but the voters in DC have voted straight line Democrat for decades and will continue to do so. Thus they have only themselves to blame. There probably isn’t a black resident of DC that would reconsider their vote for Obama in spite of the voucher issue.

I don’t have sympathy for those that suffer at the hands of their chosen candidate, party, or representative.

my favorite quote on the subject… ’nuff said.

of how Dems care very little about actual black folks. That is, those who aren’t well-connected cronies, union members or party thugs.

Obama doesn’t care about blacks, they are pawns just like the rest. His wife is more race centered and I wonder if her hatred of Bush and the right overrode her desire to see blacks succeed. If so, shame on her.

When Obama said he transcends race, he meant being slaved to race, like past politicians (Jackson/Sharpton). He wants to be able to shed the mantle of race or wrap himself in it like a cloak depending on HIS needs.

I’m sure when he ate finger food and drank champagne in San Fran, while trashing those crazy lesser class of people who hold onto guns and God, he was doing his best to rub elbows with the white elites. He wasn’t walking around saying, “Hey look at the black guy you invited to the party.” No, he was working hard to be seen as a equal “just like them.”

Does he care about young blacks kids getting a leg up? No, because if they succeed they may someday crowd into his market, and like I said, there is only room at top for one, Obama knows this better than most.

Wouldn’t it be a better idea to WAIT to consider a healthcare plan AFTER: We see

1. what will become of the economic stimulus plan. So far, the Obama branch of this porker give-away has done virtually nothing to stimulate the economy. The American economy, at the control of Obama, is failing.

2. what will become of the TARP loans. Will GM default on the aprox. 81 Billion dollars and how will this affect the U.S. budget and deficit.

3. what will become of Social Security, slated to come crashing down in a few short years. That’s when the greater bulk of baby-boomers will definitively retire and cause the boat to list.

4. will home and auto sales rebound, because right now there is nothing going on in either market. The “clucker” program did nothing to substantially aid the American car markers — although it did help our foreign auto maker friends. Let’s wait and make certain that these extremely crucial markets recover before leaping into massive healthcare overhauls.

5. what will happen with the current business downturn and unemployment. Obama assured that there would be no greater average unemployment than 8%, and we are at 10%. In some areas of the country inflation is double-digits, 14, 16, 20 percent.

6. what will need to be done to cure the rocketing high deficits.

7. what will happen when, since the timing is right, the Ron Pauls will get their way and audit the Federal Reserve. Recall what happened when Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac coughed-up.

8. what will be the tax rate consequences due to the unrestrained spending spree of the past 24 months. Trillions of dollars will have to be paid in increased taxes. There’s talk about adding a value added tax; will this be in addition to the progressive tax? Will there be a tax revolution, all of which could mean that the funds for a national government controlled health plan could be severely limited. This would translate into exceedingly limited services in health care for people.

9. what will happen if $500 Billion are taken from Medicare. Take it now and wait to see what happens. Besides everything short of full anarchy by the elderly, this is adding much more stress to an already stressed system.

Don’t be surprised that Obama, on his 112th “new” pitch to sell his (snake oil) health plan, will offer nothing substantial; and, certainly nothing that could not wait until prudently we resolve each and every issue mentioned. American’s are saying they are fine with the insurance and health care arrangements they currently have. Perhaps leaving well enough alone is best. Certainly, over the summer we have seen what “it could be worse” looks like, and nobody cares for Socialism in the U.S.A.