Do We Deserve The Black Leadership We Vote For?

I respect and appreciate the feedback. To respond to Mrs. GW, I refer you to my website http://www.MYMoneyBudget.com I provide a free copy of a national Black Empowerment Plan entitled The Quiet Resolution or TQR, Inc. My latest eBook is entitled The Art Of Black Love. The love that I have for Black African Americans is deeper that any political party, religion, organization or group, personality, ego or desire to protect the status quo. All leadership should be judged by their campaign promises and their actions. Any elected leader has to consider several competing agenda when elected. Campaign contributors like Solyndar Solar, industries like Auto and Banking, the Military Industrial Complex and the finally the people who actually voted for and elected them who are the poor and middle class.

The problems of the poor and middle class was never treated as if they were too big to fail or too big to allow to continue. No 500 million pay to play loan, no billions like to the banks and auto or 1 billion per week spent on war. To be fair, i acknowledge that many entitlement and education programs received some bailout funding. Any good presidentsil leader given the job, control of both houses of congress and 700 billion dollars to create jobs and save people from losing their homes, should have no excuses for failure and in my personal opinion should be fired.

There is No need to resort to name calling Mrs GW, i'm a registered democrat and voted for President Obama in 2008, based on his campaign promises and the history of the moment. My love for Black African Americans deserves no apology or justification. It is foolish thinking of many Black Leaders, that they have a direct responsibility to improve policies and laws or redirect monies that address the problems impacting the lives of the people who elected them.

Without a majority of the Black People in Chicago, Illinois and the US, Barack H. Obama would not have been elected in 2008. Did he forget that in his interview? When you examine the painful condition under which many of our people and communities exist today, it saddens me, how no efforts or resources have been allocated to address them with some of our own tax dollars, except incarceration.

Yes! I hope our poverty and misery is enough to wake our asses up! We must, without fear, make Black African American Leaders at every level pay a heavy price for their continued blantent neglect of our issues. Remember, that there are new elections every two, four and six years, we we keep voting for CHANGE, until we get it, regardless of race, age, gender, disability or sexual orientation.

We must stop excepting excuses from poor leadership, who we elect, then they dare get into office, and say they don't represent us and make no attempt to address our issues, while addressing other groups issues whi can pay to play.

If they represent all Americans, ain't we Americans too? Show me our Black Banks that got bailed out, our Black renewable energy company that got a 500 million dollar loan and our Black Auto Industries that got billions, because all those industries and people we nonBlack Americans. A rising tide will ONLY lift all boats, if you have a BOAT for one, however if you are in the water, a rising tide will drown you, especially if you have never been taught to swim.

I love the discussion and feedback. I respons with respect and love and without preprogrammed Fear.

Brother C. Earl Campbell DA 3rd
Http://www.MyMoneyBudget.com

Subject: black leadership question from a negro - rebuttal to

Do We Deserve The Black Leadership We Vote For? Posted by C. Earl Campbell DUH 3rd on August 18, 2012 at 1:36pm

GDW: When you first read the question, you think there is going to be an intelligent answer following it. What a total disappointment! Here's yet another “Mitt-twit”-styled, empty headed diatribe trying to blame President Barack Obama for not waving a magic wand of some sort and making all the problems of Black African Americans disappear – poof, abracadabra, 1-2-3! With negroes like this writing such rubbish, it's totally understandable how we ended up with a mid-term rep-ugh-blican majority. There are, sadly, still enough of those among us who hate each other, and mistrust each other so much, they would rather castigate against a person – i.e., President Barack Obama – who, by the way, is the ONLY ELECTED BLACK LEADER WE HAVE – the rest being elected officials, not leaders, by any stretch of the imagination.

Black African Americans should be ashamed of President Obama and other Black Leaders, when they examine the conditions of Black African Americans as a group.

