Cornel West's Note to Obama on his first yr in office (BBC)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/world_news_america/8471606.stm


GD thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=7527626&mesg_id=7527626

Here's what bugs the shit out of me. Unemployment is high as hell, but that's not new! I lost my job 2 freakin years ago, everybody I know home in Michigan, lost their jobs well before Obama took office. Do the people like Mr. West, ever think about just how bad things were when this man took office? Do they consider what would have happened had Chrysler been allowed to fail? Do they consider what would happen if Cobra had not been discounted? Unemployment benefits extended?

For years and years, jobs have been lost, shipped out of the country, eliminated etc. I really don't see where jobs will come from anytime soon....real jobs anyway. Did Mr. West record a message for bush? I just hate these neat little speeches that talk about the president not having a backbone, or cutting back room deals, without any mention of anything positive that happened this year. I'm just not feeling this guy, or Dyson, or Tavis.....something is up with all of them IMO. His intro about the inauguration seemed fake as well.