A wonderful dream.

I gotta admit that Barack Obama has been a disappointment. A less positively effective president than I had hoped. Primarily because he has not been ruthless enough in dealing with Republicans. He’s been far too kind. Too wishy-washy. He’s allowed Republicans to get away with too much. Maybe Obama is the sort of Christian that turns the other cheek. Far too often. He’s gotta learn to slug back. Pow! And I mean Pow!! Pow!!! Pow!!!! Blow after blow. And the more I watch Obama, the more I wonder if he really has the gumption and know-how and manly fortitude to be a skilled politician. And believe me, it takes skill and maybe even a total lack of conscience. Obama needs to take no prisoners. In order to bring about a truly liberal/socialist agenda. He needs to force feed Republicans. Literally cram stuff down their throats. With a plunger. Like brutal farmers do when they stuff a live goose. Obama needs to become a true revolutionary. And I’m afraid that ain’t gonna happen. It wasn’t until black people became revolutionaries in the 1960s that they really started gaining their legitimate civil rights. They had to become militants. And take to the streets. Along with white liberals. They had to seize control from the stinking white conservatives. The racist ruling elite. They had to kick ass. And declare we’re not gonna take this crap any more. They set an example for what a modern-day Barack Obama should be. Instead, Obama is pussyfooting around. As if he’s living by old Jim Crow standards. He ain’t standing up for principle. For human dignity. He’s letting scumbag Republicans run the show. Just like black people let racists run the show for more than a century after the civil war. That will always go down as one of the most shameful periods of American history. And unless we decent Americans take to the streets and do something about the present deplorable political and economic situations, we’re all gonna be doomed to a sorry future. Oh, if only Obama had the guts to lead the revolution. He could. With a new, fresh start. It's not too late. Maybe by pushing a jobs bill. Getting all of the unemployed back to work. By taking money out of the pockets of the filthy rich. And redistributing it. To help the poor and the truly needy. By correcting the American shame wrought for these many years by racists and Republicans and oligarchs. Oh, I have a dream. A wonderful dream. –Jim Broede