If we had 30 Harold Ford's, 5 Barak Obama's and 2 Jesse Jackson's in Congress - 1 million black men and women would still be in prison. Our nation would still occupy a country that had nothing to do with 911. 60% of the African American population would be suffering from obesity, diabetes and colon cancer.
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well said. reminds me of something i read awhile ago asking are black politicians relevant. looking at the total state of black america i think we have the answer.
midnight
A few months ago, I wouldhave disagreed with you. Now I see more clearly.
Big J
Our electoral process has been reduced to the political equivalent of American Idol.
Here is a great article that makes a similar point -
http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=10181
Interesting piece Insurgent. Raimondo knows how to blow the hype away.
But we know the way it works - the price for admission to the political process in this country (campaign donations & friendly press) is to kowtow to the Israeli lobby - which means signing on for unlimited war in the middle east.
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