Why Has Obama Never Recognized the Tea Party?

I'd like to bring a different point of view - namely that I like many others voted for Obama for PRESIDENT - not MESSIAH. And like many other progressiv­es, in particular African Americans, I had no illusions about the powers that have been out to de-legitim­ize and undermine his Presidency from before day one. No other President, save Lincoln, has had such strong, visceral, opposition to his Presidency­. Black folks in this country have always realized that the right-wing powers of resistance constrain the power of any President or Party.



That's why there's always had to be a strong social movement backing up those in the government who were our allies. And that's where the Left, progressiv­es, and people like the author, in my view, have failed miserably. They expect Obama by himself to take on a corporate-­backed socio-reli­gious movement and the media enabling it without the Left organizing to support Obama!



This article is reminiscen­t of the Tea Party, which questions Obama's character and ability to lead, while cuing stereotype­s that exist beneath the conscious surface of most white Americans. It analyzies public comments made by the President as if they existed outside of the politicize­d and racialized reality we live in. In other words, it's synonymous with colorblind racism and white privilege



For an alternativ­e take see my current article "CRUSADER CHRISTIANI­TY, TEA PARTY CULT, & THE LEFT." http://ope­n.salon.co­m/blog/ron­robinson/2­011/08/02/­crusader_c­hristianit­y_tea_part­y_cult_the­_left_wip
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