Maya Angelou endorses Hillary Clinton with a silent diss towards Obama

[tre2k4]

This almost like reverse cooning. Why should she support Obama just to impress black ppl. Whats the point of stopping segregation if we can't support anyone else outside our color. The only there is a thread about here like this is because she's black.

What ever happened judging someone base on the content of their character, but not the color of their skin.

Yall on here talking about fuck Maya. Fuck Martin Luther King.

Now again, would Obama really approve on your comments if he logged onto BGOL right now.

 

[Jazzy1]

wow...

some of yall are pathetic, you're willing to defame a prized treasure of the African American community who's probably done more in a single lifetime than ANY of us will do for our people in our ENTIRE FUCKING LIFETIME...because she has a difference of opinion, that's justified by HER beliefs?

some of you deserve to be burned to a fucking crisp....

stop putting your own biased ridiculous views as the norm and accept people have a difference of opinion, everybody black doesn't have to vote for the black man..get a fucking grip!!

I'll go easy because you're from DC like me BUT come the fuck on give Obama supporters more credit than that you sound like fucking Bill Clinton.

I never voted for Al Sharpton or Allen Keys and they were both blacks and didn't enjoy widespread black support.

Obama represents a change in philosphy,a uniting of people and he worked in the hood and cares about the plight of the black man he said so himself. I've not ever heard another political canididate say they are an advocate for blackmen.Never. He has so I'm riding the most qualified black candidate for president right into the whitehouse.

Maya she's old and distracted and is supposed to be leading other blacks towards progress for the black cause and for the betterment of the country yet she's supporting the retread Clnton family .

She hasn't done a whole lot of anything so she's in the cross hairs. And its fair she's no national treasure.

Just a respected author and poet.

 

[Costanza]

The generation gap is biting Obama in the ass, latino-black tensions, gender tensions...

BGOL's answer? Fuck them coons, fuck them wetbacks, fuck those bitches.

Which does nothing to help bridge the gap. That shit is weak, y'all. Weak.

It's very simple-minded...

 

[audio syndicate]

shut the fuck up...ridiculous, do you see what you're doing? you're JUSTIFYING disrespecting a living legend...for that, you do deserve to be burned to a crisp and anybody who thinks POLITICS that don't even truly affect you, the election of a black man that will have NO affect on your daily lives is justificaton for doing so..

THIS ENTIRE BOARD HAS LOST ITS FUCKING MIND...what's next? banning people who don't toe the nigga line?

let the woman have her opinion, its not hurting you for her to have her opinion...you don't have to read deep into it and think its an alternative agenda....why can't she just fuck with hillary clinton? it's not impossible...

EVERYBODY DOES NOT HAVE TO TOE THE NIGGA LINE!!

 

[Zero]

shut the fuck up...ridiculous, do you see what you're doing? you're JUSTIFYING disrespecting a living legend...for that, you do deserve to be burned to a crisp and anybody who thinks POLITICS that don't even truly affect you, the election of a black man that will have NO affect on your daily lives is justificaton for doing so..

THIS ENTIRE BOARD HAS LOST ITS FUCKING MIND...what's next? banning people who don't toe the nigga line?

let the woman have her opinion, its not hurting you for her to have her opinion...you don't have to read deep into it and think its an alternative agenda....why can't she just fuck with hillary clinton? it's not impossible...

EVERYBODY DOES NOT HAVE TO TOE THE NIGGA LINE!!

Easy bruh. So now supporting Obama is "Towing the nigga line"? So the only way I can not be classified as a nigga is to support somebody else?

 

[HNIC]

I always thought and still think Hillary is a good person, I think her husband is not working in her best interest. I was going to vote for Hillary, but Obama has sold me on his ability to get elected and his vision for the future.

HNIC

“As a child, Hillary Clinton was taught that all God’s children are equal, so as a mother she understood that her child wasn’t safe unless all children were safe.

I know what kind of president Hillary Clinton will be because I know who she is. Hillary Clinton has always been a strong woman and a passionate protector of families. For 35 years, that’s exactly what she has been doing.

