Black Exploitation - Obama Style

In the very beginning of his campaign over a year ago Obama seemed to avoid the issue of race altogether. He didn't have to raise the issue, the media was all too eager to raise it for him. "Is Obama black enough?" became a question asked repeatedly by political pundits. Most of America seemed apathetic towards the issue of race.

Then in January Obama kicked his campaign into black-mode. His first step was having a rally in South Carolina. Of course the people that went to the rally were there mostly to see Oprah Winfrey. Very smart considering Obama seemed to need Oprah's help to get any sort of attention. Oprah certainly boosted Obama's "black street-cred", several black women that were Hillary supporters came out "Obama girls". As if they had instantly been brain-washed by Oprah Winfrey and company.

Any real issue in his campaign was placed on the back-burner as Obama's campaign became an issue of race. Throw in a little twisting of Bill Clinton's own poorly chosen words and presto, a campaign that takes off. Sure Bill's words didn't help his wife, however up until this time Bill Clinton had more black street cred than Obama could ever hope to have. Obama resorted to the refuge of a desperate campaigner, he exploited the color of his skin.

In his exploitation of Black America his campaign benefitted while the Democratic Party became divided. He has pulled the wool over the eyes of fools thinking he can change Washington. People might be surprised to learn that skin-color doesn't bring change. Why talk about issues when you can exploit race?