The Black Caucus War Against Obama

[bobbyw24]

A civil war is breaking out within the left of the Democratic Party pitting the Congressional Black Caucus against the first African-American president.


The battle began when California Rep. Maxine Waters complained publicly about the administration's failure to do more to help minority-owned businesses in the current recession. (Translation: In the new stimulus of "jobs" bill making its way through Congress, they want a larger take.) It continued yesterday when 10 members of the Black Caucus refused to participate in a meeting of the House Banking Committee that was considering the bill to restructure financial regulations, forcing Chairman Barney Frank to push the bill through by the uncomfortable margin of only 31-27.

The latest shot in the battle was fired by Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., a card carrying regular of the Black Caucus. Faced with the need to investigate the gate-crashing at the White House during the recent state dinner for India, he chose to embarrass the administration by subpoenaing White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers rather than quietly negotiating for her appearance.

That Thompson's action was a deliberate slap in Obama's face is obvious (even though the media have missed it). Since when does a liberal Democratic committee chairman embarrass a liberal Democratic president by forcing a liberal Democratic social secretary (from Chicago no less) to resist a subpoena to appear at a hearing? Since he wanted to send a message to Obama and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel that the Black Caucus did not like being taken for granted.

http://townhall.com/columnists/DickM..._against_obama

[SelfTaught]

It seems like they're just mad that Obama's not stealing more money and granting more priviledges to black people.

[Dunedain]

It seems like they're just mad that Obama's not stealing more money and granting more priviledges to black people.

Obama has not done EVERYTHING for blacks. I believe the black community expected he would, as if he was Martin Luther King incarnate...Like this lady thought:

YouTube - Obama Is Going To Pay For My Gas And Mortgage!!!

Obama has only done A LOT of blacks. The cash for clunkers program and the health care inititiave clearly favored low income people which black people are extremely likely to be, for example.

However, Obama's masters are not black...and they do not live in Detroit - America's largest black city. I don't ever recalling him even going there. He obey's his paymasters first and foremost and his own people when he can. A racial group like the Black Caucus obviously wants him to be more loyal to people of his same skin color.

[Matt Collins]

YouTube - Free At Last (Ron Paul, Martin Luther King)

[jmdrake]

It seems like they're just mad that Obama's not stealing more money and granting more priviledges to black people.

That's one way to look at it. Another is they tried to sell their constituents on the idea that the bailouts and the stimulus packages would help everybody when they aren't helping anybody but the investment bankers.