Each generation of African Americans stands on the shoulders of those who came before. Today, the challenges facing us threaten the dreams we have had for our children. We need a president with the experience and strength to meet those challenges.

I am inspired by Hillary Clinton’s commitment and courage — a daughter, a wife, a mother — my girl.”

http://blog.thehill.com/2007/06/14/maya-angelou-endorses-hillary-clinton/


THIS IS SOME BULLSHEIT RIGHT THERE

 

[chevyced]

I'm BURNING all her BOOKS..Video Coming Soon

 

[babalou]

Shes An Ex Hooker...and I Believe An Ex Junkie Too..

Fuck Her... Shes No Longer Relevent In Todays World.

LMBAO!!!!!!

I nearly spit out my peach Arizona Iced tea reading this shit.

 

[tre2k4]

I always thought and still think Hillary is a good person, I think her husband is not working in her best interest. I was going to vote for Hillary, but Obama has sold me on his ability to get elected and his vision for the future.

HNIC

Good thing u switch, otherwise these folks would be like fuck HNIC.

 

[audio syndicate]

Easy bruh. So now supporting Obama is "Towing the nigga line"? So the only way I can not be classified as a nigga is to support somebody else?

the exact opposite seems to be true on this board, if you don't support obama, you're towing the white/republican line, it can't be both ways....

support who you want, but don't bash people because of a difference of opinion....most of the idiots on this board just DON'T GET THAT! i could very well support obama, but if i voted based on what i saw on HERE, the way people aren't thinking for themselves and being hateful, i'd say fuck it and sit this election out

 

[ClevelandDawg216]

I always thought and still think Hillary is a good person, I think her husband is not working in her best interest. I was going to vote for Hillary, but Obama has sold me on his ability to get elected and his vision for the future.

HNIC

Glad you came around to the dark side, bruh.

 

[Zero]

the exact opposite seems to be true on this board, if you don't support obama, you're towing the white/republican line, it can't be both ways....

support who you want, but don't bash people because of a difference of opinion....most of the idiots on this board just DON'T GET THAT! i could very well support obama, but if i voted based on what i saw on HERE, the way people aren't thinking for themselves and being hateful, i'd say fuck it and sit this election out

I agree on the bashing dog, just seems like you re getting angry and taking the debate someplace else.

 

[SWATLANTA]

I had the utmost respect for her...until she spoke at an event renaming the SW Atlanta YMCA after Andrew and Walter Young and I got to meet her. She was an asshole (that's putting it lightly ) to everyone that was there.

 

[bizzyboddy]

If Obama WASN'T in the race, Bill wouldn't have shit on all the good will he built in the black community by playing race games.

So what's the point? I should pretend Obama isn't running and just ride Hillary's brastrap?

The point is the sellout angle is old and Tired, there is no real difference between Obama and hillary, they have similar views on most of the issues. So yes If Obama wasn't in the race then many of the Obama supporters on here would be all over Hillary. Im just gettin sick and tired of people playin the sellout card, as if voting for someone based on there skin color is a noble thing.

 

[PsiBorg]

let the woman have her opinion, its not hurting you for her to have her opinion...you don't have to read deep into it and think its an alternative agenda....why can't she just fuck with hillary clinton? it's not impossible...

See that's the problem right there. There is an alternative agenda. Most of the people, those whom have reverence for her anyway, will vote just like she does. That's the whole point of endorsments. She could just vote and not tell anyone anything. Why make your choice public??? There are reasons behind doing so, that's why.

I agree in that she can fuck with whom ever she wants. But, if you are going to be a voice for Black people, be a voice for Black people, and not just a voice for your wealthy friends. Her ass wasn't always wealthy or famous... She need to remember that!

 

[kanekills]

It comes down to what you identify with, being black or a woman. As sojourner truth said I am for women’s rights but I was not persecuted because I am a woman.

