I guess I'll have to turn in my Black Card after this one, but I have nothing else to do so...why not write about it?
Hearing that the Republicans are getting the House and possibly the Senate hasn't really evoked any sense of concern. I don't know how to put this but...I don't really have any faith in Obama. White people may read this and say, Well let's see where he's going with this blog. Black people on the other hand have already stopped reading, You a sell out!
I had no illusion that things would change overnight. I just don't have any hope that they'll get better any time soon. I wanted him to win because I thought he had it in him to take us in a new direction, I just didn't know how tough the opposition was. He's a charismatic guy and one hell of a public speaker. The problem is that you can't win over close-minded people and unfortunately he picked his battles kind of oddly.
Healthcare was a big issue, but it may not have been the right issue to go after. I'm not talking politics, I'm talking about picking something that would make the most difference. People don't care about healthcare. Sick people care. Let me rephrase that. Sick people who are on their last leg and can't afford to see a doctor care about it. Everybody else is healthy, can afford healthcare or too busy eating fast food, inhaling sugary products and smoking to care.
I mean let's take a look at the commercial with the pudgy woman at the grocery store talking about the proposed soda tax. The government is too involved, she says as she loads up her cart with ground beef, chips, a two liter soda and some orange drink. She's just a quesadilla away from a heart attack herself, but I won't go there.
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