Michael Moore is wrong as are many other people who are claiming things like, "Americans will never vote for a black person for president again if Obama fails," etc.
In fact, it was all the big-money Republicans who supported Obama to the hilt. The Crown family with controlling interest in Whirlpool; the Fertitta family of the casino industry--- they backed both Obama and McCain with millions! The list goes on and on... just look at who Obama's biggest "bundlers" were... almost all staunch Republicans.
The American people have elected and re-elected black politicians all over this country... Richard Trumka (AFL-CIO Prez.) and Leo Girard (United Steel Workers Prez) trumpeted this "if you don't vote for Obama you are a racist crap all over the country.
In fact, it is this falsely labeling people who don't support Obama because they disagree with his Wall Street agenda as "racists" that is the most disgusting type of racist patronization I have ever witnessed on such a mass scale in this country that is part of the problem: intimidate and bully people to either support legislative policies that are detrimental to their interests as working people or shut them up.
In fact, all of these people suggesting that opposition to Obama (and making it look like the ONLY opposition to Obama comes from Republicans and Tea Baggers knowing full well millions of working people including people of color are opposed to him because he isn't addressing their concerns, needs and problems) are themselves silent on the question of enforcement of the most important component of Civil Rights legislation--- Presidential Executive Order #11246--- affirmative action. Not one of those like Trumka or Girard will question why it is Barack Obama refuses to implement and enforce EO #11246. A trillion dollars in government "stimulus" funded public works programs on everything from highway, bridges, roads, community centers, etc.--- and affirmative action has never been implemented.
Quite frankly, I think it is more important that millions of people of color and women have jobs than the color or sex of who is president. Michael Moore, Richard Trumka and Leo Girard maybe better try living unemployed and poor--- denied employment they are entitled to by law.
In fact, if Obama was poor he never would have been elected president of the United States. If you have enough big money backing you there is the opportunity to be elected to any office or any position in this country.
Wall Street couldn't care less who gets "blamed" for the problems in this country as long as the finger doesn't point back at Wall Street coupon clippers.
Racism in this country has not been wielded as a tool by corporate and wealthy interests primarily to prevent people from being elected to public office but for the purpose of suppressing wages which results in super-profits for corporations.
One has to wonder how it is that a racist outfit like Starbucks--- a very racist employer, is now funding the NAACP in its promotion of the One Nation Working Together rally that took place on October 2? I find it interesting that the NAACP has never uttered one peep of protest that Barack Obama is the very first president since Lyndon Johnson issued Executive Order #11246 in 1965 who has not enforced it.
Ironically, what we have is all these people claiming it is racist not to support Obama when they are at the same time allowing--- and enabling--- millions of people of color to be discriminated in employment based upon their race! Anyone knows and understands that if you are unemployed and don't have a job you are going to be poor.
As a life-long member of the NAACP and a union activist for some 40 years, I challenged Ben Jealous, Leo Girard and Richard Trumka on this issue on the Huffington Post--- the response to me was to ban me and delete my comments... in fact, it is "off limits" to criticize Obama and the Democrats from a liberal, progressive or left perspective, and this assures a vacuum is created in the political process that only the Tea Bagger Republicans can fill.
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