the president said i don t want people to look at me african-american president. i happen to be but i m the president of all the people. he said that himself. this is what cornell west said who is absolutely obviously a black scholar poverty tour in the midwest. with tavis smiley also a well known black thinker. obama s team reached out to cornell west and invited him to meet with the president. cornell west declined. went on to say a beer summit won t help our issues. he had very strong words to say about his long time friend and he is president obama. and he is none to happy about it. is cornel west wrong? there needs to be more time for the president to germinate? it s jobs and the economy. at the end of the day the president or anyone else in elective office is going to be judged in terms of a paycheck in my pocket. in terms of my welfare and my
the president said i don t want people to look at me african-american president. i happen to be but i m the president of all the people. he said that himself. this is what cornell west said who is absolutely obviously a black scholar poverty tour in the midwest. with tavis smiley also a well known black thinker. obama s team reached out to cornell west and invited him to meet with the president. cornell west declined. went on to say a beer summit won t help our issues. he had very strong words to say about his long time friend and he is president obama. and he is none to happy about it. is cornel west wrong? there needs to be more time for the president to germinate? it s jobs and the economy. at the end of the day the president or anyone else in elective office is going to be judged in terms of a paycheck in my pocket. in terms of my welfare and my well-being.
the president said i don t want people to look at me african-american president. i happen to be but i m the president of all the people. he said that himself. this is what cornell west said who is absolutely obviously a black scholar poverty tour in the midwest. with tavis smiley also a well known black thinker. obama s team reached out to cornell west and invited him to meet with the president. cornell west declined. went on to say a beer summit won t help our issues. he had very strong words to say about his long time friend and he is president obama. and he is none to happy about it. is cornel west wrong? there needs to be more time for the president to germinate? it s jobs and the economy. at the end of the day the president or anyone else in elective office is going to be judged in terms of a paycheck in my pocket. in terms of my welfare and my
middle of this. simon and garfunkel, i m not going to ask why. despite the fact that smiley did west wrong, he agreed to go with smiley on what s called the poverty tour. it s an 18-city tour to highlight the plight of the poor in these difficult economic times and, you know, guys, it just keeps getting worse. the poverty rate, the highest since 1994. extreme poverty, higher this year that it s been in at least three years. you can go down every list and this this issue, i believe, is a lot like afghanistan. it s an issue nobody wants to talk about. talk about health care, talk about debt, don t talk about deficits. why aren t they talking about poverty, the people who are suffering right in their own neighborhoods? first of all, joe, i agree with everything you said and appreciate your analysis.
compromise. they know he will capitulate and they have his number and the american people want to see the president fight. draw a line in the sand, tell us what your plan is, mr. president. we will support you. this is not an attack on barack obama. we will support you, but you have to fight. you have to push back this poverty tour is really a love tour as dr. west likes to say. we want the president to fight back. to your question on c-span i have not raised this issue in three years. for three years i have not addressed the issue because nobody asked. on c-span yesterday i was specifically asked about my relationship with the president, who i ve never and been a friend i ve known for years, been a friend for years with him. he s worked over the years as a senator, even in illinois before he got to the u.s. senate. he s worked with the kids in my foundation on leadership developments. i ve known him for years. we ve been friends. i was asked about my relationship and now my access t