I like President Barack Obama...We are both black men; He's married to a woman of Gullah descent, (I'm of Gullah descent), and we both share ties to Columbia University.
With that being said, I think the president took too long to realize that some of these Cracker Jacks were unwilling to work with him to get things done. I'm aware of his mixed heritage, and perhaps he wanted to give some of them the benefit of the doubt.
I, for one, would have changed course in my dealings with an adversarial group after TWO failings.
You screw me twice and it's on! At that point I will use any ethical and legal means to go after you hard, to bring you down.
The president needs to get mean with these folks. So what! if they perceive you as an angry black man...they already probably do! Save your dignity and have some integrity and give them the fight that they deserve.
COMPROMISE??? HELL NO!!
The president has a background in community work and it's understandable that he wants to play along and get along. Politics doesn't work like that. It is brutal...and in this case, there is indeed a racial component.
I've made my contribution to the campaign, and I hope the president is re-elected. Should there be a second term for Obama, I will look for evidence that he has learned from his mistakes and kick it up a notch in terms of fight, assertiveness and meanness.
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