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[I Love Nigeria]

Auspicious wrote, among other things, that Rose is just

Another Selfish Black Woman.

Who would rather the absolute blindness of her race-suffused worldview numb her better judgment - as usual, as always.

Unfair charges by Auspicious against Rose... Rose is thoroughly familiar with the indelible marks of damage which have been wrought upon our people through the structural lopsidedness of the American society, and quite unlike Auspicious who has eyes but does not see, and has ears but does not hear!


Auspicious, only daft dense dunce would not know or refuse to acknowledge the structural defects from which America suffers. Defects mostly motivated by race or color of skin.

I believe that race and skin color remains a major factor in how life is lived in America, in fact the entire world. If you believe otherwise, could you explain why Mr. Obama is celebrated even in the inequity of one out of forty-four? And could you also explain why Governor Paterson is the first governor of the state of New York after 500 years of African Americans presence in the state in huge number and a good chunk of the electoral demographic?

Could you further tell me why African Americans are 15% of the unemployed population right now?

Rose knows of these structural defects which I speak about and that is why, she, quite unlike Auspicious, is unwilling to look the other way, when anyone, including our brother president, seem to act and speak as if everything is FINE!

Naijalaw, you see, I am a universal/global citizen, I live and work in the State of New York in the United States and pay taxes etc.

I think it socially responsible and my civic duty to participate in every facets of life as is lived here… And I recommend that Nigerians worldwide do the same. Look, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger arrived in New York as a muscular body-builder, and then movie actor and now, the governor of California, the fifth largest economy in the world, and the most populated state in the United States with more than thirty-five million people.

I have more formal education than Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. And I have more American “accent” and would say, “ I will be back” clearer than he can. There are so many Nigerians in California and elsewhere in America, Europe and Asia, with ten times more education than Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Nigerians worldwide should “shine our eyes”!!!!

Nigerians should stop being insular and isolationists… splendidly uninterested in the community where they may be mere economic refugees.

As for Anambra state, my Anambra, our Anambra? She has unfortunately become Nigeria’s theater center for political experimentation of the voyeuristic type. What with Okija Shrine visits by our men of timber without caliber? I did not like Dr. Chris Ngege’s pact with his Godfathers. Peter Obi at inception appeared “clean-un-beholden and un-mortgaged, but we now know about business interests and unsavory deals which have been linked to Mr. Obi. How about Chris and Andy Uba conglomerates of factors?

How about Mrs. Etiaba and sons? How about the recent professorial addition to the race with all the money that is fit to print from the Central Bank of Nigeria by the best dressed of them all? Solid Soludo Solutions for Anambra state? Remains to be seen! Public opinion polls, what public opinion polls? I want some Onitsha Bread please!

[Rose]

Thanks, ILN, you said it all. Auspy memorizes information by rote but doesn't quite understand (and has no desire to learn) how to apply it. I know he's a big windbag but hope my consistency will cause him to reexamine his stance. I must admit this dude would make a helluva standup comedian tho.

It galls me that Obama is so blatant in his undermining of our struggling politicians...yet he wanted all Black hands on deck during his time of need. I'm on a crusade to bring all his deeds to light before the next election. Did you hear Gov. Wilder rejected Obama's advise on supporting a Democrat in the Virginia gubernatorial race? I believe he's peeved at what he's noticing as well but won't fully articulate the reasons behind his decision. Deval Patrick betta watch his arse too!

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...nt-back-deeds/

September 24, 2009
Despite pressure from Obama, Wilder won't back Deeds
Posted: September 24th, 2009

WASHINGTON (CNN) – Despite a personal phone call from President Obama urging him to do so, former Virginia governor Douglas Wilder said Thursday he will not endorse his fellow Democrat Creigh Deeds in this year's gubernatorial race.

Mayor Bloomberg didn't endorse or support Obama, yet he's signaling support for Bloomberg over Bill Thompson the same as he did for Cuomo last week. Why is he so afraid of being seen as "even-handed" when it comes to Black politicians? However, I'm pleased just about everyone is now taking note of his deceitfulness and it definitely snowballing.

Seems he given the go-ahead to "pile on" as far as dashing the aspirations of Bill Thompson for mayor.

Dems stay away from Thompson in droves

Bill Thompson is a lonely man. New York City's comptroller won his party's nomination for mayor, but Democratic big wigs are not rushing to help him win.

The holdouts start with President Obama, who found time to try to nudge Gov. Paterson out of next year's race, but hasn't endorsed Thompson and may not, his office says. In a trip to the city, Obama hailed incumbent Republican Michael Bloomberg as an "outstanding mayor."

Former Veep Al Gore went further, showing up at an environmental event with Bloomberg in what was an endorsement in all but name. Bloomy promptly turned the appearance into an ad.

Finally, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who is close to Bloomberg and has her own mayoral dream, has not backed anyone.

It would be nice to credit this wave of reluctance to a Democratic epiphany on the need for bipartisanship. No such luck.

More likely, it reflects that Bloomberg has governed as a liberal Democrat. He has feathered the nest of unions, and some policies, such as paying kids to go to school, are more radical than anything mainstream Dems favor.

Bloomberg also has a 16-point lead, and few pols want to get on the wrong side of the richest man in New York, especially if he is going to win. Obama aides reportedly said he would help Thompson only if the gap closed to low single digits.

