Saturday April 26, 2008
In the wake of Friday's not guilty verdict in the Sean Bell police-killing, we will be speaking with Eddie Glaude Jr., Princeton professor of Religion and African American Studies and the author of "In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics Black America."
We'll also look back at the Pennsylvania Primary and ahead to the upcoming showdowns with Chris Rabb, who lives in Pennsylvania and blogs at Afro-Netizen.com and with Michael Eric Dyson, University Professor at Georgetown University and the author of the new book, "APRIL 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America," Dyson joins us to give us his broader view of how Dems are doing in this presidential campaign.
- April 24, 2008








I'm awfully sick of hearing
I'm awfully sick of hearing how "tough" Hillary is. When did self-obsession become "toughness"? When did placing your ambitions above the group you purport to champion morph into "toughness"? When did lying and spinning with every breath for years, and banking on a 24 news cycle to move past each event, become the definition of a fighter? A tough person walks out on the stage after a huge loss and congratulates their competition. They don't pretend they did not lose time after time, and rudely ignore the winner -- as Hillary did contest after contest. Flailing while pretending you haven't lost time after time IS NOT tough. A tough person swallows their pride and does what is good for the group. Hillary is not "tough." Toughness is not going to visit a retard kid's execution to appear "tough on crime." Yes I'm an anti-war Democrat and I'll say it, toughness is not avoiding the draft. Toughness is not failing the bar and then riding your husband's coattails into politics. Toughness is not succumbing to your own vices at every turn (whether sex, money, fame, etc), and then blaming the victims of your own messes at every opportunity.
Both Clintons are vain, not tough -- who sellout whoever they can to prop up their own ambitions. This is why they were unable to accomplish anything in a decade in office -- because they were too busy preening to the polls and not leading, too busy covering up their lies to advance causes that help the group. Toughness is self-sacrifice. That shows heart. That's the kind of hurt that you personally struggle through. The Clintons have continually not served the greater good, continually avoided the hard choices, and lied their way through rather than take personal responsibility. And Democratic causes have been on pause for decade after decade because of it.
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By barelyawakenowApril 24, 2008 - 7:38pm