Obama Gives Up On Paterson

Paterson stuck his finger in the WH's eye in how he picked Hillary's replacement. Paterson seemed to be intentionally cruel to Caroline Kennedy - leaking crap. Certainly not a way to win any loyalty from Obama.

Obama's providing cover for Cuomo with the Black Community.

Plus - this would have never gone public if Paterson had agreed - but, according to the NYT, he said no. That is why we know all this.

Paterson, take a walk - please!

Amy, as an African American I demand an apology! First of all what difference does it make whether or not the parties involved are Black? Are you suggesting that there is some sort of special solidarity based on being in the same racial group that would prevent any political discord? No, it can't be that because otherwise how would you explain Michael Steele?
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Okay then, so you're saying your shock comes from the fact that there are so few Blacks in statewide office that you can't believe someone who is also Black would be party to reducing that number? Well the only way you could draw the conclusion that race would or should come first and then be shocked that this dictum was discarded in this instance -- is if 1) you first believe that all Black people think a like, 2) and they all put racial concerns before anything else, which is why you can't believe the President of the United States is not putting racial solidarity before recommending that a disastrous political candidate, who will likely lose against his Republican opponent to step aside.
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So let me get this straight, in your world view being Black requires one to sign on to a political suicide pact -- that's really how you see us? You would really expect President Obama to expend his political capital to try to rehabilitate a candidate who has repeatedly fumbled his chances? Are you talking about the same no drama Obama who cut Van Jones loose after the first 48 hours of negative media attention. Not to mention how every employee whose come within his circle has been dispatched immediately for causing consternation?
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Amy, do you know any Black people? Where did you get the impression that race counts more than anything else? Didn't he call Kanye West a jackazz? If you really thought for even a nano second that the President would be so concerned about racial advancement that he would tie the Party to this inept, philanderer whose own actions have taught this administration that he can't be trusted then you must have more in common with those sign carrying tea baggers than your previously grammatically correct postings would suggest.
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My God are you really so clueless that you can't even count the number of racially insensitive insults you make here?
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Why you would assume that a Black President, let alone the first one, wouldn't be involved in the political strategy of his party like every other president is beyond me. Moreover, why as part of devising that strategy, you can't possibly imagine that the needs of the party would be his major consideration is clearly something you must answer. Just so you don't confuse this again -- the President is the leader of the Democratic Party, and in that role it is his job to give the party political direction.
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As a master strategist, I would expect President Obama to be concerned about the outcomes of all manner of elections, especially since maintaining Democratic supremacy will make his job easier and help him to complete the permanent Democratic realignment they are aiming for -- you know that pesky transformational thing he keeps talking about. Did the lightbulb just go off Amy? Did you just now realize that we have a census in 2010, that he might be concerned whose at the top of the ticket and their ability to bring out Democratic voters to protect majorities in the state legislature -- you know the legislature that will be doing the redistricting. Damn you're as dumb as dirt on a windowsill. Of course, he would be doing this even if were a white president, just as white presidents in the past have been involved in the political strategies of the parties they represented -- you do recall a little thing they called the Reagan revolution don't you.
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It's just appalling to realize that you give so little thought to what you write that no alarm bells went off in your head warning you that this post was not the best idea you ever had. Having searched the post for anything that could be used to mitigate your statement and finding none. I have no choice but to hold you responsible for what at best one could categorize as bad taste, and I'm clearly being charitable. At some point someone must have told you that it's not appropriate to link behavior and race -- surely you know it is called stereotyping even in 2009. My God as a journalist could you be anymore clueless?

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Well, Dee in Columbia... let's see.

Of course the author is stating what you seem to be 'shocked' about.

Put your race card away you self-righteous hypocrite.

Your shock is ridiculous, in my opinion. After all, blacks voted overwhelmingly for Obama principally because he is black (actually, he is half-white but most were too ignorant to comprehend that). Therefore, the black community demonstrated it's racist bias with this election, seeing as how almost 100% of black votes went to Obama. If the white citizens were to demonstrate similar racial bias, then Obama wouldn't be in the white house.

You see, the vast majority of white folk in America have moved beyond the bigoted attitudes of our great-grandfathers. On the other hand, the majority of blacks have not. The primary group of people in the United States harboring bigoted attitudes on a systemic level are no longer whites, but in fact, are blacks. And their attitudes of continued oppression and some sense of entitlement also results in these attitudes toward one another as a 'band of brothers', which I think is what the author is referencing.

So, amidst your feigned (or perhaps simply ignorant) shock, acknowledge what the black community is... a hypocracy regarding expectations of racial indifference. The president himself demonstrated racisms when, without knowing the facts, slandered a decent police officer who acted accordingly when a black man disrespectfully spewed racial and personal insults.

