Randall Kennedy - Barack Obama's "Crossover Appeal"

[kofi7777]

Want vote for Obama again. Blacks votes for Democrats lock step. In 2008 the black vote ONLY made a difference in 6 states ... 6 states. During the midterm republicans took over the state house in many of the 6.

[gagothesith]

Prof Edley's annoyance at Kennedy's *shrillness* is too much for him to hide.

[freein2339]

First Black president a "super-conservative"...??? They can't even get a Black member of the GOP in congress....

[gagothesith]

@freein2339 That's a choice for the electorate to make.

[freein2339]

@gagothesith Well the electorate just trust Black conservatives..not even the GOP electorate...why is that if the GOP loves knee-grows so much....??

[jakefree24]

Crossover appeal, gimme a break. He couldn't even get the nomination today.

[shawnee2014]

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[bravesfanforever31]

This guy Randall Kelly was like me. I thought if we were to have a black president it would be a republican.

[grawk1]

Why is that, do you mind explaining?

I had simply assumed that because the Democrats had such a base of support in the African-American community that the Democrats would catch the majority of ambitious black politicians. What's your reason for thinking he'd be a republican?

[bravesfanforever31]

I thought that white Democrats would retreat to the Republican party. I thought that if there was a black Republican whites would see this candidate is extremly post racial, race neutral, and non surportative of social programs that assist blacks and poor.

[pluu9]

Incredible, Mr. Kennedy is a character. The man passionate as you can see in his body movement and gesture.

[diepiriye]

Interesting that we have a candidate that this many Blacks in AMerica support. No other president has had that sort of Black support, no? At any rate, Obama does need to be a coalition builder not just to get elected, but for these times. His candidacy really does imply a new day in terms of the power of the empire and how we yield this responsibility around the world, and certainly internally. Luckily, Obama is in the practice of listening carefully to advisors and making up his own mind!

[onetrickpony420]

He Wrote The Book "NIGGER"

[rdsweet]

The camera guy should be fired. Still looking for how Jeremiah Wright is a racist. Did I miss the sound byte?

[Tobes500]

You must have missed a lot in life period....

[blackberryjuice1]

I feel really sorry for these two dumb negroes. I would be embarrassed sitting in the room watching this tripe go down as real intellectual conversation.

[rdsweet]

I voted this down, because you dont have to be negative about the people to get your point across.

[junesteward]

You've found the issue of race to be your green card to making a name and maybe some money. Your words, your presence, and questionable logic on race in America is nothing but meaningless, contemptible, self-indulgence.

[blackberryjuice1]

e.g., Randall Kennedy is a sellout. LOL!

[blackberryjuice1]

e.g., Randall Kennedy is a sellout, LOL!

[dianeb1020]

If Obama were not an arrogant, egotistical piece of crap he would wait his turn and get behind Hillary Clinton 100% and do everything possible to beat McCain so we are sure not to have 4 more years of Republican garbage. He should be vice president now and get experience for the SAKE OF THE COUNTRY, not cut the line and fight to be president before he's ready. He's going to lose this election for the Democrats. What a shame.

[lilisome2]

If Hillary is such an inevitable choice then why isn't she winning?

[dianeb1020]

Because Obama has convinced them that another arrogant male as president would actually be a change. And they are, of course, afraid of a strong woman.

[blackberryjuice1]

do you even have any inkling of knowledge of her congressional record? what a strong woman to vote for a cruel and pointless war of aggression while giving lip-service to its injustice. hillary's played you like the pimp she is.

[Tobes500]

He didnt distance himself from the racist ass preacher he threw grandma under the bus.

He made it clear his grandma ( the white woman who raised him) was a racist and said more racist thinmgs than mr punk ass acting preacher.

Obama and Hilary both suck..........

[Shaunton1]

His pastor Wright never said he hated whites, just the way the government treats black. If anything he's anti-governement! Does he have a right to critique the goverment? He served his country as a Marine; I think he does! And you need to look at what our governement has done world-wide. The USA has'nt exactly been the becon of hope government elitist claim it to be!