GDW: So the only shame I feel is for the fact that we have quislings among us in this day and age who would deign to try to blame Obama for conditions among Black people that existed long before he came to office; and unfortunately, unless the Black communities agree to cooperate, will continue to exist long after any of us walk the earth. Examination of the conditions of Black Americans as a group is really to see where we have to rise up, stand up, shape up, and shift our paradigms so the we do indeed take full advantage of options and opportunities that have been placed before us; instead of taking the line of least resistance. The great thing is that we have shown that we can do it, we definitely banded together to elect Obama the first Black president of the United States. And he has done an excellent job, despite the fact the rep-ugh-blican vampires have gotten a hold on the blood veins of America. Our error was in stopping there and thinking the job was complete. NO – the job was just beginning. We had to be in it for the long haul. Not just election day. That was the part we did not grasp. That we rallied around the Brother the first time, excellent. That we needed to make sure that he retained a majority to help pass the necessary legislation – a major oversight on our part.

GDW: Do we need to double down and not only make sure that he gets re-elected, but those who support him also return to office as well – and defeat those who don't – ABSOLUTELY. And we need to put down detractors who do nothing but bad-mouth and add nothing of positive substance to the equation – such as the author of this insipid piece – YOU HAD BETTER BELIEVE IT!

President Obama and other Black Elected Leaders and their surrogates take pride in telling Black Folks without shame, that he's not the President of Black Americans, but all Americans.

GDW: I guess you were absent during the civics and history classes in school. The Constitution of the US, the rules by which Obama was elected, stated that he is the President of the United States. At this point, there is no United States of Black America. There is not Black United States – and I'm working hard, along with so many others, to bring about an ongoing Black Unity that does not entail calling Black women the “b” word, or calling Black people the “n” word; or thinking that the Housewives of Atlanta is for real. Now mind you, we have a great number of Black people whose self-love and cultural to imperatives are intact. Unfortunately, we have many more who haven't gotten there yet. And it appears that the writer of this onerous piece is on the slow freight, as well.

Is that a verbal slap in the face?

GDW: It may be that what is required here is a whack upside the head – or some other sort of wake up mechanism. A reality check as it were, is needed – you are clearly either delusional, or riding some sort of gripe. It's easy to be an arm chair critic. Sideliners always have an opinion, with very little of substance to offer. Given the same situation, I highly doubt you would have even come close to the accomplishments President Barack Obama has – as the President of the ENTIRE United States, even the rep-ugh-blicans have to admit, he's turned this sinking ship around, and it's just about to recover from the capsizing they caused.

It is for that reason, that I still believe in the Change part of his old message.

GDW: We believe in his message “the Change you can believe in,” as well. And he's made some amazing changes, and continues to do so. (If you need a list of them, check out my blog, www.gloriadulanwilson.blogspot.com – I provide a comprehensive list for those who haven't been keeping up with the real day to day.

It is a mark of insanity to keep voting for the same politicians for a second term in office and expecting him or her to do something different to address Black African American issues.

GDW: Speaking of “insanity:” It is a mark of insanity for someone to think that one person can change the lives of each and every Black African American singlehandedly. It doesn't work that way. We have some real responsibilities we have to shoulder in the moving forward of Black people. Obama can definitely show us the way; he can work toward legislation to open the way; but like Moses' people who wandered in the desert for 40+ years, when the word came down “here is the way, walk ye in it”, no doubt some of your relatives, and ancestors said “hold up, I'm not so sure that this is okay. They might be giants. We are puny, we don't have the finances, the muscles, the might, the education, the youth, and so on, and so on, and so on....!!!” until they squandered their opportunities, and sat down and watched dumb reality TV shows, did drugs, started using 4-letter words; murdered each other, bought blonde wigs and blue eye contact lenses – you know the drift.

I plan to vote for change in Nov. 12 (???) without fear of another party, because the election of President Obama made one thing crystal clear to me. Regardless of which party is in office or the color of their skin, Black African American's issues will always remain at the bottom of their agenda, especially when it comes to access to economic empowerment resources.

