tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post7938427733544233280..comments2024-03-28T00:57:00.590-04:00Comments on field negro: The Blackening of Barack.field negrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15411743587725023134noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-59254421410031671172008-01-29T12:54:00.000-05:002008-01-29T12:54:00.000-05:00found this over at huff post...http://www.huffingt...found this over at huff post...<BR/><BR/>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alec-baldwin/the-ascendancy-of-barack-_b_83682.html<BR/><BR/>I think its worth a read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-91728512234218196932008-01-28T13:47:00.000-05:002008-01-28T13:47:00.000-05:00Field: You need to start a 12-step program for bl...Field: You need to start a 12-step program for black people who support Billary (or Hillbilly, take your pick) despite the disgustingly racist tone of the Clinton Squared campaign. I just don't know what to say about black people who are gleeful to see attempts to roll over a brother by white people who are trying everything they can to put the brother "in his place." We aren't talking about a huckster like Al Sharpton, we are talking about a black man of significant accomplishment. Reminds me of Malcolm's comment in one of his speeches to a Princeton student waaaay back when, to paraphrase: <BR/><BR/>Know what white people call a Princeton educated black man? A nigger.west coast storyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16833809632143106334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-50113549747172488572008-01-28T12:35:00.000-05:002008-01-28T12:35:00.000-05:00I don't understand the idea that white folks neede...I don't understand the idea that white folks needed Bill Clinton to remind them that they are white. I also don't understand the idea that when and if an overwhelming majority of white folks vote for a candidate that looks like them it is seen as racist and when an overwhelming majority of black folks do the same it is seen as progress.<BR/><BR/>I like Barack well enough but since he has gone out of his way not to run as the "black candidate" then I feel free to judge him on the merits alone, and I am not yet sure that he comes out on top.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-9686803027644181692008-01-27T22:26:00.000-05:002008-01-27T22:26:00.000-05:00~Hathor, I thought I was your Hero, er, Heru.`~<BR/>Hathor, I thought I was your Hero, er, Heru.<BR/>`Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-22356934341888891192008-01-27T21:47:00.000-05:002008-01-27T21:47:00.000-05:00nsangoma: I couldn't find anything on the first qu...nsangoma: I couldn't find anything on the first quote, and only stuff from MySpace and Stormfront on the second. <BR/><BR/>Besides, just because Che was an Argentinean doesn't mean he supported their extermination policies. Eli Wiesel is a Hungarian, and he certainly didn't support the Hungarian government's involvement with the Nazis.Wooziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11637072916156389703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-13390719682195426692008-01-27T21:42:00.000-05:002008-01-27T21:42:00.000-05:00nsangoma,You have beaten so many dead horses; enou...nsangoma,<BR/>You have beaten so many dead horses; enough to create glue for the rest of this century.Hathorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12657524404057819428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-43309255056940615292008-01-27T21:10:00.000-05:002008-01-27T21:10:00.000-05:00The Clintons are damned smart. But they're a true ...The Clintons are damned smart. But they're a true test for Obama, because he has to outsmart them for the nomination, which is the only task that could prepare his campaign team for going up against the Repugs. & I don't put it beyond Hillary & Bill to set up Obama to lose the general election so she can try again in '12.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16567817295665099690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-75469632530392412752008-01-27T20:54:00.000-05:002008-01-27T20:54:00.000-05:00~seattle slim said...Nsangoma fair enough! I don't...~<BR/><B>seattle slim</B> said...<BR/><I>Nsangoma fair enough! I don't have 100% confidence in these politicians myself. I'd like to see someone with the convictions of Che or MLK in office one day.</I><BR/><BR/>Che who??!! Ernesto Che Guevara?<BR/><BR/>The following quotes are attributed to Che Guevara, does anyone know if he actually said these things:<BR/><BR/>The Negro is indolent and lazy, and spends his money on frivolities, whereas <BR/>the European is forward-looking, organized, and intelligent.