The historic election is over and the new administration is in the process of recruiting members for key positions.
It is still important to reflect on the role of media and news organization in this electoral process.
Extreme media bias towards one candidate and overwhelmingly condescending against another caused a great deal of frustration, anger and disappointment among the electorate.
The anti-media sentiments reverberated all over the cyberspace.
Media hype was intense during the Democratic Primary election.
Since I was vigorously involved during that time, I have great memories that will remain part of me for a long time.
There were several incidents but some of them have a greater impact on individuals, more severely than others do.
Mainly due to the smear tactics and negative attacks hurled on people like me entering the political campaign for the first time as surrogates, representatives or grass root supporters.
One particular incident is worth the spotlight because it is about the media personalities conducting themselves as the world authority in all matter especially the political race such as the Presidential election.
Ironically, in this Presidential election they were repeatedly wrong with both Democratic and Republican nominees.
Why?
They followed the conventional wisdom and failed to see or accept new possibilities and developments.
Only to steer course once the tide turned in a different direction sweeping anything and everything on the way.
The spotlight is precisely on MSNBC.
The network that took lot of heat from the public and rightfully so, for being excessively in favor of Obama Campaign in an unprecedented appeasement of the candidate then, Senator Barack Obama.
It is noteworthy that MSNBC initially rejected the candidate Senator Barack Obama against their preferred candidate, Senator Hillary Clinton.
Likewise, the venerable New York Times endorsed Senator Hillary Clinton way back on January 25, 2008 as the “IDEAL COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.” and
Emphasizing that President-elect Barack Obama was not qualified in that respect,
Quoted by the recent Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman through national and international telecast on CNN.
I was devastated to note the hasty decision by a leading and the most respectable news organization such as New York Times.
Immediately, I made my first and only contact with the cable media outlet, Free Speech and World Link Television expressing my emotion on the endorsement.
Here is extract of the email titled The Moment of Truth sent to Amy Goodman of Free Speech Television on January 25, 2008, 12.22P.M PST , in that context:
“This morning the endorsement by New York Times is another way of indicating that Senator Clinton will be the future President of the United States.
Senator Clinton made many overtures in her recent T.V talk show appearances that I should go away and abandon the Obama campaign to suppress the Iraq war issue finally.
The impression I have is,
If Senator Obama becomes the nominee, there is absolutely no turning back for him as he would win the general election.”
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In reality, what exactly happened prior to our President-elect Barack Obama establishing himself as a formidable candidate in the election is attention worthy.
First, my personal experience with MSNBC goes back to the days when the incumbent administration laid out the strategy to sell the unpopular Iraq war to the public and the United Nations.
I happened to be one of the unfortunate victims of mandatory public opinion survey superficially conducted by the administration to gain public support for the illegal invasion of Iraq.
This matter verified and confirmed truthful by the Institute for Public Policy, a non-profit organization, following the claim in my blog post during the Democratic Primary election.
With the relentless pro-Iraq war rally from networks such as MSNBC and FOX, the administration successfully launched their mission.
Although, there were other major networks equally involved in drumming their support for the Iraq war…
MSNBC displayed no qualms in abruptly eliminating dissent like the popular and visibly democratic, none other than their own talk show host, Mr. Phil Donahue.
My first unpleasant experience with MSNBC is regarding the anti-Iraq war message conveyed to the administration in response to the mandatory survey.
In my statement, I clearly emphasized the blunder by the administration on their commitment to wage war against Iraq and,
The consequences ensuing in terms of loss of lives, economic costs, national reputation and everything else that followed the disastrous war.
The born again liberal MSNBC demonized and targeted me as anti-patriotic with spam mail flooding my Inbox.
Further, the obscene materials via virus corrupted my database, forcing me to abandon the hard disk for a new one.
It was nothing short of homegrown terrorism for my anti-war position.
It is important to cite the article by Victor Davis Hanson, A senior fellow at the Hoover Institution,
Ref. San Jose Mercury News, November 13, 2008.
The article quotes “Most polls reveal that American voters believed that their media was biased in favor of Obama.