[Tobes500]

He is a racist peice of shit period.You can do the oh he just dont like the way the government treats blacks bs all you want.

So what he was a marine, Does that allow him to be a racist bastard peice of shit?

And hey you dont like what your goverment has done and your protest arent working.....Leave there are several countries i am sure you could name that you would feel far better living under please list them for the rest who feel as you and take the racist bastard with you......

[Shaunton1]

So much anger, lol! Truth hurt huh! It reveals the truth about people like you! Rev Wright was talking directly to you ass-wipe! Get behind McCain warmorgering, elitist ass! I'm sure you will contribute to country when he attacks Iran and send the country and the world into more disaray! Obama for change in 08! Power to the people!

[Tobes500]

No anger period he is simply a racsit peice of shit.

Seems to me your the angry one.Get over it move on son.

Seek help!

McCain hasnt said anything about attacking anyone, yet your Obama said he would attack Pakistan did he not? or think how you can came back with a Thats not what he meant BS

Dont go away made just take you and your racist ass away....

Have a nice day and get over all your anger....

[Shaunton1]

No your the peice of shit! If you didn't know Pakistan mountains is were Osama is, not Iraq, lol! While you are massaging your racist ego the country will move past the slash and burn politics of old! Obama all the way! For our country; for the good of our nation!

[Tobes500]

Such anger still yet.He is there you got pictures of him?

But hey who said anyrthiong about Osama you wait so you agree with your BOY obama said he would INVADE someplace?

Now please point out if you can get beyond your apparent racail hostility and show anything that says Mccain said he was going to invade Iran?

Could you simply be pulling this out your ANGRY HOSTILE RACIST ASS by chance or read it on the Web on some BS site?

[Shaunton1]

McCain has constantly said that he believes Chaney direction of dealing with Iran is the best way! Chaney mention the possibility of Nuking locations in Iran to stop them from developing nuclear technlogy further! Sure, stopping country from developing nuclear technolgy by Nuking them! That seems justified, lol! The USA is on a dangerous path enonomically and militarily, and McCain still wants go further down it!

[Tobes500]

Dont worry you will probably get to vote for the other "racist" canidate if Obama lose's.

Cynthia McKinny(sp) is running as the green party canidate.

McCain has never said he would follow Chaneys anything. Again you simply pulling things out your Angery ass.

But then again half the world doesnt want Iran to have a nuke, so what BS you have to say now?

Have a nice day! sit down take deep breaths and MOVE ON AND GET OVER IT THE PREACHER HAS SHOWN THE WORLD HE IS A RACIST ASS BITCH.

Now Go Cry

[lilisome2]

You can't be racist if you have no power to act on your biases.

[blackberryjuice1]

yes, black people can't be racist, only reactionary. they can't really discriminate in any socially significant way against whites in terms of housing, education, jobs, the law, etc...

[Tobes500]

So if I am in no position to socially significant way against whites in terms of housing, education, jobs, the law, etc...

And I called you or a black person a _____(nword goers here) then I am not a racist then correct?

[Tobes500]

So In your opinion is Micheal Richards(Krammer)isnt a racist then correct or is Imus?

[lilisome2]

Krammer and Imus have the potential to act on their biases because they are on the side that controls the power-the white side. Based on their utterances alone, I would call them bigots but I think they are likely to be racist if given the opportunity to exercise power. Race is about power. If you call me 'N' I will say F. U and move on but my concern would be whether you are in a position to act on those biases to deny me opportunity.

[Tobes500]

LIlfullofsomeBS

So what your saying is simply some BS.

But since you commented as you did I then have to say that your own words would dictate that the so called "REV". Wright is a bigot and a racist ass bastard. being as he has a congregation and is an "Advisor" for Obama meaning he has the influence and is in a position to act. End of story you own words say that the Black rev is a racist.

