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121. You nailed it, Major Hogwash
Tue Aug 26, 2014, 08:56 AM
Aug 2014

"that he could pull a peppermint stick out of the pocket of his suit jacket and wave it, and 350 years of racism would suddenly magically end . . just like that! "

No truer words were ever said — especially with all the repug and blue dog obstructionism.

Many of us on the left need to get realism grip on the political reality in this country.

Aircraft carriers on a 350 year-old course don't turn so easy.

Cornel West on the President [View all] ellenrr Aug 2014 OP
If we ever have a president Cornel West likes, we're fucked. nt conservaphobe Aug 2014 #1
Really. elleng Aug 2014 #2
Yes, really. conservaphobe Aug 2014 #3
Bitterness - What Bitterness cantbeserious Aug 2014 #5
Touré explained it well: conservaphobe Aug 2014 #6
Good for Touré. elleng Aug 2014 #8
Toure's opinion means as much to me tularetom Aug 2014 #9
Toure's opinion means more to me than West's does. conservaphobe Aug 2014 #11
Self-Limiting Perspective - aka Also Called Cherry Picking cantbeserious Aug 2014 #17
I'd bet $10 you'd never heard of him before you read that article. Marr Aug 2014 #35
I watch him on MSNBC all the time. conservaphobe Aug 2014 #163
Michael Eric Dyson's opinion means a great deal to me JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #93
I don't need someone else's opinion to tell me what reality is, woo me with science Aug 2014 #124
What Woo said /////\\\\\\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ Vincardog Aug 2014 #177
You absolutely said it, woo. This is the REALITY: truth2power Aug 2014 #206
Well said Woo. nm rhett o rick Aug 2014 #215
I believe West to be way more accomplished than Toure ... Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2014 #161
damn straight grasswire Aug 2014 #27
Wow.. unreal.. you would discount someone because they only have one name.. Cha Aug 2014 #105
To put Toure in the same sentence as Beyonce and those others is quite an insult to him. Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2014 #223
who the heck is Toure? Marrah_G Aug 2014 #39
Cornel West thought that by tying his wagon to Obama's star, it would elevate him . . . . Major Hogwash Aug 2014 #64
LOL!!!! Capt. Obvious Aug 2014 #103
You nailed it, Major Hogwash brush Aug 2014 #121
Perhaps Dr. West felt he was owed a ticket, if not a full Inaugural Presentation as had Jay-Z and WinkyDink Aug 2014 #127
You're too kind, elleng Aug 2014 #7
I have told of my encounter with Dr. West on DU before; but ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2014 #21
Oh my word, how I would have PAID to see the expression in that hack's eyes Number23 Aug 2014 #36
He won't redeem himself JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #78
ha Quayblue Aug 2014 #37
I stopped listening to NPR... sheshe2 Aug 2014 #46
Hand shake or Hug? eom 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2014 #102
Hug :) sheshe2 Aug 2014 #183
I'm sure it would be okay ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2014 #185
LOL~ sheshe2 Aug 2014 #186
Oh boy!! bravenak Aug 2014 #48
I missed that - but it's classic! JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #77
I think Dr. West learned ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2014 #104
And also that Princeton and Harvard . . . brush Aug 2014 #125
I don't know about that ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2014 #138
Thanks for this, Man. elleng Aug 2014 #165
Post removed Post removed Aug 2014 #12
If liking Cornel West is required to be a Democrat, conservaphobe Aug 2014 #15
I agree. Same thing for believing in white privilege or supporting Eddie Snowden, too, IMHO. AverageJoe90 Aug 2014 #191
I usually enjoy listening to Professor West but, I have to agree with your point here. 3rdwaydem Aug 2014 #18
Welcome to DU gopiscrap Aug 2014 #135
Thank you 3rdwaydem Aug 2014 #166
You're welcome!!! gopiscrap Aug 2014 #171
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2014 #204
West Nails Obama IMHO cantbeserious Aug 2014 #4
+ 1000 !!! orpupilofnature57 Aug 2014 #84
so you have no problem that West always makes references to the President's color when he critisizes still_one Aug 2014 #87
