Obama is running for second place

Barack Obama is in second place for the Democratic party nomination. I think this demonstrates how far African Americans have advanced in American politics. Yes, its very exciting to see Barack Obama gain support from not just blacks but voters of other races. However, it still proves there is a fear in white America that a black man is acquiring too much power. The silent fear of some white voters is that Obama actually has a serious chance of becoming America’s first black president.

I will never witness something so special like Barack Obama’s presidental campaign in Canadian politics. Although Canada attempts to frame itself as an open minded nation very few black Canadians have ever been elected to the Canadian Parliament. Black Canadians we are treated as though we are the other. There are only 600,000 blacks in Canada.

I am glad Obama is reaching out to the 18 to 34 demographic of black voters. I think its important he do this to remind young black people in America that their voices can be heard through voting. If you don’t vote you have no voice.

Other blacks in the past such as Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have run for the Democratic party nomination but hardly gained any support. It is also interesting that Jackson, Sharpton, and Andrew Young the old black civil rights guard are now attacking Senator Obama. During the Jena six march in Jena Lousiana Jesse Jackson criticized  Obama saying that he’s “trying to act white”. Of course the mainstream media jumped on this story. I don’t know why? Just because Jackson and Obama are African Americans doesn’t mean they are going to share the same philosophy. There is still the collective myopic sense of thinking that all blacks think the same and that is deleterious. Some of the old civil rights guard fear Senator Obama because he’s younger more successful and they are a bit jealous of his success.

Does anyone wonder why? It is because Jackson, Sharpton,and Young support the Clintons they are also about maintaining the status quo. Senator Obama wants real change in American society and as much as the old black civil rights guard claim they want change. I think Jackson, Young, and Sharpton, fear Senator Obama because they view him as the unknown. So, the old black civil rights guard are content with the status quo and that means white liberals such as the Clintons.

If the old civil rights guard wants to support the Clintons they are allowed to and that’s fine. However, I just don’t like it when they preach this garbage that the Clintons are “blacker” then Obama. Give me a break please. The Clintons may have “some” sympathy for African Americans. However, last time I checked Senator Obama is a black man and the Clintons are typical white American liberals. The Clintons are also centralists. Hillary Clinton pays careful attention to the polls she will do anything the polls say.

The Clintons are shrewd they are letting the old civil rights guard do their dirty work for them. I just hope people are cognizant of this fact. The Clintons know Jackson, Sharpton, and Andrew Young very well they most likely told them to bash Obama to try to get more black votes. It is the classic divide and conquer strategy. I just cringe when I hear old civil rights guard bash Obama because I know what they are doing. The Clintons are using the old black civil rights leaders to split the black vote in their favour. The good thing is that many young black voters are going to vote this time. There is a heighten awareness and I believe they are sick and tired of these old goats such as Sharpton, Jackson, and Young with their pretentious and patronizing attitudes. Why don’t Jackson, Young, and Jackson go somewhere into a pasture and expire?

I have read articles in the USA press using racist language that Obama is “articulate.” Yes, we know Obama is intelligent but when the white American media uses language such as that they are really saying Obama isn’t too “in your face” kind of a black man.

Michelle Obama is the secret to Barack’s success because without her I don’t think Barack would gain much attention with the African American community. Michelle makes Barack palatable to the black Americans. Does anyone actually believe black men and especially black American women would support Obama if his wife was not black? Obama’s family is the perfect symbol of the heterosexual middle class black nuclear family. Heterosexual black magazines such as Ebony and Essence have splashed numerous photo spreads of the Obama family. The Obama family is the new version of young, perfect, black, heterosexual family that is acceptable to the black American press. And in a way I think Mr. and Mrs. Obama should be celebrated. Here you have a young black American man that wants to live the American dream.

Maybe Senator Obama may not win the Democratic party nomination but at least he’s trying to. At least Senator Obama is demonstrating to young blacks that we can shatter the glass ceiling. Why should the president of the United States always be a white male? Why should we just accept this status quo? I think this is the real issue here the fear of change that upsets some conservative American voters.

It is very interesting to read the covert racist articles from so called political experts that claim Senator Obama doesn’t have enough political experience. What about Hillary Clinton? Does anyone actually believe this woman would be so popular if she wasn’t a former first lady and her husband wasn’t a former United States President? What has Hillary Clinton really accomplished on her own then riding on her husband’s fame? Senator Obama actually earned his success unlike Hillary Clinton. Well if black people just listened to whites and did not fight for our rights wouldn’t we still be in an era of social and political apartheid?

