I caught this story linked on Drudge today and had to share it since it made me laugh. The CBC is falling all over itself making excuses for The Pharaoh (and, of course, he's making excuses for himself too...he isn't responsible for anything...it's all Bush's fault)...but they are getting a little tired...he's not paying any attention to them or the Black Community.
Excerpts from The Washington Examiner, all emphasis is my own:
Black Caucus: Tired of Making Excuses for Obama
17 Aug 2011
Byron York
During a sometimes raucus session of what's being called the "For the People" Jobs Initiative Tour...Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) said that members of the CBC are becoming increasingly tired and frustrated by Obama's performance on the issue of jobs. Even as she expressed support for the president, Waters virtually invited the crowd to "unleash us" to pressure Obama for action.
"We don't put pressure on the president," Waters told the audience at Wayne County Community College. "Let me tell you why. We don't put pressure on the president because ya'll love the president. You love the president. You're very proud to have a black man -- first time in the history of the United States of America. If we go after the president too hard, you're going after us."
The problem, Waters said, is that Obama is not paying enough attention to the problems of some black Americans. The unemployment rate for African-Americans nationally is a little over 16 percent, and almost twice that in Detroit. And yet, Waters said, the president is on a jobs-promotion trip through the Midwest that does not include any stops in black communities.
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"The Congressional Black Caucus loves the president too," Waters said. "We're supportive of the president, but we're getting tired, ya'll. We're getting tired. And so, what we want to do is, we want to give the president every opportunity to show what he can do and what he's prepared to lead on. We want to give him every opportunity, but our people are hurting. The unemployment is unconscionable. We don't know what the strategy is. We don't know why on this trip that he's in the United States now, he's not in any black community.
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Full article:
http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/black-caucus-tired-making-excuses-obama
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