Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

It's really laughable to see how easy the people in our country can move toward a politician based in few speeches, the media coverage of his campaign slogans, and his teflon strategy. Interesting to see that because he is an African American any criticism of him can be received like racism! This is really silly, Obama followers are acting like cult followers or area really desperate for "change" that are following a leader when they don't even know what he has done...all they love and "admiration of him" is based in a cute book story and media hype that still don't dare to be objective and scrutinize Obama as they should be doing. Since when Obama become the "model of integrity and the truly leader to leader this country." What he has done? Johnson is right in criticize him. The Obama campaign is the one using the race card, they use anything that is possible so they can keep the focus off thy real questions and issues that this country needs to be debated. When the conversation turns in to real issues they know Obama he has no chance. So far the Obama campaign is winning the media and public relations war, the media loves him because is a new product even if the quality is bad...it sales; the biased positive focus in Obama is obvious while they love to use every single words form the Clintons to criticize them and also totally ignore Edwards campaign.

I have always been a Clinton supporter. I was one to wish for the day that the Clintons returned to the Whitehouse. But to see Bill Clinton in his fury and anger in trying to diminish Mr. Obama has shown me a side of the Clintons I never thought I would see. I was voting for Hillary, but now I am definitely voting for Mr. Obama.

Yup. His comment makes no sense unless he was alluding to something that Obama was "doing in the neighborhood" that wasn't productive or beneficial to the community. He was clearly alluding to the admitted drug use, and he was clearly lying later on. I mean, really, why not just admit it? It's not like it would be out of the ordinary for a Clinton shill to point out what Obama has already pointed out about his past. To pretend otherwise is pathetic.

We can expect more of this, though. They will stop at nothing.

It is sad that it has to take somebody rich to tell us that the only thing Obama shares with us is the color of skin. All the other community leaders just act coward.

Should race be an issue in this election? No, absolutely not. But should all those issues that are particularly important to the African American community be an issue in this election? They should, absolutely.

Tremendous progress has been made since the civil rights movement, thanks to the work of Martin Luther King and many others, but anyone lives in the America knows that their work is far from finished. Recently published research shows that African American are falling further behind again economically in the last several years and our children are falling further behind again academically.

Has any our community leader dare to ask what Obama has done or even addressed the issues that are unique to the African American community since he became the US senator? Has he addressed any of these issues in his presidential campaign?

He didn't. He didn't even say a damn thing in the Jena Six case, when there is something need to be said, when even some of the white politicians have complained. No wonder Jesse Jackson, although an Obama's supporter, has observed that Obama "behaves white".

Should we support Obama because he can deliver a good speech and he shares our skin color, therefore he is one of us?

Deeds is a million times better than words. Even those beautiful words come from an African American, without deed, they are just simply empty.

The issues that are fundamentally important to the African American community need to be addressed in this election. If it has to take a billionaire to remind us that Bill and Hillary have always been working on these issues, so be it. I only hoped that the community political leaders have the courage to point out the same truth.

This is pretty incredible, unbelievable. We're talking events of a week and Clinton has the audacity to feed THESE recent, uh, days-old, hours-old events to the Revise-History, Scorch-Earth, Didn't-Inhale Clinton Machine? And who's coming to dinner? Bob who?

So, last week, during the NH primary campaign when they were feeling pretty desperate with the polls and everything (you with me so far -- this is true, right? Happened? We all on the same page so far?), Bill appears at a campaign event and says Obama's story is a fairy tale. He can't make his wife taller, make her male, make her, well, Obama, Bill whines bitterly. Bill's very angry about this -- can't you see? You're missing something here -- read my lips, he whispers, "she's Female, come on!"

Then, shortly after Bill's remarks, Hillary herself says:

"Dr. King had been on the front lines. He had been leading a movement. But Dr. King understood, which is why he made it very clear, that there has to be a coming to terms of our country politically in order to make the changes that would last for generations beyond the iconic, extraordinary speeches that he gave. That's why he campaigned for Lyndon Johnson in 1964. That's why he was there when those great pieces of legislation were passed. Does he deserve the lion's share of the credit for moving our country and moving our political process? Yes, he does."

After Hillary basically says, "Hey Obama, don't give too much credit to what Dr. Martin Luther King dreamt of -- all this hope stuff is false. Yeah, let's not have "false hopes." I mean, MLB had to get Lyndon B. Johnson to do the real work, remember? Unlike what you think, that white man was really the one who got all the work done for your civil rights movement stuff."

Senator Obama in the meanwhile, stays quiet. All in the meanwhile, with all these headlines going back and forth, regarding what I outlined above, Senator Obama says nada.

The news sort of talk about these remarks by the Clintons. Sort of. There are other headline news. Clinton comes first in NH, and some people think it's because she almost cried, and she makes a speech and says, "Okay, I'll try and cry more often folks, should've listened to you a bit more carefully -- huh. THAT's what you wanted?"

Senator Obama still stays quiet. All in the meanwhile, with all these headlines going back and forth, regarding what I outlined above, Senator Obama says nada.

Then, uh uh, problems for the Clintons. Clyburn, the top ranking black politician, gets angry at the Clintons' remarks (and maybe he also got peeved at other vicious Clinton lies, e.g., Bill claiming he was against the war from the beginning when there's undisputed evidence of speeches he gave supporting Bush on Iraq war?). "You guys being racist here?" Clyburn wonders incredulously.

Senator Obama still stays quiet. All in the meanwhile, with all these headlines going back and forth, regarding what I outlined above, Senator Obama says nada.

So, the Clintons, who desperately need the black vote, then go on radio to Al Sharpton saying, "Hey, Obama is a great guy, he can win, no, no, no, he's no fairy tale."