The white liberal media are saying that Senator Obama should “wait his turn” and they don’t want him to “split the Democratic Party vote.” Why can’t the so called political experts just be honest and real for five seconds? There is a subconscious fear among some whites that Senator Obama may actually have a real chance to win the Democratic Party nomination. Of course the so called white liberals want to maintain the status quo. Oh yes, black people we should “wait our turn forever” and let “whiteness reign supreme”. Its like give me a break. I hate it when covert racists cannot be honest and real.

I honestly don’t believe Obama could receive this kind of positive press in the black American media if he wasn’t married to a black woman. Michelle Obama’s endosement of her husband Barack is critical to his success. I also believe it proves that the race of a spouse is very important in American politics. Now some people may say that in the 21st century race doesn’t matter. Race always matters in American politics my dear readers. Michelle is Barack’s rock without her he wouldn’t have a chance of winning. Black American women would not support Barack if he was married to a white woman and that’s a fact.

Also remember readers Obama is half white he has a white mother and don’t think white Democratic voters don’t know this fact. Since Obama is biracial he’s viewed as a different “kind” of black and the American media try to pump him up as a symbol of diversity that can “bridge” both the white and black communities.

Well Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are certainly very intelligent black men as well. The code word “articulate” should really be saying “Obama doesn’t scare white people.” Some white Americans really don’t like Jackson and Sharpton because they speak their minds and they say what they believe in. And they really don’t care if they offend white America. The white American media have attempted to paint Jackson and Sharpton as too outspoken, too controversial, and lets be honest too black. I know Sharpton and Jackson are not perfect but they have done a lot good for the black community.

Obama is the new kid on the block and for a small segment of white American voters he’s viewed as a “safe black” and a “non threatening” mixed race black man. Obama’s kind of black but not all the way black.

Obama has done the unthinkable he has gained support but not enough to pass Hillary Clinton. I think Hillary Clinton will definitely win the Democratic nomination and if she doesn’t then John Edwards will. I think it will be a cold day in hell before the Democratic party picks a black man for the party nomination. The American media have made a big deal about who Americans will vote for a white woman or a black man? I think the answer is pretty obvious race is going to trump gender so of course Hillary Clinton is going to win the democratic nomination she’s still white.

The truth is the white American population is much larger then the African American population. Black Americans only make up 12% of the United States population. Obama may have gotten some support from African American celebrities such as Oprah and Halle Berry. Its interesting that the mainstream white American media attempts to paint Clinton as a “minority” due to her gender. Although it is rare in American politics for a woman to have a real chance of potentially becoming president Clinton is still white. Hillary Clinton’s whiteness will help her to get automatic votes. Does anyone honestly believe if Hillary Clinton wasn’t white or if she wasn’t already famous she would still be this popular?

I have been paying attention to Clinton and her campaign she’s done a decent job of obtaining a lot of support from the NOW organization and other white feminist organizations. I have also learned that some black American women will be voting for Clinton. And I cringe. I wonder if the black women voting for Hillary Clinton honestly believe that Hillary Clinton cares about black women issues? Maybe they just want too see a woman as president of the United States and that’s understandable. America has never had a female president before. Clinton is a “centralist” she is all about being smokes and mirrors. Clinton supported the war in Iraq and now she flip flops on the issue.

Have black women forgotten Bill Clinton’s scandals? Now you can say that Hillary and Bill are two different people and should be judged as individuals. However, I am sorry to say but Bill Clinton wasn’t that great a president and Hillary knew exactly what Bill was up to. I am not saying people do not have a right to vote for whomever they choose. I just don’t trust Hillary Clinton. I think some women of colour honestly believe if Clinton is elected president that she will make women’s issues her mandate or at least do more to advance women’s rights. And I think they are sadly mistaken about Hillary Clinton. Clinton is all about maintaining the status quo.

However, I don’t see Hillary Clinton as this “liberal” that she presents to the public. I would of been more excited if the first female president wasn’t Hillary Clinton and it was somebody else. Carol Moseley Braun is the first and only African American female senator she also ran for a the democratic nomnation back in 2004. Braun despite her political experience did not gain much support and she dropped out of the race. Braun also did not gain the kind of media attention that Hillary Clinton has. Braun certainly had the political experience though but not the support. America definitely doesn’t want to see a black woman as President that’s for sure.

Obama seems to have captured the American media hype machine and attention. He appears to be running for second place. Although American white liberals will say the right things I just don’t believe many of them would vote for Obama. I think secretly in their minds they fear what would happen if a black man did become president. Its not Obama’s fault that the white American population is so large I think its just about impossible for a black person to become president of the United States. Its just nice to see Obama at least try to make a difference and present a different voice in the American political scene.