GDW: Naw – you're still seeing through a glass darkly. You are still seeing the glass half empty. You are still waiting for someone to do the magic wand trick, and really “wow” you. You clearly have no understanding of change, and what it takes to make it – especially when you are dealing with brainwashed racist whites – and equally brainwashed intimidated Blacks. Both sides think that we don't deserve anything. Imagine being the first Black President of the US, and you've got to fight that battle – getting the racist whites to back off, and the intimidated Blacks to stand up, while at the same time you're balancing the budget, stopping major economic downturn, dealing with the bankrupt economy Bush left us with; stopping a war that should never have happened, raising two beautiful daughters, and keeping a relationship with a beautiful and loving wife; and still smiling. WOW

GDW: Naw- my brother, the insanity is on the other foot – yours. Because you don't recognize good when you see it. You need to come over to the dark side my brother. Come out of the whiteness. It's blinded you.

As a result of Poor Black Leadership, we remain at the top of poverty, incarceration, homicides, unemployment and suffering.

GDW: As I stated before, with the exception of President Obama, there are no elected Black leaders. We do have Black leaders, and they've been here for quite some time. They're getting up in age, and there appears to be on one on the horizon to pass the batons to. The sad thing is the generation we currently have is blinded by their own bling, and, so think that they've made it. The really thing that we're post racial because they've actually become the most affluent generation of Blacks ever. Good luck carrying forward what needs to be done for Black African Americans with that group. They're too busy brainwashing them with their gangsta rap crap to care much about their minds or living conditions. As long as pay for the cd's dvd's and concerts, they're cool.

GDW: If you don't vote to return the Black elected officials we currently have, with some additional ones, you may find yourself on an even shorter end of the stick. Because this is the generation that has no compassion. The reason we have a Congressional Black Caucus is so that somebody is taking a principled stand for the Black constituents. And they do it despite the fact that the Rep-ugh-blicans work 25/8 to try to undermine everything we have. Your philosophy is more like shooting yourself (and us) in the foot – if someone is dumb enough to follow your line of thinking.

GDW: One more thing about “leadership:” We're always looking for a leader, a messiah, the second coming, as it were – instead of us making ourselves a committee of one to band together with other Blacks and begin transforming our world ourselves. We did it in the 60's – then we were brainwashed into believing that we had “arrived.” We thought that after 400 years, all our problems would be resolved in less than 10. I understand that we were weary, and wanted to live the good life – but guess what – we still had more to do.

We can be assured that no elected or self appointed Black Leader will assume responsibility for solving our problems, unless we remove the security of a guaranteed election or re-election without a record of solutions to our problems.

GDW: And you can also be assured that no one else is going to do it either. At least they try. You need to get a grip, drop the gripe, and grasp what's really at stake here.

I hope the Black African American set this new standard for evaluating their elected and appointed leaders: "Black Leadership Solves Our Problems Without Excuses".

GDW: And I hope they don't. The leadership can't solve our problems without our being part and parcel of the solutions. They're doing an anti-gun violence march in Harlem next week. Do you know how stupid it is in the 21st century to have to do such a march? And who is it that is responsible for the violence in the communities? If the leaders did the job for real and began effecting arrests of those Blacks who are shooting other Blacks, the community would have a hissy fit. But that's what's needed. If we don't begin valuing our selves, our own lives, disciplining our children, and making education the priority again, there's not much the Black leaders can do. It's on us, as well as them.

GDW: In his acceptance speech of 2008, President Obama stated that he could not go into each home and make the kids do homework, turn the TV off – that's the responsibility of the family. Black elected officials can't stop violence in the street, it the people committing the violence don't cooperate by ceasing to do so. Quality of life? Stop throwing food out the window, and littering the streets. Quite simple. The issue is really about leading the horse to water – he still has to drink it.

