February 20, 2008 at 5:49 pm (My So-Called Life, Political Junkie)
Tags: CSPAN, Election, mckinney
This morning I woke up to the loud sound of a black woman speaking passionately bout the problem with Barack and Hilary. Of course my ears perked up immediately… who is that dissing my man?!? I rolled over to look at the bright tv with my non seeing eyes. At first I thought it was congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, but when the name popped up, I squinted to make out the name – Cynthia McKinney. What?!?
You all remember Cynthia right?
The last time we saw Cynthia she was apologizing for punching one of the capital police officers. Your girl is no joke. She had a problem getting through the congress security checkpoint and when the police officer stopped her, she punched him. There was a whole he said/ she said drama. And then Cynthia just dropped off.
So… apparently, she has converted to the Green Party! And to top it off, she’s their candidate for president. Ay ay ay. Are you serious? The woman was speaking to room packed with all of about 20 people. 20 people!! What kind of campaign is that? .. Maybe people just don’t know she is running. Too bad she was on C-SPAN at 4 in the morning. How is that for media coverage?!
I find all of this very interesting. Clearly Cynthia is pissed with the people in Washington. Hang in there Ms. Thing!
BTW: This is Cynthia 
And this is Sheila
Any similarities or am I out of my mind?
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February 1, 2008 at 6:36 pm (My Africa, Political Junkie, TV, Movies, Music)
Tags: Africa, Barack, CSPAN, Election, Ghana, Nigeria, Obama
Every morning I catch about 15 minutes of a show on CSPAN called Washington Journal, where people call in to share their opinion of the political news of the day. I love the show even though I have issues with some of the callers. (Yes, I have tried to call in, I have never gotten through though).
… Over the last 3 weeks I’ve heard many more calls from Africans (mostly men) calling in to tell us what they think (mostly about Barack). How do I know they’re Africans? Com’on now.. I know my peoples… LOL…and the accents are a dead give away. 
So they call, they talk and talk and talk and inevitably what comes out of their mouth is ‘I like Barack O-BA-MA, but I don’t think he can win because blah blah blah‘. Oh my word! I am getting so tired of this.
… so my African people…
I am going to say to you what I’ve said to my Ghanaian cousin and Nigerian ex-boyfriend – both fairly smart African men. Stop it with the disbelief! Stop it. Have you been so conditioned to doubt that the mere possibility of a President Obama is unfathomable? Why? I really wonder why. Will his ability to become president somehow signify that we have overcome? Will it require that YOU become more? Why are you paralyzed by fear and rationalizing it with doubt?
In her speeches Michelle Obama often says …
You know, there’s always that doubt in the back of the minds of people of color. People who’ve been oppressed and haven’t been given real opportunities. That you never really believe. That you believe that somehow, someone is better than you. You know, deep down inside, you doubt whether you can do it, because that’s all you’ve been told, is “no, wait.” That’s all you hear, and you hear it from people who love you. Not because they don’t care about you, but bcause they’re afraid. They’re afraid that something might happen.
I think on many levels that is true. Its some kind of subconscious self-doubt.
Haven’t you ever been passed for a job or whatever because someone wasn’t ready to give your black bleep a chance? Why are we expecting Barack to work so much harder for our vote than we required of Bill? He just said ‘I’m down’ and we said ‘welcome to the club Brotha Bill’. And yet we doubt Barack. How is it that we think we can vote for the same old establishment candidate and get different results? (And as much as I want a woman president, Hilary is establishment). The time for change -real change-is now.
… and so my African people …
to those of you who aren’t just talking talk, but who are citizens of this fine country who can actually vote (yes, I put THAT out there…) vote for Barack.
And if not .. leave me your comments on why you have gone with your candidate.
BTW – Barack isn’t just selling false hope as some would have you believe. You can read all about his positions here:
http://obamabulletin.com/
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-dem3feb02,0,3530861.story
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