Cheryl's Life

Tavis Smiley

Tavis Smiley is starting to piss me off. He is not the leader of the black community. There are lots of activists and everyone has work to do. Tavis Smiley does not decide on the type of campaign Obama should run. Just because Obama chooses not to bow down to Tavis does not make Obama a bad candidate. Tavis needs to shut up about Obama right now. He can keep his message to presidential candidates general without addressing one in particular. The only reason Hilary is attending his forum this weekend is because she is weak.

If he thinks about Obama's agenda, he would realize that Obama's presidency will help the black community just like Hilary's agenda. It's the nature of the democratic platform. Obama is not running on the black agenda that Tavis created. Obama is running to be President of all Americans. Tavis needs to get his brain wrapped around that.

I do like Tavis for the most part. He's done a lot of good. He needs to understand however that everyone does not agree with him. I don't agree with everything that Tavis has outlined in his book "Covenant With Black America" because of the religious undertones.....That does not mean I am against Tavis, he just needs to respect differences in opinion.

Obama is actually fulfilling the steps Tavis has outlined indirectly. One of his steps is addressing the lack of healthcare in the black community. Well, guess what Tavis, Obama's healthcare plan addresses those issues. His mandate on covering all children speaks to the very thing you've been advocating.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/23/obama.sobu/index.html

posted by CherylRenee @ 10:32 AM