 

[PainInDAss]

“As a child, Hillary Clinton was taught that all God’s children are equal, so as a mother she understood that her child wasn’t safe unless all children were safe.

I know what kind of president Hillary Clinton will be because I know who she is. Hillary Clinton has always been a strong woman and a passionate protector of families. For 35 years, that’s exactly what she has been doing.

Each generation of African Americans stands on the shoulders of those who came before. Today, the challenges facing us threaten the dreams we have had for our children. We need a president with the experience and strength to meet those challenges.

I am inspired by Hillary Clinton’s commitment and courage — a daughter, a wife, a mother — my girl.”

http://blog.thehill.com/2007/06/14/maya-angelou-endorses-hillary-clinton/


THIS IS SOME BULLSHEIT RIGHT THERE

Damn, what a CUNT

How many other blacks are the clintons gonna come up with? is Jesse Or Al Sharpton Next?
how about the Editor of Essence Magazine, yeah, that'll get 'em on your side. it just seems like their pulling all their race cards. I'm just wondering who is next. Obama seems to be getting endorsements from the unlikeliest people, so it goes to show what promise/potential he might have.

 

[Zero]

The point is the sellout angle is old and Tired, there is no real difference between Obama and hillary, they have similar views on most of the issues. So yes If Obama wasn't in the race then many of the Obama supporters on here would be all over Hillary. Im just gettin sick and tired of people playin the sellout card, as if voting for someone based on there skin color is a noble thing.

Voting based on race-based issues is American as apple pie, black folks just never had a thoroughbred horse in the race before. N.O.W. has flat out said they support Hillary because it's a "Woman's turn to lead". I agree that bashing people for endorsing a candidate is bullshit, but assuming everyone who supports Obama is doing so because he is black is bullshit as well.

 

[tre2k4]

Voting based on race-based issues is American as apple pie, black folks just never had a thoroughbred horse in the race before. N.O.W. has flat out said they support Hillary because it's a "Woman's turn to lead". I agree that bashing people for endorsing a candidate is bullshit, but assuming everyone who supports Obama is doing so because he is black is bullshit as well.

Its not assumption when you got threads like this. If Obama was white or Maya was white, this thread would of been made, Why we aint bashing white folks for not endorsing Obama. If Obama was white, I still would support him if he carried himself the way he does now.

 

[audio syndicate]

what's happening as i see it is, you have people who are:

1. supporting obama because he's black, period.

2. supporting obama because they've checked out his views and agree with him.

3. supporting obama because he isn't hillary clinton.

now its amazing that a lot of people (1,3) were LOVING the clintons for years, everybody enjoyed prosperity and was chillin, i dont know too many people who were doing better overall during the baby bush administration vs. the clinton

these same people will badmouth whoever doesn't support their candidate. this aint bloodsport, millions of US can't even vote because of past criminal records. they're willing to totally close their eyes to people having long track records of doing for our community.

throwing out the old for the new, is that what we want to do? throw out our history and culture for something unknown and new? if your mother votes for hillary clinton, is she a old crackhead too? is she a hoe? is she an idiot??

this is politics....its not deep enough to bash people about it, we all seem to want a democratic candidate....as long as one wins, what does it fucking matter? the core ideals are the same...the administration they pick is more important anyway...

think about it

 

[bizzyboddy]

Voting based on race-based issues is American as apple pie, black folks just never had a thoroughbred horse in the race before. N.O.W. has flat out said they support Hillary because it's a "Woman's turn to lead". I agree that bashing people for endorsing a candidate is bullshit, but assuming everyone who supports Obama is doing so because he is black is bullshit as well.

I will assume that about anybody on here who tries to spout that sellout bullshit to anyone who doesn't vote for Obama.

And i'll say the same thing about N.O.W, they want people to vote for a Hillary not because they think shes the best candidate, but because shes a woman.

 

[PainInDAss]

what's happening as i see it is, you have people who are:

1. supporting obama because he's black, period.

2. supporting obama because they've checked out his views and agree with him.