The popular journalist Chris Matthews even bragged that it was his job responsibility to see that Obama succeeds.” ———————————————————————-
Chris Matthews brags about his support to Obama during the election.
It might be the case but the evidence is against such claim.
Chris Matthews threw his weight not until the candidate Barack Obama proven the Democratic nominee against all odds.
Mr. Chris Matthews clearly knows about what this is.
During the fiercely battled Democratic Primary election, Nevada Primary & Caucus held on Saturday, January 19, 2008.
I published the following blog post that morning 4.19 am EST, my time 1.19am PST causing fury and anger among the Clinton campaign and their surrogates in the media, especially Chris Matthews of MSNBC.
Post from Padmini Arhant’s Blog: - www.my.barackobama.com
Electability Factor By "Voice behind the movement" - Jan 19th, 2008 at 4:19 am EST
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The voters should focus on the electability factor when casting the vote in the primaries for their respective candidates.
The candidate, who can eventually lead the Democratic Party to victory in the general election in November 2008, will be the ideal nominee.
There will be various issues discussed and debated between the two parties during the general election.
Given the track record of the Republican Party in the general election, the Democratic Party would be well positioned with a candidate voting against the Iraq war.
Senator Barack Obama had consistently opposed the Iraq war.
He voted for the funding of the Iraq war to protect the interest and security of our brave young men and women in harm’s way and enable Iraq stabilize as a sovereign nation ultimately leading to the withdrawal of our troops.
The illegitimate Iraq war has been a major catastrophe for our national economy, security, credibility to deal with International crisis, and our image as the leader of the new world.
The Republican Party nominee voting for the Iraq war could be challenged and held accountable by the Democratic Party nominee voting against the war.
The victory strategy for the Democratic Party in the general election should be on the premise of Iraq war to honor the sacrifice by brave young men and women who lost their lives and all those currently serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The victory for Democratic Party would then truly represent the ‘real change’ against the ’status quo’ or the establishment.
Padmini Arhant - Copyrights reserved
OBAMA SUPPORTER
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To emphasize again, the blog post created enormous outrage with the Clinton campaign bitterly complaining about my attempt to influence the election negatively on that date.
As usual, mainstream media lend support to the power and establishment expresses their reaction in a manner to warn a private citizen like myself to stay off the campaign trail.
Like the BET CEO, Mr. Robert Thompson a close Clinton surrogate, with his exclusive appearance on–
The Situation Room, hosted by Mr. Wolf Blitzer, on CNN specifically advised me by referring to me as,
The “woman of color” to cease my campaigning for the candidate then, Senator Barack Obama.
The Nevada Primary was won by Senator Hillary Clinton.
President-elect Barack Obama had the caucus victory.
The MSNBC coverage on Saturday, January 19, 2008, the day Nevada results was declared, is evidence to the outburst of a media commentator against a private citizen.
Chris Matthews, in particular admonished me directly by wagging his finger and in uttermost condemnation of my interference in the Presidential election.
He said, “This is not a horse race for betting. It is a serious Presidential race.
Individuals with no knowledge or experience should stay out of political campaigns.”
It was a clear indication that individuals like me have no place in politics or public forum.
The sentiment was shared by another MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell who initially tried to remain objective during the discussion with Clinton aid about that particular blog post that morning.
However, she later on made a bizarre remark about a possible substance abuse by me because of my daring attempts to envision a future with an African American Presidency.
Only, if Andrea Mitchell would have played a similar role in critiquing her spouse and the ex-Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan,
Equally responsible for neglecting the warnings of the economic turmoil that nearly brought the domestic and international financial markets on the brink of collapse,
The recent bailouts may not have been necessary. Thankfully, we are living in a technology driven age, where such incidents cannot possibly be buried in a time capsule with a hope of never being found until it becomes irrelevant.
All these blatant attacks and innuendoes were to demoralize me and debilitate my effort in spreading the message of our movement.
I owe my passion, commitment and drive to get further involved in the campaign to my children especially my eleven-year-old child.
