A Conversation With The Wife About Obama

Me: Listen to this, here's Obama right after the Million Man March as he was about to run for the Illinois State Sneate (courtesy of Newsbusters)...

Wife: Okay

Me (reading, emphasis mine):

These are mean, cruel times, exemplified by a 'lock 'em up, take no prisoners' mentality that dominates the Republican-led Congress. Historically, African-Americans have turned inward and towards black nationalism whenever they have a sense, as we do now, that the mainstream has rebuffed us, and that white Americans couldn't care less about the profound problems African-Americans are facing."

The right wing, the Christian right, has done a good job of building these organizations of accountability, much better than the left or progressive forces have. But it's always easier to organize around intolerance, narrow-mindedness, and false nostalgia. And they also have hijacked the higher moral ground with this language of family values and moral responsibility.

Wife:

Me: That's GODDAMBAMA!

Wife: I gotta water the plants.