That's a strange stance for a man who once trailed Hillary Rodham Clinton by 30 points. Then again, all politics is personal.

[I Love Nigeria]

Rose, I thank you as well.

There is a welter of support for the beleaguered Governor Paterson of the state of New York. And more and more of our people are beginning to verbalize and show discernment about our brother president.

Here is a debate on the Black Agent Report... A Journal of African American Political Thought and Action

White House vs. Gov Paterson: Is That Any Way to Treat a Brother?
Submitted by Glen Ford on Tue, 09/22/2009 - 20:42
http://www.blackagendareport.com/?q=...-treat-brother
* Black role models
* Obamarama
* Race loyal voting


David Paterson by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
People who remember the days when Black elected officials were scarce and low-ranked, might conclude that last week's spectacle is a good problem to have: A Black president carrying out the “political execution” of a Black state governor. But what does this episode say about Black voting strategies and the value of role models?

White House vs. Gov Paterson: Is That Any Way to Treat a Brother?
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford

“Race loyalty without reciprocity isn’t much of a deal.”
The nation’s First Black President has made it abundantly clear that he wants New York’s First Black Governor to forgo election next year.

In choreographed leaks to the press, the White House threw its weight to David Paterson’s most prominent Democratic challenger, state attorney general Andrew Cuomo, who maintains close ties to the Administration and has raised twice as much campaign money as the incumbent. (Then Lt. Gov. Paterson assumed the top spot when Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned amid a sex scandal in 2008.)

BAR has no favorite in this dispute, since Paterson and Obama are ideologically indistinguishable. Rather, the president’s unprecedented bullying of Paterson should represent a challenge to those African Americans that supported Obama because, in the words of crusading New York City councilman Charles Barron, “I just want to give a brother a shot.” Now, the only “shot” that “brother” Paterson will get at election in his own right is the coup de grace to his temple administered by President Obama.

When the white people have left the room, most African Americans on the Left, Right and in-between will confess that their support for Obama is rooted in race – a default position that has become dysfunctional with the advent of Obama and a whole crop of corporate-friendly Black politicos.In the past, race-based electoral loyalty served Black people rather well – when it was reciprocal. But Barack Obama harbors no such loyalties; Paterson was deemed a weak candidate, so he had to go.

“Race-loyal electoral politics has become dysfunctional with the advent of Obama and a whole crop of corporate-friendly Black politicos.”

No doubt there were strong hints to Paterson from on-high that he should bow out of the 2010 primary race, but they apparently didn’t register. So the White House sent an operative to transmit the president’s demand, and then delegated anonymous politicians to inform the press. It was an exercise in sheer political brutality. The New York Times gave the following version of the White House operative’s ultimatum to the governor:

“He said, ‘I am here at the direction of the president, and we have lost confidence in your ability to run for re-election and win, and we would strongly like you to reconsider. And if you decide to go ahead, you will not have our support.’”

Another rendition of the political execution went: “We want you to stand down. There is no path to success.”

Race Men and Women might ask, “Is that any way to treat a brother?”
Of course, Obama is like the character played by cable TV’s Stephen Colbert: he doesn’t see race. The point is, most of his Black supporters certainly do. Race loyalty without reciprocity isn’t much of a deal.

“Role model” politics is a variation on the racial loyalty theme. Black kids, the rational goes, need to see Black faces in high places – like governor and president – so their aspirations will soar. Paterson is not only Black, but legally blind, and thus doubly inspirational.

No matter. As far as the Obama White House is concerned, the president is Black role model enough. The rest are extraneous. Just ask Van Jones, and now, David Paterson, and other jettisoned “role models.”
“It was an exercise in sheer political brutality.”

It appears Black role modeling is in triage mode, with some role models being sacrificed for the sake of the uber-model in the White House.

Since role modeling is all about hierarchy – that is, Black upward mobility in various hierarchies – it is beyond question that higher-ranking role models are inherently more valuable than models of lower rank. That makes things simpler, since there is no discernible political difference between Gov. Paterson and President Obama.

Both can be counted on to buttress the Right at critical junctures, and seem to share an antipathy to the Left. In Paterson’s case, this tendency was most dramatically observed in his appointment of upstate Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand, the most right-wing member of the New York congressional delegation, to fill Hillary Clinton’s senate seat. That was a jaw-dropper, seemingly inexplicable and politically unnecessary – unless one was aware that the Obama White House had exercised its muscles to discouraged other Democrats from actively vying for the seat.

So, the two brothers came together to elevate – a right-wing white woman! Somehow, the role model/race loyalty chemistry isn’t working well, these days. Certainly not for David Paterson. Probably not for most African Americans.

No one that has grown up Black in American can fail to appreciate the internal logic of electoral race loyalty and the potential potency of racial role-modeling. The problem is, Barack Obama does not play by these rules. It is, for him, a one-sided game in which he takes, but never gives.

[Rose]

And here's the bottomline! Obama is doing what comes natural to him and "his". He is only comfortable extending respect and support to people who are not of African descent which I spotted during his campaign.

Race loyalty without reciprocity isn’t much of a deal.

