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Don’t Believe The Hope (Hype)I am borrowing this phrase and ideology from one of my favorite groups from the 80’s and 90’s - Public Enemy because I believe it fits so perfectly. We as a people have to be careful of those that come bearing gifts that we all may want. There are two real reasons why I will not be voting for Barack Obama. 1. Let’s be clear experience and a solid record matter. His lack of experience is transparent and troubling. I rarely agree with the New York Times but on this point they are correct. Most Americans just met him in 2004 at the DNC national convention, he does not have a deep enough record and it is not a coincidence that Republicans from Tucker Carlson to Joe Scarborough think “he is the best candidate the Democrats have had in 30 years.” We as Democrats should all be careful when we take advice from wolves. Hillary Clinton, compared to Obama, is a stronger, more experienced leader with superior ideas for solving the problems facing America and advancing human rights, including the welfare of African-Americans. 2. I don't like talking loud and saying nothing. Barack Obama his a exceptional orator, who makes sentences sound like beautiful music. Now that I have said it, what exactly is he saying, not that much to me. “New Politics” and “bringing Democrats and Republicans together” sounds great but his record and his rhetoric do not match. Not because he may not believe what he is saying, but that he has not done it consistently over an extended period and has no track record of accomplishing it. Barack Obama has never won a street fight – he lost the first real contested election he was ever in versus Congressman Bobby Rush… badly. And in 2004 he never had a real opponent and coasted to victory in the Illinois Senate race. He is not battle tested and the Rezco incident is just the tip of the iceberg, the Republicans and the media are waiting if he were to be the Democratic nominee to tear him down before the General Election. In summary I believe that solid leadership experience is important, and if America is to get back on track after eight years of disaster under George Bush and Dick Cheney, and if the welfare of African-Americans is to be advanced, then Hillary Clinton is the only logical choice for US president this time around. The economic success and African-American advancements of the Bill Clinton presidency speak for themselves; and Hillary's leadership in the White House then was commendable. The Clinton record is clear: More African-American appointments throughout the whole range of appointments in the administration and when you have so many people in important positions throughout government dealing with a broad range of issues that impacted the ability of African-Americans to achieve in almost every area it leads to many success including: African-American unemployment went down African-American poverty rates went down African-American homeownership went up African-American business ownership grew On February 5th don’t believe the hope or the hype. I will be standing up and voting for Hillary Clinton and I hope that you will join me.
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Wow, Bill was super, I agree. However, his record on service to the African American Community will be dwarfed by Barak Obama's record to the same community once he is in office. If Bill Clinton was running we could have an in depth dialogue, however he is not, therefore, I will trust my intelect, I will think about the pride that my ancestors would have if they were here to see this Strong, intelligent, God fearing man take the oath of office to lead the country where they died as slaves.
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Wow, Bill was super, I agree. However, his record on service to the African American Community will be dwarfed by Barak Obama's record to the same community once he is in office. If Bill Clinton was running we could have an in depth dialogue, however he is not, therefore, I will trust my intelect, I will think about the pride that my ancestors would have if they were here to see this Strong, intelligent, God fearing man take the oath of office to lead the country where they died as slaves.
 No matter how it is spinned, Barack Obama has more legislative experience than Hilary Clinton. He also has more grassroots activism experience than her too. Plus he has a greater wider vision. Plus the Clinton record with blacks- and with issues more salient to blacks, than say other races and ethnicities- is exaggerated, overrated and spotty. Plus she is too polarizing a figure with Republicans (especially) to unite this country. Shoot; based on the national blogs (and her primary shenanigans), it might be hard for her to unite Dems after the convention. Barack has more experience in community organizing; is much more likeable and much more inspirational. Hilary Clinton is not the better choice for Dems this November: Barack Obama is. He can draw new voters, Independents, Republicans, males, females, old,young, and people of all creeds, races, ethnicities, religions, and nationalities. We should vote based on our hopes noton our fears.