Beware of those paid and volunteer consultants or surrogates who appear in the Black media or Black Churches every election season to inspire you to get out to vote, but disappear when it comes time to demand accountability for solving our problems. If you are tire of being used or pimped, join me and let’s start voting for change until we get it. No elected leader, regardless of party deserves a second term in 2012 when you examine the condition of this country.

GDW: Like Michael Jackson said, “I'm looking at the wo/man in the mirror; I'm asking him to change his ways; no message could be any clearer – if you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself, and make a change!!!” But he didn't say change horses in the middle of the stream. We have a Black man who is undoubtedly the BEST PRESIDENT THIS COUNTRY HAS EVER HAD – BARACK OBAMA. And to not return him to the White House to complete the wonderful work he's been doing is not only dumb and insane, it's sick and stupid.

GDW: And so, brother C. Earl Campbell DUH 3rd: If you got that much self-hatred, that you'd wish it on the rest of the Blacks in America, as well as Americans in general, by fostering the concept of returning this country to the vampire vultures who damned near destroyed it, and the Mitt-twits who will take it down even further, you truly do need to seek professional help - immediately, if not sooner.

For the rest of us with our sanity, pride and intelligence in tact, we will be voting to RE-ELECT PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA FOR FOUR MORE YEARS!

Stay Blessed & ECLECTICALLY BLACK – Gloria Dulan-Wilson

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Shyam August 20, 2012 at 1:58am

I hope that Barack Obama will do enough for the black community.I appreciate that you believe . To suggest however that you abstain from voting or vote .

By,

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Chicago-Midwest

Charles E. Campbell August 19, 2012 at 11:51am

I respect and appreciate the feedback. To respond to Mrs. GW, I refer you to my website http://www.MYMoneyBudget.com I provide a free copy of a national Black Empowerment Plan entitled The Quiet Resolution or TQR, Inc. My latest eBook is entitled The Art Of Black Love. The love that I have for Black African Americans is deeper that any political party, religion, organization or group, personality, ego or desire to protect the status quo. All leadership should be judged by their campaign promises and their actions. Any elected leader has to consider several competing agenda when elected. Campaign contributors like Solyndar Solar, industries like Auto and Banking, the Military Industrial Complex and the finally the people who actually voted for and elected them who are the poor and middle class.

The problems of the poor and middle class was never treated as if they were too big to fail or too big to allow to continue. No 500 million pay to play loan, no billions like to the banks and auto or 1 billion per week spent on war. To be fair, i acknowledge that many entitlement and education programs received some bailout funding. Any good presidentsil leader given the job, control of both houses of congress and 700 billion dollars to create jobs and save people from losing their homes, should have no excuses for failure and in my personal opinion should be fired.

There is No need to resort to name calling Mrs GW, i'm a registered democrat and voted for President Obama in 2008, based on his campaign promises and the history of the moment. My love for Black African Americans deserves no apology or justification. It is foolish thinking of many Black Leaders, that they have a direct responsibility to improve policies and laws or redirect monies that address the problems impacting the lives of the people who elected them.

Without a majority of the Black People in Chicago, Illinois and the US, Barack H. Obama would not have been elected in 2008. Did he forget that in his interview? When you examine the painful condition under which many of our people and communities exist today, it saddens me, how no efforts or resources have been allocated to address them with some of our own tax dollars, except incarceration.

Yes! I hope our poverty and misery is enough to wake our asses up! We must, without fear, make Black African American Leaders at every level pay a heavy price for their continued blantent neglect of our issues. Remember, that there are new elections every two, four and six years, we we keep voting for CHANGE, until we get it, regardless of race, age, gender, disability or sexual orientation.

We must stop excepting excuses from poor leadership, who we elect, then they dare get into office, and say they don't represent us and make no attempt to address our issues, while addressing other groups issues whi can pay to play.

If they represent all Americans, ain't we Americans too? Show me our Black Banks that got bailed out, our Black renewable energy company that got a 500 million dollar loan and our Black Auto Industries that got billions, because all those industries and people we nonBlack Americans. A rising tide will ONLY lift all boats, if you have a BOAT for one, however if you are in the water, a rising tide will drown you, especially if you have never been taught to swim.