3. supporting obama because he isn't hillary clinton.

now its amazing that a lot of people (1,3) were LOVING the clintons for years, everybody enjoyed prosperity and was chillin, i dont know too many people who were doing better overall during the baby bush administration vs. the clinton

these same people will badmouth whoever doesn't support their candidate. this aint bloodsport, millions of US can't even vote because of past criminal records. they're willing to totally close their eyes to people having long track records of doing for our community.

throwing out the old for the new, is that what we want to do? throw out our history and culture for something unknown and new? if your mother votes for hillary clinton, is she a old crackhead too? is she a hoe? is she an idiot??

this is politics....its not deep enough to bash people about it, we all seem to want a democratic candidate....as long as one wins, what does it fucking matter? the core ideals are the same...the administration they pick is more important anyway...

think about it

dude, I don't know how old you are, but I was a kid when Clinton was in Office. if either lasts, I'll have to flip a coin, because they are the same, but Obama's new so that's why I'll do. if they both fuck up then I'm all for Romney. Fuck Giuliani and fuck McCain

 

[Zero]

what's happening as i see it is, you have people who are:

1. supporting obama because he's black, period.

2. supporting obama because they've checked out his views and agree with him.

3. supporting obama because he isn't hillary clinton.

now its amazing that a lot of people (1,3) were LOVING the clintons for years, everybody enjoyed prosperity and was chillin, i dont know too many people who were doing better overall during the baby bush administration vs. the clinton

these same people will badmouth whoever doesn't support their candidate. this aint bloodsport, millions of US can't even vote because of past criminal records. they're willing to totally close their eyes to people having long track records of doing for our community.

throwing out the old for the new, is that what we want to do? throw out our history and culture for something unknown and new? if your mother votes for hillary clinton, is she a old crackhead too? is she a hoe? is she an idiot??

this is politics....its not deep enough to bash people about it, we all seem to want a democratic candidate....as long as one wins, what does it fucking matter? the core ideals are the same...the administration they pick is more important anyway...

think about it

I liked what Bill did for the country. I always argued he never did shit for black folks specifically, but he helped the middle class come up and that was all good for everybody. He did some other things that were kinda grimey like NAFTA and overflowing the prisons, but ANY pres would have done the same because every pres has to bow down to whatever interests are driving the times.

But Hillary is and WON'T BE Bill, and I think a lot of folks think a vote for her is a vote for Bill (every bit as, if not moreso, as uninformed and stupid as voting fo Obama just because he is black).

Hillary has come across as being in this thing just to win. I didn't vibe with her sliding into that easy NY senate seat just to get her presidential chops (there ARE constituents in NY that thought they were electing a representative for THEM and not a national figure). I also have not vibed with her stances and deal brokering with the neo-cons since she has been in the Senate.

 

[DaleMabry]

I had the utmost respect for her...until she spoke at an event renaming the SW Atlanta YMCA after Andrew and Walter Young and I got to meet her. She was an asshole (that's putting it lightly ) to everyone that was there.

I dont doubt it. And yes thats disappointing and if you wanted to call her a bitch for her actions to YOU, have at it.

But thats not whats happening in this thread.

i dont know too many people who were doing better overall during the baby bush administration vs. the clinton

All the people who got locked up due to him chipping away at civil liberties and throwing fuel on the fire of the War on Drugs...(more black folk convicted under him than under either Bush, no bullshit)

The Rwandans who got machetes in their skulls (including women and kids) while he sat back and didnt do shit...

The Sudanese who got bombed to death so he could shift the spin-cycle away from Monica Lewinsky...

None of that shit is cool.

 

[DaleMabry]

I liked what Bill did for the country. I always argued he never did shit for black folks specifically, but he helped the middle class come up and that was all good for everybody. He did some other things that were kinda grimey like NAFTA and overflowing the prisons, but ANY pres would have done the same because every pres has to bow down to whatever interests are driving the times.

But Hillary is and WON'T BE Bill, and I think a lot of folks think a vote for her is a vote for Bill (every bit as, if not moreso, as uninformed and stupid as voting fo Obama just because he is black).