No one that has grown up Black in American can fail to appreciate the internal logic of electoral race loyalty and the potential potency of racial role-modeling. The problem is, Barack Obama does not play by these rules. It is, for him, a one-sided game in which he takes, but never gives.

Prior to the election, Obama reached out to endorse a Georgia blue dog democratic over a more qualified Black woman...State Senator Regina Thomas.

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwa...8/06/19/obama/

As noted yesterday, Blue Dog Rep. John Barrow of Georgia has been one of the most enthusiastic enablers of the radical and lawless policies of the Bush administration. When running for re-election, he ran ads accusing his own party of wanting to "cut and run in Iraq," and was one of the 21 Blue Dogs to send a letter to Nancy Pelosi demanding that they be allowed to vote for the Rockefeller/Cheney Senate bill to give warrantless eavesdropping powers to the President and amnesty to lawbreaking telecoms.

As a result of all of that, Barrow faces a serious primary challenge in July from State Senator Regina Thomas, who decided to run against Barrow due to -- as she told Howie Klein when she announced -- "Barrow's failure to support his constituents against the encroachments of powerful Big Business interests." As Klein noted yesterday, Thomas' positions on both foreign and domestic policy are firmly in line with Barack Obama's views and with the Democratic base in that district, while Barrow has continuously supported the most extremist Bush policies, as he himself proudly boasts.

What makes this even more amazing is that, as the article notes, Barrow cynically waited until after Obama's sweeping primary victory in Georgia to endorse him. He did so only once he saw that Obama would likely be the nominee and obviously with the hope of having Obama encourage Barrow's sizable African-American constituency to support him. And now Obama turns around and intervenes in a Democratic primary on behalf of one of the worst Bush enablers in Congress -- not in order to help Barrow defeat an even-worse Republican, but to defeat a far better and plainly credible Democratic challenger.

[M. Akosa]

I always pray daily that God please should resist the temptation for me to fall for self defeating ideologies or into a box, in my way of thinking, perceptions and sense of judgement.

I now remember the words of Martin Luther King (Jnr) "I have a dream..... when people shall not be judged for the colors of their skin, but by the contents of their character."

I wonder why on earth anyone would choose to slander or blackmail President Obama, for not siding / blindly supporting Gov. Paterson, of New York State, even though it is obvious now by all political calculations so far, that he is weakest link?

Up till now, some (black) people are still finding it difficult to swallow Obama's predispositions, or natural tendencies and preferences of doing things. Forgeting that he is a career politician and a lawyer. He is not a social worker or humanitarian expert.

If he chooses to shed extra baggages that happens to be fellow black brothers and sisters, what is wrong with that?

I don't wish to be cynical, but, if it happens that David Paterson, loses his current job, with just only one term in office, so be it.
It is the will of God.
In sha' Allah.

[I Love Nigeria]

M. Akosa… We all wish that the America and even the entire world is color-blind and post-racial.

We all wish that nobody, Black or White is judged by color or mere pigment of skin. But, if you are really paying attention to the debate here… what we are saying is that Governor Paterson is faultless regarding the economy of the state of New York.

There are attempts against Governor Paterson right to run for re-election, and this is not on the facts, on the evidence nor on the merit of what he has done or the economic circumstances which he inherited.

Governor Paterson is being hounded and denigrated, because of THE COLOR of his skin and because of his disability (both of these are discriminatory)!

Governor Paterson unpopularity or lag in the public opinion polls, are not based on his acts or omission!

Governor Paterson is the first African American or person of African descent to be governor of New York and he was not directly elected, it should give you pause, whether his color and his “accidental route” to governorship, plays roles in why he is being hounded by those who thinks he does not belong there!

Governor Paterson is a lawyer just like President Obama … whatever the value of that is!

You and I, and all rational persons, want color-blind, post-racial world (America)! But we are not there yet.

You and President Obama should wonder why Obama himself is being treated with disrespect, disdain by the coagulated and ossified racial elements in America, throughout this summer… these elements who keep insisting that Obama is not an American, that Obama should have no right to give a pep-talk to American school children and that he is a communist for wanting to reform the dysfunctional health care system.

You must have heard of the “Birthers” and Glen Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Lou Dobbs, the Tea Baggers (Tea Party) and their followers of particular hue?

We cannot be ostriches with buried head in the sands. We cannot wish away the realities of racism. No need to pretend.

Are you aware that President Jimmy Carter and President Bill Clinton during the past few weeks have directly and pointedly addressed the racism by the radical and extreme rightwing of America attackers of President Obama?

So where is this color-blind and post-racial Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. society to be had?

President Obama and Governor Paterson are often viewed by their attackers, from jaundiced racial lenses!

All this, should make you want to ask, where is the much talked about color-blind society, post-racial society?

[M. Akosa]

Originally Posted by I Love Nigeria

M. Akosa…

So where is this color-blind and post-racial Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. society to be had?

President Obama and Governor Paterson are often viewed by their attackers, from jaundiced racial lenses!

All this, should make you want to ask, where is the much talked about color-blind society, post-racial society?

Big Bros Paul,

I know the world, even the the US is not color blind or post racial yet, but please let us (me & you) blind fold ourselves and ask, what is Gov. Paterson's popularity rating? What was Obama's popularity rating before he was elected as the president?

