Commentary: Barack Obama’s black wakeup call
(CNN) — If the advisers around Sen. Barack Obama want to continue to delude themselves into thinking they have lots of time for black voters to get around to figuring out their candidate’s record on issues they care about, then the latest CNN poll surely must be the kind of slap in the face to bring them back to reality.There was a general assumption when Obama announced for the presidency that he was going to garner a lion’s share of the black vote. In a normal presidential race, sure. But with Sen. Hillary Clinton in the race, the reality of the affection — real and perceived — that black folks have for the Clintons is clearly what has her storming out to a strong lead over Obama.According to the CNN poll, Clinton leads Obama among black registered Democrats, 57 percent to 33 percent. Black women are backing Clinton to the tune of 68 percent compared with 25 percent for Obama. Black men favor Obama 46 percent to 42 percent for Clinton. The poll has a margin of error of plus-or-minus 6.5 percent.
On multiple occasions when I’ve interviewed him, Obama has reassured folks that his track record speaks for itself. He says with Clinton being on the national stage for 15 years, she has longevity. But he said he’s confident black voters will come around the more they know about what he has done. That’s nice and sounds good, but what the Obama campaign has clearly refused to recognize is that black voters are emotional, and you must speak to their core in order to reach them.
Feel free to read the rest here, but let me translate what dude really means.
“speak to their core” well that translates into;
“I’m broke can ya please send me uh da system check what the fuck sup now?”
Black rednecks have become exceedingly needy and the only thing they want to hear from any candidate they are considering is “me vote for you, well what’s in it for me?”
Obama is still green has not totally succumbed to the prime directive of Democratic Party politics, handouts for votes.
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October 30th, 2007 at 7:12 pm
What’s ironic is that the Republican Party was born because of the policy of the democrats for the expansion of slavery. Yet today you see Obama a democrat? If black voters choose Democrats this year, they are choosing slavery again.