He encouraged me to stand up to partisan politics and send a strong message to commentators like Chris Matthews, Andrea Mitchell and the likes,
That, ordinary people can do extraordinary things in life.
In fact, he was targeted as well with a nickname sidekick by the President-elect Barack Obama’s opponents for his exceptional role in exploiting the web technology with the publication of my blog posts.
My son’s advice to me was, not to rest until Senator Barack Obama is elected "The President" Barack Obama. I am glad and proud of my son’s advice to fight against the odds given the extreme stressful situation at that time.
Surely, children have a better sense of rationality enabling them to behold a different vision for the world.
They realize the burden on them with respect to the national debt, credibility and financial security as future taxpayers of the economy.
Prior to the election coverage, MSNBC’s show –
The Countdown by Keith Olbermann targeted the American idol contestant Sanjaya Malakar and
Sadistically mocked him almost on a daily basis to survive competition with condescending remarks through critic like Maria Melito.
Maria Melito in her brutal attack against Sanjaya Malakar claimed that the reason for Sanjaya to gain unprecedented votes was because…
“The people of his ethnicity i.e. India, voting for him never had anyone rise to the hall of fame in history.” Sadly, such comment reflected ignorance as anyone born on Planet Earth, should know the ancient Indus valley civilization which is India is not new to fame and wisdom.
The land in South East Asia is the origin and birth place of celestial beings like the Holy Lord Krishna, Holy and Graceful Gautama Buddha and sentient beings of the twentieth century such as Mahatma Gandhi –
The noble soul, the light of the world, the mentor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Dr. Nelson Mandela, preached and practiced non-violence, peace and unity that are oxy-moron in the contemporary world.
Not excluding other notable scholars like Nobel laureates…
The Poet Rabindra Nath Tagore for literature in 1913 and DR. Har Gobind Khorana for Physiology or Medicine in 1968 to name a few.
Besides, Sanjaya Malakar fan base sprawled across the social spectrum as demonstrated by his young admirer, Ashley Ferl awestruck during his performance.
Young Ashley Ferl, was in return summoned to the Senate for rigorous interrogation by the elected officials…
Prioritizing investigation of genuine admiration for a young performer on the national stage over serious issues like Abu Ghraib, Katrina and deliberate exposure of CIA overt operative Mrs. Valerie Plaim.
To revert to the article by Victor Davis Hanson, ref. San Jose Mercury News, Nov 13, 2008, titled — “The kind of real ‘hope and change’ we can believe in for next year”
“The media, meanwhile should be careful not to abandon fairness and discretion for short-term political advantage.
When the wheel turns - and it too, always does - what you did or said will come back to haunt you.”
I could not agree more with the affirmation.
I hope Chris Matthews and others learned a lesson or two from this historic political event. When Change occurs, it happens all around much to the dismay of those consumed with fallacy and egocentrism regardless of the empire they reign. The mainstream, far left and right media as well as some news organization with an exception of cable network like –
“The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”, “The Colbert Report” and “The Late Night Shows”, Failed to meet the journalistic standards of objectivity and professionalism required in the presentation of views and analysis of any events particularly a Presidential election or for that matter, serious missions like the war.
The role of MSNBC and FOX in their relentless bashing of the candidates from both political aisles successfully drove the viewers to the cyberspace in search of…
Truth and Transparency desperately sought by people of the human race.
Whether it is young Sanjaya Malakar reaching for the stars or young Senator from the State of Illinois, President-elect Barack Obama successfully taking a shot at the highest office on land,
Their audacity of hope was challenged with rhetoric filled with racial slur, negative attacks and divisive politics to deny them the spotlight.
It is admirable that both individuals displayed a decorum signifying unity and poise seen unlike before in dealing with excessive criticism from the entities exhibiting power in the corporate media and Public office.
United States is a nation of immigrants from all over the world.
Any social progress to the satisfaction of all those feeling disfranchised is attainable only if the media and the elected officials recognize their share of responsibility in the service to democracy.