I am sooooo sick of all this nonsense about Hillary's alleged 35 years of experience to be President. Could someone please outline this vast experience that qualifies her to be President over Obama? Do not give me her resume. Please tell me what she has done that amounts to tangible experience to be President besides being the First Lady of Arkansas and the First Lady of the United States and a US Senator for 6 years? What am I missing. Seriously. By my count, she has 6 years experience as a US Senator, and most of those years were spent trying to position herself as the Democratic nominee in 2008. The fact is, between Obama, Edwards and Clinton, Obama has been an elected official the longest amount of time and he has the most legislative experience. In addition, he is on the Foreign Relations Committee in the Senate. What kills me is that John McCain whom I like, can get away with saying that he doesn't know that much about the economy but plans on reading Alan Greenspans book to catch-up and get away with it. The media gave him what amounts to a pass on this. Yet, the actual candidate with THE most legislative experience and whom has been an elected official longer than the others in his group gets labled as having no experience. It's just ridiculous. Bottom line Son of Harlem, this Daughter of Brooklyn will be voting for Barack Obama. After what the Clintons have just pulled, I will never, ever vote for a Clinton again. Good luck with convincing the rest of Black America. I suspect that you will be very busy over the next 7 days. Let's be honest here. If Hillary Clinton was not Bill Clinton's wife, she would neither be a Senator or a candidate for the Presidency of the US. What has she done for Upstate New Yorkers? Nothing to speak of. She can't even run on her own without the using Bill as a crutch. If she was smart she would have told Bill to stay out of the limelight, he caused more problems than it helped her.
What a really interesting take on this. You have clearly articulated something that has been troubling me and I'm listening to you loud and clear. My ancestors will be proud to have a Black man and/or a woman representing this country.
GET. A. LIFE.
Here's the Clinton's experience right here: **Oh yeah, and we as blacks should really thank them for helping so many prisons to be built in upstate NY, and other rural areas to ensure jobs for whites. Anyone see the NY Times piece that pictured the lady crying because she may lose her job because governor Spitzer is closing prisons. Oh yeah, Billary will put a stop to that. To all the blacks out there, be sure to vote for Hillary (not)! Hey, Rock and others...can ya tell us which candidate Errol Lewis is supporting. We still cant figure him out.
That's the key thing here. No future President can know everything. I want to know who the team will be.
Bill Clinton had a competent team. So did George HW Bush. Reagan did for his first term, and in some parts of his Administration, his second. W., not so much.
The President has to have values, and no just enough so that they makes decisions based on the input of advisors, rather than the advisors making decisions for them. So who do we get? Some very interesting items from the poll that was posted this evening. For the Democrats, the Clinton-Obama race tightened after Obama proved his mettle by winning Iowa and coming close in New Hampshire; he's since added South Carolina. In numbers very similar to their levels last month, Obama leads by 2-1 among African-Americans (including black women), by 10 points among men and by 12 points among independents. He's also ahead by 18 points among Democrats who describe themselves as "very" liberal. But Clinton is maintaining her advantage in other groups; she leads Obama by 15 points among women and 23 points among white women. She has an 11-point lead among mainline Democrats, as opposed to independents; and is plus-11 among moderate and conservative Democrats, as opposed to liberals overall (among whom it's Obama plus-8). She also has more committed support; 62 percent of Clinton voters say they strongly support her, compared with 49 percent of Obama's. Both well outstrip McCain's 38 percent strong support. Beneath these overall numbers has been a shift back toward Clinton in a key dynamic of the race, the battle between her trademark attributes of strength and experience vs. Obama's focus on a new direction and new ideas. In December the two concepts were at parity, with Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents dividing evenly on which was more important. Last month, with Obama gaining ground, Democrats by 54-36 percent gave more importance to a "new direction." In this poll, the two competing attributes again are back at parity, 46-45 percent. These matter because these preferences cut so heavily to vote choice. Among people who care more about strength and experience, Clinton leads Obama by 75-17 percent; among those who are more concerned with a new direction and new ideas, it's Obama by 70-22 percent. These two competing visions strongly define the Democratic race. Associated with these views, Clinton holds a substantial 58-34 percent advantage over Obama as the "strongest leader," a gap that's widened since last month. At the same time, he leads her, albeit by a much narrower 7 points, as the candidate who's best able "to bring needed change to Washington." Clinton and Obama were about even on that attribute last month. Within her party, Clinton holds a large and undiminished lead in trust to handle health care, as well as a 52-38 percent advantage over Obama in trust to handle the economy -- potentially useful given its growing importance. She has a smaller 8-point edge in trust to handle the Iraq war; the two are closer to even on handling immigration. Poll results are here: Post new comment |
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