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Obama tells blacks to 'stop complainin' and fight

  • 01 Nov 2011 1:48 AM
    Message # 738891
    Karyne Henry (Administrator)
    In a fiery summons to an important voting bloc, President Barack Obama told blacks on Saturday to quit crying and complaining and "put on your marching shoes" to follow him into battle for jobs and opportunity. And though he didn't say it directly, for a second term, too. Obama's speech to the annual awards dinner of the Congressional Black Caucus was his answer to increasingly vocal griping from black leaders that he's been giving away too much in talks with Republicans -- and not doing enough to fight black unemployment, which is nearly double the national average at 16.7 percent.  Yahoo! News By Mark S. Smith, Associated Press
    Last modified: 01 Nov 2011 1:49 AM | Karyne Henry (Administrator)
  • 01 Nov 2011 1:50 AM
    Reply # 738892 on 738891
    Karyne Henry (Administrator)

    Rep. Waters Fires Back At Obama: Tell Him “We’re Not Complaining”
    By NewsOne Staff
    Representative Maxine Waters has fired back at President Obama after his speech at the Congressional Black Caucus this weekend in which he told the audience to “stop complaining.” Waters, who recently told a group of Black voters to “unleash her on Obama,” was shocked by the president’s direct comments at the Black community. “He would never talk to the gay, lesbian, or Latino communities in that manner,” said Waters. “I’m really kind of confused as to who he’s speaking to.”  NEWSONE

 
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