Living The Dream

With the recent passing of a Black greats national holiday occurring concurrently alongside miniscule attention paid to said leaders angst towards his home lands social structuring, and malevolent foreign policy, while insidiously being intertwined into the presidential race, it is germane to look at how far we have really come, and where we are really at via aspects of Election 08.

A mere two weeks ago, the inevitable that many denied still existed and decried as a relic of the past arose from its tranquilized slumber. Race. The techniques of its awaking seemed akin to the smacking of a dazed boxer in the middle rounds of a prize fight, by a trainer who had placed substantial wagers upon his pugilist reigning victorious.

After Isiah Thomas (well not that bad) like mismanagement of a near guaranteed presidential nomination, Hillary Clinton had been placed in the precarious position of trying to find a way to criticize Americas favorite One Drop rule reaffirming Black Man. In every true since of the word it was and continues to be a unenviable position. How do you degrade your very strong opponent with out alienating a large segment of those your support you need reach your ultimate goal, and yet acknowledge and replicate common societal pretences to place numerical majorities at ease? The heir to the Clinton dynasty faces quite the conundrum so to speak.

Her first truly well publicized attempt a proverbial stab at Obama came in the form of a triad like inference best explained in such a equation: Dr. Martin Luther King and Barack Obama are historically great orators, Obama is no King however, and even King needed a remarkable president to take his movement to the highest levels government and transform his "dream" into reality. I (Hillary) am that potential president that has the skill set along side the desire and will necessary to accomplish such great feats. Got it? Trust its simple once you think about it.

What followed was utter, if not expected, lunacy acted out by the 4th Estate. Clinton was strongly accused of interjecting race into what was previously an idyllic, read delusional presidential campaign. She was forced to engage in a media blitzkrieg to down play erroneous assumptions gleaned from her statements. Knowing any strong element or racial discourse revolving around his campaign would be like direct sunlight shed upon mogwais, Barack championed the Clintons civil rights record, while painful acknowledging what they have "done" for Black people.

Unleashed by a fraudulent Gulf of Tonkin like moment, the insidious status quo sanctioned vernacular of racial dialogue appeared from behind the curtain. Restrictive, belittling terms such as "race card" and "race baiting" returned to the news cycle prominence in all their inaccuracy. Ironically a more direct, but still debatably honest quote by former president Bill Clinton where he referred to Obama's on going campaign as a "fairytale"was moved aside for the broader façade of a racial discussion.

Discourse was stimulated by a living testament to the fact that no matter how much wealth a Black man attains he still is highly susceptible to doing the bidding of White people. After birthing the abomination know as B.E.T and being a card carrying member of the profit over principle crowd, you would hope he had damn near no credibility with the Black voting masses and would be booed off stage like an obese exotic dancer. Instead sadly without a chorus of jeering he stumped for the Clinton and wrapped his assertion that Obama was getting fucked up in the hood while the "Clintinnsss" where "hellllping usssss" in a invisible veil (guess he decided it was better than the thin one). Of course he took the brunt of the deserved criticism for his words, but like stricken testimony at trail, his projected image of the Illinois Senator remains with the voting judge and jury that is our populace.

These events have crafted some serious social, political, and yes racial questions.

If your Black, why do you love the Clintons, Bill in particular?

Is it because the media tells you that you do? Is it the "He was the first Black president mantra" so popularized by all facets of society? Why do they say that? Because he was a weed smoking womanizer with "soul" ? Is it because life was better under Clinton leadership and you completely ignore are unaware of the laws he helped to enact that drastically reduced the quality of life of millions? If you answered yes to any of these questions go purchase a copy or Randall Robinson's book "The Debt" now

Moving on from the Clintons, why are we constantly told that Obama is running for President of the United States of America not "Black America"?

Please let the author know that it is not necessary to have an intelligence questioning above 137 to understand that "American Politics" means Whit eeerrrrr "European American politics " and Black issues can be damned.

The cries of one unified America are released from all fathomable areas of this nation, yet when problems that ravage massive portions of the "citizenry are pushed aside or discredited as not being "serious" issues. This precludes us from your America, because the perils of Black America aren't recognized as American issues, but purely Black ones, no matter how the state might have help create or is currently involved in any of these problems. The troubling dictum that politics or environment have nothing to do with solely personally inflicted ills of Black America still remains champion, and would like some polish for its belt.

The media spin placed upon the Democratic presidential race along with the successes of Obama's campaign have caused a considerable amount of Black support to convert their allegiance to the Illinois senator's side. No matter how pretty the face of blind faith is, there can be no denial that once again Blacks are placing there support behind another politician who due to strategy, heart or pure pragmatism, refuses to address issues the disproportionately affect them.

Yes as the common great leap of faith adage goes Obama might be "doing what he has to do to get elected, and will look out for us when he gets in there" hmmm ummm maybe. I wouldn't put any money on that bet either way, but would lend advice that those basing such a theory on the "You can't tell me nothing presidency" of G. Dubba should take note of history's showing that he has ramped up the say one thing do another scale to nearly unseen before levels, and that Republicans generally always have far more leeway then their Democratic counterparts.

The truly funny thing is no matter what Obama does, his only mortal sin would be alienating European American voters. What's the easiest way to do that? Spend to much time talking about issues that disproportionally effect or seem akin to Black America. Vocalize to much compassion for non establishment issues you become invaluable at best, threatening at worst to a large swath of the White electorate

These events say a lot about America, and acceptable assimilation into social structures, and yes, that we are still living Dream.

Just for Clarity …

Edwards >>>>> Obama, Clinton

Edwards >>> over anyone not name Kucinich or McKinney (If at all possible)

Obama >>>>>>>>>>> any Republican Candidate

Hillary >>>>>> Romney, Giuliani, Huckabee

Hillary / McCain = Push…

Post Racial Politics = B.S