Sure, Gov. Paterson came in at a very bad time, when the economy of his state was in in a mess, but so far, what has he done to prove exceptional capacity? or that he can do better than his opponents?

Believe me, I am more than passionate about the redistribution of wealth and equal opportunity. I would dream that the Vatican be relocated to Onitsha.

But, please let us deal with reality here. I think President Obama is more than highly capable of making the right political calculations and choices.

I know Gov. Paterson will be hurt, just like so many others, who still continue to find themselves at loss in this supposedly post racial 21st century.

[Eja]

Rose, it warmed my heart to read you at #21 and #23. For a while, I had thought you were going over to join the pied piper klans who are still whistling songs of praise (out of every orfice) on behalf of the demonic askari named Barry Obama....

Why some still find it so hard to do simple joined up thinking is something that continues to baffle me. They will fulminate against Nigerian, Iranian, and Zimbabwean hypocrites and anti-human elements while they continue heaping praises on a man who is now certain to be the precursor to the next phase of entrenched corporate-fascism in the allegedly 'greatest country on Earth'.

They will condemn rigged elections and undue interference in regional governments by the center when it happens in places like Nigeria but will ignore the same events in Afghanistan and the good ol' USA.

Why I wonder....(not really, I already know why...)

[Rose]

Originally Posted by M. Akosa

Big Bros Paul,

I know the world, even the the US is not color blind or post racial yet, but please let us (me & you) blind fold ourselves and ask, what is Gov. Paterson's popularity rating? What was Obama's popularity rating before he was elected as the president?

Sure, Gov. Paterson came in at a very bad time, when the economy of his state was in in a mess, but so far, what has he done to prove exceptional capacity? or that he can do better than his opponents?

Believe me, I am more than passionate about the redistribution of wealth and equal opportunity. I would dream that the Vatican be relocated to Onitsha.

But, please let us deal with reality here. I think President Obama is more than highly capable of making the right political calculations and choices.

I know Gov. Paterson will be hurt, just like so many others, who still continue to find themselves at loss in this supposedly post racial 21st century.

M. Akosa,

You're also overlooking the fact that Obama is openly campaigning and angling for support for white governors who are lagging in the polls. Since he won't do the same for Paterson he should never have humiliated him in such a public fashion as it invites others to pile on as we are seeing today. You don't kick someone in your own party when they are down as the former Republican governor has stated. Obama has actually split the party because Blacks are mobilizing to reject Obama's pick at this time when it could have been a natural migration towards him had he won the primaries over Paterson. Last week's spectacle was straight up demoralizing, and he's also pissed in the face of those who have actually paid their dues in NY politics and the country as a whole. I feel Obama has also insulted Paterson's father (Basil) who worked tirelessly for the state and Blacks long before anyone ever heard of Obama. I have my personal beliefs about the roots and ease of Obama's particular brand of treachery towards Blacks but we aren't the only ones who realize what he did was patently wrong and I hope the favor is returned in due time.

Obama is deathly afraid to exhibit any signs of concern for people of African descent but other ethnic groups aren't bound by that logic and do not follow that example where their own are concerned because they understand there's strength in numbers. Obama's example also gives free rein to others who can now use him as their new poster boy/model. The only good thing to come out of this situation is he has shown his hand and heart early enough for it to truly sink in by the next go round. IMO Obama is going all out to allay the fears of whites by proving he will not be fair and balanced towards Blacks. I cannot express the depths of my feelings for this man at this juncture. Now won't it be interesting if the party has to ask Obama not to run for a second term so his challenger has a better shot at beating a Republican rival?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Paterson

Paterson became involved in Democratic politics in Harlem in the 1950s and 1960s. Along with former New York Mayor David Dinkins, former Manhattan Borough President Percy Sutton, and Congressman Charles Rangel, Paterson is a leader of the "Harlem Clubhouse," which has dominated Harlem politics since the 1960s.

In 1965, Paterson was elected to the New York State Senate representing the Upper West Side of New York City and Harlem.[8] He gave up his Senate seat in 1970 to run for Lieutenant Governor of New York, as the running mate of former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg. The Goldberg/Paterson ticket lost to the Republican ticket of incumbent Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and Lt. Gov. Malcolm Wilson.

In 1978, Paterson was appointed as a Deputy Mayor of New York City by then Mayor Ed Koch. He stepped down as deputy mayor in 1979 to become Secretary of State of New York, the first black person in the post, and served until the end of the Hugh Carey administration in 1982.

Currently, Paterson is a member of the law firm of Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C., where he is co-chair of the firm's labor practice.[9]

Paterson is the father of New York Governor David Paterson, who was elected Lieutenant Governor in 2006 on a ticket with Gov. Eliot Spitzer. David Paterson succeeded to the governor's office upon Spitzer's resignation on March 17, 2008. When his son became lieutenant governor, Basil Paterson said that fact may actually "get in the way" of his livelihood as a negotiator and lawyer for the Hospital Workers and Teamsters unions.[10]

[Auspicious]

Originally Posted by M. Akosa

..Sure, Gov. Paterson came in at a very bad time, when the economy of his state was in in a mess, but so far, what has he done to prove exceptional capacity?

BINGO!

