POU Comments Of The Week!

For the week June 10 – June 16

Nuff said! On to the comments!

The Hateful Hatey Hater Hates (And he lies too) Comment of the Week

This mofo will. not. let. it. go. He is determined to be that crab.

Rikyrah, Monday Afternoon Thread

This president has not had any black coat tails,” states Smiley. “Name one black politician who has been elected to office because of Barack Obama. He has been successful to a degree, but there isn’t a string of Negroes who have been elevated because of him.”

Ok, I’ll take this on too. There are a bunch of new-fangled Kneegrows that supposedly were to follow in Barack Obama’s footsteps. I’ll take them one at a time.

The Dark Sith – The Dark Sith couldn’t win his Senate Seat, because he wanted the Snowflake, and the GOP sunk his ass with the Snowflake. How is that Barack Obama’s fault? And, there were enough Black folk that were LOYAL to Barack Obama that he didn’t need to go and give the Dark Sith shyt. A jealous traitor who would have been a leaking sieve if the President had actually given him a job inside of the Administration.

Deval Patrick – won his Governorship, governed well, had the President’s back, and even during a hard time for Democrats, never ran away from the President, and won re-election, and is a positive surrogate.

Adrian Fenty- ah, yes, another one of these new-fangled Kneegrows. Guess what? Fenty forgot the basics – you don’t disrespect the base, and you don’t disrespect the elders.

Black folks supported Fenty. He didn’t win in a skate; he won by a landslide last time.

He forgot who brought him to the dance. You could see it happen slowly….how could you have, in a majority Black city, only ONE out of the 10 most powerful positions in the city, be a Black person?
I always tells folks; it ain’t Idaho -it’s Washington, D.C. with a Black professional class that not only predates the Civil Rights Movement, but does so by decades. To even utter the words, ‘ I couldn’t find anyone qualified who was Black’, in D.C. – You need your tongue cut out.

And then, there was Michelle Rhee.

She wouldn’t even be qualified to TEACH in D.C., but he put her in charge of it?

Where she proceeded to not only fire teachers, but do it in the most humiliating way possible, and Fenty didn’t think those teachers had friends, family in those Black neighborhoods that voted for him?

I spent 7 years in the trenches of urban education, and I never liked her from day one.

How come Black folk are supposed to take the poke in their eyes from other Black folk? How come, on the ground there, they felt disrespected and dismissed – why are you doing the same? You think those folks don’t know why they turned against Fenty? You gonna try and tell me that it was ‘ all in their imagination’?

Who brags about creating dog parks, while cutting affordable daycare for those mothers that need it most?

He utterly screwed over the cabbies in D.C., which got that immigrant population against him.

He disrespected Dr. Dorothy Height among other elders (sounds like what Travis did, right?), and then Fenty is stunned when Black folks threw him over?

We then have Artur Davis.

Davis was a candidate that thought he could spit all over the Black constituency, as he begged for White votes, and that Black folks would just ‘ understand’.

What else do you say about a candidate, who, from his election into Congress, never served the interests of his constituents?

When graded by the CBC Monitor Report Card, the best he could do, in a COMPLETELY SAFE Congressional District, was get an ‘F’.

Yes, he was in a completely safe congressional district and received failing grades during this time.

Davis distinguished himself by being the ONLY member of the Congressional Black Caucus to vote AGAINST HEALTHCARE REFORM. A bill of this importance maybe comes along once or twice in a member’s career, and he chose, not ONCE, but TWICE, to spit in the face of the people who entrusted their votes to him to REPRESENT THEM…

He got exactly what he deserved.

Remember, Davis was given an opportunity to correct himself with the first Healthcare Reform vote, and do the right thing. He chose not to. He chose to spit in the eye of those in his district who definitely needed healthcare to pass.

THEN, Davis thought he could spit in the eye of all the Black political apparatus that had come before him.

From the NYTimes
Mr. Sparks, who is white, won endorsements from the state’s four major black political groups, while Mr. Davis intentionally declined to seek their support.

How strong was the rebuke of Davis by the Black community that he dismissed?

From NetNoir:
Davis won only two of the 11 counties in Alabama where African-American voters are a majority and lost some counties in the rural Black Belt by huge, double-digit margins. In Lowndes County, where 70 percent of the population is black, Sparks, who is white, won by 29 points. In Perry County, with a 67 percent black population, his victory margin was 44 percent.

Sparks even bested Davis by 16 points in Davis’s home base of Jefferson County, where Birmingham is located, and Davis won just two of the 12 counties he’s represented since 2002.

Artur lost his OWN DAMN POLLING PLACE.

