*For some, Cornel West may not DO much, but the man says some pretty controversial things.
And his latest commentary may top ‘em all. The professor has never appeared reluctant to lay down some harsh criticism on his black president regarding issues of race, war, and poverty.
This time, he took it to a whole ‘nother level, calling out President Obama as a “Rockefeller Republican in blackface.”
So harsh. But he also went in on black MSNBC personalities, accusing them of “selling their souls” to jump on the Obama bandwagon.
“I think that it’s morally obscene and spiritually profane to spend $6 billion on an election, $2 billion on a presidential election, and not have any serious discussion,” West lamented to host Amy Goodman. “Poverty, trade unions being pushed against the wall dealing with stagnating and declining wages when profits are still up and the 1 percent are doing very well, no talk about drones dropping bombs on innocent people,” he continued.
It sounds like someone is upset and really bitter toward the president, in a tone reminiscent of anti-Obama campaigners.
Despite Cornel’s hammer throw of accusations, he might have a point. Some question if Obama has pushed any agenda dealing with the poor and black community.
He even added that Richard Nixon had some better policies in favor of the poor.
Check out more of the heavy-handed interview:
He may not “DO much?” What does that mean writer? That’s an odd first statement.
Re West’s accusation about the Sharptons and Joyners, he is of course, absolutely on-point. Sharpton sold whatever little credibility he had when he negotiated a “never criticize Obama” clause to secure his show on MSNBC. Low-IQ Joyner pretends the issues he supposedly cared about pre-Obama don’t exist, now that massa O invites him to the White House and whatnot.
What a f*ckin joke this “community” has become. We are the laughing stock of the world right now.
I haven’t seen anyone laughing at America or the President. I’ve seen some pretty pissed of Anti-Obama (aka Anti-Black), but nobody is laughing, so that’s some BS. Sharpton SHOULD set boundaries regarding any hateful unsubstatiated spewing on his show! Obama’s platform has always been about focusing on the middle-class, does that exclude the poor, no, but it is the middle class that HAS to maintain in order for the poor to be elevated, otherwise it would only be two classes, poor and wealthy. Cornell is not even trying to be a part of the solution, he is a huge part of the divisive problem!
Tom Joyner is a clown, a calculating cash cow clown, which requires a respectable IQ, however, his support of Obama was waaaaay before he was invited to the white house. People truely need to get over their “lemon sucking” attitude, it is so old!
You are wrong. Other races are laughing their azzes off. When they see how sad the stats are for Blacks under Obama and how Blacks pretend not to notice just to keep him in office, they laugh.
Again, haven’t seen it. Do you have a link of these “laughing races” that I can view. If this is the case, then America has ALWAYS been the laughingstock if it is due to the “sad stats for blacks” in America.
Nobodies doing any laughing at the plight of black america due to Obama. In fact, Obama has implemented MANY policies that directly assist the poor. Starting with lowing of taxes, raising grant amounts (NON REFUNDABLE) extending unemployment (until congress opposed) broadening training programs (of which I personally know people who has taken advantage of),etc…. .please do your research before blindly criticizing.
lol Okay, Blacks don’t have record unemployment and more in the poverty ranks under Obama. Also, I just won the 300,000,000 dollar lottery. (As long as we are making up our own realities and whatnot…)
These BLACK repub-li-CONS need to get over it. President Obama ran a BETTER campaign than that flip-flopper GOP candidate. Romney’s platform was so inept and SIMPLY NOT TRUE, ask the citizens of MASS, he ran the same type of campaign running for GOV there full of lies and became GOV of MASS ans left them high and BROKE..
AFRICAN AMERICANS , women, hispanics, and asians deceided this election as WE THE PEOPLE, not just BLACKS as you refer too african AMERICANS as, what are blacks anyway? the definition of the word BLACK is negative-look in your dictionary ans white is the complete opposite-look in your dictionary,Ii never understood why would a brown person of african heritage would call shelf- BLACK –NEVER understood that at all, WE AREN”T A COLOR we are a Heritage which is african, so how your black reoublicans as you like to refer to yourself as, and don’t identifiy with your heritage like OTHER races on the planet(this alone spells ashamed of who you are and your hertiage) but anyway, its your PROBLEM, i love the fact I came from such a RICH heritage and culture…ands would NEVER denounced this FACT!