Hillary has come across as being in this thing just to win. I didn't vibe with her sliding into that easy NY senate seat just to get her presidential chops (there ARE constituents in NY that thought they were electing a representative for THEM and not a national figure). I also have not vibed with her stances and deal brokering with the neo-cons since she has been in the Senate.

I agree with every last letter here.

 

[SWATLANTA]

I dont doubt it. And yes thats disappointing and if you wanted to call her a bitch for her actions to YOU, have at it.

But thats not whats happening in this thread.

I am not the type of cat to call women (especially black women) bitches, but that's just me. I was just pointing out that she was an asshole to all of the people who organized the event and most of the people who met her. It was shocking to me that someone who is always preaching black pride and respect amongst our race was the polar opposite of what she was preaching. Basically, she was a hypocrite and her opinions and thoughts (endorsements etc.)mean absolutely nothing IMO.

 

[Jman23]

I just checked wikipedia for that prostitution claim and this is what I found...

"Maya Angelou was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 4, 1928, to Bailey Johnson, a doorman and naval dietitian, and Vivian Baxter Johnson, a nurse, real estate agent, and, later, merchant marine. Angelou's brother, Bailey Jr., gave her the nickname "Maya[7] When she was three and her brother four, their parents' "calamitous marriage" ended, and their father sent them alone by train to live with his mother, Mrs. Annie Henderson, in Stamps, Arkansas.[8] Angelou's first book, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, recounts the first eighteen years of her life.

Four years later, the children's father "came to Stamps without warning" [9] and returned them to their mother's care in St. Louis. At age eight, Angelou was sexually abused and raped by her mother's boyfriend, Mr. Freeman. She confessed it to her brother, who told the rest of their family. Mr. Freeman was jailed for one day but was found kicked to death four days after his release. Subsequently, she became mute, believing, as she has stated, "I thought if I spoke, my mouth would just issue out something that would kill people, randomly, so it was better not to talk." She remained nearly mute for five years.[6]

Angelou and her brother were sent back to their grandmother once again. Angelou credits a close friend in Stamps, teacher Bertha Flowers, for helping her speak again, as well as introducing her to classic literature. In 1940, when she was thirteen, she and her brother returned to live with her mother in San Francisco, California; as the war raged, she attended George Washington High School and took lessons in dance and drama on a scholarship at the California Labor School. Before graduating, she worked as the first black female streetcar conductor in San Francisco.[10] Three weeks after completing school, she gave birth to her son, Guy Johnson, who also became a poet.[11] To support herself and her son, she worked as a shake dancer in night clubs, fry cook in hamburger joints, dinner cook in a Creole restaurant, and removed paint from cars in a mechanic's shop.[10] She also "managed a house of prostitution," where she discovered "a certain talent for administration."[12]"

 

[audio syndicate]

wait wait..i LOVE when people throw this nonsense about more people being convicted under clinton's administration for drugs...

the numbers show more enforcement and harsher punishments for offenders....and that was a bad thing because WE were hurting OUR communities pushing drugs...so that was bad right?

the drug game is the most pathetic ridiculously hateful thing OUR community has ever prospered in. its glamourized....but for what? you can't blame the government for what WE do and what WE allow to go down, i'm from SE Washington DC, i've NEVER seen a white man force a crackpipe into somebody's mouth...i've NEVER seen an addict being forced to inject themselves...

as to the rwanda situation, WE ARE NOT THE WORLD POLICE! we've tried to be, and 4,000 members of our military and literally hundreds of thousands of Iraqis ARE DEAD because we did do shit...it's unfortunate, but who dies? do WE die for US or do we SACRIFICE our own?

bush as president has caused MUCH MUCH MUCH more suffering dalemabry

 

[uptownharlem]

i supported hillary, and bill, with both votes, and volunteeer HOURS many times in the past....so its not like im just talking out of my ass.

the way billary is running this campaign, the blatant dishonesty, the lies, the way that thay are villifying BARACK, just to make themself look better is inexcusable.

