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Home Front: Politix
Andrew Young On Why He Doesn't Support Obama
2007-12-08
Can you imagine if a White Republican said this?
Former Atlanta Mayor and Ambassador Andrew Young (D-Jimmy Carter...) explained why he does not support Sen. Barack Obama to win the Democratic nomination for president - until "2016."
"It is not a matter of being inexperienced," Young told an Atlanta crowd this fall. "It is a matter of being young. There is a certain matter of maturity ... You have to have a protective network around you... Leadership requires suffering. And I would like to see Barack's children get a little older, see, because they're going to pick on them."

He made the remarks after being asked by a crowd member about the Illinois Democrat at a "Newsmakers" event held in Atlanta.
"I want Barack to be president," he responded with a long pause, "....in 2016."

"Barack Obama does not have the support network yet to get to be president...," he said. He reflected on his days serving as one of many lieutenants to Martin Luther King Jr.

He also said that while Obama's rival Sen. Hillary Clinton is surrounded by quite a few black advisors Obama has very few.
"To put a brother in there by himself is to set him up for crucifixion," he said.
"Like Clarence Thomas"
He also joked that author Toni Morrison may have been on to something when she referred to former President Bill Clinton as the "first black president."

"Bill is every bit as black as Barack," he said. "He has probably gone out with more black women than Barack."
I'm sure Hildabeast appreciates the endorsement.. HT to AOHQ and SixMeatBuffet...this is making the blog-rounds
Posted by:Frank G

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