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Anatomy of a Gangster: United

Written by: Q

aog.jpgThis weekend, something happened that even I couldn’t believe.. Something that I might’ve joked about, prayed about, begged about, but it really happening?? Shoot, that was a pipe dream.. But then it happened.. Barack won South Carolina..

Now, I’m not all that concerned about him winning or losing.. Well, at least not that much.. What I was concerned about was whether people would join together to vote, or if they would split the vote.. But, when the polls came back, they had percentages of 80 and 82 for Black women and men that voted for Barack.. That was the amazing part to me.. That Black people actually joined together and instead of bringing one another down, they brought someone up (someone not named Oprah cuz we love and are afraid of crossing Ms. OWN).. That might not mean much for y’all but it definitely does for me.. I probably would go another 20-30 years believing that we are some of the most non-brand loyal people on the planet.. I mean, y’all know we’re brand loyal.. We’ll stick with Nike, even if Phil came out saying that he just likes us cuz we jump higher and run faster.. We’ll rock Tommy no matter what.. We’ll listen to Dr. Phil without questioning his resume.. But let there be a Dr. Leroy.. Not happening.. Just that name alone will make us skeptical..

So yea, this was big for me.. In the ways of an AG, I have to give props to all of the people down in South Carolina.. They proved me wrong.. Made me eat my thoughts and dreams, cuz y’all know I really didn’t voice it.. In a time where candidates were stealing lines from Barack like he was Biggie, I wasn’t sure if we would listen.. Cuz, I’ll listen to an old Biggie song on some “Yo, what song did he snatch that line from”, then realizing I’m dead wrong for even forgetting that Biggie said it first.. It’s like Barack has his stuff being leaked ahead of time nowadays.. I’m just sayin’..

I’m just proud right now.. I was out in Cali doing cartwheels with my boy when we received the news that Barack pulled it off.. And it wasn’t for Barack.. This election is bringing us together.. Uniting us to an extent.. Making us read more about these elections and figure things out week by week.. I know I’ve learned about caucuses, Super Tuesday, platforms, etc, way more than I cared to learn at any other point in my life.. I KNOW that if Barack wasn’t in the race, I’d be just as ignorant as I was before.. I would care less.. But, dude has us learning.. Barack needs a holiday after this, no matter if he wins or loses.. Cuz he is making more people read than any NBA Read to Achieve program combined with those old Book It joints that we used to be a part of so we could get a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut.. Don’t front, you know you were doing that!! Made your mom all happy, cuz she didn’t have to cook.. Then you would fight with your sibling over one corner of that personal pan pizza.. Ahh, those were the days..

So, I wonder.. Or I’m led to wonder.. Will this last? Will we stay united?? Does seeing South Carolina do it, motivate more people around the country to do it? And since when did a NY Times backing mean anything? Who was backed in 2004? 2000? People be making stuff more than it is.. Really? They back Hillary and I’m supposed to go with her? I mean, maybe if TROUBL backed her I’d think a bit harder, but the Times? People were acting like she won the Presidency.. I find it funny how people try to steal thunder from others.. Nothing new, huh?

Tags: Culture, Politics, Race | Jan 29, 2008 |

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  1. "a mom"

    I was surprised also. Not Obama but about our people. Shame on me. If he doesn’t become our next president this time around, I still have hope for my people because South Carolina showed us something about ourselves. We still have the power to move mountains. We just have step out of our boxes and take a chance.

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  2. TROUBLMan

    I wasn’t too surprised by the by the South Carolina win. Its become fun to see where this might go? Black people like the feeling. I’m surprised that other democrats haven’t come out for Hillary. They wanna see where this might go.

    The Kennedy’s are an example of a real Democrats. Their stamp has made even more people believe in Obama. I really want to see how the Clintons react.

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  3. Malia

    Q —— You know you can’t be goin to Cali without pickin up ya girl!!!! How you gon leave me hangin like that?!?!?! I’m really, REALLY jealous ((Sorry to get off subject for a minute, but dang it’s 33 degrees outside!)) I miss yall up in here!!!! I got a contracted job with the City of Tulsa that will be ongoing 12 hours 7 days a week for a few months so I’m crazy busy and I’m not online at work.

