Re: Ishmael Reed: "What Progressives Don’t Understand About Obama" Keeping Cool & Caring" NYT

[Thomas Beshear]

Reed's piece is unpersuasive -- it's scattershot, all over the place. All I 
would say about Obama's steadfast black and Latino support is that it often 
failed to materialize in the polling places last November. (Polls show the 
makeup of the electorate was much whiter and older than in 2008). I just 
hope they show up in '12.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "rich" <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 11:38 AM
Subject: Re: Ishmael Reed: "What Progressives Don’t Understand About Obama" 
Keeping Cool & Caring" NYT


to inject race into this argument is pretty absurd. somehow by feeling
disappointed at Obama is playing into the hands of the enemy is also
absurd.
forget about this man up shit. his bad decisions and fall backs and
overall aloofness these past two years is proof enough no matter.




On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 11:27 AM,  <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
> How does Reed feel about "white progressives" badmouthing Michael Steele 
> and Condoleezza Rice?
>
> Laura
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Robin Landseadel <robinlandseadel at comcast.net>
>>Sent: Dec 12, 2010 10:51 AM
>>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>>Subject: Re: Ishmael Reed: "What Progressives Don’t Understand About 
>>Obama" Keeping Cool & Caring" NYT
>>
>>Unlike white progressives, blacks and Latinos are not used to getting
>>it all. They know how it feels to be unemployed and unable to buy your
>>children Christmas presents. They know when not to shout.
>>
>>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/opinion/12reed.html
>>
>>On Dec 12, 2010, at 7:41 AM, alice wellintown wrote:
>>
>>> The president, the coolest man in the room, who worked among the
>>> unemployed in Chicago, knows too.
>>
>
>