Convenient talk about "Responsibility"; political reality in black and white
Obama is telling blacks to accept responsibility, further jeopardizing his testicles to Jesse Jackson. But the political cynic in me wonders if this isn't just a calculated move to appeal to moderate whites, trying to jam against the idea of Obama as facilitating all the negative traits of black subculture: crime, violence, sex. Obama can give these kind of speeches knowing that they don't risk the black vote for him, and give him the chance to appeal to suburban whites and seem like a real "leader." But as Mike Rothfeld pointed out to me many years ago, a real leader is one who has followers, and who has opposition. Who is opposed to telling blacks to be responsible? Oh, that's right, conveniently Jesse Jackson. It seems a little too constructed, a little too convenient. A real statement that would have demonstrated real leadership by Obama would be to say something unique, something truly provocative. Pointing out the tragic abortion rate within the black community would have been a potential point of leadership, or the racist roots of Planned Parenthood.Labels: blacks, leadership, obama
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