[lilisome2]

Rev. Wright can spew all the venom in the world but realistically speaking he has no power to deny white people opportunity.You don't like his words..neither do I! But think about this-black people have lived with hateful words and negative stereotypes all their lives. You get a taste of it from one Rev. Wright and you just can't handle it!

[Tobes500]

Neither does Imus or Krammar have the power to deny anyone anything yet your rev and obama call them both racist.

I can handle anything, you although cant handle the truth... have a nice day in your self pity.

Be gone...

[lilisome2]

Self pity? no, just stating the facts. Black people face racism daily. Wright says some crazy stuff and you scream racist, racist! Hypocrite! the things Wright said don't even make sense and are not as harmful as institutionalized racism. The beauty of this is that Obama will win and knuckleheads like you will be left behind as the enlightened world moves on.

[Tobes500]

institutionalized racism.

Yes we as americans need to do away with this.

Afirmitive action should be gone. As far as Obama winning....

Not going to happen unless he throws this racist ass ignorant bastard under the bus as quick as he did his grandma....

Have a nice day as you wallow in your owe pitiful us!

[1TheJackal1]

I don't think you've been paying attention to current events or even been paying attention to people in general over the atleast last 20 years, people of ALL races deal with racism everyday and it's more popular now to be racist towards white people, it's become like a game especially for youths not just blacks but all races to centre out the white people as the root of all evil. I think it's rather juvenial and obnoxious for any/d everyone who perpetuates race hate or hate of any kind, pathetic

[evette808]

I actually agree with you also...they don't hold any power..they are judges, lawyers, CEO's, cops, etc....

[evette808]

damn skippy....

[evette808]

kudos...

[keltoi2000]

A good deal of the people voting for Obama aren't old enough to remember Jesse Jackson, or Al Sharpton for that matter.

[Yowzoe]

Gawd, spare us the yada-yada.

The guy on the left, fishing for reasons white support for Obama wrong, is a U.C. Professor? Note to Regents: your standards are slipping.

This ain't nothin but pompous, ponderous, meaningless mental masturbation divorced from reality.

Yeah if you look hard enough you can see the evil in anything. We are living paradoxes, mixed bags, and you are too.

Why don't you let it paralyze you into inactivity, and crystallize any negativity until everything sucks?

[Yowzoe]

Scumsucker, fuckin lowlife, go get an education.

[TheY2DreProblem]

my IQ dropped 5 points after watching this, fucking idiots

[kicuville]

not only OBAMA many successful blacks dont complain about slaver they are ready to move on, slavery ended 200 years ago still some people choose streets and not career, dont get ofended

[misternogood]

The civil rights act is 44 years old.

How old are your parents?????

[backto83]

Jackie Robinson, omfg. Yeah the difference is Jackie caught sh#t from white bigots but obama's catching sh#t from his own people. What a freaking shame. What would Jackie Robinson say about these jerks?

[backto83]

These guys aren't ready for change and have no one to blame but themselves because they're really caught off guard by obama's success and can't handle it. They always give a negative spin on obama because obama's not making anything a racial issue. He's only saying we're in pretty bad shape and I think I can help get us out this mess.....(sacrafice). I think obama really knows what he has to do and is ready to pull the plug on this war machine.

[gagothesith]

@backto83 What "sacrafice" has BH Obama paid? What "sacrafice" has he called upon his own supporters to make--as opposed to the "sacrafices" he wants his political opponents to make?

[Adrazar]

There are 2 guys who just love the black/white model of America. They could not cross a street without thinking about slavery or go to the toilet without envisioning Rosa Parks sitting on a bus. If Obama wins, that old America will become uninportant and everyone will benefit from it, especially the african american community (with the exception of the "intellectuals")

[jessemoralestube]

Please people dont be fooled, vote for Obama and let us all prosper together!

The Clintons are a disgrace, nothing positive about them , they are as dirty as the politics they portray!The whole world will laugh at us if we vote Hillary onto office!