criticizes nt LWolf Aug 2014 #109
A little history on West and Smiley v Obama brush Aug 2014 #126
Redirection Through Character Assassination cantbeserious Aug 2014 #134
You mean what West and Smiley are doing? nt brush Aug 2014 #137
No - The Logical Fallacy Used By You In Redirecting Away From The OP cantbeserious Aug 2014 #140
Get serious brush Aug 2014 #142
Back At You - Logical Fallacies Are To Be Avoided In Debates cantbeserious Aug 2014 #144
Maybe so, but facts about the issue — no. nt brush Aug 2014 #146
All Redirection - While Avoiding The OP Topic - Classic Logical Fallacy Debate Tactics cantbeserious Aug 2014 #148
West vendetta against Obama is central to the OP brush Aug 2014 #149
Ever More Redirection - Always Avoiding The OP cantbeserious Aug 2014 #150
All your posts are about alleged misdirection and avoidance brush Aug 2014 #151
Yet More Misdirection cantbeserious Aug 2014 #155
Ok. I get it — a one-trick pony. nt brush Aug 2014 #159
Ad Hominem Attack - Another Logical Fallacy cantbeserious Aug 2014 #160
LOL BainsBane Aug 2014 #193
Try Reading Them Again cantbeserious Aug 2014 #200
I'm sorry but brush is true JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #152
Brush Used A Logical Fallacy To Redirect The OP Topic Off-Topic cantbeserious Aug 2014 #157
Why don't you tell us what the point of the OP is? BainsBane Aug 2014 #194
Because You Can Read For Yourself cantbeserious Aug 2014 #199
Thanks for the support, JustAnotherGen brush Aug 2014 #164
Yeah - see the response to me above JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #173
More Ad Hominem Attack - Yet Again A Logical Debating Fallacy cantbeserious Aug 2014 #179
Do you have a computer program BainsBane Aug 2014 #195
When One Is Non-Reponsive To The The OP - One Gets The Same Reply cantbeserious Aug 2014 #198
" it's okay to hold him up." Well, not in my eyes. AverageJoe90 Aug 2014 #190
You're pissed off that someone is engaging in character assassination BainsBane Aug 2014 #192
I Am Not Pissed At Anyone - The Poster That Did Not Read The OP Is Pissed cantbeserious Aug 2014 #201
As you yourself say, you 'cantbeserious.' elleng Aug 2014 #167
Ad Hominem Attack - A Logical Fallacy cantbeserious Aug 2014 #168
All over the page. woo me with science Aug 2014 #170
Agreed - Blatantly Obvious cantbeserious Aug 2014 #174
Did you just agree with your own post? BklnDem75 Aug 2014 #227
Hack coughs up bitter hairball of envy. Ikonoklast Aug 2014 #228
Envy Of Whom? cantbeserious Aug 2014 #229
Those whom he feels have slighted him, done him a personal injury by not being properly obsequious. Ikonoklast Aug 2014 #230
Seems That Much Projection Is Speculated Without Corroboration cantbeserious Aug 2014 #231
I've read what he's written, listened to the words from his own mouth. Ikonoklast Aug 2014 #232
West doesn't want a president, he wants a king. JaneyVee Aug 2014 #10
After reading the article brentspeak Aug 2014 #13
That's gonna leave a mark. Octafish Aug 2014 #14
What a tragic waste woo me with science Aug 2014 #24
Wow! Just Wow! sheshe2 Aug 2014 #43
The righteous indignation doesn't seem fitting. Octafish Aug 2014 #141
This message was self-deleted by its author woo me with science Aug 2014 #175
You're not saying anything that hasn't been noted over and over and over again Number23 Aug 2014 #180
I don't know what you are talking about. Egnever Aug 2014 #213
Oh my word! woo me with science Aug 2014 #218
Oh, you most definitely ARE just another member Number23 Aug 2014 #233
+1 woo me Tommymac Aug 2014 #220
He just hates that the president is black. n/t hughee99 Aug 2014 #16
Cornell West hates that the president is black? ellenrr Aug 2014 #79
No - that he doesn't kiss JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #112
I wouldn't be surprised at any reactions. Black people are no more monolithic than ellenrr Aug 2014 #119
I got ya! JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #123
Isn't that the standard defense of the president? hughee99 Aug 2014 #147
Cornell, don't hate the player, hate the game. aikoaiko Aug 2014 #19
"The torturers go free. The Wall Street executives go free. The war crimes in the Middle East, tularetom Aug 2014 #20
