Every President Needs His Billie Carter...

Apparently Barack Obama is no exception to this rule. There are already two candidates driving hard for the hoop to fill that role and win the coveted spot on on Obama's coat tails.
The first out of the gate this week was one of the country's most tallented and loud-spoken race baiters. None other than Louis Farrakhan

Farrakhan suggested he would keep a low profile in the campaign, despite his enthusiasm for Obama.

"That's why you have never heard me make any comment," he explained. "I love that brother, and I want to see that brother successful. I don't want to say anything that would hurt that brother, and I don't want them to use me or the Nation of Islam."

Returning to the theme that Obama is a mystical figure, Farrakhan said, he "is not the Messiah for sure, but anytime he gives you a sign of uniting races, ethnic groups, ideologies, religions and makes people feel a sense of oneness, that's not necessarily Satan's work, that is, I believe, the work of God."
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I love it that he says he has shied away from commenting because he doesn't want to say anything to hurt that brother... he doesn't "want them to use me or the Nation of Islam." Like the mere act of opening his mouth in support of anyone doesn't cast a pall over them in the public eye!

Hey Dr., if you really want to hook a brother up, you should just shut the fuck up!

This next part is my favorite.

"anytime he gives you a sign of uniting races, ethnic groups, ideologies,
religions and makes people feel a sense of oneness, that's not
necessarily Satan's work. "

Not necessarily? WTF is that supposed to mean? Apparently all those good sounding things are the tools of the Devil, the White Devil I think is what he means.

Gee Lou, ... thanks for the endorsement. I guess.

Not to be outdone, out pops the patron saint of opportunism, Rev. Jesse Jackson. Not one to let his previous indiscretions with an open mic impede his boot-lickin', Jesse weighed in on the life and times of Barack Obama in the way only another oppressed and down-trodden black man can:

Jackson warns that he isn't an Obama confidant or adviser, "just a supporter."
But he adds that Obama has been "a neighbor or, better still, a member of the
family." Jackson's son has been a close friend of Obama for years, and Jackson's
daughter went to school with Obama's wife Michelle.

"We helped him start his career," says Jackson. "And then we were always there to help him move ahead. He is the continuation of our struggle for justice not only for the black people but also for all those who have been wronged."

Will Obama's election close the chapter of black grievances linked to memories of slavery? The reverend takes a deep breath and waits a long time before responding.

"No, that chapter won't be closed," he says. "However, Obama's victory will be a huge step
in the direction we have wanted America to take for decades."

Jackson rejects any suggestion that Obama was influenced by Marxist ideas in his youth. "I see no evidence of that," he says. "Obama's thirst for justice and equality is rooted in his black culture."
But is Obama - who's not a descendant of slaves - truly a typical American black? Jackson emphatically answers yes: "You don't need to be a descendant of slaves to experience the oppression, the suffocating injustice and the ugly racism that exists in our society," he says.

"Obama experienced the same environment as all American blacks did. It was nonsense to suggest that he was somehow not black enough to feel the pain." link

".. a neighbor, or better still, a member of the family." I get the feeling that was supposed to be inner dialog. He was weighing which was the best way to paint their relationship to the outside world and his thoughts just kinda slipped out!

My personal hope is that if Barack Obama wins this election, his victory serves as the nails in the coffins of both of these douchenozzles' perceived cultural relevency. The rhetoric of rage and oppression, one that Obama does not preach, is precisly what needs to end in this country. It benefits no one and serves only as an impediment to hope.