The Black Commentator - What is Bob Johnson Up To?

The Black Commentator - Cover Story: What is Bob Johnson Up To? - Issue 127: "'We're all on the Titanic as it relates to Social Security and people are telling us it's the safest ship afloat. But we are heading for a disaster.'' -- Bob Johnson
Only hard-core GOP Rightists shrilled like that in 2002 - back then, the Republican National Committee specifically forbade its congressional candidates from campaigning on the shaky ground of Social Security privatization. But Bob Johnson was on a Bush-mission to spread hysteria and confusion in Black America, and he performed shamelessly. Johnson was picked for a slot on Bush's supposedly bi-partisan Commission to Strengthen Social Security - as a Democratic member! Thus, Bush got an African American commissioner who cared nothing for the interests of the masses of Blacks or Democrats. And he got a mouthpiece for the evolving GOP Social Security line for Black consumption. African Americans who contribute to the Social Security system and payroll taxes also have one of the highest mortality rates, so in the end, they may not receive the full benefits of what they put in Social Security, said Johnson, a message that would be repeated on hundreds of Black radio stations during the 2002 congressional elections.
Yes, Bob Johnson is a true media pioneer - a veteran polluter of the Black airwaves. His original Black rationale for Social Security privatization is now a centerpiece of White House propaganda - the context in which his call for a meeting of Black minds must be viewed."