Further, the author of the cited article, Mr. Victor Davis Hanson, concluded with the following passage:
“Obama and his giddy Democratic majority sound like they think they will now be novel exceptions to these iron laws of politics, as if they really believe their hype that they are the “change” we have been waiting for, with cosmic power to stop the planet from heating and the seas from rising.
But the only real difference from the past old politics is that the present avatars of “hope and change” apparently don’t believe that the age-old adage - “The more things change, the more they remain the same” - will really apply to them as well.”
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It does not require the cosmic power to stop the planet form heating and the seas from rising.
It is doable by the ordinary human power to respect life in general and act responsibly for their survival now and in the future.
Failing that,
Perhaps the cosmic power could influence the resisting human nature to preserve and protect the ecological balance necessary for the sustenance of the planet.
As for the age-old adage referenced above applying to the present avatars of ‘Hope and Change”, It entirely depends on the agents of change and their target.
The age-old adage applies to those involved in cosmetic change rather than fundamental change, the ultimate goal and mission of the present avatars of “Hope and Change.”
Cosmetic change is delusional and beneficial for short-term gains affecting a selective few, hence it yields “more of the same” result.
Whereas, fundamental change target the philosophy of the institution as the sovereign power and,
Therefore, it is real, long lasting and universal.
As per the Hindu mythology, Almighty God Shiva is depicted the
“Lord of Destruction.”
Destruction is Deliverance for a New beginning with a divine commitment to depart from the age-old adage towards new-era prophecy, a divergence from
“The Oscillating Pendulum.” –
The significance and the sole purpose of the avatars of “Hope and Change.”
Thank you.
Padmini Arhant
John McCain's smear tactic's against Barack Obama just backfired in his face!
Keith Olbermann blows McCain and Palin out of the water with an Expose on McCain's connection to Ayers and Rashid Khalidi.
McCain has a CLOSER relationship to Rashid Khalidi than Obama ever had, and oh my goodness John McCain is connected to Ayer's too! GASP! ;-)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/27464383#27464383
Juli Norwood
Republican presidential nominee, John McCain, and his loyal followers of the G.O.P , have fallen to a level of shameless behavior that has justified the increasingly low opinions and mistrust society has of politicians. It seems that once these individuals are elected they begin to forget that they have been allowed and entrusted, to be the caretakers of our unified best interests.
A majority of the leaders in the leaders in the Republican party, behave nothing like leaders, instead they choose to portray the part of well organized opportunists, possessing a mafioso style mentality in their ruthless desire to remain in power. At their gatherings the leaders prove how low they can stoop, fueling the mob like cheers from their socially blind followers!
Keith Olbermann and others fight tirelessly to hold the RNC accountable for their behavior by reminding their viewers what is expected from individuals with political power, and that being a politician is not an omnipotent right, it is a major responsibility. McCain — like the majority of the G.O.P., like to manipulate his followers by preying on their fears. This is despicable behavior – truly unbecoming a leader. John McCain rants about how he can protect the U.S. from terrorist, which is an untruth, because he himself is a terrorist. He needs to read the definition of this word.The definition of a terrorist is:
These days are among many in American history that will always be ones of infamy. But for the past seven years some have been using it as their own personal pawn. If this country is ever going to heal, this has to stop…and it has to stop now! The fears of mankind should never be used as a tool for political or personal gain. This is not the behavior of leader, it is the tool of a manipulator.
Sources: Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Republican national convention,Webster’s dictionary
For all of us folks who have had it up to here with McCain and Palin's intentional incitement of violence, hate and racism against Obama! Keith Olbermann gave a voice to our thoughts and feelings on national cable tv show called Countdown with Keith Olbermann.
See Video
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/27188417#27188417
The text is below!
1:25 PM Eastern Time, today, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. During the warm-up act by a Red Meat Congressional Candidate aptly named Chris Hackett, Hackett mentions Obama and a Palin audience member shouts "Kill Him."
And Gov. Palin, as usual, does nothing about it says nothing to these thugs and psychos. She may not have heard this one. It is impossible to believe that by now she has not heard about the other ones. Her silence is deafening. Just as, Sen. McCain, you have done nothing when violence has been asserted. Correction. You have done one thing.
