Posts Tagged ‘Congressional Black Caucus’
Obama the President for everyone except Black people
Obama the President for everyone except Black people by Kevin Johnson As President Barack Obama begins his second term, there is something noticeably different about his new cabinet - the absence of African-American leaders and advisors. The Congressional Black Caucus chair, Rep. Marcia Fudge of Ohio recently sent the president a letter stating, “You have publicly expressed your commitment to retaining diversity within your cabinet. However, the people you have chosen to appoint in this new term have hardly been reflective of this country’s diversity.” When one compares President Obama to his predecessors, the decrease in African-American appointments is astounding. In American presidential history, President William Jefferson Clinton has been, by far, the most [...]
Black Caucus: Entire English Language is a Racist Code Word
Politics is Dog Whistles, Racial Code, and Squirrels... What? I mean Que? Responding to Republican criticism of UN Ambassador Susan Rice for claiming that the Benghazi attack on the US mission and annex there had been caused by a photo of a stuffed teddy bear named Mohammed, Congresswoman Marcia Fudge, the leader of the Congressional Black Caucus and Chairwoman of the House Subcommittee on 40 Acres, an Obamaphone and a Mule denounced any attacks on Rice as “horridly and unspeakably racist.” While Fudge could not point to any single word that was racist, she insisted that every single word used to criticize Rice was a racist code word.“If the language is being used to criticize a black person then we must deem such language to be irreparably and irrevocably racist,” Fudge said. [...]
MSNBC Toure´, Van Jones See Racism in Happy Meals
By Drew Alex NEW YORK – MSNBC commentator Toure´ and Color of Change founder and former Special Advisor for Green Jobs for the Obama Administration Van Jones have teamed up to launch the ‘No Happy Racists’ campaign. The campaign seeks to put an end to the racist indoctrination of children by McDonald’s Happy Meals. Both Toure´ and Jones claim that Happy Meals promote racial discrimination, white superiority and economic inequality, and have vowed to take the fight for justice and equality straight to the Happy Meal. I recently had the privileged of sitting down for a conversation with Toure´ and Jones to discuss their new campaign. Me: First, let me thank you gentlemen for taking the time out to speak with me about your campaign. Toure´: Thank you for having [...]
Obama gives boot to claims 'take of your bedroom slippers' was a Slur to Black Caucus
Facing an uproar from President Obama’s most loyal base of supporters, the White House on Thursday rejected claims that Mr. Obama stereotyped blacks when he told them to “take off your bedroom slippers” and work for his re-election. “I have heard him make similar comments to all sorts of different groups,” said presidential press secretary Jay Carney, who fielded nearly a dozen questions from the White House press corps about Mr. Obama’s comments and his relationship with black supporters. “He’s certainly used vivid language, similarly vivid language, before a variety of audiences.” But a search of Mr. Obama’s speeches dating back to mid-May shows that he has used the quip about bedroom slippers only one other time — on Sept. 14 at North Carolina State University, [...]
The POTUS is for the Flat Tax – Obama: A Billionaire Should Pay Same Tax Rate as Janitor – Video
I just watched the latest episode of Jon Stewart on the Daily show make fun of every misstep and misspeak of the GOP filed. Calling them idiots one by one. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook Now I am not expecting Stewart to be "fair and balanced" but I think one mention of his multiple Gaffs and his attempt at Ebonics at his speak to the Congressional Black Caucus this week. One blatant Gaff was when President Obama stated pretty clearly that a Billionaire should pay the same tax rate as a Janitor. Finally something I can agree on. A Flat Tax for all classes. Finally Obama wants to stop class warfare.. opps.. He read his speech wrong, and the White House Made sure they released the [...]
President a chameleon or When in Rome? – Glenn Beck
Glenn has a lot of complaints about President Barack Obama, but one of his biggest is that the man simply is a chameleon who adapts everything from his message to his speech patterns to fit the audience he is speaking to. Don’t believe it? Glenn played some audio on radio today to expose the problem. “A moment of truth. Yeah, this is it, moment of truth. You don’t get them very often, especially when you go to MSNBC. Here is MSNBC over the weekend lacking the truth, just crying racism,” Glenn said. Over the weekend, Obama was speaking to the Congressional Black Conference and said: I don’t know about you, CBC, but the future rewards those who press on. With patient and firm determination, I’m gonna press on for jobs. I’m gonna press on for equality. I’m gonna press on [...]
Maxine Waters: Obama, Stop complaining, stop grumbling, stop crying to Congressional Black Caucus ‘A Bit Curious’ – Video
President Obama: " Take off your bedroom slippers, put on your marching shoes. Shake it off. Stop complaining, stop grumbling, stop crying. " Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., said this morning that she found President Obama’s comments to the Congressional Black Caucus that they should “stop complaining” to be “a bit curious” and suggested that he would never use such language with other communities. “I’m not sure exactly who the president was talking to,” the former chair of the CBC said on CBS’ Early Show. Speaking at their annual gala on Saturday, the president told the CBC that he understands their frustration with high black unemployment, but he urged them not to lose hope. “Stop complaining. Stop grumbling. Stop crying. We are going to press on. We’ve [...]
Remarks by President Obama at Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Phoenix Awards Dinner
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS FOUNDATION ANNUAL PHOENIX AWARDS DINNER Washington Convention Center Washington, D.C. 8:30 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, CBC! (Applause.) Thank you so much. Thank you. Please, everybody have a seat. It is wonderful to be with all of you tonight. It's good to be with the conscience of the Congress. (Applause.) Thank you, Chairman Cleaver and brother Payne, for all that you do each and every day. Thank you, Dr. Elsie Scott, president and CEO of the CBC Foundation, and all of you for your outstanding work with your internship program, which has done so much for so many young people. And I had a chance to meet some of the young people backstage -- an incredible, unbelievably impressive [...]
Maxine Waters (D-CA) | CREW's Most Corrupt Members of Congress
In the midst of a national financial catastrophe, Rep. Maxine Waters used her position as a senior member of Congress and member of the House Financial Services Committee to prevail upon Treasury officials to meet with OneUnited Bank. She never disclosed that her husband held stock in the bank. Rep. Waters is an eleven-term member of Congress, representing California’s 35th congressional district. She is a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee. Rep. Waters was included in CREW’s 2005 and 2006 Most Corrupt Report for unrelated matters, as well as in the 2009 report for her actions regarding OneUnited. via Maxine Waters (D-CA) | CREW's Most Corrupt Members of Congress.
Vulgar! Black Caucus: Racist Tea Party Wants Black Americans ‘Hanging On a Tree’
Over the past few weeks, members of the Congressional Black Caucus (an organization that excludes people from joining based on skin color) held job fair town hall events across the country. Rep. Andre Carson (D-IN) told the attendees of his event that members of the Tea Party in congress would like to see "us hanging on a tree". Carson is the congressman who started the myth that Tea Party protesters hurled racial slurs at he and Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) on the day of the ObamaCare vote. via Breitbart.tv » Congressional Black Caucus: Racist Tea Party Wants Black Americans ‘Hanging On a Tree’. Allen West Considers leaving the Black Caucus Rep. Allen West, the no-nonsense GOP congressman from Florida, said he’s considering dropping out of the Congressional Black Caucus after [...]
