West: Obama a Rockefeller Repub in blackface; Sharpton, MED, Harris Perry sold souls

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DN!

 

[Rekkapryde]

I knew the Pinky and the Brain of Obama hatin would be back eventually

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[MaccabeanRebel]

AMY GOODMAN: President Obama said to Harry Belafonte, according to Harry, "Why don’t you and Cornel West cut me some slack?" And Cornel—and Harry Belafonte responded, "What makes you think we’re not?"



I hear them on great presidents are made from the people though

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

I knew the Pinky and the Brain of Obama hatin would be back eventually

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They make some legit points though. That "blackface" shyt was way out of line though.

 

[theworldismine13]

I'm disgusted by these guys saying or apparently assuming that the "progressive" agenda is also the black agenda, who gives a fuk if Obama isn't "progressive"

 

[thernbroom]

Dr Cornel WestIn an interview with Amy Goodman of “Democracy Now,” our dear brother, Dr. Cornel West, said that while he’s happy that Mitt Romney didn’t win the presidential election, our foreign policy is still imperialistic, politicians should be ashamed of spending billions on campaigns while people are living in poverty, and that President Barack Obama is nothing but a “Rockefeller Republican in blackface.”

I think that it’s morally obscene and spiritually profane to spend $6 billion on an election, $2 billion on a presidential election, and not have any serious discussion—poverty, trade unions being pushed against the wall dealing with stagnating and declining wages when profits are still up and the 1 percent are doing very well, no talk about drones dropping bombs on innocent people. So we end up with such a narrow, truncated political discourse, as the major problems—ecological catastrophe, climate change, global warming. So it’s very sad. I mean, I’m glad there was not a right-wing takeover, but we end up with a Republican, a Rockefeller Republican in blackface, with Barack Obama, so that our struggle with regard to poverty intensifies.
But that’s not all.

He had some choice words for Rev. Al Sharpton, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson and Dr. Melissa Harris-Perry, as well. While the aforementioned scholars have been extremely vocal in their support of the Obama Administration, Tavis Smiley, who was interviewed along with Dr. West, said their support comes at the expense of critical thinking and a legitimate push for a Black agenda:

“…Lincoln isn’t Lincoln if Frederick Douglass isn’t pushing him. FDR isn’t FDR if A. Philip Randolph and Eleanor Roosevelt aren’t pushing him. LBJ isn’t LBJ if MLK isn’t pushing him.

“We don’t believe in making excuses. We believe that if [Obama] is not pushed, he’s going to be a transactional president and not a transformational president. And we believe that the time is now for action and no longer accommodation. But that doesn’t happen unless you’re pushed.”
Dr. West said that Smiley was just being “very kind,” and gave his opinion to Goodman, straight no chaser:

I love Brother Mike Dyson… but we’re living in a society where everybody is up for sale. Everything is up for sale. And he and Brother Sharpton and Sister Melissa and others, they have sold their souls for a mess of Obama pottage. And we invite them back to the black prophetic tradition after Obama leaves. But at the moment, they want insider access, and they want to tell those kind of lies. They want to turn their back to poor and working people.
Responding to Dyson’s statement that President Obama was “progressive,” Both Smiley and West said that President Obama is not, because to be progressive means taking risks, something that the president has not done.

“In the president’s forward motion in the second term to establish a legacy—and I don’t think that being president ought to be about a legacy; it ought to be about advancing the best for the American people. But in this conversation about his legacy, I want to see what risk he’s going to take. Is he going to put himself on the line for poor people? Is he going have an honest conversation about drones? As Doc said earlier, you know, is he ever going to say the word prison—the phrase, “prison-industrial complex”? Reagan wouldn’t say “AIDS.” Bush wouldn’t say “climate change.” Will Obama say “prison-industrial complex”? I mean, I want to know where the risk is that equates to being the most progressive president ever. That’s the—I don’t get that.”

Cornel West: Obama Is A ‘Rockefeller Republican In Blackface’ | Breaking News for Black America

 

[MewTwo]

The man is a genius. Too bad many in the black community (particularly those who blindly support Obama because he's a 'brotha') will, rather than muster a sound counter-argument, will make fun of his afro instead.

 

[Blackking]

West wants Obama to take a bullet for his principles. Not going to happen. Obama knows that the fed reserve is owned by private banks. Obama might hear about something like Executive Order 11110, and say to himself.. I want to live to see Sasha have kids. Or he might put a few drones out there and allow Israel to build settlements with missile fire.
I can't blame him for that; not when most of the public is complacent.

At most Obama will push for a few progressive policies, not allow the military industrial complex to put us into additional wars, select another supreme court justice, and work on his legacy.

 

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http://www.the-coli.com/higher-lear...ce;-sharpton-med-harris-perry-sold-souls.html

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

who gives a fuk if Obama isn't "progressive"

Probably people who think a progressive agenda would better suit black peoples' and people in general's interests.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

I can agree with some points, but this Obama in blackface stuff is just over sensationalizing his point. No Obama isn't the "black people's president" but no American president will ever be THE president for only 14% of it's citizens, it's just not realistic. What we need is people like Mr. West, Al Sharpton, etc to get together and come up with some solutions we can enact ourselves instead of sitting back pointing fingers at people.

Yes the political system in America is fukked, the wealth gap, poverty, etc are huge problems. But you can't blame Obama for problems/culture that has been in the making for 100 years, nor can you expect him to fix the problems single-handedly

 

[The Real]

I'm disgusted by these guys saying or apparently assuming that the "progressive" agenda is also the black agenda, who gives a fuk if Obama isn't "progressive"

 

[Mr. Somebody]

Without Barack Obama Cornell Wests opinions fall back into obscurity. Hes hustling by generating interest in himself through his critique of the president. When is Cornell going to put himself on the line for poor people. Go teach at a community college or something. He makes money keeping Obamas name in his mouth. I think he forgets what realm hes in. The demonic one so obviously there are rules to this. You cant shake up the demonic realm, you can only keep it going or crush it and that just wont be happening under Obama or any of Cornell Wests long winded stating the obvious criticisms. I dont think attempting to shame Obama with house negro critiques is going to suddenly cause a revamp in policy. Its educated name calling at best and thats so demonic, friends.

 

[The Real]

Without Barack Obama Cornell Wests opinions fall back into obscurity. When is Cornell going to put himself on the line for poor people.

Any Black person with a vague interest in Black intellectuals knew about West long before Obama, and actually, any non-Black person with a vague interest in race knew about him, too.

 

[Mr. Somebody]

Any Black person with a vague interest in Black intellectuals knew about West long before Obama, and actually, any non-Black person with a vague interest in race knew about him, too.

I know who Taylor Swift is but i cant say i know any of her songs, friend.

That analogy i just wrote parallels Cornell West in the black community. And to keep it all the way real, friend, if he never had that beard and hairstyle, even fewer people would know who he is.