Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Washed Up!


I cant wait to talk to you guys tomorrow after the debate tonight on MSNBC. I hope like Mortal Kombat, Tim Russert or Brian Williams yells "Finish Her" when Sen. Obama starts to lay down the trouncing. I always honestly admit that I was behind Hill, on the fence for Obama initially, but I swear I will vote and volunteer for Ralph Nader if Barack doesn't get the presidential nomination from the DNC. Frankly now, she embarrasses me at this point. I don't know if its the lack of leadership she is exhibiting by falling apart at the seams demeanor wise and morphing into some finger wagging schitzo; not being able during this campaign to get her people to deliver and snap their head and ass together, as my daddy says; the subversive racism and divisive comments that leap from the mouths of her surrogates; her obvious inability to stretch a dollar by wasting money and going broke too early at a time when Americans are clamoring for economic reform or maybe it is her straight up inconsistency that has done more to erode the confidence of those who should be key supporters than any other likely factor you can name. These attributes do not shout experience, they shout trainwreck!

She just screamed "Shame on you" at Obama for focusing too much on her and not just putting his cards on the table regarding his own positions. So why is she spending her TV time and bulk of her speeches talking about what he isn't. PATHETIC!!! The attacks on Michelle Obama's comments, her initiating the flier battle with her own disinformation campaign that was debunked by www.factcheck.org and also the recent fear smear, leaking of a photo of him dressed in local ethnic garb on a visit to Sudan. The picture was sent to various media outlets with a note saying if this was Hillary the picture would be published on every front page of every major publication. I guess they think that anyone would have cared that a very white woman with a very white name like Hillary Rodham Clinton wore some ethnic clothes. If that was the case, they would have to put every overly tanned white tourist on blast who comes to some Caribean island and gets cornrows and blows thru a conch shell. Hillary, please, no one would care. Ask Bo Derek. The truth is that race and religion are still major points of contention in America in 2008 and Sen. Barack Hussein Obama has a name and background that rings bells for the ignorant. Its taboo to mention it but on some level, there are a lot of not just white folks, but non blacks in general who are scared that Obama is gonna get in office and let black people do whatever they want. Maybe he'll bring back slavery and put white people in the cotton field, maybe he will make rich white folk sign over their wealth and lands to poor black people, for kids from poor black neighborhoods and improve conditions for blacks while ignoring other minorities and the rest of society's ills; all of these ideas of course are pure crazy. Barack's campaign manager David Plouffe took the HRC campaign to task on their underhanded attempt to divide voters by fear mongering and playing up the innuendo that Sen. Obama likes to cuddle with terrorists. Insultingly, the charges were dismissed and brushed off as ridiculous by Maggie Williams, HRC's black campaign manager and former white house chief of staff for Hill. Williams came in as a replacement for the latin sister Patti Solis Doyle after that Super Tuesday slaughter when they realized that they snatched up that hispanic vote but might need a bit more melanin on the front line. Thank goodness that I continue to be surprised at how far our country has come as I watch how our very capable Mr. Obama remains in favor on the basis of his presentation of himself not the misrepresentation of the pack of haters nipping at his heels. Everybody gets theirs, Hillary is gonna burn in Hades after her political fall from grace and Maggie, we're gonna revoke your ghetto pass for your role in advancing that Stepinfetchit racist coonery.

But wait, maybe the hades thing was harsh, maybe her zeal is just misinterpreted and they are sizzling her ass on a skewer because she is a strong woman...right? Nah...I don't buy it, at least not in total. See I'm a female emcee, there are less of us SUCCESSFULLY dominating in our industry not just today but proportionally through history, than our sister politico counterparts. Present day, there are in power several female president/prime ministers: Michele Bachelet in Chile, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf in Liberia, Angela Merkel of Germany, Yulia Tymoshenko ( pictured left; who many call a PMILF; Hillary may wanna have a girl-talk with her) in the Ukraine including others in Phillipines, Mozambiques, Finland, Switzerland, New Zealand & Ireland; and lets not forget Indira Ghandi, Margret Thatcher, Cleopatra and the many powerful women of the European & African monarchies through time. Lets contrast that with my female contemporaries in the music industry which I can name on one hand who have made comparable gains in terms of reputation for being as good as the boys and consistent commercial achievement. I know a little bit about trying to make your way in a male dominated industry, trying to make your voice heard, bring issues to the table when issues aren't the fare of the day. The bottom line and truth is that you cant play the game the same. This is not necessarily a bad thing. Just as a woman cant be a man, a man cant be a woman, and any woman who has full cognition of how to swing her woman thing can find creative ways of playing up her differences in a positive way. You can be as good but you need to appear better, you must be more creative, and you need to be able to illustrate that without doubt when you stand your product next to your competitor. She hasn't fully accomplished any of these things and it isn't the fault of her breasts or uterus. I mean we blame the media cause we don't laugh at her jokes as much as Obama's because frankly they aren't so funny and the delivery needs work; we aren't mesmerized by her charisma because frankly we are still waiting for evidence that she has any. Also people perceive her as strong, that isn't her problem. I think maybe she could try distracting us with her womanhood a little more if you wanna keep it funky. It sounds sexist, but the world IS sexist and kryptonite still ain't got nothing on the "power of the p". I heard Pat Robertson say that women need to accept the fact that when they they speak too harshly or come off too strong they appear shrill, their voices are unpleasant, it kinda reminds a man of his nagging wife. The female news anchor interviewing him wanted to choke Robertson and pretty much told him so. But he is right... Have you tried to listen to a WHOLE Trina album (Sorry Trina, you try, but I'm just saying...)? So how come someone with so much experience and was apparently spending $$$ like no tomorrow to win, didn't have enough sense to get a stylist and someone to coach her with public speaking when she saw that she was losing the "face campaign"on the media front of this nomination war like she was in danger of losing her Senate campaign for similar reasons. I mean even some really great singers retain the expertise of vocal coaches; and who doesn't hang on every word of glamorous woman? Even gay guys worship a woman relentlessly who is well in command of her special power. I am not saying go full on trollop, but a gradual shift to a softer image would not have hurt.

I assume like everything else you can blame the presumptuous Clinton camp for thinking their poop doesn't stink for not even attempting to go there. And I hope no one who is reading this can judge the events of the last several days and think what I am suggesting is below Senator Clinton. I mean with all the downlow dirt that shes been slinging the question at this point certainly is "How low can one go?" You can tell that her recent disdain and newly revealed lack of preparation stem from the fact that she never thought she would lose. I think that in her case like no wman before her she got a free ride and threw it away. So much was expected and she did not have to prove much going in becuase it was ASSUMED BY ALL that she would get the democrats' nod before the race even began. HRC even claims that because she was First Lady that it qualifies her to be President and people are not even questioning it. No black woman could get away with that and no matter what Obama says they tell him his accumulated experience means nothing. Meanwhile he has actually been a legislator longer than she has. Maybe she thought that Edwards would give her a run yet still, she'd stomp him soon enough...but Obama? Its gotta gut her ego that this guy seems to have come out of nowhere and we actually prefer him over a Clinton; but hey, someone's gotta lose. If people don't want you please don't shove yourself down our throat. I hope if she loses these next March 4th races that she will finally show some class and step aside without further dirtying what positives remain attached to her legacy.

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