Hey, Obama — Try telling it to Akindele Akinemi, Donald Allen, William B. Allen, Terry Anderson, Mary Baker, LaShawn Barber, Ronnie Bell, Charlotte Bergmann, Michelle D. Bernard, Ken Blackwell, Deneen Borelli, Edward William Brooke III, Jerry Brooks, Janice Rogers Brown, Rev. C. L. Bryant, Herman Cain, Ward Connerly, Cedra Crenshaw, Lurita Doan, Rev. Lainie Dowell, Damon Dunn, Kenneth Durden, Leette Eaton-White, Helena Edwards, Larry Elder, Charles Evers, Rev. Michel J. Faulkner, Ryan Frazier, Lisa Fritsch, Day Gardner, Dr. Elaina George, James Golden - aka Bo Sneardley, R. Dozier Gray, Andre Harper, Isaac Hayes, Jimmie L. Hollis, Amy Holmes, Rich Holt, Deborah Honeycutt, Jerome Hudson, Bishop E.W. Jackson Sr., Harry R. Jackson, Jr., Kevin Jackson, D.K. Jamaal, Alex-St. James, Ambassador Alan Keyes, Dr. Alveda King, Don King, Peter Kirsanow, Yaphet Kotto, Vanessa Jean Louis, Karl Malone, Lloyd Marcus, Darryn “Dutch” Martin, Kevin Martin, Robin Martin, Mychal Massie, Emery McClendon, Angela McGlowan, Greg Merle, Christopher Metzler, Janks Morton, Anita MonCrief, Deroy Murdock, Nadia Naffe, Sophia Nelson, Selena Owens, William Owens Jr., Star Parker, Vernon Parker, Bob Parks, Charles Payne, Rev. Wayne Perryman, Jesse Lee Peterson, Joseph C. Phillips, Alonzo Rachel, Condaleeza Rice, Frances Rice, Reihan Salam, Jericho Saliz, Ak’bar A. Shabazz, Sonja Schmidt, Donald E. Scroggins, Tim Scott, Thomas Sowell, Michael Steele, Shelby Steele, Marie Stroughter, Carol Swain, Lynn Swann, Clarence Thomas, Robert Traynham, Sheryl Underwood, Kim Wade, Tara Wall, Ellis Washington, David Webb, Lt. Colonel Allen West, LTC Randolph C. White Jr., Ruth Bryant White, Walter Williams and Dr. Anne Wortham.
Time to weigh in, shipmates. You talk, we listen.