was a little hard on the Cleaver last night?
Posted on 02/15/2008 8:33:42 AM PST by mquinn
In an interview, Cleaver offered a glimpse of private conversations.
He said Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. of Illinois had recently asked him "if it comes down to the last day and you're the only superdelegate? ... Do you want to go down in history as the one to prevent a black from winning the White House?
"I told him I'd think about it," Cleaver concluded.
Jackson, an Obama supporter, confirmed the conversation, and said the dilemma may pose a career risk for some black politicians. "Many of these guys have offered their support to Mrs. Clinton, but Obama has won their districts. So you wake up without the carpet under your feet. You might find some young primary challenger placing you in a difficult position" in the future, he added.
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My first attempt at a new topic, hope I did it all right. :)
Ahhhh, the Chicago machine!
Tactics with all the subtleties of a severed horse head in your bad.
Good job! ^5’s :)
Ain’t all that hard, is it!
Bunch of racist SOBs. They have zero credibility.
You can blame ‘race’ or ‘gender’ all you like. It’s politics.
Their districts, the people that voted them into office, went overwhelmingly for one candidate. They are currently caught endorsing the other candidate (cause they didn’t know there was going to be a real race).
Do they switch and break their word losing a lot of credibility? and all influence and power if the original candidate wins.
or do they stick with their word and lose their office in the next election? and also lose their influence and power for backing the wrong horse if the other candidate wins.
Ah, the dilemma.
Best to put off any decision right now until all the popular votes are counted. After all, don’t want to ‘switch’ only to find that side to be the losing side after all necessitating a switch back.
Every and ALL Blacks should support Obama!! It’s their BEST CHANCE to have a black as President!!
I’ll bet that Jesse Jackson wishes he could run his campaign again, given the ease of B. Hussien Obama to say nothing and be popular.
He said Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. of Illinois had recently asked him “if it comes down to the last day and you’re the only superdelegate? ... Do you want to go down in history as the one to prevent a black from winning the White House?
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TO VOTE FOR A CANDIDATE BECAUSE THEY ARE BLACK IS JUST AS BAD AS NOT VOTING FOR A CANDIDATE THAT IS BLACK.
Since Obama is half white, does that make him a step-brutha?
Wonder what hillary is saying behind closed doors about the jackson family
I see your point, but the thing here is that Junior strongly implying that they should vote for Obama to show some sort of black solidarity, not out of concern or thought to poitical positions or ideas.
That is Malcolm X-ish right there, IMO.
No, that would make him a half brutha.
was a little hard on the Cleaver last night?
Better that than hard on Hillary’s beav...oh, never mind.
Thanks! Now I'll be years... 
getting that horrible image out of my central processor!
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