Has the Black Voter Become Ignorant?

First this is not a racist or redneck posting this blog, I am Black myself, but I have to pose this question due to the recent news. The question is "Has the Black Voter Become Ignorant?" I do not want to succumb to generalization, however, one has to wonder why is that many of the Black voters in Urban America still gauging their information based on propaganda rather than facts and research.Currently we have one of the most qualified Black Politicians running for President with a strong chance to win the sit. Presidential Candidate Barack Obama has the backing of the global community, a vast majority of White democrats, crossover Republicans, growing in the winning numbers of swing voters, but then there is the Black vote. One would believe that the Black vote would be overwhelmingly strong, but its not, its actually probably waning among lower to middle class Black voters (opinion). Why you ask? because we have subjected ourselves to the ignorant b.s. spewed by not only White media but our own "Black Representatives". First you have the self-appointed charlatan Jesse Jackson (i refuse to call him a minister of the church). As we all know, several weeks ago he degraded the Presidential Candidate Barak Obama with derogatory comments twice; then you have Blacks protesting and challenge Obama on basically blackness. Remember when President George Bush won his second term, he received a significant increase in the Black vote primarily the crossover Democratic vote due to the fact that individuals did not agree with gay marriage and abortion; two things that are subjective topics. Here we are again 4 years later and the better of the candidates (Obama) is silipping in the polls (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080804/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_obama_poll;_ylt=AoLFTTHh4Esc3R.gktgDHuCyFz4D). McCain is not discussing anything of substance, but is gaining in the polls.Do I believe that Blacks should vote for Obama because he is Black? The answer is no, however, I believe that Blacks should begin to focus on facts and the overall picture instead of ignorance. Ludacris dropped a song a week or so ago talking about Clinton, McCain and others (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080801/ap_on_el_pr/obama_hip_hop_3), but what is so crazy is that people are actually standing up against for distancing himself from Luda at this time. I respect Luda, but why is it that we have to resort to propaganda to spread a positive message. We all are not going to like everything about everyone, share it in the proper context and forum, but why is it that for our community we have to gauge another black person's acceptability on their revolutionary or defiance factors? Here we are 3 months from the election and one community that is comprised of a significant amount of Democratic voters and they are protesting their own qualified candidate.So what is it going to take? Is it going to take Obama to support the ignorance for him to win the black vote? When are we going to ask for true political leaders to represent the Black community rather than swindles like Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Cynthia Mckinney, etc. Black folks let's wake up and let's take action. Base your opinions on fact not fiction.