I love the discussion and feedback. I respons with respect and love and without preprogrammed Fear.

Brother C. Earl Campbell DA 3rd
Http://www.MyMoneyBudget.com
NYMetro

Gloria Dulan-Wilson August 19, 2012 at 5:31am

Subject: black leadership question from a negro - rebuttal to

Do We Deserve The Black Leadership We Vote For? Posted by C. Earl Campbell DUH 3rd on August 18, 2012 at 1:36pm

GDW: When you first read the question, you think there is going to be an intelligent answer following it. What a total disappointment! Here's yet another “Mitt-twit”-styled, empty headed diatribe trying to blame President Barack Obama for not waving a magic wand of some sort and making all the problems of Black African Americans disappear – poof, abracadabra, 1-2-3! With negroes like this writing such rubbish, it's totally understandable how we ended up with a mid-term rep-ugh-blican majority. There are, sadly, still enough of those among us who hate each other, and mistrust each other so much, they would rather castigate against a person – i.e., President Barack Obama – who, by the way, is the ONLY ELECTED BLACK LEADER WE HAVE – the rest being elected officials, not leaders, by any stretch of the imagination.

Black African Americans should be ashamed of President Obama and other Black Leaders, when they examine the conditions of Black African Americans as a group.

GDW: So the only shame I feel is for the fact that we have quislings among us in this day and age who would deign to try to blame Obama for conditions among Black people that existed long before he came to office; and unfortunately, unless the Black communities agree to cooperate, will continue to exist long after any of us walk the earth. Examination of the conditions of Black Americans as a group is really to see where we have to rise up, stand up, shape up, and shift our paradigms so the we do indeed take full advantage of options and opportunities that have been placed before us; instead of taking the line of least resistance. The great thing is that we have shown that we can do it, we definitely banded together to elect Obama the first Black president of the United States. And he has done an excellent job, despite the fact the rep-ugh-blican vampires have gotten a hold on the blood veins of America. Our error was in stopping there and thinking the job was complete. NO – the job was just beginning. We had to be in it for the long haul. Not just election day. That was the part we did not grasp. That we rallied around the Brother the first time, excellent. That we needed to make sure that he retained a majority to help pass the necessary legislation – a major oversight on our part.

GDW: Do we need to double down and not only make sure that he gets re-elected, but those who support him also return to office as well – and defeat those who don't – ABSOLUTELY. And we need to put down detractors who do nothing but bad-mouth and add nothing of positive substance to the equation – such as the author of this insipid piece – YOU HAD BETTER BELIEVE IT!

President Obama and other Black Elected Leaders and their surrogates take pride in telling Black Folks without shame, that he's not the President of Black Americans, but all Americans.

GDW: I guess you were absent during the civics and history classes in school. The Constitution of the US, the rules by which Obama was elected, stated that he is the President of the United States. At this point, there is no United States of Black America. There is not Black United States – and I'm working hard, along with so many others, to bring about an ongoing Black Unity that does not entail calling Black women the “b” word, or calling Black people the “n” word; or thinking that the Housewives of Atlanta is for real. Now mind you, we have a great number of Black people whose self-love and cultural to imperatives are intact. Unfortunately, we have many more who haven't gotten there yet. And it appears that the writer of this onerous piece is on the slow freight, as well.

Is that a verbal slap in the face?

GDW: It may be that what is required here is a whack upside the head – or some other sort of wake up mechanism. A reality check as it were, is needed – you are clearly either delusional, or riding some sort of gripe. It's easy to be an arm chair critic. Sideliners always have an opinion, with very little of substance to offer. Given the same situation, I highly doubt you would have even come close to the accomplishments President Barack Obama has – as the President of the ENTIRE United States, even the rep-ugh-blicans have to admit, he's turned this sinking ship around, and it's just about to recover from the capsizing they caused.

