I live in Atlanta. I was listening to Black radio (AM station) yesterday and was struck by the number of people were saying that the only way Obama could be elected was to bring Hillary on to the ticket. It's amazing that Black people don't have faith in the brilliance of this man that they think they need to advise him on what he should do, so much so that Bob Johnson (who cares about him?) is trying to convince the Congressional Black Caucus into pressuring Obama into naming Hillary as his VP. All of this is ridiculous, because Obama is smart enough to make his own decisions. He's been doing it all along, without ridiculous input from talking heads who don't know what they're talking about. He's not listening to them anyway.

It's unfortunate that we, as Black people, don't have enough faith in one another to make good decisions. What I also think is at play, unfortunately, is that many are hatin' on the Black man.

Posted at June 5, 2008 1:27 PM in response to Poll: Nearly Half Of African Americans Want Hillary On Ticket

I just recently started reading TPM; this is the first article I've read that you've written. This was a fantastically written article, one from which I learned much. As brilliant as I think Obama is, it seems he needs to read this somehow.

Thank you.

Posted at May 13, 2008 9:47 AM in response to The Negro Sings Of Zionism