Reply #20: You know who else sees Obama as being extra involved, almost too involved, in the healthcare fight? [View All]

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Former Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders said the EXACT same thing.

From http://edition.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/07/30/what.matters.joycelyn.elders/

ELDERS: This is probably something I shouldn't say, but I'm always saying that anyway, so one more time won't hurt. The president is really out there knocking his brains out trying to get this through, but I feel he is taking too much of the lead.

He should allow other people in his administration to be out here running from place to place, doing town hall meetings and all of this other stuff. When it gets down to the final bill and shaping it into what you want it to be, then let the president come in to do the heavy lifting. We've got the president out there doing heavy lifting before anyone else.

And I do believe that I will take her opinion of the country's health care crisis over 98% of DU's any day of the week.

There is no denying, in my book, expectations are waaay to high for a man in office for 6months and "Magic Negro" is a very apt term - and that goes for anyone in his position, be it Magic Caucasian or Magic Asian - if you think that in this short amount of time he can wade through and clean up the massive worldwide, historical and incomprehensible dirty work that he was left with; I never ever forget that in assessing Obama.

As far as I'm concerned I think it is cheap and lazy and terribly naive to expect more and exactly what you want in this little amount of time. So criticize all you want but you should really get used to understanding the phrase "Magic Negro," as I have with the "where's my pony" crowd.

Girl, this entire post is BRILLIANCE. Sheer brilliance. Oh my God...