It is for that reason, that I still believe in the Change part of his old message.

GDW: We believe in his message “the Change you can believe in,” as well. And he's made some amazing changes, and continues to do so. (If you need a list of them, check out my blog, www.gloriadulanwilson.blogspot.com – I provide a comprehensive list for those who haven't been keeping up with the real day to day.

It is a mark of insanity to keep voting for the same politicians for a second term in office and expecting him or her to do something different to address Black African American issues.

GDW: Speaking of “insanity:” It is a mark of insanity for someone to think that one person can change the lives of each and every Black African American singlehandedly. It doesn't work that way. We have some real responsibilities we have to shoulder in the moving forward of Black people. Obama can definitely show us the way; he can work toward legislation to open the way; but like Moses' people who wandered in the desert for 40+ years, when the word came down “here is the way, walk ye in it”, no doubt some of your relatives, and ancestors said “hold up, I'm not so sure that this is okay. They might be giants. We are puny, we don't have the finances, the muscles, the might, the education, the youth, and so on, and so on, and so on....!!!” until they squandered their opportunities, and sat down and watched dumb reality TV shows, did drugs, started using 4-letter words; murdered each other, bought blonde wigs and blue eye contact lenses – you know the drift.

I plan to vote for change in Nov. 12 (???) without fear of another party, because the election of President Obama made one thing crystal clear to me. Regardless of which party is in office or the color of their skin, Black African American's issues will always remain at the bottom of their agenda, especially when it comes to access to economic empowerment resources.

GDW: Naw – you're still seeing through a glass darkly. You are still seeing the glass half empty. You are still waiting for someone to do the magic wand trick, and really “wow” you. You clearly have no understanding of change, and what it takes to make it – especially when you are dealing with brainwashed racist whites – and equally brainwashed intimidated Blacks. Both sides think that we don't deserve anything. Imagine being the first Black President of the US, and you've got to fight that battle – getting the racist whites to back off, and the intimidated Blacks to stand up, while at the same time you're balancing the budget, stopping major economic downturn, dealing with the bankrupt economy Bush left us with; stopping a war that should never have happened, raising two beautiful daughters, and keeping a relationship with a beautiful and loving wife; and still smiling. WOW

GDW: Naw- my brother, the insanity is on the other foot – yours. Because you don't recognize good when you see it. You need to come over to the dark side my brother. Come out of the whiteness. It's blinded you.

As a result of Poor Black Leadership, we remain at the top of poverty, incarceration, homicides, unemployment and suffering.

GDW: As I stated before, with the exception of President Obama, there are no elected Black leaders. We do have Black leaders, and they've been here for quite some time. They're getting up in age, and there appears to be on one on the horizon to pass the batons to. The sad thing is the generation we currently have is blinded by their own bling, and, so think that they've made it. The really thing that we're post racial because they've actually become the most affluent generation of Blacks ever. Good luck carrying forward what needs to be done for Black African Americans with that group. They're too busy brainwashing them with their gangsta rap crap to care much about their minds or living conditions. As long as pay for the cd's dvd's and concerts, they're cool.

GDW: If you don't vote to return the Black elected officials we currently have, with some additional ones, you may find yourself on an even shorter end of the stick. Because this is the generation that has no compassion. The reason we have a Congressional Black Caucus is so that somebody is taking a principled stand for the Black constituents. And they do it despite the fact that the Rep-ugh-blicans work 25/8 to try to undermine everything we have. Your philosophy is more like shooting yourself (and us) in the foot – if someone is dumb enough to follow your line of thinking.

GDW: One more thing about “leadership:” We're always looking for a leader, a messiah, the second coming, as it were – instead of us making ourselves a committee of one to band together with other Blacks and begin transforming our world ourselves. We did it in the 60's – then we were brainwashed into believing that we had “arrived.” We thought that after 400 years, all our problems would be resolved in less than 10. I understand that we were weary, and wanted to live the good life – but guess what – we still had more to do.

