BET founder links Obama's success, race

[Dos Equis]

I get the feeling he doesn't like Obama.    

BET founder links Obama's success, race

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Wading back into the Democratic presidential race, Black Entertainment Television founder Robert Johnson said Monday that Barack Obama would not be his party's leading candidate if he were white. Mr. Johnson, a longtime friend of Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton, was criticized in January for making what some called a thinly veiled reference to Mr. Obama's teenage drug use.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/national/stories/DN-trailmix_15pol.ART.State.Edition1.469f51b.html

This is the same guy who said this in South Carolina:

“And to me, as an African-American, I am frankly insulted that the Obama campaign would imply that we are so stupid that we would think Hillary and Bill Clinton, who have been deeply and emotionally involved in black issues since Barack Obama was doing something in the neighborhood –­ and I won’t say what he was doing, but he said it in the book –­ when they have been involved.”
Moments later, he added: “That kind of campaign behavior does not resonate with me, for a guy who says, ‘I want to be a reasonable, likable, Sidney Poitier ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.’ And I’m thinking, I’m thinking to myself, this ain’t a movie, Sidney. This is real life.”

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/bet-chief-raps-obama-in-sc/

[Parker]

I get the feeling he doesn't like Obama.    

BET founder links Obama's success, race

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Wading back into the Democratic presidential race, Black Entertainment Television founder Robert Johnson said Monday that Barack Obama would not be his party's leading candidate if he were white. Mr. Johnson, a longtime friend of Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton, was criticized in January for making what some called a thinly veiled reference to Mr. Obama's teenage drug use.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/national/stories/DN-trailmix_15pol.ART.State.Edition1.469f51b.html

This is the same guy who said this in South Carolina:

“And to me, as an African-American, I am frankly insulted that the Obama campaign would imply that we are so stupid that we would think Hillary and Bill Clinton, who have been deeply and emotionally involved in black issues since Barack Obama was doing something in the neighborhood –­ and I won’t say what he was doing, but he said it in the book –­ when they have been involved.”
Moments later, he added: “That kind of campaign behavior does not resonate with me, for a guy who says, ‘I want to be a reasonable, likable, Sidney Poitier ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.’ And I’m thinking, I’m thinking to myself, this ain’t a movie, Sidney. This is real life.”

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/bet-chief-raps-obama-in-sc/

Duh, I said this months ago..."The Cool Black Man's Pass". He's cool, and it's cool to be a black man like Obama.

[drkaje]

It's amost time for blacks to attack him for being 1/2 African and not a "real negro". Didn't use the N-word because I can't remember what the rules are on that.

I'm wondering where his Anita Hill is.........

[Dos Equis]

I'm wondering where his Anita Hill is.........

Probably in the process of setting up her next victim.   

[drkaje]

It's just a matter of time. The only question is how high profile they will be. He actually does have a chance at the nomination so they probably fear him and would rather he go away quietly than diminish their status. It will take knowing he won't get the nod before everyone else piles on but I'm curious who will stab him in the back first. My guess is Jesse Jackson or that one guy with the wierd name from the NAACP.

[24KT]

Wars fought by proxy are nothing new. Nations do it, ...and as we can see... democratic candidates do it too.