September 15, 2008

What if Obama Loses?

What if Obama Loses?

Harvard Law Professor Randall Kenndy says of Obama, "He has
reached the edge of the pinnacle." ( Randall Kennedy, "The Big 'What
If,'" Washington Post, September 14, 2008) This reminds me of the
arrogance and self-centered declaration of another Harvard lawyer
politician, Mass Governor "Cadillac" Deval Patrick. Patrick said he
wanted to share the American dream with everyone. The American dream
by his own actions is to have two mansions and to be driven about in a
Cadillac by a state police chauffeur. Patrick was a member of three
major corporations' boards of directors. He campaigned as a civil
rights attorney but he is a Harvard corporate lawyer. This is the
American dream?
Are black politicians any different from white politicians? Are
black lawyers any different from white lawyers? Race makes no
difference when it comes to politicians and lawyers. They are mostly
depraved, greedy, self serving, egoists.
Another Harvard lawyer, Kennedy tells us that the presidency is
"the pinnacle." Of what? The dream of politicians? What happened to
literature, painting, science, music, medicine and other human
endeavors that have real effects on improving human life? This is no
matter for Kennedy or for Patrick. I suspect that Obama shares their
values. That is what most Americans reject.
This is one more upper class distortion of reality by a man with
many privileges that few others have. He tells the ordinary "folks"
what is best for them. That is elitism. That is Harvard. Kennedy's
worship of prestige is a big disappointment.

Roy Bercaw - Editor ENOUGH ROOM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/12/AR2008091202414_pf.html

The Big 'What If'
The hopes of black America ride on his shoulders. But the outcome's
way up in the air.
Washington Post
By Randall Kennedy
Sunday, September 14, 2008; B01

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