    A certain SOMEONE is supposed to hook me up with a laptop, though —— hint, hint….

    Okay….. back to the subject. First, Barack’s win was HUGE!!!!!!!!! *doing Oklahoma cartwheels* especially since the exit polls suggested that the black/white turnout was roughly 52/48, not as big of a gap as expected.

    Second, the exit polls revealed that 60% of the turnout was female, making this the largest turnout for women so far. And of that number, Barack won about 80% of the black female vote and still placed respectably with white females at around 25%. I’m definitely voting for Barack and it’s not because I hate Hillary and it’s not because Barack is black ((well maybe a little bit)).

    Third, and probably the most satisfying thing for me, Bill’s campaigning hurt Hillary…

    Roughly 6 in 10 South Carolina Democratic primary voters said Bill Clinton’s campaigning was important in how they ultimately decided to vote, and of those voters, 48% went for Barack Obama while only 37% went for Hillary Clinton.

    Meanwhile, the exit polls also indicated Obama easily beat Clinton among those voters who decided in the last three days — when news reports heavily covered the former president’s heightened criticisms of Obama. I truly feel that Hillary messed up when she had her man fight her battles. While it’s good to have a man down for you ((trust me I would love that)) sometimes you need to keep him in the bedroom….lol. If she wants to play with the big boys she has to act like a big girl, right?????

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  4. boosy

    as a bougie black and proud republican. I offically can only say “hate,hate,hate”

    Unofficially, after reading Caroline kennedys letter about baracks ability to inspire change. I attribute this to his down to earth attitude. My only concern is the democratic partys ability to come together when hilary loses…whoops

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  5. "a mom"

    Hey people glad you’re back. I just left the Hillary camp. As much as I liked Bill at one time (not hating). I don’t like the way he has tried to make Obama look bad. He forgot what it was like when he was running and all the dirt people slung at him as well as how we stood by him when he was in that Monica thing. I know it’s just politics but when you say things to hurt you put a light on the way I feel about you as a person. The Clintons will not get my vote this time.

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  6. Q.

    Malia!!!!!

    Sorry about that Cali thing, but I got you.. I’ll be back soon..

    Clinton is taking an L for the way he’s coming at Barack.. I find it funnier how they are bringing this old stuff up about him buying his house for cheap from that dude.. Now, from my end this is an old story.. It actually surfaced over the summer, but then the news got out and it was pretty much nothing new.. Politicians and people with money do this all the time.. We get breaks.. MJ doesn’t have to pay for a Big Mac for the rest of his life and neither do his kids.. And?

    the funniest thing was to see Hillary go at him about it, only to have a picture surface with both her and Bill with this dude.. it wasn’t a photoshop joint either! they back-pedalled faster than Primetime, Primetime..

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  7. troublsome

    I think it was a good thing that Barack won in Iowa and South Carolina on the same day! I think that he has been painted as the black candidate in lots of people’s eyes and campaigns including Mrs. Hillary Clinton, but still managed to win in Iowa on the same day… I was concerned with the votes in South Carolina, just because of the African American population’s lack of enthusiasm to vote. But the % of blacks’ votes was up. Winning in Iowa and also in South Carolina, proved one thing to me. First Barack grabbed our hears, but now he has grabbed Americas Heart’s. Similar to the late John F. Kennedy (Exciting)…

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  8. Q.

    ish..

    John Edwards just dropped out of the race.. I was hoping he would stay in to sway some voters away from Hillary.. I’ll remain optimistic for Barack, though..

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  9. "a mom"

    Maybe Edwards dropping out will bring more voters Obama’s way.

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  10. Q.

    Well, after the debates last night, I see that MoveOn.org is now endorsing Obama.. It was also interesting to see both candidates squirm a bit about the Pres/VP team.. They didn’t do a good job of hiding the fact that you know they have discussed this before behind closed doors..

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