Go check out the video of this (sorry) inarticulate asshat perfesser making a complete hash of his accusations against Obama after heckling him at a town hall meeting in Florida. What a dope.
However, he did elicit this from the Man Of Hope:
“I was a civil rights lawyer. I have passed, I passed  hold on a second –I passed the first racial profiling legislation in Illinois. I passed some of the toughest death penalty reform legislation in Illinois. So, these are issues I’ve worked on for decades.â€Â
“That doesn’t mean I’m always going to satisfy the way you guys want these issues framed. I understand that,†said Obama, “which gives you the option of voting for somebody else. It gives you the option of running for office yourself. Those are all options.â€Â
He passed it? Decades? Apart from those inartful comments, I think O! did fine. But it begs the question: In what form of tawdry excuse for a field of studies is Mr. Olugbala, at what fine institution of higher education?
Not really good optics. Fine line between a town hall and guest hosting Maury I think.
What, exactly, is “tough” death penalty reform? Bueller?
Morehead State University.
“…activists from the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement, a pan-African socialist group…”
Jonathan Weisman, WaPo, The Trail Blog/diary/what-the-fuck-ever
That wasn’t BHO’s best performance. But, but, but,but,butbutbutbut, does speak to why he won’t debate John McCain in any non-teleprompter-aided debates…
So Obama gets a taste of ol’ Saul’s methods turned on his royal self. That can’t be any fun.
Mr. Olugbala’s MySpace Page.
Apparently he’s also known as “Wali Abdur-Rahman” and “Africa’s Trigger”.
That page has loud hip-hop music on it, so you may want to adjust your speakers before clicking.
Okay, this is the top comment at Olugbala’s myspace page SBP just linked to:
“Yo comrade could i get down with Inpdum?”
Yo comrade!
“All the real soldiers is dead, in jail or wit us”
“I was stolen from Africa and taken to the United States”
“COME GET YOUR CULTURGASM…”
No, thanks, but thanks for asking.
So what exactly is the solution to the “sub-prime crisis”? If you don’t give loans to high risk people, you are redlining, if you do it is predatory lending. The only thing I can come up with is we need to just give the deadbeats houses. Since my credit rating sucks, I might be for it.
Victimization writ large.
THE MAN IS HOLDING ME DOWN! POWAH!
Protestors Heckle Obama During Speech ? didn’t see a “perfesser” in that vid, just a few street guys in tshirts in the back. different video at Breitbart.tv?
Admittedly, Obama’s stuttering bothers me as to his electability. I am hoping but it’s still a longshot imo. Intrade be damned. But then again, not sure if anyone would want the job after the deficits that GW’s racked up.
B moe, good ? But you made into a dichotomy that doesn’t exist. Predatory lending was criminal fraud meant to screw over not just the homebuyers but also the creditors that lent money to the scam artists that often made big fees for passing on loans from people they knew couldn’t afford it. Loan officers were often independent contractors who were licensed (esp. in Florida) even though they had criminal histories of fraud and drug dealing. These are like the bill collectors that take on unpaid debts for pennies on the dollar and then do anything unscruplous to ruin a person’s credit even if the debt’s been paid or written off. Credit scores are unfairly divined with often major bankrupticies equivalent to just failing to pay a long distance bill on time or a service never used (as in Sprint’s obnoxious marketing for services never rendered….) And now big employers are using them to “judge” people? And car insurance is often based on it? Come on! Not paying a telephone bill on time is equal to owing lots of unpaid debt???
didn’t see a “perfesser†in that vid, just a few street guys in tshirts
OMG! RACIST!!!!!!
God, that felt good!
Uhuru ?
Glad to know the perfesser is a fan of Dirty Harry. Uhuru was the name of the black milants in “The Enforcer”. You know, the ones waiting on the sidelines for “whitey” to off each other and then “slide right in”.
(just watched the entire Dirty Harry DVD collectors box set this week) – as many times as I’ve seen DH and the Enforcer, I had never seen unedited for TV versions)
“Glad to know the perfesser is a fan of Dirty Harry. Uhuru was the name of the black milants in “The Enforcerâ€Â.”
Ohhh. I mistakenly thought of Star Trek, but that was Lt Uhura.
“Uhuru” means “freedom” in Swahili.
Which is rather ironic, given that Swahili got its start as a pidgen used by Coastal Africans to cut deals with Arab slave traders.
– This entire Presidential election is a travesty. By 2012, if the country isn’t completely in the shitter by then, we’ll probably see Cal Worthington running against Paris Hilton.
We should be so lucky — at least Cal Worthington understand basic economics.
According to Wikipedia, Worthington “grossed $316.8 million in 1988”, “acts much differently off the screen than the zany, grinning cowboy in the car commercials, being described as low-key and quiet”, “served as a B-17 Flying Fortress pilot with the 390th Bomber Group, flying 29 missions over Germany”, and “was awarded the Air Medal five times, as well as the Distinguished Flying Cross for his service.”
We could do worse. In fact, we have done worse.
I got a sinking feeling we (I) have missed the importance of this story/confrontation in the greater context of “Who is Barack Obama?”. It seems to me, he may be here face to face with the Barack of only perhaps fifteen years back.
