Yes, whether you are black and poor, black and middle class, white and poor, or white and middle class, Obama has very little or nothing cooking for your future. For the rich, he has more funny money and illusions. The recent stock market is probably more based on fantasy and "the greed imperative" than any such market ever.
An astute friend of mine and I had a discussion this past weekend and we agree (for different #1 reasons) that Obama can not win reelection in 2012 unless there are major unexpected developments. Our predictions are very seldom wrong individually, so when the two of us agree, you can pretty much bet the ranch on it.
A RESPONSE:
Jerry D Rose August 3rd, 2009 2:41 pm
tremaine: Did you and your "astute friend" happen to agree on what we would get in Obama's stead in 2012? Instead of Tweedledee Obama would we be getting Tweedledum Sarah Palin? I'm not going to sleep very well for 3 plus years without knowing whether your crystal balls are offering any alternative. If not, I may sit out the next election, thank you!
The official favorite is Mitt Romney but the unofficial favorite is Tim Pawlenty.
Obama is lame, that is his problem in one word. I emphasize how lame his economics views and policies are and my friend emphasizes how lame his political beliefs and maneuverings are. Obama might as well be walking around with a cane.
A COUNTERPOINT
GollyGee August 3rd, 2009 3:20 pm
Tremaine, while you and Chris Hedges were sleeping or on vacation or just out to lunch, a middle-aged black man, a Harvard prof had a run-in with the cops.
This was just what the insane right wanted, a nice racial tussle to drive another wedge and further splinter popular opinion. The weakest, most corrupt Democrats headed right toward the Republican for shelter, and the media played it for all it was worth to draw attention away from national health care.
If you or Chris Hedges have some specific steps Obama should be taking to help the Black community, everyone would like to hear them.
A lot of empty rhetoric from the bully pulpit will not help Blacks one whit right now — although Rush and Fox are certainly eager for some real racial tension to scare White voters back to the Republicans.
We want jobs, and since the private sector never produces enough of them, and is currently eliminating hordes of them, we need public jobs. There is no such thing as a "worthless, make-work, Government job". You are brainwashed if you think that jobs directly created by the Government are of little value.
We want nationalization of all industries where the supply is mostly monopolized and where the demand is mostly captive. This would include, at a rock bottom minimum, electricity, health care, water, police-fire, and education. (Police-fire and water are mostly public already.)
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