Black folk, in ALABAMA, would rather the White candidate over YOU, Artur. Don’t know if you get this, but that means something.

Finally, we get to Cory Booker.

Another new fangled Kneegrow who chose do betray the President of the United States on National Television. And, the President is supposed to try and save his ass or support him EVER?

Puleeze.

It’s not the President’s responsibility to tell these new-fangled Kneegrows, that if you go around spitting in the eye of the base upon which you want to build that ‘ larger political office’, don’t be shocked if they’re not there. That’s not the responsibility of this President.

At least 70% of the Congressional Black Caucus was for HILLARY, and only turned their support to POTUS when they realized that their constituents would skin them alive – POTUS has never had any reason to believe that these folks support him, so why should he do so in kind?

and Rikyrah wasn’t done!

I see that Travis is experiencing amnesia.

Here’s how it went down. I, along with millions of other Black folks, listened to Travis every Tuesday and Thursday on the TJMS giving his commentary. During the primary season of 2007, Travis’ commentaries on the TJMS became more snide and condescending towards his audience. The contempt that he felt towards the audience, for daring to support then Senator Barack Obama was palpable. He was rude and disrespectful towards his audience. And the more that the Black community drifted towards Senator Obama, the worse Travis got. The final straw for the TJMS audience is why Travis’ ass will never see the inside of this White House:

HE DISRESPECTED MICHELLE ROBINSON OBAMA.

Senator Obama was engaged in a primary fight with Hillary, and said, no, he couldn’t come to Travis’ Negro Superbowl – he had to campaign. He offered to send Michelle in his place, and Travis disrespected Michelle, and then tried to lie about it, which was exposed on Roland Martin’s morning radio show that he used to have on WVON-AM, Chicago.

Whatever ambivalence Black people had towards then- Senator Barack Obama, there has NEVER been any ambivalence about our feelings about Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama. We, as a community, have been very clear how we feel about her. Once Travis was exposed, the TJMS audience, which had tried, with as much patience as possible to give Travis time to correct himself, had had their last Black nerve snapped, and told Travis ‘ I don’t know where you’re going, but you gots to get the hell up outta here.’

Then Aleth broke it down further by what ole Tavis meant by “coattails”

See this mindset can make us all go ——-I don’t remember any black politician given Obama their coat tails in order for him to be elected senator.. . hell to get into the chicago senate.

Many democrats got elected on his coat tails but is it his fault if other black politicians don’t step up to the plate seeking elected office. How about the fact that the CBC will never retire. So in order for “negros” to be elevated by Obama we have to be in elected office? This means we can’t be doctors, lawyers, serve his cabinets, legislative branch etc.

No the real statement he meant to say is “he did not elevate Tarvis, Cornel or Boyce” They were used to the old ways of the Clintonistas… face time in the white house and being the voice of the white house to the black community. This is how they made their hustle and deals.

Obama can speak for himself. He is comfortable in who he is that he can speak directly to ALL American people whether they want to hear him or not. That is the beauty of a man without an inferiority complex.

How did they try to kill him and left him for dead? I am curious about this one. Men, the election of Obama has ruined the mind of some white and black males, they all jocking for identity.

Sucks when you define yourself based on whose in office and what you seek to gain.

One thing that always has be curious is why West has this anger at Obama. Obama talked to West prior to the election about his viewpoint and their differences. Even West knows that, Obama let you know where he stood in respect to West mindset and policy. So what is the big deal?

Why they so obsessed with Obama? Damn can the man breathe. He ain’t Jesus and he ain’t gonna save everybody.

Dear Mitt, F U, Sincerely, People that make a real difference Comment of the Week

On Tuesday’s Open Thread, GC wrote an open letter to Mittens – Town responded on his behalf:

Open Letter to Mitt Romney

Dear Ex-Lousy-Governor Romney,
I understand you believe there are too many teachers. I am just a sub, but I wanted to share with you that I was unable to study your rationale. I was in the classroom with 24 six year olds, two with severe autism, two aides, who will probably be considered expendable and out of work next year, papers to correct, lesson plans to assimilate and phone calls from the crisis team because one of my students had self injured on the bus. And he is not one of the children with autism.

I’ll catch up one of these days. Your southern neighbor, GC

Town

Dear GC,

My good friend Newt Gingrich has a job-study program for those special young people in your school that will take them out of the school and assign them to real life duties that will teach them the value of work. It’s called the “Educational Sanitation & Beautification Program,” where they will clean the school for 20 cents a day in exchange for their education. Perhaps you’d like to join the program yourself and learn the value of working for your money instead of begging taxpayers to finance your lifestyle?

