Obama Haters: Wrong Side of History
I find it incredibly weird that a number of African American notables have come out to publicly bash Obama, as if their pockets are personally hit if he wins.
While clearly, people can vote for whoever they want to vote for, these African American Hillary zealots make some very strange arguments for why she and not Obama should win. If they argued that Hillary has a better platform, she represents African American interests, or that she has a stronger record, then I could understand. We could all be engaged in a philosophical discussion about who has the better agenda and move forward.
Even if these supporters said that they are indebted to Bill Clinton and that voting for Hillary is their way of paying him back, I'd understand. It's no secret that many African American heavyweights were solid Clinton supporters. But they're not making these arguments.
Noteworthy individuals with big names and media savvy, people who have never so much as publicly announced who they vote for, are now calling up radio stations, The Tom Joyner Morning Show, The Michael Baisden Show, leveraging their name to get quoted in the media, and sounding like raging lunatics looking like nothing short of haters as they attempt to burst Obama's political balloon. The "he's not black enough" argument isn't working. The "he's inexperienced" argument has been crushed. So what, precisely are they afraid of?
I find it incredibly weird that a number of African American notables have come out to publicly bash Obama, as if their pockets are personally hit if he wins.
While clearly, people can vote for whoever they want to vote for, these African American Hillary zealots make some very strange arguments for why she and not Obama should win. If they argued that Hillary has a better platform, she represents African American interests, or that she has a stronger record, then I could understand. We could all be engaged in a philosophical discussion about who has the better agenda and move forward.
Even if these supporters said that they are indebted to Bill Clinton and that voting for Hillary is their way of paying him back, I'd understand. It's no secret that many African American heavyweights were solid Clinton supporters. But they're not making these arguments.
Noteworthy individuals with big names and media savvy, people who have never so much as publicly announced who they vote for, are now calling up radio stations, The Tom Joyner Morning Show, The Michael Baisden Show, leveraging their name to get quoted in the media, and sounding like raging lunatics looking like nothing short of haters as they attempt to burst Obama's political balloon. The "he's not black enough" argument isn't working. The "he's inexperienced" argument has been crushed. So what, precisely are they afraid of?
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