4 posts tagged “statement”

What is wrong with everybody?  Fox is reporting that Jessie Jackson used the “N” word in that conversation he had on the air thinking he was of the air. 

The point of his off the air conversation was to say that Senator Obama is talking down to black people.  I can think of few things one can do to “talk down” to African Americans that are as impacting as use of the “N” word. 

The crazy part of all of this is that this man thinks of himself as an Obama supporter.  This man also thinks of himself as a leader in the African American community and here he is on tape talking about Senator Obama in such a negative light and is using some of the worst language that one can use in discussing African Americans.

I have never been a huge Jessie Jackson fan, but this is unfortunate for him that his private conversation was recorded like that.  But, I guess he has nobody to blame but himself for whispering into a microphone in front of a camera and assuming that nobody would hear him.

I suppose that this is a sign of the passing of the baton from one generation of leaders in the African American community to the next generation.  This particular incident is just one indicator as to why the baton needs to change hands.

President or no president, the multi-racial and well-spoken Senator Obama seems like a good choice to be a leader in the African American community.

As far as the election, the only thing I think that has happened here is that Jessie Jackson has just lost much of his voice in terms of influencing this election and possibly within the African American community as a whole.  For Senator Obama it seems as though this is just a small distraction from the regular stresses of the campaign.

Recent comments by Charles R. Black Jr., a key advisor to Senator John McCain have sparked a firestorm that is being fanned by the Senator Barack Obama’s camp.  Mr. Black merely stated that a terrorist attack during the campaign would strengthen Senator McCain’s presidential bid.  The real question in this campaign is what idiot picks these advisors?

This year seems to be plagued with crazy remarks from crazy advisors, supporters, friends, and family members that completely undermine the candidacy of the person they are trying to support.  Where are all of these people coming from and how can they be stopped. 

I do have to wonder, in light of what I have seen throughout this year if any of the serious candidates for president (Senator’s McCain, Obama, and Clinton) have shown themselves unable to fulfill the office of president simply because they have no ability to appoint the right people, discern which people are good or outright stupid advisors, and control the crazy people that are otherwise involved in their lives. 

If the campaigns of these three people are any indicator of what a presidency will look like, I certainly will pass. 

A huge part of a presidency finds it’s foundations in whom the president surrounds himself or herself with and appoints to major positions that have influence over the entire planet.  The people around the three serious candidates that we had been left with (now two) are amateurish (to put it politely). 

The mistakes and stupidity seen this year are not old Washington politics they are best classified as armature Washington stupidity.

Once again, I assert that clearly non e of the aforementioned candidates is ready to be president for the next four years and we need a better candidate from somewhere. 

Former president, Bill Clinton has again made himself the laughingstock of this year’s political campaign.  This time by publicly throwing around words like; “scumbag,” “sleazy,” and “slimy” in describing former New York Times writer and current Vanity Fair writer Todd Purdum who happens to be married to the former press spokesperson of his administration.  This was done in response to a Vanity Fair article that stated many negative comments about the former president.

The first thing that crossed my mind in hearing his rant was the type of comments that were made by Republicans at the end of his administration to describe him. 

As with all press related to presidents and presidential candidates for the past several years, I am not sure that I agree with all of the negatives I hear and take them with a grain of salt, but I find myself worried when press comes out saying that the former president had done something shady and he denies it.

My mind cannot help but remember how convincing he was when he made the, “I did not have sex with that woman speech.”  I am sure we all remember how that turned out. 

This tirade is just one more foolish outburst of several that have distracted from his poor wife is trying to do.  She is a strong candidate (not my personal favorite, but a strong candidate none the less) and the biggest thorn in her side has been defending the random nonsense that emanates from her husband when he tries to help (and of course that hilarious nap he took behind the African American speaker during a speech on Martin Luther King Day).

Now, as the last of the primaries are winding down, the effects of his “helping’ his wife are coming clear.  With the probability that the nominee from the Democratic Party will be Senator Barack Obama, the biggest reason anyone can give for why he may not or in some views should not try to persuade Senator Hillary Clinton to run as vice-presidential candidate on the ticket is the presence of her husband and supporter, former president Bill Clinton.  He is seen as a political anchor of sorts that randomly drops and slows the progress of those he supports.

As president he did some good and some bad, but over the past few years he has focused on building a legacy that will have history remember him as an all around good guy who made a few mistakes. 

How does this man in a matter of months reduce himself to a political outbreak monkey who poisons those he supports?  I have mixed emotions about the content of the Vanity Fair article and the absence of names from those accusing him.  The issue is that with the amount of negative pressure, threats, and the fear that some have that people have mysteriously disappeared around the Clintons and their dealings, I am not sure it is wise politically or for ones safety to give ones name to such accusations, true or not.

Regardless of the reason, the poised, confident, and seemingly friendly guy who ran for president successfully has been replaced by the political dead weight that is his current reputation and may turn out to be a huge part of his legacy from now on.  History was just starting to remember him as a hero that any Democrat running for anything would be glad to have publicly support him or her.  I wonder if he can get back on that track or if he is now forever marked as the mark of death to a campaign?

Last week’s comments, made by Senator Hillary Clinton, about the assignation of Robert F. Kennedy were at the least extremely careless.  I have listened to several days of commentary about this topic and this strange statement and have come to the only logical conclusion:  Freudian Slip.

For those not familiar with the term “Freudian Slip,” the term is used most commonly to refer to a slip of the tongue that reveals an unconscious desire, fear, or belief.  An example:

Let’s say a person was afraid of being laid off.  That person gets a really strong cup of coffee and wants to tell another person the coffee is so strong that he feels wired.  But, instead the man says:  “This coffee is so strong I feel fired.”  This was in the man’s unconscious thoughts, but not what he was trying to communicate.  Yet it slipped into the communication of the man and accidentally gave the other people around a clue as to what he was thinking.

Now, back to what Senator Clinton recently stated.  The implication that how late it was in the race when Robert Kennedy was assassinated somehow demonstrates that a continued run by Senator Hillary Clinton is a stupid thing to say by any standard and clearly demonstrates the exact opposite.

The real untruth here, is the idea that as much behind the scenes discussion has taken place about keeping Senator Obama safe and the many death threats he has received, somehow Senator Clinton would now like us to believe that there has never been any discussion of what happens if he were to be assassinated. 

Let’s face it, at this point, the only real hope Senator Clinton has is some terrible mishap or tragedy in the Obama camp.  We are talking something much worse than what church he attends, but something that makes him look like the absolute worst candidate ever or something more terrible in nature.  It is late in the game, the candidates have been campaigning endlessly, the campaigns have been tough on each other, they are extremely tired, and things are looking really bad for Senator Clinton.

Even if dismissed as a terrible thing to be thinking about, it must have come up at some point.  I am also sure that as things get more desperate and the Senator gets more tired, the mind will do some strange things.  (Not to mention the amount of pictures I have seen recently where Senator Clinton has beer or liquor in her hands)

I do not believe the people who say this was some kind of malicious attack on Senator Obama or some passive aggressive ploy, but I do believe that there is more here than just an honest mistake. 

I think the desperate hope of winning this race and the hopelessness of it all at this point simply made her make a “Freudian” mistake that should indicate to her and her closest friends that it is time to slow down a bit and “get a grip.”

It’s like when a person, who would not do so normally, is so desperate to win something that he or she cheats when the other person is not paying attention.  Others the thought crosses their mind and they catch themselves and don’t do it.  The perfect place for a Freudian Slip to make the person accidentally use the word “cheat” in a sentence.

An honest mistake that indicates a person is in a dangerous state of mind!  That is what I see.