<BR/>-- Che Guevara, <I>Congo Diary</I> <BR/><BR/>Mexicans are a band of illiterate Indians.<BR/>-- Che Guevara<BR/><BR/>Ernesto Che Guevara was an Argentinean; Argentina tried to exterminate its Negroes.<BR/>`Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-31793617510449782772008-01-27T20:52:00.000-05:002008-01-27T20:52:00.000-05:00field,You’re correct about the Clintons. They’re p...field,<BR/><BR/>You’re correct about the Clintons. They’re playing the usual political games and winning them by distracting us. Here we have a discussion rooted in the historic black voter turnout in the 2008 SC Democratic primary election focused on the “black candidate” ruse. It certainly keeps our minds off of the growing movement underway to change the way current politics dictate how our representatives are elected, and thereby control how our elected officials govern. A change, by the way, that doesn’t coalesce well with how the Clintons operate.<BR/> <BR/>Senator Obama is the leader of the aforementioned movement and he is bringing it with conviction. On January 26, 2008 the majority of black Democratic voters in the SC primary election decided Senator Obama is their choice for the Party’s presidential nomination. In spite of, because of, or didn’t even know there was, a “black candidate” game being played.<BR/><BR/>It is estimated that black voters in the 2008 SC democratic primary election were 280,000 strong!! I am proud of how they exercised their hard fought for right to vote in this country, whether for the “black candidate” or not. Field Negroes all!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-21916366309383118922008-01-27T20:45:00.000-05:002008-01-27T20:45:00.000-05:00I have been having this very same argument with a ...I have been having this very same argument with a friend of mine since the results came back. We both saw the Buchanan commentary when he said it and speaking for myself I don’t agree. <BR/><BR/>I remain hesitantly hopeful that the old Clinton fatigue is starting to kick in and that is what the results were showing.<BR/><BR/>I remain hesitantly hopeful that the question of what Bill’s unchecked role in the White House would be, continues to disturb people.<BR/><BR/>I remain hesitantly hopeful that the point that Hillary trails Obama in almost every head to head match up with Republican’s settles into the typical democrats mind.<BR/><BR/>I remain hesitantly hopeful that all if not most of those John Edward voters would not go to Hillary, and that John will stay in the contest anyway.<BR/><BR/>I remain hesitantly hopeful that although race is always an issue in this country it does not necessarily mean that white people will cut off there nose to slight there face.<BR/><BR/>Although the polls are what they are me and my friend agreed to wait and see what the numbers say as the week goes on into Super Tuesday.tusk91https://www.blogger.com/profile/14120772357893336355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-1630863297295897142008-01-27T20:29:00.000-05:002008-01-27T20:29:00.000-05:00Oh yeah.www.campaignintheass.blogspot.com/Oh yeah.<BR/><BR/>www.campaignintheass.blogspot.com/Manic Impressionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08651408209603775997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-58786538016472600892008-01-27T20:22:00.000-05:002008-01-27T20:22:00.000-05:00@dragon horse:I'm almost certain the income levels...@dragon horse:<BR/><BR/><I>I'm almost certain the income levels are lower and the education level is lower than the MidWest, West Coast, and definately East Coast (as is typical in the South) which means...</I><BR/><BR/>In all honesty, dragon horse, I'm not following you.<BR/><BR/>Are you saying that only whites in a lower social/economic/educational strata will vote for Obama?<BR/><BR/>If that's the case, I think that gives him a greater chance of achieving the presidency.<BR/><BR/>Please clarify.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-76051183119922434722008-01-27T20:17:00.000-05:002008-01-27T20:17:00.000-05:00"Last night I heard white women foaming at the mou..."Last night I heard white women foaming at the mouth, as in saying she's lost their vote because she's showing she can't get it don without the Big Dog, and their dog attacks on Obama just made Obama more appealing to them, than making history by electing Hillary."<BR/><BR/>christian progressive liberal, I saw what you saw too.