The woman who famously labeled Bill Clinton as the "first black president" is backing Barack Obama to be the second. Author Toni Morrison said her endorsement of the Democratic presidential candidate has little to do with Obama's race — he is the son of a black father from Kenya and a white mother from Kansas — but rather his personal gifts.
Writing with the touch of a poet in a letter to the Illinois senator, Morrison explained why she chose Obama over Hillary Rodham Clinton for her first public presidential endorsement.
Morrison, whose acclaimed novels usually concentrate on the lives of black women, said she has admired Clinton for years because of her knowledge and mastery of politics, but then dismissed that experience in favor of Obama's vision.
Is this really surprising or shocking? Is it worthy of making Yahoo! Headlines like it did? When your reason for voting and supporting someone is "his personal gifts" you know you're getting a bullshit answer. And if you have to include the fact that his race is not an issue? Then, it probably is a reason why you're voting for him.
I find it comical the blacks who praise how great the Clinton Administration was for them, but now, overwhelmingly support Barack Obama, when he has a very small track record and he has not championed black rights and issues like Hillary and Bill have in the past. Morrison said that she had admired Hillary for years because of her knowledge and mastery of politics, but that goes on the backburner because of "Obama's vision." Obama's vision is one word - Change. How does one word override knowledge and mastery of politics?
It just bugs me to see African Americans like Oprah and Toni Morrison, who have been in the media for decades, decide to outright support a Presidential candidate the second Barack Obama runs. If they were so concerned for the welfare of our nation this entire time, where were they in 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004? If you're going to vote for him based on race, just say it because in the end, the person looks like an idiot.
2 comments:
Y'all can stop fucking bitching about this shit now. People are voting Obama because he's black. People are voting Hillary because she's a woman.
People AREN'T voting those two for that exact same reason. You aren't going to turn it around.
I personally would like Edwards as president on his haircut alone.
Race is always going to be an issue... oh well... her endorsement wont do anything to Hillary's campaign so its all good.
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