Conversation I just had with my Uncle Ronny over Yahoo Instant Messenger. Text is accurate. I added the who said what and cleaned up the punctuation:
Uncle Ronny: “Well it’s all over for brother Obama.”
Me: “How so?”
Uncle Ronny: “He has to be the black guy tomorrow at his big race speech. That’s all some folks need to hear to not vote for him.”
Me: “Yeah. Obama’s in a difficult situation. The hope campaign seems a million miles away.”
Uncle Ronny: “You only get one strike when your black. If your associated with an inflamer, you get flamed. I’ll cast my vote for Ol’ Hillary in GE. She’s a tough cookie and I like her. But man I dreamed of seeing the first black president. Rev. Wright is us. Too bad ‘us’ is going to bring Obama down. ‘Us’ should have just chilled out and kept our mouths shut”
Me: “Keep hope alive Ron-Ron.”
Uncle Ronny: “I’ll just hope the USA sweeps the 100m gold in the Olympics this summer. Nothing to hope about in politics. Nothing at all.”
Interesting. Especially the part about “us” bringing “Obama down”. He attributes the words of Rev. Wright as part of the black consciousness and that it has ended Obama’s campaign. My uncle is utterly depressed about the whole Wright-Obama affair. I don’t know what Senator Obama is going to say at his “race speech” but one thing is for certain, it promises to be a watershed moment in his campaign.
Personally, I think Senator Clinton is somewhat conflicted in this issue. She wants to win and sees political opportunity in this. But she’s also a woman and has been very close to the black community. I bet she’s heard a few choice bits from some of the black people she knows and have met throughout her travels. Personally I find her relative silence on this issue refreshing. Much respect to her.
I’m not complex. Don’t have time for all that. And all that complex stuff bad for the stomach. Just color me simple and plain with a twist.