<BR/><BR/>I think alot of women are thinking now that while they want a woman President, they want one that can win *on her own terms*<BR/><BR/>Bill's behavior recently says one of two things; either<BR/>1) Hillary can't keep control over her own house, or<BR/>2) she condones Bill's racializing of Obama and his twisted comments about how Obama is in love with Reagan.<BR/><BR/>Either way, it's turned alot of women off.-Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16840304501190835065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-66708000344054604032008-01-27T20:10:00.000-05:002008-01-27T20:10:00.000-05:00@ christopher:yes, America can and will support a ...@ christopher:<BR/><BR/><I>yes, America can and will support a black man for president.</I><BR/><BR/>This has been a long time coming, but I think you're right. It doesn't mean that O will win this time, but it does mean that the possiblity is either here now, or is on the way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-3136452406927207422008-01-27T20:04:00.000-05:002008-01-27T20:04:00.000-05:00Nsangoma fair enough! I don't have 100% confidenc...Nsangoma fair enough! I don't have 100% confidence in these politicians myself. I'd like to see someone with the convictions of Che or MLK in office one day. Someone who could change the world but maybe I'm too idealistic. LOLJonne Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588364681822707984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-28112592892511584132008-01-27T20:02:00.000-05:002008-01-27T20:02:00.000-05:00@ not your mama:...the fact that Obama's obviously...@ not your mama:<BR/><BR/><I>...the fact that Obama's obviously viable candidacy is possible at all I think speaks volumes about the changing attitudes in the younger generation.</I> <BR/><BR/>I agree NYM. We could point to many reasons for this change, but none that is more important than the fact that the change is happening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-69456128278658150622008-01-27T19:59:00.000-05:002008-01-27T19:59:00.000-05:00~jimbo, seattle slim; thou doth haveth more confi...~<BR/>jimbo, seattle slim; thou doth haveth more confidence in deh Buckra than I.<BR/>`Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-30023453675101724712008-01-27T19:55:00.000-05:002008-01-27T19:55:00.000-05:00weboy said:White people like Obama's message as he...weboy said:<BR/><BR/><I>White people like Obama's message as he'd been selling it because it makes past racial injustice something of a non-issue;</I><BR/><BR/>Liking the message is one thing, but will they vote for the messenger?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-9942903887617217562008-01-27T19:51:00.000-05:002008-01-27T19:51:00.000-05:00In the end, last night, I noticed one major thing:...In the end, last night, I noticed one major thing:<BR/><BR/>Hillary lost South Carolina, and for a woman who has publicly said she doesn't need her husband to do her campaigning for her, someone needs to ask her why wasn't she in South Carolina yesterday and why did she leave Bill to give her concession speech last night, while she was on the West Coast?<BR/><BR/>Last night I heard white women foaming at the mouth, as in saying she's lost their vote because she's showing she can't get it don without the Big Dog, and their dog attacks on Obama just made Obama more appealing to them, than making history by electing Hillary.<BR/><BR/>America is ready for a woman President or a Black president. In the case of the woman Pres, JUST NOT HILLARY.The Christian Progressive Liberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04445662404937684518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-61149493515721086832008-01-27T19:48:00.000-05:002008-01-27T19:48:00.000-05:00Well, Field, we'll see...if you are correct & Bill...Well, Field, we'll see...if you are correct & Billary waltzes into the nomination, then get used to saying "President McCain", because the Billary haters in the general election will come out to vote against her, and youth & most Minorities will stay home, thus ensuring another Repug win in November...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-82782266983938331242008-01-27T17:40:00.000-05:002008-01-27T17:40:00.000-05:00It was on a November day in 2005, near the end of ...It was on a November day in 2005, near the end of Barack Obama’s first year in the Senate, when he was asked to deliver a keynote address at a ceremony commemorating the 80th birthday of Robert F. Kennedy.<BR/><BR/>The invitation was extended by Ethel Kennedy, who at the time referred to Mr. Obama as <B>"our next president."