Other 'highly educated' black men include Van Jones (Yale Graduate) who put his own foot in his mouth by exhibiting his true racists colors one too many times. And everyone knows Rev. Wright's problems. We could continue with politicians like Rep. C. Mckinney. who tried to pull a race card against capital hill police and was called on it. We could discuss the white-on-black crime that gets immediate backing and attention by your loud-mouthed spokes-holes such as Sharpton, without hesitation or investigation but then find out they stupidly embarass themselves when the facts come to light yet never apologize for the slander they sow on the innocent whites (i.e. Duke rape case). Then there are the black mayors who openly advertise for their desired 'chocolate' communities, or the black school teachers who berate white students for not wanting to vote for Obama if they could vote.

And of course, if anyone (black or white) were to publicly question these individuals, and especially the chosen one himself (POTUS), then they are ostracized as being racist simply for not giving a black person a free ride in his opinion or idea.

Put your race card away; it is beginning to lose value with all you racist chicken littles of this country.

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I think Obama is a great president, and I do not see any pregistis from him, in fact i see the oposite I see some one just trying to make things better for us all, compared to those in the past whom said, but never carried out with it, I can say that when and if it comes to Voteing again he has my Vote, and I in the original vote, voted for cain, cause I heard we were being lead to the end of the world happenings by him, but as time has gone on I have seen differantly, I fully believe he is for the good of us all, not just a differant color of skin, cause in gods eyes there is no color, we all are equal, and he is standing up to what he says, and he took up for the singer, against the gentaleman so that proves he's is not prejedus, sorry for my spelling trying hope you know what i mean, i am 49 i was a slow learner in school special ed, graduated high schoo. got no where, but i try, so to make a long story short i am for Obama as president, i 'think he is doing a good job. thanks for listening. to me,. God bless all.

I think Obama is a great president, and I do not see any pregistis from him, in fact i see the oposite I see some one just trying to make things better for us all, compared to those in the past whom said, but never carried out with it, I can say that when and if it comes to Voteing again he has my Vote, and I in the original vote, voted for cain, cause I heard we were being lead to the end of the world happenings by him, but as time has gone on I have seen differantly, I fully believe he is for the good of us all, not just a differant color of skin, cause in gods eyes there is no color, we all are equal, and he is standing up to what he says, and he took up for the singer, against the gentaleman so that proves he's is not prejedus, sorry for my spelling trying hope you know what i mean, i am 49 i was a slow learner in school special ed, graduated high schoo. got no where, but i try, so to make a long story short i am for Obama as president, i 'think he is doing a good job. thanks for listening. to me,. God bless all. and also im a white person, i was raised we are all equal, and i fully believe that as well, thanks obama for all you are doing.

"And when it's the first black president telling one of only two black governors to clear the way for someone else...that definitely falls into the category of Stories You Never Expected To Read."

I'd like to see some further clarification of this point as well.

And when it's the first black president telling one of only two black governors to clear the way for someone else...that definitely falls into the category of Stories You Never Expected To Read.

Why don't you expect to read a story like that, Amy?

"I'd like to see some further clarification of this point as well."
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“Is there concern about the situation in New York? Absolutely,” the second administration official said Saturday evening. “Has that concern been conveyed to the governor? Yes.”

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Well Derek, apparently you did not read the NY Times article that Amy referenced.
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In both black and white, an Obama Administration representatives clearly backs up what Amy has said in her blog post.
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What is so difficult to understand, Derek? The fear is that Rudy Giuiliani IS going to run for Gov of NY. Rudy will trounce any and all comers to this race, that I am confident of as New Yorkers will back the former Mayor over any little known candidate to oppose him.
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The other great thing that this article shows that if you oppose Obama's "suggestions" you will be ostracized from all things Democrat.
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I love the infighting. Keep it up Demonuts!!
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(And Dee, great try at attempting to throw that RACE card again. You simply prove exactly what you are, an ANGRY black woman)

While this IS a story I never expected to read, I find it darned off-putting that Sullivan mentions the race of the President & the Governor. I'm white, & when I read the story this morning, nothing about race entered my mind. For a major media outlet to interject race into a striking political story is unprofessional. Period.

Shame on you, Ms. Sullivan.

