""Week after week after week" (as you put it) I hear you criticize President Obama for not addressing racial issues. Why, why, why do you continue to look to President Obama? I don't understand it. If you want a racial issues leader,…"

"Hearing people "analyze" the president's speeches perplexes and amazes me.  Obama's speeches are simply talk, and as some witty person once said, "talk is cheap".  The only thing that really matters is what…"

"Corrections to my comment:  The name of the caller who took Dr. West "to task" was Diane Kid (spelling?), not Malveux.  Also, according to Wikipedia, "bell hooks" is the pen name of Gloria Jean Watkins, so I guess I…"

"Dear Dr. West, I am disappointed in your response to Ms. Malveaux.  First, instead of guessing at what Dr. Hooks meant by her comment, "Did you ever think we'd live to see a white man running on a white supremacist ticket?", I…"

"Romney is running on a white supremacist ticket?  I thought he was running on a plutocracy ticket.  I don't think Romney cares about the color of person's skin so much as he cares about the size of a person's portfolio."

"Tavis said, "To the extent that we are now done with the war in Iraq, what do we do with the money we were spending in Iraq?" Tavis, you know very well that the Iraq and Afghanistan wars were not paid for.  They were put on…"

"@ JeffAs refutation of the idea that Ralph Nader cost Al Gore the 2004 election, you cite four sources: Ralph Nader's own web site The Green Party web site An online article by Tony Schinella in which he uses exit polling data to make his…"

"Why should we support Barack Obama?  Is there another viable candidate who you think will support the issues you care about?  If so, you didn't name him/her.  For people with "liberal" values, there simply is no viable…"

"Tavis: "And so now the President is playing this Super PAC game.  So when you suggest that first we win, and then we change, it suggests to me that you believe in your heart, that once Obama wins he's going to be serious about…"

"This has nothing to do with the topic "A listener from Berkeley, CA takes Smiley & West to task for being too respectful of President Obama". The YouTube video description is, "DSU Non-violent protest ending with police…"

"This isn't directly related to the question at hand, but it is sort of since President Obama's speeches affect how people view him. Yesterday I was listening to the BBC on my local public radio station. They rebroadcast an interview they…"

""WHY HAVE NOT ANY ONE IN THESE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT (OUTSIDE OF OBAMA) oppose drones? Are they not to blame as well?" The President is, or should be, the leader.  He can listen to everything his advisers have to say, but in the…"

"From the CIA's web site FAQ: "... both the Congress and the executive branch oversee the CIA’s activities" "In the Executive Branch, the National Security Council—including the president, the vice president, the…"

"1377 views, and only five people have commented here.   Where is the discussion taking place?"

"@ Jacquelyn N'Jai Well said.  I agree wholeheartedly.  He is President of the United States, not King of the United States.  I think he has faced greater opposition, animosity and disrespect from Congress and many Americans than…"