President OBAMA is the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES not as some will call BLACK AMERICA, get a clue , unemployment is high with race of PPL in america america not just african americans..
I have plenty of associates/friends all over the planet and have travelled to a many nations, TRUST me, this planet of nations loves President OBAMA, and hated Ppresident Bush 43rd–. often those in the presence of presidet Bush have said,that you could smell the surfur coming off Bush 43rd, and surfur is symbolic to EVIL in most eastern nations.
Tavis & Corny remind me of the energizer bunny who’s wound up so tight with hate, envy and jealousy against President Obama that it’s slowly running its battery down and will need a re-charge in the near future. These two charlatans have established a career bashing President Obama and should receive the “Angry Crabs in the Basket Award” at the next phoney state of the Black union conference aka the great American talk-do-nothing-a-thon. During George Dubya’s 8 years of destroying the country, these two chumps were as quiet as church mice. Fanteeking, Cape Coast
lol So they didn’t have careers before Obama was on the scene? And you’re saying they said NOTHING when Bush was in office? Tavis didn’t have a running commentary on Tom Joyner’s show at that time? lolol
So you’re both delusional and a liar. Wonderful
David, i agree. and the other part of this has to do with access. tavis is pissed because, in his words “this is the first time i have not been invited to the white house”, so how dare obama in his case.
in cornels case, he is pissed because he campaigned for the president during the presidents first term and is still bitter because he was not invited to the inauguration where a bell hop was. also, he is pissed because the president placed larry summer, cornel’s nemesis and the man who told cornel to stop effn up harvards money recording cd’s and not teaching enough, as the former director of the united states national economic council.
It sounds like Cornel is still upset from that time President Obama cursed him out for attacking his policies – off the record, of course.
Oh Gee. This stings. It won’t be good for Cornell but it sounds like what you would hear black people say about republicans. Kinda odd.
Of course he makes valid points.
Which Polls Fared Best (and Worst) in the 2012 Presidential Race (Gallup, one of the worst)
By NATE SILVER
As Americans’ modes of communication change, the techniques that produce the most accurate polls seems to be changing as well. In last Tuesday’s presidential election, a number of polling firms that conduct their surveys online had strong results.
There were roughly two dozen polling firms that issued at least five surveys in the final three weeks of the campaign, counting both state and national polls.
For each of these polling firms, I have calculated the average error and the average statistical bias in the margin it reported between President Obama and Mitt Romney, as compared against the actual results nationally or in one state.
Among the more prolific polling firms, the most accurate by this measure was TIPP, which conducted a national tracking poll for Investors’ Business Daily. Relative to other national polls, their results seemed to be Democratic-leaning at the time they were published. However, it turned out that most polling firms underestimated Mr. Obama’s performance, so those that had what had seemed to be Democratic-leaning results were often closest to the final outcome.
It was one of the best-known polling firms, however, that had among the worst results. In late October, Gallup consistently showed Mr. Romney ahead by about six percentage points among likely voters, far different from the average of other surveys. Gallup’s final poll of the election, which had Mr. Romney up by one point, was slightly better, but still identified the wrong winner in the election. Gallup has now had three poor elections in a row. In 2008, their polls overestimated Mr. Obama’s performance, while in 2010, they overestimated how well Republicans would do in the race for the United States House.
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/10/which-polls-fared-best-and-worst-in-the-2012-presidential-race/
The bottom line is that Tavis and Cornell are ideologues, which is defined as a blindly partisan advocate or adherent of a particular ideology. I am not saying this is particularly negative…..it is good to have someone keep light and discuss what should be. And this is what they have done…just not in a positive manner which is my problem with them. Ideologues have their place. The problem when folks operate outside of their place. The way they are trying to advocate their ideal is not warranted and is detrimental all around. Am I saying it should not be discussed because we will never attain the high standard T & C espouse? No. But it won’t be done today, tomorrow, next year or possibly in our generation…especailly if we stay negative. We have to work on many things first as we work toward those high ideals. First being how we talk to, about and treat each other. The second being…….
