Best advertisement against affirmative action in history.
Best gun and ammo salesman in history.
Worst insult to black male machismo in history.
I may be wrong, but my take on it is that nobody in their right mind is going to sign on to a Black candidate right now, that they aren’t damned certain about. While that is probably the man-child’s fault, it’s also a wise stance on any candidate, White or Black.
I think we’re going to know a lot more about our presidential candidates in the future, before we vote for them in the primaries.
Didn't read on--how can we possibly take this person seriously unless we know if he's black or white????
I’d vote for Thomas Sowell in an instant.
This article shows why liberals are the biggest racists around. My apologies to Perry Bacon if he voted Republican in the last election, or in any election, for that matter.
Well, you know the old adage that works in every situation and applies to everyone: “You reap what you sow”.
The defeats suggest that Obama's victory did not herald greater success for other black politicians.
Surprise, surprise: BO has no coattails.
The majority of black politicians in Washington are members of the Congressional Black Caucus, representing districts that are disproportionately liberal and African American, making it difficult for them to build broader coalitions of supporters to win a statewide race.
This is just common sense: a politician of any color or ethnicity has to build a broad base of support if he wants to win higher office representing greater numbers of people. They sound as if they've just discovered this. Duh.
African Americans "are so invested personally in Barack Obama the man, and it's unique to him," said Cornell Belcher, a black pollster who worked on the Obama campaign. "They are invested in him in a way they are not in other black political leaders."
This is all about BO and not about our country or anyone else in it.
A black client in DC during the ‘08 primaries said no way she would vote for Obama. She was concerned about his lack of actual real-world experience, and didn’t want him to win because if he messed up, it would ruin any future hopes for blacks for generations. She’s looking mighty prescient now.
Like Me Old Daddy used to say: “Some good comes from all bad”
Why would anyone draw a connection between Black Politician A and Black Politician B?
I sometimes wonder if we will ever stop putting people into hyphenated groups and seeing them solely as members of that group.
Obama is bringing change to Blacks. He himself made such a point of asking people to see him as Black that he has set Blacks back 75 years by his complete ineptitude and his hate of religion and his cozying up with terrorists. There are lots of qualified Blacks, but Obama was not one of them.
What a dumb article. Keeps talking about “black politicians,” without realizing, apparently, that there’s a big difference between Rat politicians and GOP/TEA politicians, especially this year.
There will be blacks elected, but it won’t be because they’re black. And they won’t be Democrats, I can guarantee that.
It’s the Rats who are going to get drubbed. Because they’re RED, that’s why!
Ya think? The political correctness of putting a black man in office without any regard to his competence is now causing racisim. How ironic.
It is too bad for the blacks that Obama was the “First Black President” (not counting Clinton of course). First of all, he’s not a black ... so they sort of “fell” for that half of the story. Now we have proof that a black president isn’t much different that some of the “black presidents” we see in Africa. He is giving black politicians a bad name ... people are beginning to associate “black” with “socialist.” That’s too bad for a “real” black politician that might come along later. I can hear a voter say, “nah, we tried a black president ... remember Obama?” This will set blacks back politically for generations.
I don't think too many people in Massachusetts seriously believe that Deval Patrick will win a second term.
Generally we have "black" Representatives because we have created "special" gerrymandered districts to make sure they are elected.
Maybe we need a couple of "special" gerrymandered states for the same reason?
YES WE CAN!!!!
Obama has already set race relations in the USA back 100 years.
Instead of working to bring people together as Americans first and foremost, he exploits petty differences and exacerbates existing disagreements while pursuing his agenda to bypass the Constitution and implement his brand of racist-socialism.
With his over reaching, his overt racism, and his airheaded incompetence he may well end up doing more to advance Americanism, traditional values and conservatism than any other major political figure in the last century.