Bush-McCain Pleased with Barack Obama

Bush-McCain Pleased with Barack Obama
by ALTON H. MADDOX JR. | Amsterdam News

Frederick Douglass said it best. If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Stated another way, Experience is the best teacher. To understand the political mechanics of this country, a person must have been involved in political struggle. Dr. Leonard Jeffries says it requires knowledge of systems analysis. A political system ensures the maintenance of the status quo. Similarly, this is also the objective of economic and legal systems.

Sen. Barack Obama is giving us an example of a political system operating on all eight cylinders. This is the interplay of revisionisms and fallacies. It means that a criminal conspiracy, which has been running amuck in this country for the past eight years, has now been attributed to bad policy. In other words, Obama sanitized Bush 43 and also his sidekick, Sen. John McCain, in his acceptance speech on August 28. These men should be facing articles of impeachment or criminal indictments. This is like reducing a criminal case to a civil
dispute.

We just saw it in the Sean Bell case. In a bench trial, Justice Arthur Cooperman found no criminal liability. The U.S. Justice Department, in collaboration with former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, will find no civil rights violations. These police assassins, enjoying indemnity, can live with a civil settlement. Obama saw fit to absolve Bush-McCain of any criminal responsibility. In delivering his acceptance speech, Obamas tone went from bass to soprano. His dispute with Bush-McCain has gone from a criminal complaint to a civil dispute.

In December 1986, a car driven by a court officer struck down Michael Griffith in Howard Beach. A white mob was in hot pursuit.In the absence of any HNIC securing control of the Howard Beach struggle, Gov. Mario Cuomo had to appoint the first special prosecutor in a racially motivated case. Cedric Sandiford, who was also a subject of the chase, said that the car was also chasing him. The police version was that Griffith died from a car accident. Special Prosecutor Charles Hynes, afterwards, directly linked only the white mob to Griffith's death. As the attorney for Cedric Sandiford, I had no reason to refuse to support his claim. Thus, when I repeated my clients grievance, law enforcement officials sued me for defamation. Moreover, Black leadership sided with Hynes. A criminal prosecution would be aimed only at the white mob. Law enforcement had to remain blameless.

Compare Obama's acceptance speech. This means that either Cong. Dennis Kucinich is lying or Obama was throwing a softball to conventioneers on August 28. Kucinich has filed articles of impeachment against George W. Bush, with Cong. Nancy Pelosi acting as a Bush-McCain watchdog. Only two presidents have had to face articles of impeachment. In the case of Pres. Bill Clinton, the articles of impeachment arose out of his use of the White House as a whorehouse. Bush and McCain, on the other hand, have screwed the country.

In my book, it takes more courage to file articles of impeachment against Bush than it does to make an acceptance speech that shields Bush-McCain from impeachable offenses or charges of conducting a criminal enterprise. While giving Obama the green light, Cong. Nancy Pelosi gave Kucinich the red light or else.

It is unconstitutional for the Justice Department to demand that its attorneys must employ a racist agenda. Monica Goodling is the architect. This means that Justice Department attorneys will exercise prosecutorial discretion in favor of law enforcement agencies, white mobs in addition to Levi Johnston, future son-in-law of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and against Black victims.

For the past eight years, the Bush administration has been illegally stockpiling racist attorneys in the Justice Department coupled with nominating reactionary judges for lifetime appointments on the federal bench. These attorneys enjoy civil service status. Thus, Obama will only be able to place a fresh face over a foul wound.

The next four years are going to be tough for Blacks. Bush-McCain have already set Obama's table while Obama is using his oratorical skills to remove the stench surrounding Bush-McCain. Blacks will suffer if Obama is afraid to vacuum the Justice Department before Election Day. 2009 will be a replay of 1877. The preacher from Georgia has a name. The names of Emmett Till and Rosa Parks were missing from Obama's speech. When a Black presidential nominee is afraid to publicly call the name of Dr. Martin L.King Jr. on August 28, 2008,45 years after the 1963 march on Washington, Blacks are in big trouble.

Even McCain, who opposed Dr. King tooth and nail, is not afraid to refer to him by name. This omission of Dr. King's name during Obama's acceptance speech was an act of political cowardice and it is a preview of things to come if he is given a four-year lease on the White House. Descendants of enslaved Africans have obviously been dubbed the silent minority. The 2008 platform of the Democratic Party lists the groups that can expect its protection under civil rights laws. The list specifically includes women, Asian Americans, Latinos, Pacific Islanders, disabled Americans, Native Hawaiians, Native Indians, and Native Alaskans. No Blacks need apply. Although Blacks made up more than a quarter of the delegates, no one had the courage to speak up for them in Denver. This was political presence and not political representation. It is a microcosm of our plight in government.

