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March 02, 2009
Obama Sees 'tougher times' For African-Americans
Obama sees 'tougher times' for African-Americans
Acknowledging that "tough times for America often mean tougher times for African-Americans," US President Barack Obama on Saturday called for more local and national engagement by fellow blacks.
"You know that tough times for America often mean tougher times for African Americans. This recession has been no exception," Obama told the 10th annual "State of the Black Union" gathering, noting that the unemployment rate among African-Americans is five points higher than the national average.
"At the same time, we know that government cannot and will not succeed alone. It will take all of us stepping up and doing our part. It will take the commitment of parents and teachers and community leaders. It will take a renewed faith in our common purpose and common values."
In a video message, the first black US president told African-American politicians, thinkers and entertainers gathered in Los Angeles that his policies were "closing the gap between the nation we are and the nation we can be."
The new administration had done "more in these past 30 days to bring about progressive change than we have in the past many years," the president said in prepared remarks, pointing to his 787-billion-dollar economic stimulus plan to revive the battered US economy.
Obama also highlighted his audacious 3.55-trillion-dollar budget plan for 2010, which bristles with economic reforms and spending on healthcare, climate change and education in a bid to end America's worst economic crisis since the 1930s.
"You have tapped into a yearning in the community to address our toughest problems instead of leaving them for another day, or year, or generation," Obama told the gathering.
"I have seen that same hunger as I've traveled across our country among Americans united not by the color of their skin but by a shared determination to build a more perfect union; to not only revive this economy but to transform our country.... And that is the work my administration has already begun."
Obama took heat for not attending the gathering last year. His former Democratic rival and now Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was the only presidential candidate to accept an invitation.
Michael Steele, the first African-American chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), was also the first RNC leader to attend the forum.
Wild Thing's comment........
If I were black, I'd be miffed at his patronizing attitude.
Maybe when they quit thinking of themselves as victims and hyphenated Americans, they'll make a bit of progress.
Obama is a racist. He raises the issue every chance he gets. He is patronizing and demeaning and if harder times come it will be principally because he has telegraphed it and brought it about himself.
I believe the entire world is going to suffer because of B. Hussein Obama. His name will be despised for generations.
What a bunch of spoiled coddled brats!!!! There are a lot of blacks that have done very well.
....Thank you Mark for sending this to me.
Mark
3rd Mar.Div. 1st Battalion 9th Marine Regiment
1/9 Marines aka The Walking Dead
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Posted by Wild Thing at March 2, 2009 04:48 AM
Comments
well, Hillary was well rewarded by Black voters for being the only presidential candidate to accept the invitation to the "State of the Black Union" event.
Looks like The Messiah is setting his people up for some letdowns from his campaign promises.
Posted by: TomR at March 2, 2009 11:40 AM
Obama was too busy to go to he sent a video tape and they all bent over grabbed their ankles and chanted O ba maaaaaaa, three times to the east or maybe it should be to mecca.
What a bunch of freakin retards.
Posted by: Mark at March 2, 2009 01:40 PM
That's the way I see it too Tom and Mark.
The annointed messiah made promises that the hyphenatd-hubris expect him to keep, now they may fall on him in a feeding frenzy once they find that weak spot that's developing.
How 'Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm once they've seen Paree!!!!
Reuben, Reuben, I've been thinking
Said his wifey dear
Now that all is peaceful and calm
The boys will soon be back on the farm
Mister Reuben started winking and slowly rubbed his chin
He pulled his chair up close to mother
And he asked her with a grin
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm
After they've seen Paree'
How ya gonna keep 'em away from Broadway
Jazzin around and paintin' the town
How ya gonna keep 'em away from harm, that's a mystery
They'll never want to see a rake or plow
And who the deuce can parleyvous a cow?
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm
After they've seen Paree'
Posted by: Jack at March 2, 2009 01:50 PM
