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15. thought you might find this interesting, Number23:
Thu May 24, 2012, 04:21 AM
May 2012

ANALYSIS: Cornel West’s Obsession with Obama
May 21, 2012
By: Michael H.Cottman, BlackAmericaWeb.com

http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_state_of_black_america_news/40515

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Every few months West rolls out new material to beat-up on Obama whenever he has an opportunity to meet with the media.

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When asked to critique Obama's first term in office, West said Obama is "much much better than Mitt Romney" but he remained critical of Obama.

"Mitt Romney is a catastrophic response to a catastrophe, whereas Obama is a disastrous response to a catastrophe,” West said. “Is disaster better than catastrophe? Yes it is .... "

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the article is very hard to read, sadly true.

i recently heard Tavis also begrudgingly acknowledge that President Obama must win, that he will, of course, vote for the President.





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he was one of the plaintiffs Enrique May 2012 #1
Thanks for that Number23 May 2012 #2
They were on the Colbert Report not so long ago RFKHumphreyObama May 2012 #4
"I turned it off when they came on so please don't ask me what they had to say" Number23 May 2012 #6
yeah, how unAmerican of them choie May 2012 #3
Accountable to whom for what? Number23 May 2012 #5
Right you are goclark May 2012 #7
Exactly Number23 May 2012 #8
AGREED Mr Dixon May 2012 #9
Those words JustAnotherGen May 2012 #11
I read several of West's books ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2012 #20
I did see Tavis on MSNBC several weeks ago, Jamaal510 May 2012 #10
Yeah, right? trolling4dollaz May 2012 #12
SMH Mr Dixon May 2012 #13
Shaking my head with you Number23 May 2012 #14
Post removed Post removed May 2012 #16
thought you might find this interesting, Number23: nofurylike May 2012 #15
Thanks sweetiekins Number23 May 2012 #18
"the vast majority of the black posters in this thread ... answer" brilliantly!! nofurylike May 2012 #19
I'm sorry, but I'd rather sit in raw sewage than to listen to either of these assholes EVER again! Tarheel_Dem May 2012 #17
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