</B><BR/><BR/><B>"I think he feels it. He feels it just like Bobby did,"</B> Mrs. Kennedy said that day, comparing her late husband’s quest for social justice to Barack Obama’s. <B>"He has the passion in his heart. He’s not selling you. It’s just him."</B>Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15788931352232874850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-69126529113610850242008-01-27T17:24:00.000-05:002008-01-27T17:24:00.000-05:00Why are people using South Carolina as a model for...Why are people using South Carolina as a model for all fo this? Does anyone think whites all around the country are a homogenous group-think mass and South Carolina is representative of the other states, especially outside the South?<BR/><BR/>I'm almost certain the income levels are lower and the education level is lower than the MidWest, West Coast, and definately East Coast (as is typical in the South) which means:<BR/><BR/>1) South Carolina has more poor backward whites.<BR/><BR/>2) South Caronlina has a strong history of racialism, racial division, etc.<BR/><BR/><BR/>How does that represent states outside the South?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-91729177237620062252008-01-27T17:11:00.000-05:002008-01-27T17:11:00.000-05:00Look, I'm tired of letting White America tell me w...Look, I'm tired of letting White America tell me why I voted for somebody or who I should or should not vote for and analyzing my motivations from the point of view that, as a Black person, I'm some sort of retarded leper. <BR/><BR/>I'm a person with my own mind who is capable of making good, informed, independent decisions about situations and people and I am voting for Obama because, at this time, he has proven to <B>me</B> that he is the best candidate.<BR/><BR/>I am tired of worrying about what White America will say or do. I'm tired of them being the starting and ending point of conversations about everything, everywhere. I'm tired of them taking the wind out of sails because they aren't ready to change the status quo, why should they be when the status quo EVERYWHERE benefits their asses?<BR/>When will they be ready when the status quo EVERYWHERE benefits their asses? Why the hell does it seem we are always being forced to wait for them to catch the hell up and be civilized?<BR/><BR/>If White Americans are to dumb, racist, misguided, close minded, and afraid to realize what Obama has to offer on his merits, screw them. [And no I'm not saying that if you're White and you don't vote for Obama you're racist. I get that there are lots of White people and Black people who have looked at Obama based primarily on his merits, and aren't voting for him because they don't agree with his policies but you can't have it both ways where you tell me I should or I'm just focusing solely on race in making my decision and then get all offended when I throw that framing back at you) I'm voting for Obama anyway and if he loses, so be it, at least I'll know that I did the best that I could do to help America elect leadership that I honestly felt would do a good job of getting this country out of the shit hole mess that it's inAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-75871583084309519432008-01-27T16:32:00.000-05:002008-01-27T16:32:00.000-05:00NSangoma said... ~Have your children learn Mandari...NSangoma said... <BR/>~<BR/>Have your children learn Mandarin or Brusselsese. It is all over but the shouting.<BR/><BR/>Waving Goodbye to Hegemony<BR/><BR/>http://www.nytimes.com<BR/>/2008/01/27/magazine/27world-t.html<BR/><BR/>Do we really want it written in the history books, that a Negroe was in charge here in the USA, as the USA declined?<BR/>==============================<BR/>That was actually a really good article. <BR/><BR/>The problem is that anyone with half a brain wouldn't blame Barack Obama for the decline of the USA. They have a long line of presidents, all white men, who did that for him. There is little he can do in just 8 years to fix the DAMAGE these people have done, let alone 4 years should it come down to it.<BR/><BR/>If he does manage to do so, and it's not entirely impossible but it would be miraculous, then you damned right I want a black man to be the one to take the credit. It would change the world.Jonne Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588364681822707984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-64856911380524088502008-01-27T16:27:00.000-05:002008-01-27T16:27:00.000-05:00~Sen. Edward 'chapaquidick' Kennedy, is not a good...~<BR/>Sen. Edward 'chapaquidick' Kennedy, is not a good endorsement.<BR/>`Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com