That is the common-sense question that every sincere commentator on the issue concerning Governor Paterson's low-ratings should be asking.

But nuh-uhn, rather than doing anything like that, an ignoreable proportion of people out there continue to fight shadows about race and things.

The daftest person out there knows that race remains a big issue in America - that the society is hardly close to where the society really need be at.

Alas, only a foolhardly resident of this country would ignore the history and how far the society has come from the era of slave-trading till today.

The ones who view everything from the purview of racism like Rose will continue to deny themselves of the best that they are entitled to.

And the ones who exploit the real imbalances present in today's world for personal ratings will continue to be exposed for the quacks that they are.

In the meantime, those who matter and know what they are doing will continue doing what they are doing to the best of their individual abilities.

Paterson and Obama are both intelligent individuals with opinions, neither of whom need apologists or folks with racism-hangover to advice them.

If Paterson wins, we'd celebrate and hope to God the rest of his tenure in Albany will improve the lot of the people of the Great State of New York.

In the meantime, fingers crossed. Let those who have inherited the very hatred of those who persecuted their forebears continue their marination in hatred.

We know already that the only thing that informs their dogged stance as far as Barack H. Obama is concerned is nothing but his bi-racial heritage.

And, to make it worse, the other half of those who sired him is straight out Kenya - not 'their' prefered direct descendant of those shipped across the seas.

As if that makes any difference, really.

The anger of people who think like this will continue to box them into a tight-corner, while others who have freed themselves of the emotional chain rise like Obama.

As for the Author, he is a joke to be ignored, really.

Auspicious.

[Rose]

Originally Posted by Eja

Rose, it warmed my heart to read you at #21 and #23. For a while, I had thought you were going over to join the pied piper klans who are still whistling songs of praise (out of every orfice) on behalf of the demonic askari named Barry Obama....

Why some still find it so hard to do simple joined up thinking is something that continues to baffle me. They will fulminate against Nigerian, Iranian, and Zimbabwean hypocrites and anti-human elements while they continue heaping praises on a man who is now certain to be the precursor to the next phase of entrenched corporate-fascism in the allegedly 'greatest country on Earth'.

They will condemn rigged elections and undue interference in regional governments by the center when it happens in places like Nigeria but will ignore the same events in Afghanistan and the good ol' USA.

Why I wonder....(not really, I already know why...)

Eja,

Lawd knows I tried to get with the program and hoped like hell my instincts were off balance about Obama, but indeed his middle name is "Askari". Askaris are some dangerous mofos! And thanks for that link. Next week I plan on signing up as a volunteer for Gov. Paterson.

http://www.thegrio.com/2009/09/this-...rvers-have.php

Obama's self-interest behind rejection of Paterson
By Javier E. David

09/28/2009

http://www.thegrio.com/assets_c/2009...xauto-4304.jpg

Political observers have been treated to the recent rollicking spectacle of a sitting president defenestrating an incumbent governor (and a member of his own party no less). New York Governor David Paterson's sin? Being politically unpopular in a job for which he never asked, during a time of unprecedented challenges largely beyond his ability to manage them.

To be fair, it's customary for the White House to coordinate with party officials to field acceptable candidates at the state and local level. But the move against Paterson is unusual for the very insensitive and autocratic manner in which the president is diminishing an incumbent of his own party. The White House's intervention also deprives New York's voters of legitimate competition and a vigorous debate over who their next leader should be at a precarious time.

Even in light of Democrats' often-displayed penchant for anointing candidates rather than electing them, the president's move to marginalize David Paterson is extraordinary, though not entirely difficult to fathom. President Obama has a well-honed instinct for self-preservation and burnishing his public image. The downside is that the Paterson affair further undermines his carefully crafted yet chimerical image as a post-partisan reformer, and could even help the governor pick up a few sympathy votes.

[Auspicious]

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LOL!

Desperate, Soooo Desperate.

That is what Rose is at this point - so desperate to smear this bi-racial President whom her extreme race-infused views has poisoned her mind against, that she would rather go find another supremely jaundiced conservative commentator to quote to support her view of the President.

Who's next, Sarah Palin? (Prolly don't matter that she white, long as she a Obama Hater)

Auspicious.

[Rose]

Originally Posted by Auspicious

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LOL!

Desperate, Soooo Desperate.

That is what Rose is at this point - so desperate to smear this bi-racial President whom her extreme race-infused views has poisoned her mind against, that she would rather go find another supremely jaundiced conservative commentator to quote to support her view of the President.

Who's next, Sarah Palin? (Prolly don't matter that she white, long as she a Obama Hater)

Auspicious.

Michael Steele is next. hmmmm...even he "gets" it.

GOP chief hints racism involved in Obama, Paterson controversy
By Jimmy Orr | 09.21.09

It provided for some interesting TV watching yesterday:

The chair of the Republican party (an African-American) hinted that the President of the United States (an African-American) is opposed to the governor of New York (an African-American) seeking re-election because the governor is an African-American.

Weird? Yes. That’s how the GOP’s Michael Steele waded into the controversy over the White House’s intervention in the New York gubernatorial race.
Appearing on Face the Nation on Sunday, Steele was asked for his thoughts on the report that the president has encouraged embattled New York Governor David Paterson to step aside from next year’s primary.

