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Wednesday, November 07, 2012

President Obama Wins


I feel like I did when O.J. Simpson got acquitted of  the Nicole Simpson murder. I really felt like he was guilty, or at least was an accomplice to the crime. I was happy that a black man had utilized the court system to his advantage. But was this the best use of our combined influence as a race?  We showed up to support him in record numbers. Just like we did for President Barack Obama. As it turns out it wasn't repaid. Soon as O.J. was released from jail he ran to the other side seeking forgiveness. I feel the same way now. It  started with the acceptance speech. Blacks are still at the front of the list when it comes to broken promises.

This time I voted for the president. For one reason, and one reason only. He is the same color as me. I think he was used last time by both parties to do their dirty work. I found myself with nowhere to turn. Both parties took a hands off approach to issues I felt were important. There are a lot more "Log Cabin Republicans" than you think. And who do you think Consuela the housekeeper and Pedro the groundskeeper work for? Certainly not blacks or other Hispanics. They are the new "Help" in this country. And the boyfriends don't come and rob the house when you go on vacation. If anything they tear off and replace your roof and clean it up over the weekend. When you return all you do is pay them for what they did. And thank Consuelo or Pedro for referring them.

After four years thus far. The country is crying about unemployment being almost 8 percent. For blacks it's in double digits. How do people survive without doing something? Black on black crime is at its highest. A cottage industry depends on aborting our babies, or providing them with daycare. Those blessed to be born, are more than 70 % likely to be born out of  wedlock. Blacks don't see the problem with that. Good thing you can keep your children on your insurance until they get 26 yrs. old. Since the outlook for them getting a good job with benefits are so poor. With lower interest rates on college loans. Are we encouraging professional students? Keep going to school since you can't find a job. At least the one you want. With benefits being extended to same-sex couples. Traditional marriages are likely to decline.

In spite of being at the bottom of every list. Blacks are celebrating the most. I know this administration prides itself on diversity. But does that still include blacks? It's like once a year Michelle has her country cousins over to the Whiehouse. None of the toss up states were in the South. They didn't even matter. It appears just like his efforts they were geared toward the East. The North is ran by the unions. As long as he doesn't tackle immigration. The West takes care of itself. Once again off the backs of the blacks. President Obama wins.

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4 comments:

  1. They weren't on the ballot and they weren't backed by a super PAC, but the list of Tuesday's other winners could fill binders.

    (Sorry. Couldn't resist.)

    President Barack Obama captured the Electoral College and albeit barely, the popular vote. But geeks, gals and gays were among those who had reasons to cheer Tuesday.

    Here are five victors worth noting.

    The M in STEM education, thanks to statistician Nate Silver.

    The 34-year-old economics major and author of the wildly popular blog fivethirtyeight.com correctly predicted, state by state, how the Electoral College votes would go and proved that nerds rule.

    The United States lags behind 51 other countries in teaching science, technology, engineering and math, the fields where the fastest-growing and best-paying jobs will be.

    Kids, have you considered a career as a psephologist? (That's an election scientist.)

    Equality: This generation's civil rights movement, 1. Hyper-religious, ultraconservative, anti-gay Neanderthals, 0. Wisconsin's Tammy Baldwin became the first openly gay senator. Ballot initiatives to allow same-sex marriage were approved in Maine and Maryland and might pass in Washington State, where the votes are still being tallied.

    Everything you should have learned in eighth grade, also known as civics. Ask how many votes it takes to win the Electoral College and chances are, you'll get the right answer. Yes, a Romney-Biden administration was possible.

    Susan B. Anthony, Fannie Lou Hamer, the Voting Rights Act, in what states it's illegal to Instagram your ballot — it's all now in Americans' database, mostly because the factoids were Facebooked between the latest cat meme and girls preening in photos shot in bathroom mirrors.

    Elections: Hurricane Sandy scattered voters, demolished polling places and forced the East Coast to think outside the ballot box; in New Jersey, voters could e-mail or fax their ballots. The process was a huge mess and hundreds of votes probably didn't get counted, but we've got until the next congressional elections to fix it.
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    By 2032, we'll be able to scrunch our eyes shut, visualize our pick for president, and the big scanners in the cloud will record our thoughts as a vote.

    Women: The Senate now has 20 female members, more than ever before. Parity is still a dream, but Tuesday's gains added five more sets of lady bits to the testicular-dominated dialogue on reproductive rights. Bonus: Richard Mourdock of Indiana (rape + pregnancy = God's will), Missouri Rep. Todd Akin (legitimate rape) and Illinois' Rep. Joe Walsh (abortion never saves a woman's life), all Republicans, lost.

    Ultimately, Republicans: The GOP has no choice but to toss their Betamax tapes and switch to a post-Blu-Ray format that can attract women, blacks, Latinos, Asians, other ethnic minorities and voters under 40, constituencies who picked Obama. Mitt Romney ruled with older voters, white voters and, not surprisingly, old white voters.

    We deserve options, but we have none when third-party candidates are perpetually dissed and when one party has moved so far right, it's about to turn the bend and come in from the left.

    Senator John Cornyn of Texas, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, conceded as much, saying Republicans "have a period of reflection and recalibration ahead …"

    You think?

    The voters' choice is a refudiation (Again, I couldn't resist.) of the GOP canard that America must be taken back (from whom, they won't say). More than 47 percent of voters, it seems, care about climate change, energy independence, immigration reform and other issues that Republicans ignored or denied, but Obama promises to tackle in his second term.

    Romney's defeat is the perfect opportunity to use the word schadenfreude, but I'll resist. (Oops. I just used it.)

    Gloating and jokes aside, our nation can't afford another four years of partisan bickering. America must be "greater than the sum of our individual ambitions," as Obama said in his acceptance speech.

    If America has any chance to "keep the promise of our founders," Republicans must help build that.

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