Oh well. Ta-ta. The car elevator repairman is here and Ann is too busy dancing with horses to attend to them.

Love,

Mitt Romney

Personality Transplants Not Yet Available, Sorry Mittens! Comment of the Week

GOVCHRIS1988, Wednesday Open Thread

This is one of the reasons I feel that no matter how much money and swill goes all over this country this election,no matter how much the news media tries its damndest to shield him from scrutiny, that Mitt Romney simply will not win the Presidency. Money cannot fix an asshole.

You can buy the big venues, and the amazing razzle dazzle of convention coverage. You can buy the pundit circles loyalties and go on fawning talk radio and TV for softball questions. But sooner or later, Romney comes into contact with real people. People who want a representative that strives to make their lives better, not one who talks down and mocks them and still expects them to support him. In every instance of him meeting people, its wildly apparent he has no people skills. None at all. By September, the contrast will be so great, that those superpac ads won’t be able to thread the needle for Mitt Romney.

Zimma Please Comment of the Week

Admiral Komack, Wednesday Open Thread

“- – – -George Zimmerman is worried about his wife’s safety now that she has been arrested and her mug shot publicized, his lawyer told ABC News.”

1) Boo-fucking-hoo.

2) If you are worried about her safety now that she is in jail, next time do not let her commit perjury in court so that she goes to jail and you worry about her safety because she is in jail.

3) Damn, she is UGLY.

4) Ms. Zimmerman:

a) Don’t drop the soap.

b) If the inmates talk about you and “tossing salad” they are NOT interviewing you for a prison cooking show.

Guess Its Your Turn to Get Embarrassed Mitt! Comment of the Week

Rhoda, Thursday Afternoon Thread

Romney has NOTHING to answer that speech and POTUS made it crystal clear he’s going to do the MSM’s job for them and keep asking: what’s your plan to put people to work? Because the Republicans voted out the Ryan plan TWICE and that ends Medicare and taxes the middle class and cuts taxes for the rich; we’ve seen that before under Bush and the economy collapsed!

Romney is going to get KILLED in the debates and the MSM knows it. It takes them covering for him and ignoring his bush league bullshit like the circling and honking the horn of his campaign bus around that community college. But people have eyes; they see the billionaires laying out a bilion for Romney and they KNOW that money isn’t going to defend the middle class. As long as POTUS can command the bully pulpit the best they can do is erase his coattail and give him a narrow win. But he flipped the script on them and tied Republicans to Romney and asked for a Democratic Congress. That is HUGE messaging and if all Democrats stand together; creates the possibility of a mandate.

We’ll see what happens.

Why FLOTUS is the shiznit! Comment of the Week

QOakaJP, Wednesday Afternoon Thread

FLOTUS MO has become a beautiful, glowing representation of America throughout the world, not just in fashion (though the fashion world loves her too). I’ve noticed that the more she shines, the more upset some people get. They don’t think she deserves the title of “beautiful,” let alone the ability to show it. Therefore, they have to undermine her star power by insinuating that it’s only the creation of expensive “stylists.” Similar to “affirmative action hire” slurs, they want to peg Michelle’s beauty as something atypical and somehow illegitimate. As if to say, ‘if it wasn’t x amount of stylists, she’d be just another plain black lady that we could easily ignore. She’s being selfish and uppity for thinking she deserves better.’ By doing this, they also attempt to simplify her appeal to being something physical rather than also being about her personality, hard work, and grace as she handles her various roles.

Obama CARES Comment of the Week

nathkatun7, Friday Afternoon Thread

President Obama is a great teacher. I am sure many of us who have encountered great teachers remember how attentive they were to us; and especially attentive to what we had to say to them. That picture of the President of the United States, taking time to talk to that young girl, one on one, is epic. GOP and the media may revel in soundbites and bumper sticker words, but President Obama is all about having genuine and meaningful conversations with both the young and the old, rich and poor, and people from all walks of life, irrespective of race, gender, religion, and sexual orientation.

In all the 50 years I’ve followed politics, President Obama is the first President I’ve observed who sincerely believes in, and takes seriously, his position as the President of all the people of United Sates; including those who voted against him.

GTFOOHWTMFBS Comment of the Week

Hold up, Adam Serwer really trying to compare right wing nut jobs disrupting President Obama at formal speeches to Frederick Douglass’s dissents to Lincoln? For real?

AxelFoley, Friday Afternoon Thread

I know, right? Remember that time Douglass told Lincoln to go fuck himself? No? Ok, how about that time he told Johnson to eat a bag of dicks? No to that, too? Aiight, remember when he called Grant’s mom a ho? Damn, that didn’t happen either?

Tweets of the Week!