All Not Pleased With Obama Acceptance Speech

While the responses for Barack Obamas presidential nomination acceptance speech have been overwhelmingly positive from the Hip Hop community, not all are sharing the genres views of the historic speech.

In the hours following Obamas address at Denvers Invesco Field, Tavis Smiley sat down with Dr. Cornel West and Dr. Julianne Malveaux to get their response.

Both were less than flattered.

Smiley opened by asking Malveaux if Obama lived up to the hype and did he deliver to which she replied not at all.

The Bennett College presidentwho went on to praise the speeches given by Bill and Hillary Clintonchastised Obama for not mentioning Dr. Martin Luther King by name, the disaster that was Hurricane Katrina and other issues.

That he could not mention the name of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. That Dr, King was reduced to some preacher from Georgia was just a disappointment, she said.

West, while critical, took a more tactful approach in his response, saluting Obama and the Democratic Party, saying he would work to get Obama elected to the White House.

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