finding it difficult AtomicKitten Aug 2014 #25
Nothing he said.. sendero Aug 2014 #26
I think if it were a matter of defending the president, that's one thing, ellenrr Aug 2014 #83
Huh? ProfessorGAC Aug 2014 #94
If you could be specific about what in the post you don't understand, ellenrr Aug 2014 #115
This part: "He posed as a progressive and turned out to be counterfeit." Chathamization Aug 2014 #30
None of it is untrue... deathrind Aug 2014 #59
now tularetom...don't confuse people with facts. nt ellenrr Aug 2014 #80
Charles Graner. There are others but you just asked for one. nt. NCTraveler Aug 2014 #116
Literally, you are correct, many people at the bottom of the food chain went to jail tularetom Aug 2014 #158
Numerous tortures went to jail. Numerous people on Wall Street went to jail. NCTraveler Aug 2014 #162
I've tried to be polite in this DU community bigtree Aug 2014 #22
interesting way to put it G_j Aug 2014 #32
Professor West speaks the truth. woo me with science Aug 2014 #23
... sheshe2 Aug 2014 #53
You must stop following me around, sheshe. woo me with science Aug 2014 #54
Nope~ sheshe2 Aug 2014 #58
Yes, some of us are actually human. woo me with science Aug 2014 #117
You are not supposed to call other DUers trolls or sock puppets without proof. nt tblue37 Aug 2014 #205
Is he STILL pissed off about not getting special treatment at the inauguration? MohRokTah Aug 2014 #28
Yep. Ego very easily bruised that one. nt stevenleser Aug 2014 #38
Exactly JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #81
Right, I'm sure this public intellectual bases everything he says on what happened at the ellenrr Aug 2014 #88
He started going off on Obama the day after the inauguration. MohRokTah Aug 2014 #100
Yep Go Vols Aug 2014 #169
This message was self-deleted by its author PragmaticLiberal Aug 2014 #187
Yep. It's election time apples and oranges Aug 2014 #29
Cornel West speaks the truth. JEB Aug 2014 #31
+ 1,000,000,000.00 n/t Peregrine Took Aug 2014 #176
Spot on. (nt) bigwillq Aug 2014 #33
He's spot on. /nt Marr Aug 2014 #34
"Where The Hell Were These Blackademics Before 2008?" Or 2009? Cha Aug 2014 #40
I stopped listening to NPR a long time ago. sheshe2 Aug 2014 #44
Thank you for reading the research done by Don on what the President was doing Cha Aug 2014 #45
and... sheshe2 Aug 2014 #51
Thank you, she~ "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man Cha Aug 2014 #56
Bingo! eom sheshe2 Aug 2014 #61
Some of us were right here JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #86
Yes, you were, Gen.. the President intiated My Brothers Keeper to help start a whole new generation Cha Aug 2014 #95
Yep! JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #110
I did too, Gen~ A brilliant Initiative from the President to pass down through time for Cha Aug 2014 #111
I'm trying to explain to the OP - I feel bad for her JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #113
That's their ol standby.. "hero worship of Obama" when they can't Cha Aug 2014 #120
when civil rights are violated by goverments questionseverything Aug 2014 #145
that's a curious standard, considering we needed to vote to make him president bigtree Aug 2014 #47
+1 villager Aug 2014 #52
I also met Dr. West at an anti-war march in DC deutsey Aug 2014 #99
All of those accomplishments . . . brush Aug 2014 #128
I don't recall him wearing knickers bigtree Aug 2014 #139
The tired tactics of these folks are transparent, bigtree. TheKentuckian Aug 2014 #203
+1000 blackspade Aug 2014 #212
Thank you, bigtree. I'm a little late to this thread... truth2power Aug 2014 #207
Thank you for that information on Dr. West. n/t xocet Aug 2014 #216
Perfect riposte Cha. ucrdem Aug 2014 #50
Yes, the President has history actually helping people.. Black, White, and all shades and you Cha Aug 2014 #57
Thanks Cha . . . ucrdem Aug 2014 #63
It's our Political board to interact, ucr.. and Everything is Politics now.. Air, Water, Food, Cha Aug 2014 #68
You know what I'd like to see? Major Hogwash Aug 2014 #55
"..they'd both wind up as best friends!".. Hellfire's Yes.. they'd bond over Cha Aug 2014 #60
