- conveniently displaying your race -black- and your dislike for Obama.
I have every reason to believe that Hillary Clinton is paying you to write, just as it paid black folks to work on primary day in PA.
So take your blood money, and please go away.
Your credibility is as incredible as your name, "sista."
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@sistabuck/ "Clyburn Untrustworthy"
You find it "shameful" that black folks are defending Obama against Clinton?
And, you find Clyburn untrustworthy?
Sure you do.
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@sistabuck
"Clinton holds the most promise as an effectine manager of this country." Sure. She only lacks leadership skills. Clinton has demonstrated poor judgment repeatedly, including her vote on Iraq. Moreoever, she prides herself on wonkishness, but a true wonk would have read the NIE report. She is not even a true wonk. She is a poseur.
She is also a liar (Bosnia) and she lacks the integrity to take one on the chin when it is necessary to do so.
I see nothing about her that is authentic. She has been fake for too long to know authenticity. Indeed she probably doesn't know she's lying she is so inauthentic.
She, like Bill, has this deep propensity for recreating herself every few minutes, depending upon the micro-demographic shifts in the room. Where I come from that is called phony, as phony as George Bush's "Texas by way of prep and Ivy-League schools" accent.
Clyburn has called this as he sees it, and his shot over the Clinton bow is a wake-up call to them to back up- if they want any type of successful political future within the democratic party. i wonder if Clinton would becme a Republican in order to run for President...
I understand Clyburn's concerns, and such a strong statement is long overdue.
People like the Clintons have for so long controlled the party and drowned out other voices, which finally are being heard.
Rendell, the outside-in man of PA is the same way. They have their club, and most of the party , including minorities remain on the fringes, except at election time.
It is easy for them to point the finger at Obama and say he is all flash and no substance when the party has produced nothing of any meaning in how many years? really.
Clever trick- that smoke and mirrors game. Obama figured out the code to the Democratic Party trick and he is exposing it as a fraud.
I like that. At least I know what he's selling, and I prefer hope any day over the party's egotistical tautology that has taken us nowhere.
Finally, Clinton spin is all about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin hypotheticals which the media touts as reform. Panels, and commissions and posturing- oh my.
Stop it already. She kn ows numbers and statistics and the weather and top songs. So do we. We also know what we see, and it is ugly, plain and simple.
We have seen and particpated in this charade for too long, with too few results. no more commissions, please. No more apologies.
The media want Obama to make the same promises- bureaucracy, bureaucracy, and more bureaucracy. So they can keep score . but the numbers game is too simplistic and reductive for the campain obama is running.
And finally, guess what? I, and many other folks, actually just want our families and friends to have a shot at something decent- like education and a basic job. Try that on for size.
I will continue to work to elect the leader who, with our assistance, shows the most promise for pulling America out of this quagmire: Barack Obama.