Take It To The Finish Line

How and why is Carl Lewis a "contributor" for this website Keith? Carl Lewis here references "when he ran races". Well the truth & fact is Carl Lewis ran many races with banned drugs in his system, he indeed tested positive three times before the 1988 Olympics (well documented fact). Is Carl Lewis now suggesting Hillary Clinton be like him and cheat?

Again, how & why is Carl Lewis taking front page real estate and doing political analysis? When did he become valuable, interesting, credible, legit to speak on this topic? Did he earn a Political Science PhD at Harvard when I was not looking?

There are qualified, educated, informed, credentialed Black voices, opinions, observers out there in America well positioned to editorialize and comment.

Keith Boyken, when you give a Carl Lewis this slot, you are denying a platform for a credible qualified Black person (and furthering the dumbing down of Black America). You're better than this Keith, this site is better than this. Would you Keith provide this stage and platform for a Carl Lewis to dissect, analyze, & comment on the economy? What's the difference?

Standards Keith, standards. There must be more to being a featured contributer on a specific topic than being Black and having a pulse.

Thank You & Good Luck

TM

My question to Mr. Lewis is how he felt when Ben Johnson beat him at the 1988 Summer Olympics .Ben won the race as he admitted by abusing steroids, which is doping. He appeared to use was means necessary to win.

Perhaps we should have changed the rules of that race and given the medal back to Mr. Johnson. I mean they both finished the race and Johnson did when win .The end could justify the means.

Carl, reasoning and reality must be integrated to achieve integrity and truth. Ms Clinton, if she were not in this race herself, would be reasonable and make decisions based on facts not how she would like it to be. What is not clear to me is why you would articulate an argument which even her people realize is only a spin to achieve her desired end. The Vox Populi has spoken and they should not only be heard but adhered to in this matter.

In the name of democracy, you are right, we all learn. Obama is a better man. And so is HRC. If she loses she will have learnt something special about humility. Never take anything for GRANTED.

A political analyst, you are not Mr. Lewis. You need to stick to the track field. Why would you feel "honored" to be in the company of Hillary Clinton, who has been proven to be a liar, cheat, divider, and a real pain. You need not tell anyone that she reminds you of your Mom. I pray that your Mom is/was not like Hillary at all. You need to just get on the train for change like the rest of us.

Sorry, but, who is Carl Lewis? Is he a new political pundit I've never heard of? However, he has a right to let her stay in, that's her master plan and she is going to stay in until some of those so called super delegates tell her to buzz off, stay in and make sure McCain is elected. Like they say, she has run a GOP campaign, so, why not keep on running it to help the old guy, and, help her run in 2012.

And, how any black person can feel 'honored' to be in the presence of a woman who has mocked and made fun of blacks, use the race card to put fear of black men for white women and working class white voters, is beyond amazing.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who while reading this kept scrolling up to see if it was highschooler babling about what they percieve as the election process. Not my favorite piece on the site.

Dear Carl,

While I don't agree with your take on the election, I do support your right to have your opinion. You have as much right as anyone else to express yourself. You are an American too.

Hi Carl, man where have you been? Hope to see more of you during the Olympics coverage. Are you going to the openning day ceremony? Have they asked you to carrying the torch and would you if asked?

Hi Carl, man where have you been? Hope to see more of you during the Olympics coverage. Are you going to the openning day ceremony? Have they asked you to carrying the torch and would you if asked?

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What credentials does Carl Lewis have?! Are you kidding me?!

TerrMot, the fact that you would even make such a ridiculous statement leads me to question what credentials do you have?! Carl Lewis is one of the most credible black (living)icons of our time! Are you kidding!!!! And I am not even talking about his Olympic accomplishments. Although winning the most Olympic Gold Medals in history is nothing to ignore! How many have you won? But even more than that, he has been a leader of his sport, a champion for our country, and has always been controversal, outspoken, political, and a trailblazer! Any 3rd grader can google his name and see that. Have you? Or are you just being a hater? He single-handedly changed track and field from a novice sport to professional status and where is it now that he retired?! He was one of the first athletes to speak out about steroids and was villified for it! Now his words ring true. He was one of the first black men to grace the cover of GQ, not to mention being only the second person in history BLACK OR WHITE to be on the cover of Time AND Newsweek at the same time! He was one of the first athletes to get a major shoe deal from Nike which it's my understanding he still has today. He announced President Clinton at the '96 Democratic Convention, worked with Al Gore on his 2000 presidential run, has sat with everyone from Nelson Mandela to Eunice Kennedy Shriver! His parents were Civil Rights Activists and his own brothers were baptized by Martin Luther King! He even part of the boycott of the '80 Olympics in Moscow, so what do you he's not qualified, educated, or informed?! Get your damn facts straight, TerrMot! You're the one who is not educated, qualified or informed! It's negative people like you who will try to tear someone down and don't even know what the hell you're talking about!