OMG! Perfect! sheshe2 Aug 2014 #62
So true! JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #90
Thank you. lovemydog Aug 2014 #75
Hi lovemydog.. I absolutely love academics.. all that studying and Cha Aug 2014 #76
I hear ya Cha lovemydog Aug 2014 #91
Hope you have a great Tuesday, lmd.. and speaking of Academics.. :) Cha Aug 2014 #96
I love that TR quote ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2014 #114
Good point, 1StrongBlackMan.. Cha Aug 2014 #129
Holy cow Egnever Aug 2014 #214
Mahalo, Egnever~ Cha Aug 2014 #217
I wonder... CakeGrrl Aug 2014 #41
Most of the people who think Obama is not progressive enough think that eridani Aug 2014 #97
I admit I didn't read the article MurrayDelph Aug 2014 #42
I took a look and there's no there there. ucrdem Aug 2014 #49
Daayumm! sheshe2 Aug 2014 #65
Thanks sheshe! Holder is about the only current cabinet member he can name ucrdem Aug 2014 #67
Holy Shit! sheshe2 Aug 2014 #70
Pretty awful. ucrdem Aug 2014 #72
... sheshe2 Aug 2014 #73
.. ucrdem Aug 2014 #74
The hatefullness of Cornel's rhetoric matches that of quite a few of the head nodders Number23 Aug 2014 #181
Yes, I noticed that Number23. sheshe2 Aug 2014 #184
Yeah, ucr.. West hates this guy.. "Our National Treasure".. Cha Aug 2014 #89
Quite conveniently they do ignore all of the President's Accomplishment which are Cha Aug 2014 #66
Cornel hasn't exactly showered himself with glory has he. ucrdem Aug 2014 #69
The jerk can't criticize the president without making a reference about the presidents race. To me still_one Aug 2014 #85
Times 1000 JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #92
Sad to kick this one. grahamhgreen Aug 2014 #71
If Cornel West just criticized the President and his policies that would be understandable, but the still_one Aug 2014 #82
So agree, still_one. The more research on this guy the Cha Aug 2014 #130
That actually is a different issue, his personality, which is subjective. When he was on Bill Maher still_one Aug 2014 #131
Oh, I've been seeing a lot of articles come up with his quotes since this OP.. and Cha Aug 2014 #133
I feel the same way still_one Aug 2014 #136
Post removed Post removed Aug 2014 #98
Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Enthusiast Aug 2014 #101
West is still just pissed Capt. Obvious Aug 2014 #106
Cornell West and Tavis Smiley Stellar Aug 2014 #107
Now is not the time to point fingers Hotler Aug 2014 #108
Cornel West is a fucking joke... SidDithers Aug 2014 #118
Wish I could rec JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #154
Brown faced Clinton...pimp? maced666 Aug 2014 #122
Cornel West is a fraud Shivering Jemmy Aug 2014 #132
Oh, there's definitely a fraud being perpetrated here, woo me with science Aug 2014 #143
love the attack on 'leftism' bigtree Aug 2014 #156
Exactly correct! JEB Aug 2014 #188
Folks will dump anything on DU as long JTFrog Aug 2014 #153
Unrec. n/t NYC Liberal Aug 2014 #172
If Obama did everything that Cornel West wanted him to do.... Yavin4 Aug 2014 #178
So I take it that all the West bashers are just fine with JEB Aug 2014 #182
++ ellenrr Aug 2014 #196
Amen, JEB. thanks. n/t truth2power Aug 2014 #208
I hate to say this, but.....Cornell West is a bit of an idiot. AverageJoe90 Aug 2014 #189
I wish Obama had a decent congress that would not block everything good. eom uppityperson Aug 2014 #197
He Had one for 2 years and squandered it away. Tommymac Aug 2014 #221
No, he didn't. The Party of No had enough to block most everything. uppityperson Aug 2014 #222
Funny how Reagan and Bush got things done... Tommymac Aug 2014 #224
Funny how people criticized the dictatorial policies of bush and seek the same from Obama. uppityperson Aug 2014 #225
Whatever. Not what I said. But facts speak for themselves. Tommymac Aug 2014 #226
I couldn't find one thing wrong with Dr. West's complaint... MrMickeysMom Aug 2014 #202
He's free to complain but he's poorly informed. Specifically: ucrdem Aug 2014 #210
Complete exaggeration treestar Aug 2014 #209
Exactamundo. ucrdem Aug 2014 #211
"Complete exaggeration".. Yes, and of course that's why so Recs from those who can "find nothing Cha Aug 2014 #219
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