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URBAN THOUGHT COLLECTIVE.COM: You Can't Handle The Truth: Campaign TV Analysis by Darryl Bell
Hello from Everyone at Urban Thought Collective.com!
*We're all watching the Democratic Convention. We're all listening to the same audio. We're seeing the same pictures. When will someone comment on what they saw and heard instead of what they want you to believe?
Here are the facts. Barack Obama has been leading in the polls in a general election versus John McCain for almost a year. Seven out of ten Democrats who voted for Hillary Clinton were supporting Obama prior to the convention. Obama leads by 20% with all women nationally.
You don't win the nomination for president, of either party, without white men and white women voting for you in large numbers. The polls have not shown in any tangible way that they are accounting for the masses of young and newly registered voters who have and will vote for Obama. (has any pollster called you?)
Yet, any time you turn on the television you keep hearing about "the problems" Barack Obama has. The problems he has with Clinton supporters, the problems with white man and women, the problems with people getting to know him, the problems, problems, problems. Huh? I hate to keep going to the same well, but it's the dreaded Jedi mind trick. Tell everyone how the man in front, the person winning, has a problem.
Republicans are outstanding at campaigning. They're lousy at governing. Look at our economy, our image abroad, the housing mess, the war in Iraq, our lack of ANY credible energy plan, the poor and homeless without any health insurance and let's not forget the 9.5 trillion dollar national debt. That's what the Republican's have done to us and themselves. Why isn't someone saying that every time an anti-change voice steps up to the microphone?
The Republicans are faced with losing the majority in the House and the Senate and next, The White House, all to a man who will be wildly popular with Democrats and with our allies abroad. That would render them virtually inconsequential in our power structure. To make matters worse, they have…
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Urban Thought Collective is a new digital community exploring everything from pop culture to politics from an African-American perspective. Darryl Bell is an actor and Chicago native, best known for his role in classic TV series "A Different World" and Spike Lee's "School Daze." His unique television commentary is exclusive to Urban Thought Collective.
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