We can be assured that no elected or self appointed Black Leader will assume responsibility for solving our problems, unless we remove the security of a guaranteed election or re-election without a record of solutions to our problems.

GDW: And you can also be assured that no one else is going to do it either. At least they try. You need to get a grip, drop the gripe, and grasp what's really at stake here.

I hope the Black African American set this new standard for evaluating their elected and appointed leaders: "Black Leadership Solves Our Problems Without Excuses".

GDW: And I hope they don't. The leadership can't solve our problems without our being part and parcel of the solutions. They're doing an anti-gun violence march in Harlem next week. Do you know how stupid it is in the 21st century to have to do such a march? And who is it that is responsible for the violence in the communities? If the leaders did the job for real and began effecting arrests of those Blacks who are shooting other Blacks, the community would have a hissy fit. But that's what's needed. If we don't begin valuing our selves, our own lives, disciplining our children, and making education the priority again, there's not much the Black leaders can do. It's on us, as well as them.

GDW: In his acceptance speech of 2008, President Obama stated that he could not go into each home and make the kids do homework, turn the TV off – that's the responsibility of the family. Black elected officials can't stop violence in the street, it the people committing the violence don't cooperate by ceasing to do so. Quality of life? Stop throwing food out the window, and littering the streets. Quite simple. The issue is really about leading the horse to water – he still has to drink it.

Beware of those paid and volunteer consultants or surrogates who appear in the Black media or Black Churches every election season to inspire you to get out to vote, but disappear when it comes time to demand accountability for solving our problems. If you are tire of being used or pimped, join me and let’s start voting for change until we get it. No elected leader, regardless of party deserves a second term in 2012 when you examine the condition of this country.

GDW: Like Michael Jackson said, “I'm looking at the wo/man in the mirror; I'm asking him to change his ways; no message could be any clearer – if you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself, and make a change!!!” But he didn't say change horses in the middle of the stream. We have a Black man who is undoubtedly the BEST PRESIDENT THIS COUNTRY HAS EVER HAD – BARACK OBAMA. And to not return him to the White House to complete the wonderful work he's been doing is not only dumb and insane, it's sick and stupid.

GDW: And so, brother C. Earl Campbell DUH 3rd: If you got that much self-hatred, that you'd wish it on the rest of the Blacks in America, as well as Americans in general, by fostering the concept of returning this country to the vampire vultures who damned near destroyed it, and the Mitt-twits who will take it down even further, you truly do need to seek professional help - immediately, if not sooner.

For the rest of us with our sanity, pride and intelligence in tact, we will be voting to RE-ELECT PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA FOR FOUR MORE YEARS!

Stay Blessed & ECLECTICALLY BLACK – Gloria Dulan-Wilson
Asia

Shyam August 19, 2012 at 1:37am

I can appreciate your articles.

By,

http://www.buddhanepaltrek.com/
West

Darrell Garrett August 18, 2012 at 6:13pm

I can appreciate that you believe that Barack Obama has not done enough for the black community. Many feel that way. To suggest however that you abstain from voting or vote for Romney is THE definition of cutting off your nose to spite your face. Obama is the last sliver of a barrier that separates us from total Republican control and policies that heavily favor the rich while severely damaging the poor and middle class of which 99% of black people are a part of.

It is so easy to bash Obama, but anybody who even mildly follows politics knows that the Republicans have thwarted almost all of his efforts to implement policies to help the middle class, create jobs, improve healthcare and supplement programs to help the poor and the middle class.

If Obama or any politician helps the 98% he/she will be helping African Americans and that is why a politician must focus on the broad group and not "Mexicans" or "Black People" exclusively.

A complete overhaul of the political system IS in order and I 100% agree that accountability must be built in. My only suggestion is that in our haste to change a multi-layered corrupt system that we don't just jump and do something rash that those corrupt people in power want us to do.

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