Taylor Marsh just doesn’t get it. She says Senator Barack Obama ducked out of today’s State of the Black Union conference basically because he’s “misaligned and hypocritical”. The meat:
This is all so predictable. Even taking Clinton out of the equation — because not everything is about Hillary Clinton — there is nothing about Obama’s choices that are surprising. Again, this has nothing to do with Clinton. It’s about Obama’s choices, which, quite frankly, are misaligned and hypocritical, especially for someone who has relied on African Americans to get the nomination. I guess he feels now that he’s likely to win he just isn’t as concerned with reaching out anymore. I’m shocked! To use one of Mr. Obama’s favorite words, which he trotted out so conveniently in South Carolina, bamboozled, baby. You’ve been played.
For some reason, Taylor Marsh’s post burned me up. Literally angered me so much I had to walk away from the laptop and compose my emotions. She doesn’t get it. Senator Obama can’t be seen at or speaking at the State of the Black Union conference because he’s black! He can’t be seen as the President of Black America. I can see the media (including bloggers) headlines if he did:
“Obama proves he’s not for all Americans…”
“Obama: President of Blacks. What about the rest of us?”
“The only unity Obama believes in is BLACK UNITY!”
“Obama shows his racism…”
Senator Obama has gotten this far because of his crossover appeal. He’s the first viable black candidate for POTUS. That trumps the interests of the “The Black Union” (that term just irritates me since we black folks are Americans and part of THE UNION). And to say that we black folks were “bamboozled” by Senator Obama because he didn’t attend a conference shows her as out of touch.
Dear Taylor, this black Independent voter who has never voted for a Democrat or Republican in protest wasn’t bamboozled. This black guy was glad Senator Obama made the right decision. He’s not being hypocritical. On the contrary, this decision shows his consistency.
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.