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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Obama's Chicago speech

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Obama's Chicago speech:


Obama's Chicago speech


I was glad, if skeptical, heading into President Obama's appearance in Chicago last Friday. But  was once again left with that old post-speech, empty feeling as I sat in traffic coming back from the south side, waiting for the president's motorcade to clear out. It seems I wasn't the only one.

 Here's Dr. Brittany Cooper, writing in Ebony. 
Almost as soon as he began to talk, I found myself deeply incensed at President Obama’s address in Chicago this past Friday. I hoped, along with the 50,000 folks who petitioned for this