“I found it to be stunning that the White House would send word to one of only two black governors in the country not to run for re-election,” Steele replied.

“I think Governor Paterson’s numbers are about the same as [New Jersey] Governor Jon Corzine’s numbers yet … I don’t know if there’s been a request made of Governor Corzine to step down in New Jersey.”

Baffled, Schiefer blurted, “You don’t think he’s asked him not to run because he’s black?”

“I don’t think that, but look, you have so few [black governors],” Steele said. “Look, if you’re saying it’s the numbers then why isn’t there a call for those other Democrat governors who have low numbers as well.”

“It’s just a curiosity for me,” Steele said.

Many find it curious that Obama got involved in this at all. Paterson’ is struggling politically as it is. More than 70 percent of New Yorkers don’t want him to run again. Even non-white voters don’t support him.

A White House nudge can help clear the field and prepare the way for a harmonious Democratic primary. But hints of presidential involvement in local politics don’t play particularly well in Albany or anywhere else.

Speaking of Albany, guess who’s greeting the president when Obama arrives in New York’s state capital this morning? You guessed it.

Paterson will be at the airport to officially “welcome” the president to his state. Obama is to give a speech in Troy.

[Rose]

Eja,

As you can see others are beginning to notice this same pattern with Barry Askari Obama.

This is nothing but Obama's cynical racial politics at work again. Let me take any opportunity to Break a Negro and shore up some credibility with the post Skip Gates White folk.

Patterson is weak and vulnerable and should have been handled in a better fashion. Kneecapping him in the middle of his administration is the ultimate example of Cynical racial politics because no WHITE DEMOCRATIC OFFICIAL would have had the courage to tell one of only two Black Governors not to Run for re-election. So Obama can easily be deployed to commit a clear political Black on Black crime. Pathetic and quite transparent to anyone not drunk with Obama Kool Aid.

Obama rewarded his white enemies and betrayers but publicly chooses to humiliate Paterson. He didn't even speak to him directly about this. Paterson may not have been an effective Gov and played dirty and lost BUT Obama could've handled this differently with the same result of withdrawing support. It looks petty and short-sighted.

Also, no one is looking for solidarity. I only ask of Obama what I would ask of any one else. However, Obama goes out of his way to dismiss blacks, just watch the following 12 minute piece from democracy Now!: http://www.democracynow.org/2009/9/14/naomi_kle...

He also dismisses white progressives because -like blacks- they're his most loyal supporters and he can politically afford to abuse and betray them given their cult support.

He does this to seek the approval of people that don't wholeheartedly like him like rural/Independent voters. Also, dismissing progressives and blacks is just his cowardly way to combat the misinformation campaign the right has waged against him by claiming he's a radical black leftist. Instead of standing on principle, he beats up the people the right hates.

[I Love Nigeria]

….the state only has one governor at a time and these are very difficult and challenging times and elections are elections but for the next 15 months at least, Governor Paterson is the leader of this state. He’s the leader of all of us and I think every one of us should try to help him as he and the legislature face the enormous challenges our state and our country faces.”
http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/a...portrait-form/

Pataki was joined by lots of faces from his administration including secretaries Brad Race and John Cahill, his economic development Czar Charles Gargano, as well as a slew of former press people and political supporters including Joe Bruno and several Assembly Republicans.

Pataki poked some good-natured fun at himself, noting that the idea for the setting, on the porch of his home in Garrison overlooking the Hudson River, was developed by the artist as well as his daughter Emily who suggested the porch. “As is usually the case, I’m in the picture but others came up with the ideas,” he said, adding, “I actually had a few myself.”

The former governor also sparked some laughs when he demurred on questions about whether he may get back in the game and challenge Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand for the US Senate.

“I’m not going to speculate on questions. It would be premature to answer a hypothetical,” he said, prompting Daily News reporter Ken Lovett to chuckle, that he was having a “Real big flashback.”

(In contrast with David Paterson who has what could be described as a somewhat unpredictable, almost stream-of-consciousness style when it comes to answering questions, Pataki was famously, depending on how one viewed it, tight-lipped or disciplined when it came to staying on message, or deferring questions.)

Pataki did offer some encouragement to Paterson, saying “We don’t always see eye to eye on issues … but the state only has one governor at a time and these are very difficult and challenging times and elections are elections but for the next 15 months at least, Governor Paterson is the leader of this state. He’s the leader of all of us and I think every one of us should try to help him as he and the legislature face the enormous challenges our state and our country faces.”

[Rose]

Originally Posted by I Love Nigeria

….the state only has one governor at a time and these are very difficult and challenging times and elections are elections but for the next 15 months at least, Governor Paterson is the leader of this state. He’s the leader of all of us and I think every one of us should try to help him as he and the legislature face the enormous challenges our state and our country faces.”
http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/a...portrait-form/

Pataki was joined by lots of faces from his administration including secretaries Brad Race and John Cahill, his economic development Czar Charles Gargano, as well as a slew of former press people and political supporters including Joe Bruno and several Assembly Republicans.

Pataki poked some good-natured fun at himself, noting that the idea for the setting, on the porch of his home in Garrison overlooking the Hudson River, was developed by the artist as well as his daughter Emily who suggested the porch. “As is usually the case, I’m in the picture but others came up with the ideas,” he said, adding, “I actually had a few myself.”