billary is showing their TRUE colors now. that "first black president" moniker is so laughable at this point, i feel embarassed to have even got caught up in it. i admit it. i got fooled. they say WHATEVER they need to say, and use WHOEVER they need to use to make what they want happen. i have lost all respect for them.

but to hear people who have so much more experience than me, who have been on the front lines like angelou, and watters, and to a lesser extent bob johnson (who is a damn coon anyway, but i exptected more from him) is like a slap in the face.

they are CLEARLY chasing the almighty dollar $$$$$$, and to hell with whats best for the betterment of their people.

that is why i say FUCK 'EM.....

 

[water]

It comes down to what you identify with, being black or a woman. As sojourner truth said I am for women’s rights but I was not persecuted because I am a woman.

 

[500dollars]

 

[Zero]

wait wait..i LOVE when people throw this nonsense about more people being convicted under clinton's administration for drugs...

the numbers show more enforcement and harsher punishments for offenders....and that was a bad thing because WE were hurting OUR communities pushing drugs...so that was bad right?

the drug game is the most pathetic ridiculously hateful thing OUR community has ever prospered in. its glamourized....but for what? you can't blame the government for what WE do and what WE allow to go down, i'm from SE Washington DC, i've NEVER seen a white man force a crackpipe into somebody's mouth...i've NEVER seen an addict being forced to inject themselves...

as to the rwanda situation, WE ARE NOT THE WORLD POLICE! we've tried to be, and 4,000 members of our military and literally hundreds of thousands of Iraqis ARE DEAD because we did do shit...it's unfortunate, but who dies? do WE die for US or do we SACRIFICE our own?

bush as president has caused MUCH MUCH MUCH more suffering dalemabry

Even Republicans have acknowledged that there is a racial element to drug sentencing that put more black men in prison for the SAME CRIMES than their white counterparts.

• Bill bombed Iraq
• Bill went into Bosnia (to quell a genocide, sound familiar?)

Don't front like he wasn't playing "World cop" too. He just wasn't unilateral and used NATO.

I think comparing ANY president to Bush is unfair.

 

[dasmybikepunk]

Old news but WTF...Maya Angelou is like 100 years old....her endorsement is straight symbolic....

Toni Morrison endorsed Obama and she has a lot of new readers and fans 18-45yrs old Obamas target demographic...

No real diss to Maya but her endorsement is not a big deal.

 

[destrehan]

"a daughter, a wife, a mother — my girl"

If someone endorsed Obama as "an African, an American, an an African-American — my nigga," all you'd hear is race stories for two days.

That's a bit of an exaggeration/joke, but female drones are allowed to blatantly support Clinton on the basis of gender without comment from the media but blacks have to pretend to be color-blind or risk being marginalized.

"a daughter, a wife, a mother"-- Are there not crackheads who fit this profile? Who the hell would endorse a presidential candidate as "a son, a husband, a father"? Anybody can be these things!

As uninformed as Americans are in general, of course it's true that, as Bill Clinton said, some people will vote only based on race or gender. What's gone under the radar is the fact that Obama has to take great pains to run away from this while Hillary embraces her much greater advantage (50% of the population vs. 15%) and gets a pass.

RIGHT ON MANE. COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER MY DAMN SELF.

 

[audio syndicate]

we shouldn't make excuses for what OUR people are doing wrong. WWBD

yes there was a definite discrepancy between crack and cocaine sentencing. yes it was fucked up, yes it needs to be changed and in some areas is being changed.

i dont think bill clinton was a saint either, but i don't judge a presidency on things that have no relevance to me and my family's existence. I don't use or sell drugs. the family members i have in jail for drugs admit they deserve to be in there for doing that. its amazing how older family member will shame a young knucklehead into doing right.

when bill was bombing iraq and bosnia, i guess during the time i figured they aint coming for ME, so have fun! nobody i knew at the time was in the military during those times....

this all comes down to what's best for me and mine, then my community, then the country, then the world...