Asked why in real time you do not repudiate this hatefulness you act as if you are the victim. Speaking today to our NBC Station in Washington.
McCain: "Sure and I repudiated it as I have on several occasions. Unfortunately, Congressman John Lewis is an American hero who I admire who made the worst, most unacceptable statement a couple days ago that I have ever heard. He accused me and Sarah Palin of being involved in segregation, George Wallace and even made reference to a church bombing where children were killed. Senator Obama has not repudiated that statement. Senator Obama should do so immediately. Its the most outrageous thing that I have heard since in politics...it is disgraceful."
Disgraceful?
Obviously, Senator, you haven't heard your own speeches, and Gov. Palin's, and what people shout during them. And you haven't heard your state GOP Chair in Virginia, Jeffrey Frederick, giving talking points to 30 of your field-operatives heading out to canvass voters in Gainesville, Virginia. With a reporter present, telling them to try to forge a connection between Barack Obama and Osama bin Laden to emphasize bombings and terrorism. And you haven't heard those volunteers, your volunteers Sen. McCain, shout back "and he won't salute the flag" and "we don't even know where Sen. Obama was really born."
Sen. McCain, these people are speaking for you! And how dare you try to claim Congressman Lewis was linking you to Gov. George Wallace's segregation. He was linking you, aptly, to Gov. George Wallace's lynch-mob mentality.
"As public figures with the power to influence and persuade," said Congressman Lewis, "Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin are playing with fire, and if they are not careful, that fire will consume us all."
Sen. McCain, your supporters, at your events, are calling Obama a terrorist and traitor and are calling for him to be killed. And yet you keep bringing back these same rabid Right Wing nuts to deliberately stir these crowds into frenzies. And then you take offense when somebody who remembers the violence in our political past, calls you on it. You, sir, are responsible for a phalanx of individuals who are shouting fire in a crowded theatre. There are some things to respect and honor about you, Sen. McCain.
But on this, you're not only a fraud, Senator but you are tacitly inciting lunatics to violence. If you want to again grand-stand and suspend your campaign here's your big chance. Suspend your campaign now, until you, or somebody else, gets some control over it and it ceases to be a clear and present danger to the peace of this nation.
Keith ya socked it to em! You did us proud!
Countdown’s Keith Olbermann is donating $100 to charity for every lie told by or on behalf of John McCain and Sarah Palin during the campaign. McCain invented the Blackberry? $100. Palin says she’ll help special needs kids but neglects to mention that she vetoed $250,000 for the Special Olympics? Another $100 from Keith. Every day seems to cost him another $100.
But this particular lie is so huge it ought to cost Olbermann a bundle because it’s worth a lot more than $100.
In late April, McCain rolled out what he called a universal health care plan which, it turns out, offers neither a health plan nor universal coverage. Instead, McCain’s approach should be dubbed “The Health Insurance Industry Relief Act” because it is a not-so-carefully disguised money grab, moving cash from the wallets of already hard-stretched working people to line the pockets of wealthy insurers.
The mainstream media hasn’t bothered going to McCain’s website to read the down-and-dirty of another of his “You get sick, my pals get rich” scheme. But New York Times columnist Bob Hebert finally did, prompting him to ask on Tuesday, “Has anyone bothered to notice the radical changes that John McCain and Sarah Palin are planning for the nation’s health insurance system?”
Apparently not, because no one seems to notice that McCain wants to require workers to pay taxes on the value of the health benefits paid by their employers. Say what? That’s right: Employees will not only continue to pay part of escalating premiums, but also a tax on the benefits. In return, McCain would give families a $5,000 tax credit, and individuals a $2,500 credit, to lure them out of employer plans and into the individual insurance market. McCain and Palin – both of whom are covered by lush government plans – hope people will forget that premiums are super high and scrutiny of health conditions is super tough for individual health policies in the private market.
