African Americans Slam Obama in White House Protest

Over the weekend several hundred more radical African Americans gathered outside the White House and protested against the Obama administration. They are upset with both Obama's International policies in Iraq and Afghanistan and his domestic agenda. "We were not looking for a change in the occupant of the White House from white to black, we were looking for change in foreign policies and domestic policies," said Charles Barron, a New York city councilman and former Black Panther who has accused President Obama of ignoring the plight of African Americans. After the first nine months of his Presidency Obama finds himself between a rock and a hard place as he so far has not been able to appease any of the constituents who helped elect him. Even the moderate and more mainstream African Americans are beginning to feel that Obama is less a visionary and change agency and more a politician, albeit an able and smart one. Some have suggested he is 'not black enough'. To white liberals he is too conservative in his overall approach and he embraces big government and socialism. To the independents he has failed to improve the economy as evident by the 10.2% unemployment figure, and he hasn't ended the war in Iraq as promised. Even worse, he's considering sending more troops to Afghanistan . The GLBT community feels Obama has outright abandoned them and their agendas. "If the election has shown us anything," said an Ope-ed in The Onion, "it's that a black man still can't catch a break."