The Establishment has learned that Black faces in high places will do the trick. We adhere to plantation politics. Sadly, August 28, 2008, will go down in history as the date Blacks traded-in Dr. King for Obama. This trade is worse than the one Indians made in securing trinkets for the sale of Manhattan. It is reminiscent of the Compromise of 1877. Blacks in the United States have a history of honoring and celebrating firsts. Obama is the first Black presidential nominee of a major political party in the United States. If he is successful on Election Day, he will become the first person of African ancestry to secure a four-year lease on the White House. Jim Crow signs will take a hike.

Obama won the Iowa caucus. Afterwards, Sen. Hillary Clinton won the New Hampshire primary. His goose would have been cooked if Blacks in South Carolina had chosen Clinton. South Carolina was Rev. Jesse Jackson's home state and he is its favorite son. Obama returned to Iowa to thank his supporters. He not only has refused to return to South Carolina to give thanks to the Black voters but he also made sure that Jackson would not enjoy a prominent role in Denver. This is another example of disrespect and it is a reason why Blacks continue to be shortchanged politically.

McCain had a sinister reason for being in Ohio on his birthday. His birthday present from Ohio is expected to be delayed until November 4. The voting machines in Ohio are unreliable and easily subject to political manipulation. Historically, Ohio has swung presidential elections. In the meantime, Black selected officials and self-appointed spokespersons have refused to nationalize and mobilize a legal defense commission to combat Jim Crow at ballot boxes throughout the United States on Election Day. This is political malpractice. This country is divided.

If Obama intends to use the medicine he prescribed on August 28, the residents of this country will still continue to suffer from medical malpractice by another medical quack. Only the truth will set this nation free. The treatment of these racial and class wounds call for more than a Band-Aid. Obama must speak truth to power.

Author’s Note: Sept. 10—UAM weekly forum at the Elks Plaza, 1068 Harriet Tubman Avenue (Fulton Street), near Classon Avenue in Brooklyn.

The keynote speaker will be Dr. Walter Williams, historian, independent researcher and author of “The Historical Origin of Christianity.” He also is founder of the Ancient Egyptian Museum and Institute in Chicago. Dr. Williams will lecture on “The Myths of Christianity, Islam and Judaism Exposed.” Oct. 11-12—An overnight bus trip to the Blacks In Wax Museum and the Baltimore Harbor in Baltimore and an “Egypt on the Nile” tour of Washington, D.C., conducted by the esteemed Egyptologist Anthony Browder. No Child Should Be Left Behind. Every Black child should be taught the true history of the nation’s capital. We must revisit Kemet.

For further information on all events, call United African Movement at (718) 834-9034. See: www.reinstatealtonmaddox.net for “No Survival Skills for Black Children, “Critical Information is Power,” “Critical Thinking and Electoral Politics,” “Motion and Memorandum of Law in Maddox v. Prudenti et al.” and “Legal and Life Experiences of Alton H. Maddox.

Sept. 10 UAM weekly forum at the Elks Plaza, 1068 Harriet Tubman (Fulton Street) nr. Classon Ave. in Brooklyn. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Walter Williams, historian, independent researcher and author of The Historical Origin of Christianity. He also is founder of the Ancient Egyptian Museum and Institute in Chicago, Ill. Dr. Williams will lecture on The Myths of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism Exposed. Admission is free. Take the C train to Franklin Ave. Oct. 11-12An overnight bus trip to the Blacks in Wax Museum and the Baltimore Harbor in Baltimore and an Egypt on the Nile tour of Washington, D.C. conducted by the esteemed Egyptologist, Anthony Browder. The tour is a must for children. For further information on all events, call United African Movement at (718) 834-9034. See: www.reinstatealtonmaddox.net for UAM and Jim Crow in Politics, Hurricane Gustav: Natural or Man-Made? Information is Power, The GOP and Hurricane Gustav, No Survival Skills for Black Children, Critical Information is Power, Critical Thinking and Electoral Politics, Motion and Memorandum of Law in Maddox v. Prudenti et. al., Legal and Life Experiences of Alton H. Maddox.