Obama, in the meanwhile, still keeps quiet.

Hillary now goes on Meet the Press and says, "It's Obama's fault. He's been twisting my words, and oh my god, people, HE IS MAKING RACE AN ISSUE! AND I'M CRYING, SEE MY TEARS???"

So, Obama finally responds, "Uhm. You know, this is kinda fascinating to me. I mean, I didn't say a word? Did anyone hear me say anything about this?"

Nope, Senator. It's just the crazy Clintons again, and some crazy Americans believing the crap, as they do sometimes.

Sigh.

I feel badly for Barack Obama.Having been a independent since voting for Bill,I sent e-mails encouraging Mr. Obama to run because he offered hope.Bill offered hope but his distractions created grid-lock.If New Hampshire voted looked up the word altruistic they might have realized after they left office Al Gore,Bill Clinton,George HW and Barbara,Jimmy and Roslynn Carter have all engaged in these activities.Hillary's tears were all about her because you can accomplish worthwhile things out of office.The fact when she speaks has as much appeal as a Head On commercial has us suffering from "Hillary Fatigue". To have such a polarizing figure fragment the Democratic party in the primaries alone does not offer much hope when it comes to bipartison cooperation in the Congress.

Enough already! It is so disruptive to start with the negative comments and the blaming. Both canidates say they want to "MAKE CHANGE" and here is their opportunity to do so. Let's get off of what someone thinks Sen. Clinton ment or whether or not Sen. Obama was more than a recreational user of drugs. I want to know what is going to be different. What 'changes' are they going to make that will keep me employed, covered by health insurance and protected?

how sad that Mr. Johnson got on stage and made a big fool of himself. Nobody respects him anymore anyway. The weak denial is directed at only the foolish. Now I conclude he is as big a liar as the Bill and Hillary tag team. Lets turn the page and close the door on that idiot Johnson too.

Bob Johnson is irrelevant and has been for many years since the Tavis Smiley debacle. We've go the right billionare on our side and she has much more credibility from the Black community than Johnson!

The whole Clinton machine is disreputable and vile. I can't believe I defended them back in the 1990's. They are liars. Liars. They make me sick.

I remember G.W. Bush once said at Yale that if you are a C student at Yale, you can still become the President of the United States, but if you are a Yale drop out, you can only become the vice President.

Maybe one day Obama will tell us that if you are a druggie, you can still become the President of the United States. That would be truly inspirational, especially to our children.

Clinton supporters are down to trying to insist that Obama is playing the race card even though he never said anything about the MLK or "shuck and jive" or "imaginary black friend" comments from her camp. Then she goes on national TV and lies about his record on Iraq, lies about his voting record in the state senate, and lies about her little lawsuit (*cough* voter suppression *cough*) in Nevada. Then her surrogate attacks Obama's admitted drug use and she has nothing to say about repudiating the remarks. Simply disgusting.

Cocaine is not just a drug. Its a hard drug, controlled by drug cartels and it's responsible for thousands of death in Latin America and the US. Would you vote for someone to be on your child's school board who used to "score some blow"? Why would you vote for that person to be president?

Anyone who thinks the Republicans won't run to the bank with this are foolish.

So is Mr. Johnston rascist too, Obama?

Isn't the fact that Obama was open about his youthful drug use and THEN turned it around...went to and graduated from Columbia, became a community organizer in Chicago, went to Harvard Law and graduated magna cum laude while becoming the first black president of the Harvard Law Review, then turned down a supreme court clerkship and joined a civil rights law firm back in Chicago, became a constitutional law professor at one of the most respected schools innthe country, got elected to the Illinois legislature for 4 terms (same as Abraham Lincoln), was right about Iraq from the get-go, then got elected to the US Senate, has passed more of his own bills in 3 years than Hillary has in 7, and has run a superb campaign QUITE INDICATIVE of what kind of individual Obama is? And Robert Johnson is worried about his high school drug use?

True story. We don't respect Bob Johnson or his opinion. He's made his billion promoting and enforcing the worst of our stereotypes and that has robbed him of his credibility. Black women on the whole, hold the BET founder in contempt, for his consistent portayal of Women as objects. Make no mistake, he was promised something for this "endorsement", and to get it he will use BET to turn young black America away. As a matter of fact, Barack Obama as a roll model for Young Black America, makes the product he slings worth less, if Young Black Americans begin to see there's mroe than Pimpin Hoes and Caddilac Do's his network begins to go out of style. If we as Black Americans begin to wake up, If this story gets any network coverage, Clinton will lose SC, and quite possibly Nevada as well.

How could anyone want Bill, errr Hillary Clinton running our country? These people are pathological LIARS.

Hillary has lost my vote - not just in the primary, but in the general election should she win the nomination.

She needs to stop dividing all of us by our race and gender. I expect that kind of behavior from Karl Rove and the Republican slime machine, not from the Clintons.

Bob Johnson. Bob is upset with the black community because he betrayed his own people and they no longer RESPECT him. So an endorsement from him, means nothing to the black community.

Is Obama above criticism? He's no MLK nor is he JFK. He says "they" haven't commented on Senator Clinton's remarks. I beg to differ. His surrogates are busy pushing the race card. MLK stood for all people, not just Blacks.
Lola

Bill Clinton admitted using marijuana as a grown man. Has anybody interrogated Hillary? Why hasn't anybody ask her about her commodity trading? What about sealing up the office of Vince Foster before the police could inspect it? What about the Travelgate papers she 'discovered' in her office months after they 'went missing'? What about her brother's pardon for drug crimes? This is all part of her 35 years of experience! It should be part of the public discourse.