After the 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama told the assembled crowd that he was president to all America and not just his legion of supporters who worked tirelessly on his campaign. Shortly after taking office, racists began murmuring that President Obama was pursuing a legislative agenda to repay his black race and punish white people. This past week, the debate was joined by Dr. Cornel West who assailed the president for not fulfilling his campaign promises and being a “black mascot  of Wall Street oligarchs and a black puppet of corporate plutocrats. And now he has become head of the American killing machine and is proud of it.” Dr. West’s comments would be excusable coming from a radical extremist intent on widening the racial divide between the president and African Americans, but West is an intelligent professor who should know better than to invoke the race card just because Obama is not president to Black Americans exclusively. Apparently Dr. West harbors animus against the president for some perceived slight over an inauguration invitation, and joined by Tavis Smiley, has mercilessly demeaned President Obama over every single policy decision he has made since taking office. West has challenged Obama’s adherence to [...]PoliticusUSA - Real Liberal Politics ~~ No Corporate Money, No Masters