The former governor also sparked some laughs when he demurred on questions about whether he may get back in the game and challenge Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand for the US Senate.

“I’m not going to speculate on questions. It would be premature to answer a hypothetical,” he said, prompting Daily News reporter Ken Lovett to chuckle, that he was having a “Real big flashback.”

(In contrast with David Paterson who has what could be described as a somewhat unpredictable, almost stream-of-consciousness style when it comes to answering questions, Pataki was famously, depending on how one viewed it, tight-lipped or disciplined when it came to staying on message, or deferring questions.)

Pataki did offer some encouragement to Paterson, saying “We don’t always see eye to eye on issues … but the state only has one governor at a time and these are very difficult and challenging times and elections are elections but for the next 15 months at least, Governor Paterson is the leader of this state. He’s the leader of all of us and I think every one of us should try to help him as he and the legislature face the enormous challenges our state and our country faces.”

It's good hear Pataki and know decent folks have the state's best interest at heart.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/25/nyregion/25rudy.html

Rudolph W. Giuliani, the subject of fevered speculation about whether he will run for governor, was asked on Thursday what he thought of President Obama’s efforts to discourage Gov. David A. Paterson from seeking election in 2010. “Oh gosh,” Mr. Giuliani said, a sly grin on his face. “I don’t interfere in Democratic politics when I shouldn’t.”

Then he proceeded to do just that.

“The president hasn’t advised me on what I should do, nor has he told me I shouldn’t run,” Mr. Giuliani went on, a detectible hint of schadenfreude in his voice. “So I’m free and clear to make my own decision.”

Mr. Giuliani then observed that Mr. Obama’s involvement in the governor’s race had certainly put Mr. Paterson in a tough spot:

“That’s an awful lot of pressure to put on a governor, the president of the United States telling you not to run for office.”

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Meanwhile, as others are looking to 'enemies' (like Guilliani) for inspiration,

News coming from across the border reveal a close tie between rivals.

Those who came to town for Corzine knew what they were doing.

At 17% approval rating, you are more or less dead as a Dodo.

Even the Alaskan Barbie Doll knew when the game was up.

Auspicious.

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Poll: New Jersey gubernatorial race a virtual tie
Posted: October 6th, 2009 05:31 AM ET | LINK

WASHINGTON (CNN) – A month before Election Day, New Jersey’s Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine is now in a virtual tie with his Republican challenger, according to a new poll out Tuesday.

Forty-four percent of likely New Jersey voters support Corzine while 43 percent support Republican Chris Christie. Four percent say they will vote for independent candidate Chris Daggett, and five percent are undecided.

“With the start of an advertising blitz and the raw exposure of the debate [last week], the race has tightened to a dead heat,” said Peter Woolley, director of the Fairleigh Dickinson University Public Mind poll released Tuesday.

In a Fairleigh Dickinson survey released a month ago, Christie held a 5 point lead over Corzine, 47 percent to 42 percent, in a two-person race, with 6 percent unsure. Christie was also ahead by 6 points in the Fairleigh Dickinson poll conducted in July.

Tuesday’s survey of 667 likely New Jersey voters statewide and was conducted by telephone from September 28 through October 5 and has a sampling error of plus or minus four percentage points.
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[I Love Nigeria]

October 7, 2009
Mayor Candidate Feels Cold Shoulder From Obama
By MICHAEL BARBARO

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/07/ny...gewanted=print

To bolster Democratic prospects, President Obama has tried to elbow New York’s governor, David A. Paterson, out of next year’s race, and has thrown his weight behind New Jersey’s governor, Jon S. Corzine, in next month’s election.

Then there is the mayoral race in New York City.

Here, the president has all but ignored the Democrat running on a message of change and embraced the incumbent running on the Republican ballot on Nov. 3.

Confused?

So is William C. Thompson Jr., the Democratic nominee for mayor this fall.

Since Mr. Obama’s election, Mr. Thompson, the city’s comptroller, has found his attempts to piggyback on Mr. Obama’s popularity thoroughly drowned out by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who has tethered himself to the new president.

Mr. Bloomberg has met with the president four times since his inauguration, held public events with four of his cabinet members, and heaped praise on the new administration at every turn, no matter how mundane the occasion.

“Superb move,” Mr. Bloomberg declared in a press release after Mr. Obama created the obscure-sounding job of chief performance officer at the White House.

On Tuesday, he accepted the endorsement of a close Obama ally, John D. Podesta, who ran Mr. Obama’s transition team last fall. The mayor’s conspicuous courtship of the president and his allies has deprived Mr. Thompson of a natural advantage in an election in which he enjoys painfully few of them. He trails Mr. Bloomberg in name recognition, money, endorsements and, now, love from the nation’s top Democrat.

After meeting with Mr. Obama in the Oval Office recently to discuss education, Mr. Bloomberg, a billionaire former media mogul, said he and the president “have a lot in common.”

Mr. Thompson, the city’s first black comptroller, begs to differ. “The mayor thinks that if he stands close enough to Obama, people will mistake him for the president,” he said. “That’s not going to happen, trust me.”

