After all the talk leading up to Sen. Barack Obama's visit, local black leaders were included in Obama's visit.
Gloria Rogers was on stage in her bright yellow shirt. Jameel Ghuari asked the senator a question. Nola Starling-Ratliff shook Obama's hand after the talk. Local NAACP President Beverly Hicks got a mention in Obama's speech. Dozens of other minorities were up and around the stage. Even Ken Lumpkin was there, taking pictures for the Insider News.
It's also worth noting that Racine Mayor Gary Becker was at the event - and he was volunteering. The mayor was working hard before Obama's speech to get people into place, coordinate volunteers and generally be available to help pull the event together. He certainly didn't swoop in at the last moment and grab that chair in the front row.
A lot of that came together early Wednesday morning when Obama's national campaign got involved with the visit. But even after the seats on the stage were handed out, there's there was a diverse crowd at the event.
Obama is doing something few other candidates can do. He's getting people of different races excited about a single candidate.
....and they will wait to be invited for donations, volunteering, holding the door open. What a bunch of sissy, crybaby do-nothings. Inspite of their mind set that they actually are "leaders" which is a vision in their own minds, Obama came to Racine.
ReplyDeleteof course Lumpkin is, what was it now, going to start a black organization for Obama.....well, move over, the movement has begun and your lazy butt was a laugh "on stage!"
Sorry but SOME, not all of the so called black leadership is nothing but a vision in their own minds. No one cares about their egos.
I also saw Alderman Jeff Coe working at the event, in fact I even saw him hold a door for people!!
ReplyDeleteSome of the black leaders (and I use the term "leaders" loosely) who have been whining about not being included however, waltzed in and immediately planted their butts down in the VIP section.
I suspect these self-proclaimed leaders will cry and whine until one of the candidates pays them off and doles out big cash for a GOTV (knock and drag). I can only hope none of the candidates will buckle under the pressure.