U Not Gonna Like This

Bill Cosby’s Uphill Battle Against Downhill Politics

August 26 2006

What’s the worst political label you can have these days? Commie-lib? Evil conservative? Nah, I’m starting to think that label is “non-partisan,” especially if it encroaches on an area that happens to be a hunting ground for the fiercely partisan, is about the worst thing you can be called.

History may record it as a bit disturbing but, appropriately, somewhat funny, that it took a comedian to wake people up to the importance of parenting and responsibility.

While our politicians – most of whom simply adore placating the poor with empty rhetoric so they can squeeze votes from them like an orange juicer – sit idly by, a comedian and successful sitcom star, is taking more action that will actually have a positive impact on peoples’ lives than all the politicians put together. Yes, the guy who created Fat Albert is light years ahead of most Democrats and Republicans in providing a message that will actually help the poor not be poor. If it works, Democrats and Republicans will then fight for credit.

Bill Cosby continues his ongoing barnstorming tour where he travels to schools in mostly minority areas and spreads a message of responsible fatherhood, preventing teen pregnancy, and the importance of education. This, not surprisingly, is often controversial.

Here’s what makes Cosby’s message pack a whollup: He seems to have no political agenda.

Here’s what makes Cosby’s message so “controversial”: He seems to have no political agenda.

It’s this non-partisan approach that brings on the criticism of Cosby. When we hear that Cosby’s words are “controversial,” much of this criticism is coming from people with a political agenda. In other words, these are folks who have a vested financial interest and/or power base concerns that are derived from the poor. They don’t call ‘em “The Projects” for nothing.