Poetic Justice

The results of tonight's primary in Pennsylvania really bring home why Obama can't win in November and even more that many people in life get just what they deserve. When I see a complete absence of labor representatives in America providing true context to the disenfranchisement, exploitation and hardship that millions of working class Americans are experiencing in the face of "bittergate", I know things will only get worse.

When multi-millionaire pundits on corporate owned newschannels define what it is to be working class and millions who can barely make ends meet agree with them you know something is desperately wrong. Now, I am under no illusions that the majority of those who voted for Clinton today would have done so regardless of the "bitter" controversy; but to think that many of them would actually think that those comments were more damaging than the marginalized reality of their lives speaks volumes. At this point if someone believes that throwing back a beer and taking a shot equates to defending the working class, you deserve to be downsized and robbed of a pension while corporate CEO's cash out their platinum parachutes.

I expect gas prices to be at about 5 dollars come November with all of the related price increases that come with it. When this happens, I have no doubt that these same salt of the earth, working class people will find another "slight" that justifies voting against their own viability and the future of those just like them.

P.T. Barnum said it best, " A sucker is born every minute" and for some in America that birthrate is at an all-time high.

The Return Of The Race Card

I am switching between news channels watching the usual suspects spew the same spin and revisionist history to characterize Sen. Clinton's victory in Pennsylvania as another great triumph. I must admit I'm impressed by some of the gymnastics involved in characterizing a 20% lead which evaporated into a probable 8% win as a great victory. This would be a rather routine night of sophistry if it weren't for the "first" Black president re-emerging with the good old reliable race-card.

In every adverse situation we see that the Clinton's are willing to stoop to any level to achieve their goals while simultaneously claiming victim status. This phenomenon couldn't be better illustrated than having Bill Clinton claim that the Obama camp "played the race-card" in South Carolina in order to win that primary. Now after a good bit of laughter I realized that by claiming victim status once again the Clintons are clearly planning to racebait voters in North Carolina in an attempt to win that race. What is a real point of interest for me now is how Bill and Hillary will claim that Whites are being disenfranchised in North Carolina without removing the last vestiges of Black support they have.

Watching the Clinton legacy transform and diminish by the minute is truly a spectacle to behold. The "First Black President" and by Clinton logic the first Black female co-President are headed toward becoming pariahs in a community which embraced them as their own. When this race is over and the Clintons having played every race card in the deck return to NY as losers, I can't wait to see how the Black community embraces them then.