Reply #131: Elaboration for those who need it [View All]

[DuctapeFatwa]

It is not because the candidates are white, but because what they propose is essentially yet another rewording of press releases outlining the accessorized for fall status quo.

That has been done, and done again, with the result that today, a political solution to the current crisis is no longer a realistic possibility.

Not just "black congressional leaders" but anyone who endorses the status quo, does so either out of misguided, misinformed magical thinking, or because they perceive some personal benefit to themselves.

It is just a fact of life that even African-Americans affluent and well-connected enough to get to Congress are more likely to have less of a disconnect between their perceptions and reality. That is not to say that they are inherently more intelligent, or intended as white-bashing.

For example, a while back there was a white candidate who advocated a Living Wage, and was immediately denounced as unelectable.

That is one kind of reality, and it is the reality that the affluent understand, regardless of their race.

The reality that most do NOT understand is that the LACK of a Living Wage is an express route to Rwanda. Not the only one, by any means, but one of the most popular.

Jesse Jackson,Jr, for all the privilege he has had, knows that, or if he doesn't know it, has less of an excuse for not knowing it than does, for example, Howard Dean.