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Jesse caves
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11-07-2008 1:54pm#1
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I take it Sovtek is voting McCain in 2008
I think hes being overally harsh on Obama by stating he has no morals. He probably does, but hes a politician. Its just the reality that hes a politician is jarring with those who bought the bull**** wholesale when he was out on the fringe and could afford the "I have a dream" style rhetoric as opposed to the day to day realities of politics.
Ive got to say Baracks success is probably throwing guys like Jesse Jackson completely off. Its harder to argue that African Americans are perpetual victims when Barack Obama is the President of the United States. Any comments Barack might have made that call for personal responsbility as opposed to blaming others will obviously not go down well with those who believe in perpetual victimhood.
Amusing thing is, Baracks wife would probably sympathise quite a bit with Jesse Jackons view of things - rich as she is, she still views herself as a victim.
I found the text of of Baracks speech....perhaps youd do me the favour of highlighting the part which you found so reprehensible. Seems to me he identified a problem - more than half of black children in the U.S. living in single parent families, highlighted the statistical risks that children in such situations are prone to and called on fathers to take responsibility for their children - might be naive [ the mothers might not *want* the fathers involvement], might be obtuse [ a lot of those single parent families might be led by fathers as opposed to mothers], but theres nothing reprehensible or immoral about it.Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important. And we are called to recognize and honor how critical every father is to that foundation. They are teachers and coaches. They are mentors and role models. They are examples of success and the men who constantly push us toward it.
But if we are honest with ourselves, we'll admit that what too many fathers also are is missing - missing from too many lives and too many homes. They have abandoned their responsibilities, acting like boys instead of men. And the foundations of our families are weaker because of it.
You and I know how true this is in the African-American community. We know that more than half of all black children live in single-parent households, a number that has doubled - doubled - since we were children. We know the statistics - that children who grow up without a father are five times more likely to live in poverty and commit crime; nine times more likely to drop out of schools and twenty times more likely to end up in prison. They are more likely to have behavioral problems, or run away from home, or become teenage parents themselves. And the foundations of our community are weaker because of it.
How many times in the last year has this city lost a child at the hands of another child? How many times have our hearts stopped in the middle of the night with the sound of a gunshot or a siren? How many teenagers have we seen hanging around on street corners when they should be sitting in a classroom? How many are sitting in prison when they should be working, or at least looking for a job? How many in this generation are we willing to lose to poverty or violence or addiction? How many?
Yes, we need more cops on the street. Yes, we need fewer guns in the hands of people who shouldn't have them. Yes, we need more money for our schools, and more outstanding teachers in the classroom, and more afterschool programs for our children. Yes, we need more jobs and more job training and more opportunity in our communities.
But we also need families to raise our children. We need fathers to realize that responsibility does not end at conception. We need them to realize that what makes you a man is not the ability to have a child - it's the courage to raise one.
We need to help all the mothers out there who are raising these kids by themselves; the mothers who drop them off at school, go to work, pick up them up in the afternoon, work another shift, get dinner, make lunches, pay the bills, fix the house, and all the other things it takes both parents to do. So many of these women are doing a heroic job, but they need support. They need another parent. Their children need another parent. That's what keeps their foundation strong. It's what keeps the foundation of our country strong.0 -
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The more this plays out, the more i think it helps Obama. It's no bad thing that he appears more "conservative" on this issue. While some in the African American lobby might be a bit sensitive about his position, or feel that he's pandering to White/Middle America, at least it's one less Left Wing position that the Right can attack him on.
Also, i believe that 'Jessegate' allows him to distance himself from Jackson without actively been seen to do so. It's a win-win really
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