tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5167225593714399849.post8697442646963636520..comments2023-09-12T04:56:49.425-05:00Comments on The Disputed Truth: What I Don’t Like About HillaryForgivenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12017541595181235698noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5167225593714399849.post-38799218944923408382007-07-14T15:20:00.000-05:002007-07-14T15:20:00.000-05:00Hi, Rodney! I just clicked in from MyLeftWing to ...Hi, Rodney! I just clicked in from MyLeftWing to see what your blog's about. I see that your a member of the AfroSpear, so that immediately increases my comfort level. <BR/><BR/>If I were to guess about what's giving you second thoughts on Hillary, I'd say it's the outstanding Barack Obama. The man's so intelligent, so poised and seems to come from such a place of integrity and honesty that it's hard for someone who has been in the trenches for so long NOT to seem a bit faded in comparison.<BR/><BR/>As I say, I think Barack Obama could make an excellent president IF he can be elected and IF he can ride out the kind of impeachment procedures that Bill Clinton did. Let's not kid ourselves. There's nothing so fresh and nice about Obama that he can propose national health care that takes money out of the pockets of insurers and doctors and still remain everybody's friend. As soon as they think he's going to be elected, they'll go all out against him, sparing no tactic that they used against Clinton and inventing some new ones targeted toward America's color-aroused ideation, emotion and voting behavior.<BR/><BR/>That's not to say he shouldn't be nominated. I think that after 43 consecutive white male presidents America is ready to see if a woman or a Black man can implement national health care where 43 consecutive white men have failed to do so. And let's not forget that 65% of voters are women and minorities. We are the majority, we who are not white men.<BR/><BR/>My concern for Obama is that he might not fully understand and appreciate yet the workings of Government, and it might take him longer to firmly assume the reigns of power than it would Bill and Hillary Clinton. <BR/><BR/>That's why I they should team up, as president and vice president, depending upon who gets more votes in the Democratic primaries. There are VERY FEW Democrats who won't enthusiastically vote for this ticket and, between them, they'll have both the idealism and the experience to implement a Democratic program, even in the face of the most virulent assaults by the insurance companies, other corporate interests and the ideological right.<BR/><BR/>A lot of people wonder why I oppose Markos Moulitsas ZÚÑIGA so much, but it really started out based on a simple calculation: Kos doesn't like Hillary OR Obama and Kos is going to throw his support to one of the white male candidates in the end, or otherwise try to ruin America's chances to elect its first president who is NOT a white man. That, alone, is reason enough for me to oppose Markos Moulitsas ZÚÑIGA, independent of his CIA contacts, the fact that is site is virtually all-white, his support for "states' rights," his lying about the wealth and influence and right-wing nature of his family in El Salvador, and their pollution of grey whale spawning grounds in Baja Mexico.<BR/><BR/>With all of these reasons to oppose Markos Alberto Moulitsas ZÚÑIGA, the fact that he banned me from his site is really virtually insignificant. Blacks ALWAYS oppose all-white forums from which we are banned, just as we opposed all-white lunch counters in the Jim Crow South. That shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone.Francis Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862777385923656061noreply@blogger.com