The difference? These fellows play too much the “challenger” role for Barack’s taste. He’s chosen instead to go with the “bargainer” stance. These fellows seem not to have taken the long view of their lives that Barack took of his. He could see himself, when he was at their station in life, turning to state and national political office as an occupation and as a means to accomplish his organizing goals. He understood that this “calling out” of the nation as an “attacker” of the African community (as Mr. Olugbala has them) would not serve his goals. Not Hopey enough for Barack. And sure to be rejected in the voting booth as it had been before.
These confrontationalists, Mr. Olugbala et al, are proud socialist community activists/organizers. The burden of their complaint follows, edited somewhat for brevity, believe it or not:
“…in the face of the numerous attacks that are made on the African community (or the black community)…by the same US government that you aspire to be [leading?– ed.]…and we’re talking about attacks like the subprime mortgage…that wasn’t just a general, ambiguous kind of of phenomenon, but a phenomenon that targeted the African community and Latino community…Attacks like the killing of Sean Bell by the New York police department…and Javon Dawson right here in St. Petersburg by the St Pete police, and the Jena 6 and Hurricane Katrina, and the list goes on… In the face of all these attacks that are clearly being made on the African community….Why is it that you have not had the ability to not one time speak to the interests and even speak on behalf of the oppressed and exploited African community or black community in this country?…”
It’s interesting that Barack’s response doesn’t question the premises of his interrogators at all. His correction of them amounts to “You haven’t paid enough attention to what I’ve said and done. I have acted or spoken out on all of these issues. Now how I’ve acted and spoken may not satisfy you, but that is just something on which we’ll have to disagree.”
But is there nothing jarring in the claim that the death of Sean Bell was an attack on the African community? That government and bureaucratic incompetence in the Katrina disaster was an attack on the African community? That the subprime mortgage crisis is an attack on the African community? Nothing?
Nothing Barack could think of at that moment, apparently. Certainly nothing more important than securing his bona fides of concern on these issues with his fellow community organizers.
Approximately 2:00 minutes in, Obama called that blather a legitimate question.
Fail.
Obama generally handles himself well, even Bill O’Reilley see that. I don’t necessarily agree with O on everything but he shows pretty good overall judgment.
Bill O’Reilly n Obama in the same sentence.
-shivers-
O would be comparatively excellent to what the Republicans have to offer. But getting elected with his ‘look’ will be hard. Too smart for the lot of us.
now what would be McCain’s answer to the question?
Police would swoop in, stun guns utilized, and then, smiles, “my friends, fellow Americans, next question?”
Dave! What’s up my crypto-Marxist daroog! Top’ of the morning to ya.
dataidiot – Baracky’s “look” has exactly nothing to do with why we do not like him.
JD, Baracky is a Marxist, that’s why you don’t like him. Top of the morning to ya.
Wrong, Thor. Baracky is a socialist empty suit. THAT’s why we don’t like him.
Mostly I don’t like him because his acolytes are so fucking creepy.
That too. We haven’t gotten a creepy Obama WALLOFTEXT in a while, though. Those are always fun.
But this thread is based on a complimentary observation on the way the socialist empty-suit handled a heckled question, and so.
– He didn’t handle it thor. He stammered, no doubt visions of Wright redux flashing through his mind. Actually its understandable. But if you’re going to be in the misfit party you have to accept this sort of thing. Sort of a “Sistahs come home to roost” moment.
I don’t have to be complimentary. And, I hate to see you mischaracterizing why we don’t go O over O!™.
AP (via the LA Times) discovers Frank Marshall Davis, but it appears a bit more complicated then they figured out.
O over O is a DH Lawrence Highlight! Me and Lady Chatterley always O over O.
O getting a bit of shove to go for it! Go O. Give ’em hell. The big money’s still betting on it at Intrade with O over Mc by almost double. (I’ll give up cynicism for awhile just to keep the youngn’s interested..)
The “look” I was talking about is more intellectual than ‘black’. People like a fighter, even if fighting for a waffle. (that didn’t hurt him O’s fighting the Press for his waffle…..I love how PWr’s kept track of that waffle!) Now, sticking it to the oil companies for monopolistic price gouging would be a good next move. Waffle stomp Big Oil!
hey, thor and Jd. top of the evening to you both…how about a threesome w/ alp?!!! on the links I mean. (I don’t play golf, sorry.)
Sure.
But they live a little far away for a round of golf. Otherwise I’d duff up a course with them.
This is funny as hell.
No thanks, dataidiot. NTTAWWT
Good morning, sugartits.
hey, Lisa, Pandagon is a great site..at least some of us grumpy leftists have a sense of humor like dan, thor and jd. (jeff, reawake that aspect?) Dan’s humor is bit twisted but vocabulary enhancing. (alo, dan. you’re welcome to join Alp n JD also, long drive thu…. I’ll thank myself for you..)
//but that doesn’t look a bit like Obama.
a prayer for JD: “Hallobamaluia! May His Uppitiness shine on those who would cling to guns and religion and bring them to know the goodness of arugula.” from “orange”
Colorado: I am not so sure that JD or Dan could be classified as on the left. Probably not even Thor. But you are correct that they are very witty. Lots of fun to be had at this site.
Hi JDizzle!!