1. Ann wrote:

Why are you calling out Barack????????

Hell I wanna know when will HILLARY OR MCCAIN say anything significant about this. Don’t ask anything of one candidate and not require it of them all. This happened in the state that Hillary represents she should have been the first to respond.

~Ann~

2. DCI74 wrote:

Thank you Ann. Why is Barack expected to speak out on this tragedy but more importantly, what are people expecting him to say?

3. james wrote:

ann, news of hillary’s response is here:

http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=1&aid=80881

4. Tanya wrote:

Ann & DC hit the nail on the head!

What can Barack safely say about this; we all already know he feels the same way we do.

Hillary reps NY, Hillary won NY in the primary, what is Hillary doing about the injustices taking place in NY???????????? -That is the significant question.

5. mzdredlk wrote:

Barack Obama already commented on this. He commented on it the day the verdict was read…And in his comments he called (not verbatim) for us to respect the judges decision, basically

6. Ian wrote:

Right, Hillary is too busy thinking about how we would “obliterate,” Iran if they attacked Isreal.

7. Marc Lamont Hill wrote:

First of all, I do believe that all 3 remaining candidates should say something about the Bell verdict. The reason that I pointed out Barack is because I don’t expect much from Clinton and McCain. People keep saying that Barack is a different kind of candidate, so I expect more than the typical, tepid response given by politicians. While it’s true that Barack has already commented on the verdict, he hasn’t said much at all. When asked about the verdict he said:

“Well, look, obviously there was a tragedy in New York. I said at the time, without benefit of all the facts before me, that it looked like a possible case of excessive force. The judge has made his ruling, and we’re a nation of laws, so we respect the verdict that came down”.

That sounds like typical politician-speak to me.

8. Tanya wrote:

Sometimes you have to pick your battles in order to win the war.

However, I just heard someone on the radio raise a very good point. – If Obama is not ballsy enough to speak up against this injustice (Sean Bell), will he be ballsy enough to speak up if the injustice of Hillary being able to “buy” the super-delegate vote and win the nomination, while losing the popular vote, arises?

9. Ann wrote:

@Marc: you should expect much from Hillary and McCain because its a real possibility one of them could be our next president.