Bernie tries to honor MLK, trashes Obama instead

[Adam Griffin]

I didn't bother reading the last page and a half (because I figure it's the same as the first half), but why are so many people conflating any black disapproval of Obama with any belief among blacks that Obama was a pretty crappy political operative when it came to providing benefit to his broader party?

I mean, if I were asked if I "approve" of Obama, I'd say yes. If I were asked if I thought he was "the worst thing to happen to Democratic Party influence up and down the ballot in the past century", I'd also say yes. They're not mutually exclusive, and I imagine there is no difference on the issue among black voters - or for that matter, their approval of him versus their thoughts on his handling of any other issue.

For rather obvious reasons, black voters are likely going to be more defensive about outside criticism of the President ("I can talk bad about my kids, but you can't"), but that doesn't mean that they 1) can't/don't acknowledge that a criticism might be true, or 2) can't have deep criticisms about a politician without also approving overall.