Posted on 08/17/2011 2:31:29 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Maxine Waters: Why isn't Obama in black communities?
By Brian Montopoli
Democrats Rep. Maxine Waters of California, a central member of the Congressional Black Caucus, said Tuesday that "we don't know why" President Obama is not visiting black communities on his Midwestern bus tour, adding, "We're supportive of the president, but we're getting tired."
Waters, speaking at a freewheeling forum at Detroit's Wayne County Community College, suggested members of the CBC don't pressure Mr. Obama because their constituents are proud to have an African-American president, adding that "if we go after the president too hard, you're going after us."
"The Congressional Black Caucus loves the president, too," she went on to say. "We're supportive of the president, but we're getting tired. We're getting tired. And so, what we want to do is, we want to give the president every opportunity to show what he can do and what he's prepared to lead on. We want to give him every opportunity, but our people are hurting. The unemployment is unconscionable. We don't know what the strategy is. We don't know why on this trip that he's in the United States now, he's not in any black community. We don't know that."
The unemployment rate for African-Americans as of July was 15.9 percent, and it's significantly higher in Detroit. Waters told her audience Tuesday that when you "unleash us and you tell us you're ready to have this conversation, we're ready to have the conversation."
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He is there, just half the time.
Nah. They don’t like blue people there.
After painting yourself in a corner for the last 50 years, you clowns want to bitch and complain because you are feeling the heat from the fact that you have sold big government Socialism to the community and now because it is not working out, you want to complain because you are feeling the heat.
cause he already has 95% of that vote.
Why the bitching ?
They got the Messiah they wanted.
...but I can see millions of black voters staying home in 2012
The Hope and Change ran out a year ago for everybody that once believed in 'the One' as it is...
Because they’re always demanding more free shi* and the kenyan is out of free shi*? Plus, with or without the free shi*, he’s already got your sucker vote?
Does anyone other than race pimps and Democrat Plantation
Masters actually care what these racist whiners have to say?
He has their vote, they have no money to give him and it avoids potentially embarrassing questions or statements. In other words, it’s a losing proposition for him.
1) Secret Service is afraid.
2) They don’t want to get bus-jacked.
3) They don’t have locking lugnuts on the wheels.
4) Barry hates those neighborhoods.
5) No good golf clubs there.
6) Commie leadership doesn’t live there; no one to visit.
7) Doesn’t know where those neigborhoods are.
8) Too many potholes, bus ride is uncomfortable.
9) Took buses there once, got lost, had a devil of a time getting out.
10) They were there but drove through, didn’t realize people lived there.
Looks like a 1950’s Mickey Mouse Club.
One of the best replies....
Obama went to towns...98% white...3-6% unemployment. Basically, not much to rabble rouse about...I'm sure they just wanted him to "go away"...
Why isn’t owebama in black communities?
They don’t want him either.
He doesn't want "Honky Lips" painted on the side of the bus.
She wants the Mugabe/South African redistribution of wealth from the Oppressors to the Oppressed. Every conceivable trillion dollar plan since Reconstruction has apparently failed, so if we can just hand over the land and assets to the Communal State, she will be happy.
Do not doubt me on this, the Liberal Democrats adore people like Chavez, Castro, Mugabe and the way China deals with dissidents. Waters is exemplary of how a power-mad crook will never be satisfied unless everyone is poor except the Nomenklatura, of which she consider herself a part.
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