Comments on: Obama and Paterson. Black Men Don’t Look Alike http://mondoweiss.net/2008/03/obama-and-pater.html The War of Ideas in the Middle East Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:18:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: The Fanonite http://mondoweiss.net/2008/03/obama-and-pater.html/comment-page-1#comment-63242 The Fanonite Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/03/14/obama-and-pater.html#comment-63242 <p>I am not sure I quite agree with your assessment of Paterson's oratory. Obama is smooth, no doubt, and his repertoire of platitudes is limitless. Paterson on the other hand has authenticity of the kind that would have cost Obama all the white male vote, the demographic in which he leads, had he possessed even a hint of it. I can't imagine Obama ever invoking Malcolm X; Paterson does. He is also possessed of a quick wit, as evident in his reply to the reporters who asked him if he was also consulting hookers. 'Only lobbyists', he responded. </p> <p>Here is the real 'breathtaking speaker'<br /> http://www.democracynow.org/2008/3/13/david_paterson_invokes_paul_robeson_harriet </p> I am not sure I quite agree with your assessment of Paterson's oratory. Obama is smooth, no doubt, and his repertoire of platitudes is limitless. Paterson on the other hand has authenticity of the kind that would have cost Obama all the white male vote, the demographic in which he leads, had he possessed even a hint of it. I can't imagine Obama ever invoking Malcolm X; Paterson does. He is also possessed of a quick wit, as evident in his reply to the reporters who asked him if he was also consulting hookers. 'Only lobbyists', he responded.

Here is the real 'breathtaking speaker'
link to democracynow.org

]]> By: Leila Abu-Saba http://mondoweiss.net/2008/03/obama-and-pater.html/comment-page-1#comment-63243 Leila Abu-Saba Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/03/14/obama-and-pater.html#comment-63243 <p>I've wanted to ask Geraldine Ferraro - if being black is the major factor in Obama's success, then why isn't H. Carl McCall governor of New York right now?</p> <p>This is inside politics to NYers. Look up McCall in wikipedia. He was on the board of a state agency I worked for in the 1980s, which is why I even have a clue who he is.</p> I've wanted to ask Geraldine Ferraro – if being black is the major factor in Obama's success, then why isn't H. Carl McCall governor of New York right now?

This is inside politics to NYers. Look up McCall in wikipedia. He was on the board of a state agency I worked for in the 1980s, which is why I even have a clue who he is.

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