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Obama Tells Congressional Black Caucus To 'Stop Grumbling'
TBI ^ | 9-24-2011 | Zeke Miller

Posted on 09/24/2011 9:02:06 PM PDT by blam

Obama Tells Congressional Black Caucus To 'Stop Grumbling'

Zeke Miller
Sep. 24, 2011, 11:22 PM

Image: AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta

President Barack Obama addressed the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Phoenix Award Dinner Saturday night to send a message to an increasingly restless base that he has not forsaken them.

Members of the CBC spent much of the August recess hosting jobs fairs across the country — and on occasion were not shy about venting their frustration with the nation's first black President.

But Obama used the occasion to make it clear that while progress has been slow, he has not forgotten them, adding that he will need their help to pass his legislative agenda — including his jobs bill — and to win reelection next year.

"And I know at times that gets folks discouraged. I know. I listen to some of you all. I understand that. And nobody feels that burden more than I do. Because I know how much we have invested in making sure that we’re able to move this country forward. But you know, more than a lot of other folks in this country, we know about hard. The people in this room know about hard. And we don’t give in to discouragement."

"Throughout our history, change has often come slowly. Progress often takes time. We take a step forward, sometimes we take two steps back. Sometimes we get two steps forward and one step back. But it’s never a straight line. It’s never easy. And I never promised easy. Easy has never been promised to us. But we’ve had faith. We have had faith. We’ve had that good kind of crazy that says, you can’t stop marching."

(snip)

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 112th; bho44; blackvote; cbc; economy; obama; race
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1 posted on 09/24/2011 9:02:12 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam

He’s going to run for President like he neve held office before. Let’s all drink the Kool Aid!


2 posted on 09/24/2011 9:03:49 PM PDT by Nonstatist
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To: blam

I imagine this was read with a black-preacher’s cadence and short statements followed by pauses, a few dropped letters at the ends of words, and lots of hand motions.


3 posted on 09/24/2011 9:05:17 PM PDT by AD from SpringBay (We deserve the government we allow.)
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To: blam
Maxine Waters Says Congressional Black Caucus "Getting Tired" Of Covering For Obama


4 posted on 09/24/2011 9:05:19 PM PDT by blam
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“We take a step forward, sometimes we take two steps back. Sometimes we get two steps forward and one step back. But it’s never a straight line.”

Sounds like a lot of DUI videos. Is he in a room full of drunks?


5 posted on 09/24/2011 9:06:22 PM PDT by KingKongCobra
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"And I know at times that gets folks discouraged. I know. I listen to some of you all."

Actually, he said "y'all," not "you all." As far as grumbling goes, the CBC does it as a lifestyle. ...along with playing the race and class warfare cards. Hussein should be intimately familiar with it.

6 posted on 09/24/2011 9:07:09 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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Wow.

Dude is UTTERLY incompetant. How the HELL did he make it into office the first time?

This is going to piss off even his most loyal base.

7 posted on 09/24/2011 9:11:36 PM PDT by Lazamataz
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While many Americans have suffered greatly under the corrupt/insane Obama Regime, few have suffered worse than the blacks.


8 posted on 09/24/2011 9:15:45 PM PDT by FormerACLUmember
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To: blam
Congressional Black Congress's reply: "Martin Luther King marched for this?"
9 posted on 09/24/2011 9:16:12 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (There's gonna be a Redneck Revolution! (See my freep page) [rednecks come in many colors])
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To: Nonstatist

Neve! NEVE’!!!


10 posted on 09/24/2011 9:17:20 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (There's gonna be a Redneck Revolution! (See my freep page) [rednecks come in many colors])
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Congress’s => Caucus’s


11 posted on 09/24/2011 9:17:56 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (There's gonna be a Redneck Revolution! (See my freep page) [rednecks come in many colors])
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Obama reminds me of some obtuse, self-righteous, middle-aged liberal harpy always lecturing and bossing people, and too stupid to realize how ignorant and incompetent she is.


12 posted on 09/24/2011 9:18:41 PM PDT by Free Vulcan (Vote Republican! You can vote Democrat when you're dead.)
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I thought CBC has been grumbling since it started.
13 posted on 09/24/2011 9:22:31 PM PDT by hummingbird (Obama...I've got your economy plans right here. Dolt.)
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To: blam

Hmmm... did he just tell them to shut up and get in the back of the bus?


14 posted on 09/24/2011 9:22:41 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Free Vulcan
Obama reminds me of some obtuse, self-righteous, middle-aged liberal harpy always lecturing and bossing people, and too stupid to realize how ignorant and incompetent she is.


you mean like this one....

15 posted on 09/24/2011 9:32:06 PM PDT by Nat Turner (I can see NOVEMBER 2012 from my house....)
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To: Lazamataz
They’de still hit it. :) Everytime.
16 posted on 09/24/2011 9:40:47 PM PDT by allmost
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Now what is the current black unemployment rate again??? Hope and change, and the stash went to the wealthy demorats.
17 posted on 09/24/2011 9:40:57 PM PDT by org.whodat (Just another heartless American, hated by Perry and his fellow democrats.)
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To: Spktyr

Better to go to the back of the bus than to get thrown underneath it, eh?


18 posted on 09/24/2011 9:45:27 PM PDT by yup2394871293
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To: KingKongCobra

People who are in a rut are like that. They don’t even need to be abusing a substance. They can abuse themselves by being close-minded and uncritical of their own thinking. I keep thinking that blacks in the US and former Soviet states like Russia have this problem. Welfare-state Europe too.


19 posted on 09/24/2011 9:54:18 PM PDT by yup2394871293
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To: blam

The Nag in Chief.

I’d say the press should be embarassed for calling this guy an incredible orator, but they’ve been orating him since way back, so they’re too busy to talk.


20 posted on 09/24/2011 9:59:14 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 (undecided)
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