Bravo! That was the precise point the OP was making. What continues to baffle me is how an otherwise intelligent individual can't see through a politicians motives as they are all about as complicated as making ice cubes.

Populist statements are standard fare for these guys because it plays well . Obama's pitch about Augusta was made for the same reason he said Trayvon Martin could have been his son. Many black leaders were outraged about Obama's pandering for the black vote in that manner Because they wanted to see a black president that would further the coming together of the races. so many black people have come a long way in establishing a legimate place in society as doctors, scientist teachers,engineers, etc they don't need the Obama's Sharption's and Jackson's selfish motives to set back the decades long advances.