Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Is Obama Losing Support From African Americans?

Many people have read about and seen the news articles about the Congressional Black Caucus rebuking President Obama.  Corey Boles wrote in the Wall Street Journal, "Leaders of the Congressional Black Caucus warned that African-American voters could stay home next year rather than vote for President Barack Obama's re-election unless the administration does more to tackle the "near-depression levels" of unemployment in the black community."  This statement hints at a possibility of President Obama possibly losing support from the African-American population.  The frustration seems to stem from the downward economy and lack of job creation in African-American communities.  Mr. Boles wrote in the same article a quote from the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, "I'm frustrated with the president, I'm frustrated with the Senate, I'm frustrated with the House," said Mr. Cleaver..."The president and his White House team is trying to minimize the discussion of race as it relates to job creation."  This is not the only article that is out there about the possibility of President Obama losing support from the African-American community.  Recently, a video from Felonious Munk on YouTube has received a lot of attention because it was mentioned by the Glen Beck radio program.  I'll post the video below, but I need to warn you that this video contains a  lot of offensive language so you may want to pass on watching it if you are offended easily by this.



As you can imagine, this video has received many comments and Felonious Munk has been accused of being a sell out, but this is not the only time we have seen an outcry from the African American community against President Obama.  If you  remember there were several groups of African Americans that interrupted then Presidential hopeful Obama on the campaign trail.



Democrats were quick to respond to this group as a fringe hate group called Blacks against Obama, and honestly they may be right after looking at some of the information.  But this still brings up the question that we are asking currently 3 years later.  Is President Obama losing support from the African American community?  I will be posting a poll on the left sidebar of this blog, please cast your vote and feel free to respond in the comments below.  Remember to share this blog with your friends via Facebook and Twitter.

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