The Constant Weader at http://www.RealityChex.com

Fumin , funion or whatever your ridiculous name is -- your ignorance is to obvious not to be ignored - Blacks voting for a Democrat what a freaking surprise, 40 years after the implementation of the southern strategy by Republicans, Reagan blaming all the nation's ills on the black welfare queen, despite it being patently untrue--frankly I'm surprised that any blacks ever vote for Republicans.
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Shakespeare, I appreciate your attempt to explain me to the Glen Beck devote but I disagree that I am suffering from sort of hair trigger and I certainly don't think my demand is over the top -- words have power and as a professional wordsmith she ought to know that. Considering that you have no idea what it feels like to see read words suggesting that you are somehow less than because of your race I don't think you are in any position to judge.
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We have a history of being told we couldn't be quarterbacks because that was a thinking man's position, it's why Rush lost his dream job because he couldn't help but denigrate the black quarterback because he felt only someone white could be sufficiently strategic. Because of this kind of thinking it is particularly difficult for black political strategists to get work in this town. So when you accuse me of being over the top because I called Amy on her stereotype about the Democratic Party's political quarterback keep in mind that these were Amy's words not mine:
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"And when it's the first black president telling one of only two black governors to clear the way for someone else...that definitely falls into the category of Stories You Never Expected To Read."
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I have no hair trigger here. She needs to defend her statement. She is the one who brought up race, declaring that because of race Obama should have been expected to act a certain way. Frankly, I'm getting sick and tired of right wing hypocrites who slam the "liberal" press daily for not repeating the propaganda they confuse with news coming out of the fox entertainment channel, but all of a sudden when the situation turns to race they are magically one with their most hated enemy. I thought all you Beck and boss fans wouldn't touch anything coming from the NY Times out of fear that it would burn your eyes or something.
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Let the police walk in bloomin onion's house and threaten to take his guns away -- how quickly do you think he will go from calling them hardworking honest policemen to calling them members of a jack booted government goon squad? Thirty-seconds maybe!
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Amy clearly expected Obama to act in a very specific way because of his race and she needs to explain why she drew that conclusion. Frankly, I don't see how it's any different from being surprised someone who is black is articulate, or in the race baiting case of boss limbaugh for all blacks to say right on. Moreover, if she can come use a credible line of logic explaining why this wasn't stereotyping I will certainly apologize to her.

"...Cuomo effectively has the blessing of the nation's first back president..."

Who's been looking at BO's buttocks?

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I do think it's weird that Amy thinks that Obama owes some sort of loyalty to Paterson just because the two share similar skin tones.

Lets face it, Paterson was never elected governor, has he run on his own he wouldn't have been elected, he only got where he is because nobody cares who the Lt. Governor is (Spitzer could have picked anyone) and because Spitzer messed up.

There is one good reason why Obama should be asking Paterson to step aside: Paterson is unpopular with New Yorkers from both parties.

For any of you not in NY: Paterson will get TRAMPLED if he runs in the next election. There's a pretty widespread feeling here that he no idea what he's doing, and not just among Republitards, racists, and the other usual suspects.

Cuomo running, on the other hand, would probably preemptively crowd out most Repub challengers, like the detestable Giuliani, and Cuomo almost certainly walks to a win.

Irrespective of what BHO may or may not have said, I'd rate it a 100% probability that Paterson won't have another term.

[...] Amy Sullivan at Swampland in Time: Has Obama asked beleaguered and unpopular NY Governor David Paterson to drop out of the race to keep his seat? That’s what the New York Times is reporting. If true, this is fairly extraordinary. It’s highly unusual for a president to step in and tell a governor who is not facing something like a crippling scandal or imminent indictment that his time is up. And when it’s the first black president telling one of only two black governors to clear the way for someone else…that definitely falls into the category of Stories You Never Expected To Read. [...]

"And when it's the first black president telling one of only two black governors to clear the way for someone else...that definitely falls into the category of Stories You Never Expected To Read."

This is one of the most breathtakingly tone deaf statements that I have read in a couple of hours (I was going to say a week, but I remembered that I read an article by the insufferable David Brooks last night). As a journalist, and someone who should have a firm grasp on reasoning skills, how do you explain or justify this statement?

Why would someone never expect to read a story about a President giving sage and obvious advice to a sitting governor about his dismal reelection chances? If anything, said advice is a day late and a dollar short because people have been spilling several barrels of ink on this story for awhile now. Well, according to Amy, it's because President Obama and Governor Patterson share the same skin color. What a joke.

Amy, if you're going to write and publish crap like this, then you should be professional enough to justify this statement or take it down.

No clueless Amy isn't going to do the professionally honorable thing -- like other journalists here who defend their work, she never does. she's going to rationalize the comments by saying these are just the rantings of the unstable, misinformed, less educated - oh I don't know black people, because the hubris it takes to make this statement certainly won't allow her to acknowledge the wrongness of its inferior logic, unprofessional insult, or its tasteless purpose. Amy Sullivan is a coward and has been so since she started here. She has to respond to any comments and now she relies on the wingnut brigade to defends her, sheesh, isn't the World Net Daily carving out a place for you?

The mere fact that Obama wants Patterson to drop out of the governor's race should state loud and clear that race is NOT an issue; it's an issue of political strategy to keep a Democratic governor in NY state!

White America voted in Obama for President. The issue of race in American politics is not what it used to be...the winds of change are still blowing!

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