At stake, for Mr. Bloomberg and Mr. Thompson, is much more than photo ops and bragging rights. Support from the popular president could transform what now seems to be a lopsided race, giving Mr. Thompson a needed boost in the polls or further solidifying Mr. Bloomberg’s commanding lead.

There may be little upside for Mr. Obama to weigh in to a local race whose outcome would have little bearing on his agenda in Washington and choosing the losing candidate would diminish his standing a year before crucial mid-term elections.

But the White House has left the door open, saying that the president would not rule out an endorsement in the New York City mayor’s race.

So both candidates are quietly — or not so quietly — jockeying for the president’s blessing. Mr. Thompson’s campaign manager traveled to Washington a few months ago to meet with a senior White House official and make the case for a presidential endorsement.

At first blush, Mr. Thompson seems like the obvious choice. The president and the comptroller share party affiliation, race and a political pedigree. (Mr. Obama rose through Chicago’s Democratic machine; Mr. Thompson marched through New York’s.)

Early in the presidential campaign, Mr. Bloomberg privately complained that Mr. Obama was “inexperienced at running things” and “too willing to make political compromises,” according to a new biography of the mayor, “Mike Bloomberg: Money, Power, Politics” (PublicAffairs, 2009), by Joyce Purnick, a former columnist and metropolitan editor for The New York Times.

Even when it became clear Mr. Obama would prevail, Mr. Bloomberg refused to endorse him, and he repeatedly praised his Republican rival, Senator John McCain, a personal friend.

Mr. Thompson, by contrast, eagerly endorsed Mr. Obama and briefly volunteered for him in Pennsylvania. “Billy has a natural lineage to an Obama-like candidacy,” said Al Sharpton, who is close to both Mr. Obama and Mr. Thompson.

“But,” he added, “the mayor has a much bigger megaphone to broadcast his relationship with the president, which makes it seem bigger than it probably is.”

That handicap has been on vivid display on the campaign trail, where Mr. Thompson describes waiting in line for two hours to vote for Mr. Obama, an experience he says helped motivate him to run for mayor.

At a union hall the story brought the mostly black audience to their feet. “There is a man who sits in Washington — his name is Barack Obama — because of people like you!” he thundered. “In New York City, we can do the same thing!”

“Yes we can!” the workers shouted.

Unfortunately for Mr. Thompson, nobody outside the room heard it.

But here’s what 300,000 people did hear: that Mr. Bloomberg had endorsed Mr. Obama’s health care plan.

Only a handful of people attended the press conference in Washington where Mr. Bloomberg announced it. But the mayor’s campaign paid for automated telephone calls, known as robo-calls, to 300,000 numbers to spread the word. “Like President Obama, Mayor Bloomberg says it’s time to put politics aside,” said the voice of a campaign worker on the recording.

Soon after, the mayor’s campaign mailed out a brochure quoting Arne Duncan, Mr. Obama’s secretary of education, praising New York City’s public schools for making “real progress” under Mr. Bloomberg.

Of course, publicity alone does not explain the mayor’s close ties to the Obama White House. Aides to the both men said they are, in many ways, kindred spirits, focused on postpartisan politics (in theory, if not always in practice), public health and environmental sustainability.

Indeed, the president has called Mr. Bloomberg an “outstanding mayor.”

Cory A. Booker, the mayor of Newark, said Mr. Bloomberg’s success was indisputable, even to Democrats, who would like to take back control of City Hall. “At some point, you have to stop looking at party and start looking at progress,” he said as he ticked off Mr. Bloomberg’s accomplishments.

Still, White House aides said they have been taken aback by the onslaught of attention from the Bloomberg administration.

One adviser said the president’s office had been bombarded with requests by Mr. Bloomberg’s office for joint press conferences and meetings. “For every one thing we do with them, we turned down five of them,” said the adviser, who spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid offending the mayor.

The White House would welcome similar overtures from Mr. Thompson. But so far, they have been limited at best. “There will be opportunities to do things with the White House,” Mr. Thompson said in an interview.

His supporters are wagering that voters will look past White House meetings and presidential name-dropping when casting a ballot in the mayor’s race.

“In this race, Bill is the anti-establishment candidate who represents change,” said David Pollak, who ran Mr. Obama’s campaign in New York. “Mr. Bloomberg is the status quo candidate.”

Inside the union hall where Mr. Thompson spoke, Marissa Green, a city employee, said she saw parallels between Mr. Thompson and Mr. Obama.

“They are both about change,” she said. And, she added, “Nobody thought Barack Obama would ever be president, did they?”

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@ILN, Corey Booker is the same make-up as Obama so it's relatively easy for them align themselves with nonblacks at our expense. However, Blacks always bring them to the dance but this is usually how it turns out. Isn't it interesting how Bloomberg "tethered" himself to Obama but wouldn't support him whatsoever during the campaign. Obama is setting the tone (for now) and others are "gleefully" heeding his call to assist in sidelining Black goals and aspirations. IMO the best thing about Obama is he serves as the "ultimate" wake-up call for people of African descent and I hope our bellies are full of him the next time he comes knocking.

Obama's clearly not "worth" it!

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Ouch!

Bleeding Hearts..

Too bad ain't nuthin they kin do bout it.

Progress is on the March, leaving Naysayers bahind.

Auspicious.