As a result, in not reporting what the McCain-Palin plan is, the news media hasn’t mentioned that, for most people, the tax credit won’t buy much coverage given sky high premiums. Nor have reporters written about the fact that the plan is worth a lot more to younger workers, who don’t get sick, than older ones who are more likely to get ill and thus pay more because of their age. More critically, nowhere other than Hebert’s column has anyone realized that the McCain-Palin approach would eventually destroy employer-based coverage.
Herbert then connects the consequences of destroying the employer market with McCain’s plans for the individual market, writing that McCain wants “to undermine state health insurance regulations by allowing consumers to buy insurance from sellers anywhere in the country.” Allowing insurers to cross state lines will not lower insurance premiums but it will eliminate valuable protections many states give their residents in regulating insurance companies.
A study published in the health policy journal Health Affairs explains in detail what is likely to happen with McCain’s approach. Its conclusions: The number of people without health insurance will actually grow over time and increase a family’s costs for medical care.
This is just the opposite of what we’ve heard from McCain and it should cost Keith Olbermann another $100 donation to charity. Maybe editors, producers and reporters finally will take notice – but I doubt it.
A great Special Comment by MSNBC's Keith Olbermann this evening on the Republican Party's disrespectful misuse of Sept 11 as a campaign tactic, and John McCain's so-called promise that he knows how to get Bin Laden.
Go to MSNBC.COM to hear it, if you haven't done so already.
And thank you, Keith, for using your air time to state the TRUTH.
The Washington Post is reporting that MSNBC is dropping Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as news anchors. Here is the link:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/08/AR2008090800008.html?hpid=topnews
Both have been fair to our candidate, and now they are out.
Don't like the change? Email MSNBC President, Phil Griffen.
BARACK OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT!
This evening on Countdown With Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow did some wonderful reporting in a video piece called "Let's Call Lies Lies." Point by point she takes apart accusations made the past few days by John McCain and Sarah Palin about Barack Obama, and calls them what they are: LIES.
The story is excellent, as is her reporting --- and especially delivery.
Really nicely done, Rachel. Thank you!
Check it out on the Countdown page at MSNBC.COM.
How many of you out there actually believe Obama is GOING TO BE President?
Between our beliefs that America can belong to The People again, and Kim Clement's prophecy, Obama is slated to become President on November 4 or sometime shortly thereafter, and to be inaugurated in January of 2009.
However, The Repugs have stolen elections before...what's to stop them from doing in this one?
Why not think ahead...to the IMF, the World Bank, even the Illuminati ... the "real owners" of this nation that George Carlin often said spend all of their time f-ing everyone else for their own profit, and killing other people's children while keeping their own children safe from harm.
There was a time when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had more people listening to him than did the President of the United States. Right now, Obama is doing the same. Obama has more listeners and a broader outreach than the President himself, the vice-president, who has been industriously silent on the frontlines (who's watching Cheney right now and what is he up to? why has he sorta kinda 'disappeared' from view?), AND the world is definitely paying more attention to Obama than to McCain, which is why they keep calling him The One and The Celebrity. BUT, we all know that if Obama weren't running for office no one would be listening to McCain at all beause he really has nothing of worth to say.
Problem is, Mr. Average Joe Citizen has sat on his duff and let "Big Government" run our lives for so long, how much as actually spun out of control over the years? Who are the 'powers-that-be' that will only let Obama go so far before snatching the chair from under him?
I'm not preaching about the politics of fear or engaging in the semantics of conspiracy theories, I'm talking about reality.
Reality, meaning everything from two-faced people who smile about Obama to your face, but who would never vote for him simply because, though he is the best candidate, he is still a shamelessly professed "Black" man, with a black wife, and black children who have no business at Camp David during vacations unless they're serving lunch, cleaning toilets, takig notes, or sweeping the fireplace chimney. To them, that's all he will ever be - popularity or no popularity.
I am hoping Obama is taking a "working vacation" in Hawaii, and I am glad he is pacing himself and taking time out to breathe and relax before jumping back in the frying pan again, but some folk will even take his "breathers" for granted and call him out his name for needing a time out here or there.