I know these things because I read and check facts before I open my mouth, and I have been a Carl Lewis fan since I started running track as a kid.

Keith, excellent choice. I hope to hear more for Mr. Lewis.

Ebony Eyes, Carl Lewis does not have a single qualifying and or distinguishing credential legitimizing him to be on any stage or platform as a political analyst, advisor, or commenter.

The man does not even have clean integrity within his profession, yes he's failed numerous drug test, fact.

Carl Lewis is not even well thought of within his profession, read wikipedia and learn this. It is a disgrace and embarrassing to give him a distinguishing featured voice.

This is ridiculous on any parameter of measure. Enough said.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Lewis

TerrMot,

You just proved my point. The fact that Carl even has entire page on Wikipedia.org clearly shows that he has a voice to be heard. Where is your page?

ENOUGH SAID!!!

Yup, TerrMot sounds like a hater to me! And he tries to speak so articulate too. He just sounds negative, bitter, and pety.

Carl, I understand where you're coming from with your article. It's a nice one by the way!

I don't think some people on here mean any harm. This is probably one of the most heated political years in this country's history. Tempers are a bit flared and people are VERY sensitive on a lot of issues. The stakes are very high!

I just pray when Obama gets the nomination - Everyone can put all harsh feelings aside and come together as a united front, to win against McCain and his fellow Neo-cons. After all whether some of you want to admit it or not. We DO NEED Clinton supporters as well when Obama runs for President this fall.

I feel everyone has a voice. This is the problem with black people all they want to do is tear someone down. It was a great article Carl and i hope to see many more.

Mr. Lewis has put an interesting spin on this and makes some valid points. Plus I heard from a coworker that he is one of the highest paid public speakers in the world so obviously he has some relevance to this site.

Perhaps next week The Daily Voice might have Tootie from The Facts of Life speak on the mortgage crisis and if we're lucky "JJ Good Times Walker" might editorialize on oil & the economy.

As we're Black, we have no standards. We defer voice to unqualified people all the time. Of course no other media would recognize Carl Lewis as a political pundit....but who cares, we're Blacks, we have no standards.

Can someone call Gary Diff'rent Strokes Coleman and see if he can contribute to The Daily Voice on exactly what course of strategy Obama should take in debate against McCain?

Why find a qualified educated Black person when Gary Coleman's available? Remember, we're Black, we do not expect more or better.

Carl you are an obvious snow queen who should have thought VERY HARD about the consequences of doing an article like this.

Brother Carl, keep doing your thing. The naysayers will always attack greatness. You've been lighting a fire under people since the 80's and I see you still got it. Saw you on CNN last fall during the Marion Jones thing. Good to see you getting back in the mix. Always a fan brother and much respect.

While I don't agree with one word Mr Lewis has to say, he has that right, but, I wonder how he and the other blacks feel about their saint after her racially vile remarks yesterday? She made it quite obvious that she does not need nor want the black vote.

What did he write depicting Hillary as a Saint? I thought his article was well balanced and showed that he would be happy with either candidate. Great perspective Carl

You know I read Mrs Gibsons comments and thought the same thing. I didnt see anywhere in the article where Mr Lewis stated he was Pro Clinton or Anti Obama. He was quite clear that he liked both candidates. As a diehard Barack supporter I am urging all of us to stop being so nasty and hateful to those who offer a different opinion. It is just as destructive and divisive as we say Hillary has been and I just dont understand it

Why is it that any black person who does not care for HRC is out of line and subject to ridicule? This is why blacks continue to be at the bottom of every rung, because if this were and Asian, Hispanic or native American, they would all be around the candidate, black folks, still need a white person to validate them and all afraid and or jealous of someone like Obama, in 2008, pitiful.

HRC has done nothing for the black community, just like her husband didn't. Getting the few scraps from the table when he was in office means little. And, their actions in this campaign have spoke loud and clear about how they really feel about black people. Thank goodness this is still a democracy and we can vote for whom we feel is best qualified and speak on it just as Mr Lewis did, I for one think that of the 4 left in the race, Mrs Clinton is the least qualified of all, except to those poor white voters she says she is a hit with.

May a man of color represent to our children pride, power and purpose in knowing they, too, are destined to be achievers and leaders.

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