And we will all lose! The ditch we are in will only get bigger, why oh why would you Not vote for Obama!!

[vernvu]

I am getting tired of so called black educated people saying if he is black enough, i didn't know there was a dna test, or tongue swipe to certify your blackness, he has a strong black woman, been in southside chicago, he just treats people fairly, and does not have hatred in himself

[maddogg1234]

obama is too wise to engage in stupid racial

slurs while he is both black and white

mix race that would be ignorant

[Sophios]

I'm surprised to hear that old scruffy Cornell crossed over. He was one of the first to sling that "not black enough" crap at Barack. Glad to hear it. I think Randall's view has balance. I'm just happy that the most self-revealed and self-defined politician I've ever seen comes in a lovely mocha hue. He is in a league of his own, and will lift up our discourse.

[mbasal905]

Barack is going to be President... he is showing us the promise land... what is wrong with us... he is a "black man" according to our standards... although he is mixed, so THAT should give us pause!!, is he black or white? it all really dosent matter, he is the RIGHT candidate!!! and we should stop criticizing him..

[Roddykris]

I rather have someone with good judgment than someone with good connections running the country. Obama has 6 yrs of experience working in the state senate and 4 yrs in the US senate. That equals 10 yrs of public service versus Hillary's 8. He passed a hugely popular health care bill in Ill. he was a civil rights lawyer, law professor, president of the Harvard Law Review, community organizer, magna cum laude from Harvard Law and magna cum laude in international relations at Columbia.

[Roddykris]

We the people has done it south carolina, come people let us make them hear our voice, let match together with one voice. verily, verity, we shall overcome. Our hope of a better America has come. your choice and vote be casted, we shall overcome. God bless America. It takes some to destroy and some to rebuild.

Vote Obama now and and beyond. 2008. The change we need.

[alyceclover]

Cornell West, Charles Barkley and Toni Morrison are a few who have crossed over for Obama. Have these guys ever considered that there is a mass of 'white' voters who hate white bigots? It seems to me many black folks do not like Jackson and Sharpton. I tend to understand that if you stood by MLK's side when he died, you might tend toward some seemingly radical views.

[themightylex]

I am so happy that Barack Obama breaks from the stereotypes of convention. he doesn't hold himself to a lower standard in order to identify with views that would keep him down. Racism is defeated when we refuse to allow it to dominate our actions and beliefs. Intellectuals are often at the disadvantage of thinking themselves out of taking action!

Got Hope? Vote Obama 2008!

[YadaYadaguy]

this motherfucker just called the senate a racist atmosphere.the same senate that helped crush the KKK in america...a white person is always the racist .....this cock sucker is a racist ..with the Black Man white man bullshit.

[alyceclover]

YadaYadguy: 1998 a Supreme Court justice sided with a KKK grand whatever they are called in a lawsuit. Her decision overturned a 50 year ban in Virgina on cross burnings which overturned a conviction of a man who scared his Virginia Beach neighbors into moving by burning a cross on their lawn. That was white woman sides with white terrorists at the expense of many citizens of many colors.

[jacknewt]

This would have been true just a few weeks ago, but according to polls, Barack Obama is now the black candidate. Before, he was just a candidate who happened to be black. He won't win.

[classic14rider]

Well the problem is "all those others" have dominated the image of African Americans, whereas the AA population is, and always has been, much more diverse than that. To say that Obama is not like "all those others" is to say that he liberates African Americans from the stereotypes that have been imposed on the community.

[ENDH8]

Well said!

[truthspeaks84]

I'm impressed, you truly have hit it in a nutshell! Please continue to comment, I'd be interested in additional thoughts

[gagothesith]

@classic14rider

Rubbish. Obama, while he is portrayed as different from the stereotypical African-American leader, THRIVES on the community's stereotypes and prejudices.

And profiting from RHETORIC without any regard for action and responsibility for the consequences of the programs he advocates is precisely what makes Obama as much bullshit as Sharpton and Jackson.