A "None of the Above" Election

What a hell of a situation. I never thought it would come to this. Of course I had no high expectations of Barry doing anything that would benefit the millions upon millions of people in this country who are suffering economically, but he has done even worse by being openly hostile to them.

And this is a "Democrat." I hope Glen Ford and company at the Black Agenda Report really do some digging into Obama's past to find out if he was bankrolled by right-wing interests like the Bradley Foundation, just as Corey Booker has been.

I don't think it is engaging in paranoia or conspiracy thinking to believe the man is a mole, a ringer, a Manchurian candidate, or whatever you want to call him, for the GOP to carry out whatever they want anyway under the banner of the Democratic Party. The challenge for them was to find somebody who could achieve the identical ends in the opposing political party but manage to get away with it. What better way to do it than to enlist a black man calling himself a "Democrat" to do the dirty work?

It's indelicate to bring up the "race card," but really, nobody in the GOP could have gotten away with the shit Barry has pulled. It took somebody with a lot of nerve to push through somebody who had all kinds of red flags regarding his policy positions in order to create dissent in the Democratic Party.

However, even the black community, Obama's strongest ally in the past, isn't pleased with him:

The fantasies of black life created by centuries of oppression were made real when Barack Obama become president. Many powerful longings were met at the sight of Obama on Air Force One wearing his POTUS jacket or knowing that the black first lady’s fashion sense was admired by white people. The Obamas have presided over state dinners and met the queen of England and the Pope in Rome. These images meant a great deal to people whose very right to exist and live in this country has been precarious at the very least.

But now the thrill has diminished considerably. The novelty of seeing the Obamas in places previously reserved for white people has worn off, and while the numbers of black people willing to publicly criticize Obama may still be small, the level of disappointment has grown. In November 2012 it is almost certain that black turnout will be lower. The depth of Obama love was bereft of political ideology to begin with, and the flimsy rationales are visibly threadbare.

Too bad there is not a "None of the Above" spot to mark on a ballot that would actually have impact.

Nevada has "none of the above," but it has no bearing on any election.