And IF this is a legitimate election, rather than one that will be set up in the Supreme Court again, what about "the experience factor?" McCain does have 18 years government experience over Obama, though more of it is because of familial connections than actual self-achievement. I know white women 20 years my junior who have 10 years more experience than me simply because they were afforded opportunities in the span of my 35-year long career that never came my way.
But "experience" is the very reason McCain ought to be retired. President is a job he is much too old to handle. He is not ready, nor is he prepared to preside over all the people of all races and all nationalities -- he is only ready and prepared to preside over his own little special interest group of Caucasian power elite, just as many presidents before him did and with the exception of very few, while continuing to push the rest of us aside.
Of course, McCain's constituents either don't see what everyone else does, or at least they don't want to see it for obvious reasons. Obama is a Life Manager by his actions -- one who understands balance and equality in all things, and how to budget and manage money, as no other president-elect ever has before.
Today, Obama is wielding the same political sphere of influence and power as did Dr. King, just before the Poor People's Campaign was to take place -- and, in a sense, he is truly taking up the mantle and the gauntlet where Dr. King left off. King was a man who was in position to march and demonstrate for the rights of ALL workers and people in The Beloved Community who were being played, used, abused, ignored, and had their industry and hard work and hard-won gains (those of ALL races) taken for granted while the mob and the power elite and the corporate elite ran ramshod over this nation and turned it into a den of thieves and illicit gain.
However, when the power elite and corporate upper crust were threatened by the power King was earning by the truckloads, they had him snuffed out as they then credited racism and viral hatred (the politics of individual emotions run amuck) for a death that was actually endorsed and co-signed by the federal government, just as were the deaths of the Kennedys and several others who were assasinated. Hillary Clinton knows that, or is aware of it, or she wouldn't have said what she said about Robert Kennedy at The Ambassador in L.A. during the time that she was campaiging.
I realize Obama is not worried about it, or least that's what he and Michelle say and want us to believe, to help us 'be not afraid,' BUT the bottom line is that IF Obama is going to succeed, then the ENTIRE NATION of those outside of those power elite circles are going to have to rally around him day and night -- not just now, but even after he's elected; even if it has to be done in shifts around the nation, yeah -- around the globe.
We've got to do everything that we can to let these controlling b-words know that this is OUR country, too; not just theirs -- and that we want our nation and our lives and our right to privacy back and our children back home -- and that they can't just arbitrarily manipulate The Constitution to force people to do their will for their own personal profit and gain at the expense of our children while simultaneously keeping their own children out of harm's way.
Now is the time to end this once and for all. One nation, indivisible.
And even more than that, if this is truly the good and just nation that its patriot-citizens say it is, and Obama actually wins come November, will it be business as usual between blacks and whites -- or will true racial equality, on all sides, finally be within our reach? Will The Beloved Community be actualized, realized, and manifested at last?
Prior to this time, many thought black people were plain ignorant when the truth is that they had nothing to vote for and nothing to hope for before now, not even in the Clintons (who were still white at the end of the day). If America needs to be ONE NATION, it is past time to give its citizens who didn't believe there was any hope the hope that things can and will get better in the future. {Remember: Some people thought blacks don't read either, until they discovered that black people weren't reading because most of the stuff that was written had nothing to do with them and wasn't having any real impact on their lives one way or the other.}
Yet and at the same, many black Americans think Obama has some duty outside of serving ALL the people that is strictly theirs, and this, too, is untrue. Just because he IS Black doesn't mean he owes black people anything. If black folk don't/can't/won't stand up for themselves, no one has to do it for us--not even Obama, whether we like his Cosby-esque "blame the victim" motif or not.
Kapish?
Can Obama really win? It depends on how willing we all are to see to it that Big Government knows we're damn sick and tired of their crap and aren't taking it any more.
Obama isn't 'The One,' but he is the right one to lead us, and right now his wisdom is certainly comparable to that of King Solomon's. He is abundantly blessed with it, as is spoken of in the Book of Proverbs. Maybe he (Obama) humbly and graciously asked God for wisdom in his quiet prayer time, and God granted his prayer, because he certainly has it.
Obama 08
