I agree, though they are not the only ones using him to advance an agenda. While he rose as a communist agitator, he was eventually forced to endorse things that I’m sure he would rather not (troop surge in Afghanistan, gays issues (military, “marriage”).
He was useful tool for people who hid behind his “blackness” (as he did); it would have been much harder for a white person to push this crap.
I wouldn’t disagree with that. Thanks for the response.