Community | February 15, 2012 | 21 comments

Maya Angelou: 'Barack Obama has done a remarkable job'

source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/feb/15/maya-angelou-barack-obama-remarkable-job

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Maya Angelou shilling for Obama and playing the race card during Black History Month

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This year, if it progresses as Angelou expects, will exacerbate the pattern, bringing a momentous high, but not before some sickening lows. Don't worry about Barack Obama, says the chronicler of black history. He'll be re-elected. He deserves to be re-elected. But between now and November, it's going to get nasty.

"I think we are going to see a number of people who say: 'I have no racial prejudice in my heart, not in my conversation,'" Angelou says. "But in the next few months, as we wind up to the double campaign, I tell you we are going to see some nastiness, some vulgarity, I think. THEY'LL PULL THE SHEETS OFF." (?)

Obama has critics and doubters. Angelou, the sage of black America, now 83, has no time for them. "I think he has done a remarkable job, knowing how much he has been opposed," she says. "Every suggestion he makes, the Republicans en masse fight against him or don't vote at all." It's about him being a Democrat and being the first black president, she says.

More recently, her presidential link has been via the first lady, Michelle Obama. "She's the grand dame," says Angelou. "I wrote her a note a few months ago because I was in a gathering. The president and his party were there, but I had to leave early. I know that's a gaffe because no one leaves the building before the president so I wrote and apologised. I got a letter from her in her own handwriting. She said: 'I have only one regret – that I didn't come over and hug your neck.'"

When next they met, Angelou's shock was palpable. Millions of viewers of the US channel Black Entertainment Television (BET) saw the author – recipient of three Grammys, a Pulitzer nomination and 30 honorary degrees – prepare to receive more yet recognition; a BET Honors award. She had no idea who would present it. Enter the first lady. "She talked for about 10 minutes about my work and its impact on her and her husband for the past 20 years," she says. "Calm now, but not then, Angelou told reporters: "I thought my heart would burst."
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21 comments // Maya Angelou: 'Barack Obama has done a remarkable job'

  • nanac
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      nanac  

    • I agree with Maya Angelou on all points. President Obama has managed to accomplish many of his campaign promises in spite of the tremendous amount of negativity directed at his Administration. He has done a remarkable job, while his adversaries have been busy praying for his death, disrespecting him, and his family. He has been called everything in the book, but an American.
      Just like Maya, I am a proud Obama supporter.

    • 3 months ago
  • Milieu
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      Milieu  
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    • Rick Snyder-Mitt Romney Endorsement: Source Says Michigan Governor Will Endorse Romney's Presidential Bid

      This Racism too?

    • 3 months ago
  • maasanova
  • Milieu
  • ZiggyStrange
  • maasanova
  • ZiggyStrange
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      ZiggyStrange  
    • maasanova:

      No it is not race baiting for her to say that, it makes perfect sense as the end of her statement, and she is right.

      What is it about black people that so offends you?

      You run around here perpetually calling out people for pulling the race card. Personally I'm sick and tired of you and every other person here who just can't get past the color of someones skin. Stop with the race baiting. It's wrong, and ignorant.

      Blacks and whites are equal. End of story.

      Vote me down all you want you think I care?

      This place has a lot of racists and bigots, like every other political discussion site.
      You ruin it for everyone. The reason people respond is because it's offensive. You are offensive, your comments are loaded with hatred and bigotry. This is not going to get Obama out of office.

      Racism is sick, bigotry is stupid. Do you think you are going to accomplish anything but further reassuring everyone that you have an issue with color?

      You sent your message when you picked your moniker.

      Why don't you just come out and say it?

      Let it all hang out, come on! You can do it, be open and use your platform truthfully for once.

    • 3 months ago
  • maasanova
  • ZiggyStrange
  • maasanova
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      maasanova  
    • ZiggyStrange:

      So why do you ask why I don't like Black people and call me and others 'racists' for saying that Maya Angelou is playing the race card to give Obama cover?

      This is a rhetorical question and one that I don't expect you to have any sort of answer for.

    • 3 months ago
  • ZiggyStrange
  • maasanova
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      maasanova  
    • ZiggyStrange:

      That pathetic response does not answer my question, which just shows that you don't have an argument when you have to scream and yell racism to someone who comes from a Black family.

      So I'll just cap it off with a nice You Fail!

    • 3 months ago
  • ZiggyStrange
  • joeredford
  • ZiggyStrange
  • Paratus
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      Paratus  

    • "But between now and November, it's going to get nasty."

      It's already been nasty and brought to you by the left. He HAS done a remarkable job. Looking at just one thing it is tough to double the national debt in just three years. Takes determination. Its about his policies and the disasterous path he is leading this country down. It's about the divisivness in this country which he exacerbates. King Barry is the problem.

    • 3 months ago
  • The_Wanderer_Kansas
  • maasanova
  • Truthitswhatsfordinner
  • Radical_Centrist
  • maasanova
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      maasanova  
    • Radical_Centrist:

      It's hard for me to say that a woman like Maya Angelou should stick to poetry or whatever it is she does these days, but yeah, it does kind of leave a bad taste in one's mouth for her to be so obviously showing her bias during Black History Month.

    • 3 months ago
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