Out of all the politicians there are, I would think that being black…and being in office, you would recognize your power to make real change. Those of us that are passionate but without a main venue to preach from, would love the opportunity to be in the spot light , and our voices heard. If I had access to the cable news channels, I would be on there as much as possible pointing out the inequalities and imperfections with hopes to eventually contribute to that change.
Black politicians we elect you to be our voice, that is your job to represent your constituents. That is the only thing you are supposed to do. Yet when you see someone call our president a liar on the floor…all you want to do is "admonish" him?
Today I was watching Chris Matthews. Matthews was discussing racism and how President Carter called that duck for what it is…a duck. Matthews asked the first Representative of the House "do you think that it was based on race?" Her response was so politically half assed. What sucks even more is I woudnt even be able to tell you who she is. In other words, she was such an unpopular figure that her fear of offending a constituent was irrelevant. If anything, give yourself a name and pull a Weiner. Yes I am talking about Representative Weiner. Someone I didn’t know too much about until he went from station to station defending the rights of American citizens and their health.
Shortly after that another black Representative of the House, a man, came on and Matthews asked him about a remark Rush Limbaugh made. The remark wreaked of racist funk…when the Representative was asked "do you think that was racist"….he shuffled out of the corner with a "eehhh I dont know, but…" and then changed the subject. Are you kidding me? The only reason I would think a black man in a powerful position wouldn’t call that duck, a duck…would be to accommodate his white voters. Whats funny about that though, is if his white constituents don’t see the racism in Rush Limbaugh, they weren’t going to vote for his black ass anyway. Right?
It’s a crying shame that you have a white ex President…Carter, a conservative black man…Bill Cosby, a conservative leaning democratic pundit…Chris Matthews, a white journalist..Maureen Dowd…and a few other white journalists…that are able to call this duck for what it is, a duck. If regular citizens, black conservative thinkers, and white people…can call a duck a duck, then why in the heck doesn’t our powerful black voices in Congress use their power to call it like it is. Stop being scared and start doing your job!
Black Caucus for what?
Bout as useful as the NAACP
(thank God for Clyburn…he gets it)
