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Cleaver (D-Mo.): If Obama wasn't president, we would be ‘marching on the White House’
thehill.com ^ | 9-18-11 | Alicia M. Cohn

Posted on 09/18/2011 2:29:04 PM PDT by Justaham

Unhappy members of the Congressional Black Caucus “probably would be marching on the White House” if Obama were not president, according to CBC Chairman Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.).

"If [former President] Bill Clinton had been in the White House and had failed to address this problem, we probably would be marching on the White House," Cleaver told “The Miami Herald” in comments published Sunday. "There is a less-volatile reaction in the CBC because nobody wants to do anything that would empower the people who hate the president."

CBC members have expressed concern in recent months as the unemployment rate has continued to rise amongst African-Americans, pushing for Obama to do more to address the needs of vulnerable communities.

"We’re supportive of the president, but we getting tired, y’all,” Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) said in August. “We want to give [Obama] every opportunity, but our people are hurting. The unemployment is unconscionable. We don’t know what the strategy is."

Rather than targeting Obama’s leadership, many CBC members aimed their fire at the Tea Party movement over the summer’s congressional recess. Waters said in a public meeting in her district that the Tea Party "can go straight to hell." Another member, Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.), called the Tea Party “the real enemy” seeking to hold Congress “hostage.”

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blackcaucus; blacks; kenstarrisafailure; kenstarrisgay; kenstarrsucks; unemployment; wwmd
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To: Right Wing Assault

Gosh these people must be full of self loathing. To submit to the political whims of a chicago thug because of the color of his skin. That’s really pathetic. Do they really think that Moochelle and Obama ever “feel their pain”? Do they have any idea how ridiculous they continue to look to the rest of the world?


21 posted on 09/18/2011 2:53:51 PM PDT by 1scrappymom (Hooray for the Mavs!)
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To: 1scrappymom

Barry is out Golfing while more than 20% of blacks are having to beg for money.

To be committed to supporting a man because he shares some similar skin pigment, yet he is a worthless hack, it pathetic. A a miserable dilemma.

Any intelligent person would just say, “fine, we got our first black president, now that that is done, lets get rid of him and find someone who can get the economy going. Enough with the lazy SOB who is making us ALL look bad while making our lives miserable.”


22 posted on 09/18/2011 2:59:46 PM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Fight for Liberty)
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To: Aaron0617
I had to double check the date on this article. I remember reading that after Obama did his jobs speech, Obama answered CBC's concerns about jobs and the high black unemployment rate, and that was the end of this. Maybe i misread. I'll check those articles again.

I mean, why are they still upset?

23 posted on 09/18/2011 3:01:38 PM PDT by Aaron0617
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To: 1scrappymom

Don’t worry. The Magic Negro has lost his “magic”. Class warfare and “your a damn racist” is not a job creator. It takes idiots a few years to figure this out.


24 posted on 09/18/2011 3:02:27 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: 1scrappymom

“Do they have any idea how ridiculous they continue to look to the rest of the world?”

The rest of the normal world views them as the racists they are. Full of fear that their black voting contingent just might awaken to the way they have been scammed by these black “politicians” whose only intent is to keep the the rest of the slaves on the plantation while they rack up a personal fortune by promoting conditions that will keep them enslaved.


25 posted on 09/18/2011 3:03:10 PM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: Aaron0617
Oh, here it is ~ Obama jobs plan heartens frustrated blacks (SUCKERS!) ~ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2776382/posts
26 posted on 09/18/2011 3:05:14 PM PDT by Aaron0617
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To: Justaham
Would it look like this protest because Barry is President?

912 Project

27 posted on 09/18/2011 3:08:14 PM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: Justaham

Yo’, Manny, what be stoppin’ ya?


28 posted on 09/18/2011 3:10:33 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (Obama is not the second coming of Jimmy Carter. Jimmy Carter was the first coming of Obama!)
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To: Justaham

Yo’, Manny, what be stoppin’ ya?


29 posted on 09/18/2011 3:11:36 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (Obama is not the second coming of Jimmy Carter. Jimmy Carter was the first coming of Obama!)
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To: 1scrappymom

Watch this if you have not seen it already. Expand it

http://hillbuzz.org/2011/09/15/hitlers-reaction-to-attack-watch/


30 posted on 09/18/2011 3:13:59 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: Justaham
nobody wants to do anything that would empower the people who hate the president."

It will probably never dawn on these racists that we don't like Obama because of his policies and positions just like THEY don't much like him now either.

31 posted on 09/18/2011 3:23:49 PM PDT by KJC1
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To: Justaham

Just like Mugabwe of Zimbabwe gets to remain in power even though he is wrecking the nation. So be it with the black brethren of Obama giving him a pass because he’s a so-called ‘brotha’. Shallow blind allegience.!


32 posted on 09/18/2011 3:25:51 PM PDT by tflabo ( to have been selected)
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To: Justaham

So Cleaver has basically admitted the reason they’re not marching is because of Hussein’s RACE. Cleaver ought to follow this up with an apology to Dubya.


33 posted on 09/18/2011 4:07:20 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Justaham
The irony is that this unwavering, unconditional support for Obama is likely hurting the political prospects for future generations of “African Americans”.
34 posted on 09/18/2011 4:09:09 PM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: nascarnation

Look Nascar Nation

I have interacted with a lot of these folks for work. Whether you believe it or not doesn’t matter to me, but the fact is, these folks would MUCH rather work than have handouts.

So what the administration needs to do is create a business friendly environment and let business do their thing. This property redistribution by taxation is not going to work.


35 posted on 09/18/2011 4:13:07 PM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: yldstrk
So what the administration needs to do is create a business friendly environment and let business do their thing

What administration are you talking about? Certainly not the Baraqqi Regime. Their goal is to make more people dependent on government and buy their votes with my tax money.

36 posted on 09/18/2011 4:15:55 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: nascarnation
You forgot "Obama-money"-- from his Obama-stash-- remember? The sisters be wondering why they still gots to pay the light bill. Obama was goin pay for all that, remember? New car, and a kitchen, too.
37 posted on 09/18/2011 4:21:30 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: nascarnation

I agree that is what the current administration is up to.


38 posted on 09/18/2011 4:24:14 PM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

I wonder if the Black Caucus members would say the same thing if we have a black Republican president.


39 posted on 09/18/2011 4:27:27 PM PDT by Justaham
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To: Justaham

Hypocrites and rascist pigs.


40 posted on 09/18/2011 4:30:11 PM PDT by DarthVader (That which supports Barack Hussein Obama must be sterilized and there are NO exceptions!)
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