Always worrying about other frick frack folks instead of focusing 100% on problems/solutions that concern us. If we are going to speak about other races, my understanding is that over 70-75% of other races voted for President Obama. There is only one race that did not go that high. If there are others, their numbers were not significant enough for the analysts to consider or the media to report.
Third….what plans do we have individually? As a family unit? We need to learn how to plan, work the plan and plan to work. If we are not doing what we need to do, we ablsolutely can not take advantage of current and/or changing policies that can elevate us. Most importantly, we can’t articulate/create a platform that we can advocate the changes we need – like other groups have done. Because we do NOT have a national platform but complain that others needs are being worked.
Time’s a ticking and still too man are busy moaning and groaning about what someone else isn’t doing…and what they not going to do, can’t do.
I pray many more refuse to go into 2013 whining to others and on this site like 4 years ago. Let’s discuss and plan the customization of our boat to move smoothly in choppy, shallow water.
Shoelover: I absolutely agree with you! Until we as a people come together and chart a course for our future… we are doomed to continuously repeat history!
We have to take responsibility for ourselves and our communities!
Until we do this… nothing changes!
(Singin B.Hope style, as I enter the room)…”Thaaaaanks for the rememories”. Oh LOOK everyone!!!!…..”the tag-team Mormons” are back!, & in their “original” forrrrrrrrm! Oh, how we’ve MISSED y’all lyin azzes. Now stay in that bubble, & “remain allergic to the truth”, ok?, so We can keep’on LOMFAO atcha weak,racist,losin azzes….”K”!? (singing as I walk away) “Welllllllllllcome baaaaaaack, welcome back welcome back wellllllcome baaaaaaack”! Bling!
Taurusingr > > > Thanks, that was genius.
My pleasure, And hey!?…..”I do what I can”!! Hee hee!! (MJ style!)
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Yo…..Corny looks like he’s “beggin his azz off” in this pic, pleading lika crackhead…..”pleeeeeaee baby pleeeeeeese baby baby pleeeeeeease I’ll do ANY thang, I’ll su…….(y’all know the rest!) wah wah wah waaaaaaaaah!
As a donor, volunteer, and voter these issues were, and are important to me.
[West lamented to host Amy Goodman. “Poverty, trade unions being pushed against the wall dealing with stagnating and declining wages when profits are still up and the 1 percent are doing very well, no talk about drones dropping bombs on innocent people,”]
AMY GOODMAN: President Obama said to Harry Belafonte, according to Harry, “Why don’t you and Cornel West cut me some slack?” And Cornel—and Harry Belafonte responded, “What makes you think we’re not?”
CORNEL WEST: That’s exactly right.
Was it me, or did it seem that Tavis didn’t want to have any of it.
“Let Cornell run his mouth, I’m a stay out of this. Catching too much flak already for trying to hold Obama accountable. I got a show to keep on the air.”
MICHAEL ERIC DYSON: …. the reality is that he’s the most progressive president, as Gary Dorrien, an American leftist who teaches at Union Theological Seminary argues, since FDR.
CORNEL WEST: Is it progressive to sign the National Defense Authorization Act, in which you can actually detain American citizens with no due process, no judicial process, to assassinate American citizens based on executive power? That’s not—that is authoritarian. That’s autocratic. It’s crypto-fascist. We have to call it for what it is. Drones are war crimes. We have to call it for what it is. That’s the tradition that produced us. That’s what Frederick Douglass is about. That’s what Ida B. Wells is about. That’s what Abraham Joshua Heschel at his best was. That’s what Dorothy Day was. That’s our tradition.
http://www.democracynow.org/2012/11/9/tavis_smiley_cornel_west_on_the
So….. what’s his end game here? Hoping that someone in the Obama administration, or even Obama himself will be reading these blogs and will then “do something”? Is he targeting other legislative branches or just the President.