WE HAVE THE FIRST BLACK CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THESE UNITED STATES! A Black American's dream, right? It should be every American's dream. I would find it marvelous were the candidate not Obama, but I digress.
WHERE ARE JESSE JACKSON AND AL SHARPTON AND CHARLIE RANGEL? Come to think of it, where is Maxine Waters? WHERE is the OLD GUARD BLACK POLITICAL BUNCH? Why aren't they out there talking this up?
WHY are they missing from the process? I find it very, very odd. Do you? Whassup?
z
23 comments:
this is true...where are they?
kw
There's no money for Jackson and Sharpton trying to shake down Obama.
They'd do better helping McCain. Obama gets elected and they're finished.
Scammers like Jackson & Sharpton usually follow the money.
I never thought I'd say this, but "good point, Ducky"
Except, I think there's something far more interesting.....we'll find out some day.
And, leave us not forget the GRANDSTANDING the Black Poet Laureate loves..."I AM JESSE, HEAR ME BORE!"
naaaa..he LOVES being up there by a poltician, ANY politician whose got a camera aimed on him. Something's weird. I like it.
I agree with Ducky, but I also think they can't stand sharing the spotlight to that extent.
THEY'D rather be that guy running for POTUS!!
Perhaps they're too embarrassed because in the beginning they all suggested that Obama was not black enough. Bigots first, last and always.
You know, great point. Why the deafening silence? I think Pinky might be on to something. . .
BZ
For once Ducky is right. Will wonders never cease.
My guess is that they've been "axed" to lay very low for the time being. They scare whites away like crazy.
Morgan
Hit the nail on the head!
Maybe they pop up only when there are imaginary crimes being committed !
I just saw Morgans comment about"axed"!Good one !
Aaaaarggggghhhh I hate that word with a passion
Frasypoo
I'm with Morgan. I think they despise Obama's quick rise to the top and he's also told them to lay low. He did it thru Chicago - Jackson has been a mentor but that's an inonvenient fact for now. Michelle Obama grew up with his kids and is still bff with Jackson's daughter.
He'll stake his claim later.
Morgan, that KILLED me! I AXED you not to talk like that, didn't I?! L&L&L&L&LOL!
You guys are GREAT. I love these answers. They all make a lot of sense. Blogger bliss!
Frasypoo? glad you're blogging again, girl!
Good point......Whassup?
Maybe they are waiting for a good Boycott?
Dude..good point! $$$$
Okay ... don't think for a minute I don't know what's going on here. The Three Stooges are missing, and you're trying to lay it on me.
That dawg won't bite.
Besides, I've got witnesses. There's Vinnie, Tommy Tucan, and Jimmy the Snitch. I'm covered.
Z, I've wondered the same thang! Usually especially Reverend JACKsssssssssson is all over teh screen uttering his hogwash, but is eerily quiet now. Also, where is Carol Mosely-Braun??
Morgan, you got it I believe!
If a JC Watts or another black conservative were running, I'd likely be supporting them 100%.
hi all. i'm not the official spokes-person for the black community, therefore i could be wrong. but i think these guys are absent because everyone in the black community is most definitely not on the same page. historically we have been crabs in a barrel, not always happy for each others successes. we are a very fractured group. some are still nursing old wounds. others of us have moved on. it's sad, but it is what it is. for guys from the old guard like jesse, maxine and al, it's their way or the highway. and as some of you have savvily noted, there's no money in it for inspiration.
Sad, isn't it, folks?
Namaste, you are such a good thinker, such a fair woman. I love that you are here. I wouldn't mind whatever other insight you might have on the Black community and Jackson's silence re: Obama.
I sometimes wonder if the muslim thing we all worry about with Obama, or maybe more the Ayers/Farrakhan/Wright connections have turned off the likes of Sharpton and Jackson. Maybe they have more integrity than some of us think.
My Black friends here in town say the same thing you do "they don't speak for all of us!" I know that.
Maybe they're just scared of the associations. Maybe they have been warned off?? very curious.
Somewhere under the bus Z, don't anybody get in the way of the mad-left and their quest for the white house. They must have their pounds of American flesh, come hell or high water.
Obama knows a liability when he sees one (or two), just ask Rev Wright.
They got the party to broker in Joe Biden as Obama's running mate, in exchange for letting him be the Presidential nominee despite over half of the Democratic Party primary voters voting against him.
Just as good as cutting Obama's nuts off.
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