Notwithstanding some of what you're hearing/going to hear about the President's CBC speech

[Empowerer]

He was strong, clear and inspiring - and EXTREMELY well-received by the CBC audience.

So, before anyone falls for the "The President treated the CBC SO bad!" claims, please first watch his speech and judge for yourself . . .

In the meantime, here are some examples of the CBC audience being offended by the President's comments


http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7aoZr.1Ug94Z9wZsfqANsQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD00MDE7cT04NTt3PTUxMg--/

[ProSense]

1. Two tweets

Rep Frederica Wilson

So proud of OUR President tonight: "I expect all of you to march with me, and press on".

Reverend Al Sharpton

Leaving CBC Dinner, the President made a great speech. I told him it was a grand slam.

[EffieBlack]

17. These are great

[emulatorloo]

2. Thanks for posting. Already seeing negative spin about this. Pictures tell the real story.

[These Eyes]

5. Now, you KNOW black folks have a blind loyalty to Obama,

even though he hates them. They're going to vote for him anyway, just because he's black. When will they learn?

The crazy runs deep.:eyes:

[hlthe2b]

3. Oh, hell... You know that's photoshopped...

from a Rick Perry rally... Of course the "Mitt" will claim it is from his.... :rofl:

[phleshdef]

18. LOL. Something tells me if Rick Perry saw that many black people in one room, he would skip out fast

[These Eyes]

4. He did a wonderful job! It was a call to action.

[applegrove]

6. Those are great shots. Thanks.

[Supersedeas]

22. a great spirit captured throughout all of those shots

[FrenchieCat]

7. Just saw the speech!

Fired UP! Shit.....ready to Fckng GO! :patriot:

[PragmaticLiberal]

8. This thread won't get many responses...

[elocs]

14. How many is many? Threads posted late on a Saturday evening often get few responses

unless they are kept kicked.

[JoePhilly]

21. Its got less then half has many as those posts which falsely spin Obama'sspeech negatively.

Those who spin Obama's every word negatively won't touch this thread.

[Union Scribe]

24. I see all kinds of CBC speech threads

what on earth are you complaining about?

[Bobbie Jo]

25. Or....

They will pretend as if they don't know what you're talking about.

Oh wait..... :rofl:

[EffieBlack]

26. You ain't right . . .

:rofl:

[Tarheel_Dem]

9. Just an aside, Michelle looks gorgeous.

:dem:

[librechik]

10. K&R fo the great pics!

[Whisp]

11. wow. :) is there a link up yet?

[roody]

12. What is the CBC? This looks too big to be the

Congressional Black Caucus.

[EffieBlack]

13. This was the Congressional Black Caucus dinner

Hosted by the CBC but attended by a few thousand guests.

All of whom were clearly ignorant to the fact that the President had just insulted them . . . :sarcasm:

[jefferson_dem]

15. Video here-

in case you're interested: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x619051

[CakeGrrl]

16. Some more pix and select video clips

from one of my favorite sites, as usual :)

http://theobamadiary.com/2011/09/24/heads-up-58/#comments

[Swede]

19. Kicked and recommened.

Great photos!

[Scurrilous]

20. K & R

:thumbsup:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

23. But DU said he insulted black people and will lose their support.

:rofl:

[Number23]

27. Yes, but none of them are poor!!

Or have any idea of the struggles of poor black people in America!!one1

Only DUers understand that particular pain!!! :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

[EffieBlack]

28. THANK you, Lord, for DU!!!

Otherwise, who would look out for black people?

[angee_is_mad]

29. Thank you!

and keep kicking!

[Number23]

30. You know, this last weekend has truly crystallized for me the importance of having black voices

and opinions on this web site.

Because I had more than a few people trying their damndest to tell me how I should have felt about this speech. How insulted I should have been, and how mad I should be at this president.

Of course, it helped that most of the ones doing so have about as much credibility as Sarah Palin after a weekend on the town with donors' money, but that's not even the issue. We can see, hear and think for ourselves. As Solomon so beautifully posted in one thread, we don't need to be told what to think and especially not by people outside of our community and who don't seem to have any genuine interest in it beyond what they can use to bludgeon this president with. I hope folks take that to mind, but I have a feeling that I'm being probably overly optimistic. :)

So props to all of the black posters on DU. All nine of us (is it even that many??) :rofl:

[EffieBlack]

31. Head count - HERE!

[Number23]

32. I was gonna do a list, a Soul Scroll if you will...

:rofl:

but I don't know where to put it. I post alot in AAIG but you have to have a donor star so that would leave alot of us out. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=258

I wonder if I did one in GD-P how long it would stay open before someone with delicate sensitivities alerted on it for "race baiting?"

[EffieBlack]

33. It would be about a nanosecond . . .