U.S. (OBAMA) Set to Sponsor Health Insurance (the public option sought by many liberal Democrats)

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61. I saw this coming...

... if there is one thing that Black folk understand, it is the idea that oftentimes, to get to what you need (voting rights, fair access to schools and public accommodations, etc) it requires supporting people and things that will not get you the whole loaf now, but, in the meantime, only half a loaf or a slice of bread or some crumbs or nothing at all, but tactically, in the long game puts you on the road to the very things you need.

Blacks, for the vast majority of us, do not vote race... we vote for the path that moves the stone forward.
(Notice how that Black fellow with the pizza chain that ran on the GOP ticket got 0% support from Blacks -- 2 places to the right of the decimal doesn't count)

When you are black:
You will have to vote for the lesser of two evils.
You will have to support things that you abhor.
You will take one step back or more to guarantee two steps forward down a better path.
You will sacrifice your crumbs today for a slice for your children or grand-children.

I recognized what Obama was doing not because Obama is Black -- that is silly.
I recognized it because I'm Black.
I've seen this before.
It was done for me before.
And...
I've done it before.