Emanuel Cleaver is one of the most honorable men in Congress

[proud2BlibKansan]

He is a great rep and works hard for his district. He is much loved in Kansas City. He is also one of the best public speakers I have ever heard and a true progressive. He makes me proud to be a Democrat.

I understand why he is supporting Hillary. The Clintons were very good to him and to this city when Cleaver was mayor in the 1990s. As an honorable man, he wouldn't dream of not supporting Hillary.

I have known Rev Cleaver for nearly 30 years and can't speak highly enough of him. I greatly admire him for speaking up about the presidential race. I don't agree with everything he said but I respect his voice.

[evlbstrd]

1. Hear, hear!

And seconded.

[proud2BlibKansan]

9. Just add this to the list of things I am jealous of you for

I wish he was my rep.

[evlbstrd]

27. Oh, now.

That has to be a short list.

[tammywammy]

Good post proud2Blib

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. Thank you

[rwheeler31]

2. I agree he is a great representitive.

[proud2BlibKansan]

17. When I first started teaching, I worked in a small Catholic school not far from Cleaver's church

He was a city council rep at the time. Most of the kids in our school were not Catholic and we tried to have programs and services that reflected the religious preferences of our kids. More than once, we called Rev Cleaver and he came over to help us. In fact, I can't ever remember him saying no to our school. I will always be grateful to him for that. Those kids knew he cared about them and about our school.

[MadBadger]

3. Well I think he fucked up with his comments pretty nicely

But I still support him as a fellow dem because of my White Guilt...LOL.

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. The sad thing about that comment

is he isn't the least bit racist. I understand what he meant but I do understand how it sounds bad. Or maybe that's my white guilt. LOL

[MadBadger]

10. Just like Ferraro, he isnt racist, but made a racial comment

He may be a good guy, but what he said is offensive to me. You know, most of Obama's support is under the age of 50. Some were only kids during the sixties, and people like me werent born until 1987. So I have no white guilt because in my life in terms of treatment of black people I know I dont have anything to feel sorry for.

[proud2BlibKansan]

13. I was no more offended by Cleaver's comments than I was by Rev Wright's

Both spoke the truth, IMO.

[TheDonkey]

4. He's a despicable man and should be ashamed

Sorry, I don't care what sort of debt he has to Clinton. That gives him no right to drag down Obama in some sort of racially inflamed rant.

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. He wasn't dragging down Obama

I didn't take it that way at all. He also has defended Rev Wright. He spoke up about that controversy over a week ago.

[hendo]

25. Last I checked,

He said Obama would win it all: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/04/01/clinton-backer-obama-will-win/

[cliffordu]

5. Then why did he sound like a complete idiot

on MSNBC a few minutes ago...If his take on Obama was spoken by a white guy, the white guy would be kicked to the curb.....Of course Hil and the rest of the racists on her staff are "secretly" telling the stupordelegates that Obama cannot be elected because of Wright.....and the Beav (Cleaver) is just an extension of that.

I would LOVE to see the 527's over Tuzlagate.

If Obama isn't electable, why is he winning?????

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. I don't think we heard the same comments

I disagree. He didn't sound like an idiot. He was being honest. He also didn't say Obama wasn't electable. I don't know where you pulled that notion from.

[jaysunb]

6. Honorable or Indebted ?

:shrug:

[proud2BlibKansan]

14. Probably both

Smart too :)

[Guava Jelly]

15. He is my Rep as well

He is well liked here.
And has every right to vote for whomever he wishes.

[proud2BlibKansan]

18. Yes he does

I did call his office though a few months ago and asked him to support Obama :)

[Guava Jelly]

20. He probably will if Obama is still ahead in the end

:)

[Barb in Atl]

24. I love seeing your posts...

I get to see Obama and the baby!!! She's so cute!!

(sorry, off topic)

[Guava Jelly]

26. ..

:D They both are

[JTFrog]

16. I guess I missed something. I saw where he said Obama will win, but not sure what the OP is

referencing.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com

Clinton backer: Obama will win
Posted: 03:02 PM ET
Cleaver, a supporter of Clinton, said he'd be stunned if Obama didn't win.


(CNN) — A key Hillary Clinton supporter appeared to be a bit off message during a recent interview with a Canadian radio station.

"If I had to make a prediction right now, I'd say Barack Obama is going to be the next president," Missouri Rep. Emanuel Cleaver said in a Canadian public radio interview this weekend. "I will be stunned if he's not the next president of the United States."

Cleaver, an African-American, endorsed Clinton's White House bid last year and formally remained aligned with the New York senator even as other black leaders shifted their support to Barack Obama.

But after his district voted for Obama in the February 5 primary, Cleaver did indicate he would consider voting for the Illinois senator at the party's convention if the delegate count was extremely tight between the two candidates.

[proud2BlibKansan]

21. here . . .

"If I had to make a prediction right now, I'd say Barack Obama is going to be the next president...," he said. "I will be stunned if he is not the next president of the United States. Now, when he is sworn in, 99.9 percent of Americans won't know who he is or what he stands for. But it doesn't matter at this point."

That's because, Cleaver says, many white Americans are supporting Obama because "they are looking at Barack Obama and saying this is our chance to demonstrate that we have been able to get this boogeyman called race behind us and so they are going to vote for him."

He says this is causing many African-Americans to "tremble" because they believe white Americans won't want to address issue of race then, saying it's been addressed by Obama's election.

http://primebuzz.kcstar.com/?q=node/10789

[JTFrog]

22. I see. They edited that part of the comment at the link above where I saw it.

Thanks for this link!

[Strelnikov_]

19. Rev. Cleaver . . stay away from the bus n/t

[rwheeler31]

23. He knows how to drive the bus.