“When something is taken like a sound bite for a political purpose and put constantly over and over again, looped in the face of the public, that’s not a failure to communicate,” Wright said in an appearance with Bill Moyers. “Those who are doing that are communicating exactly what they want to do, which is […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some things I found over the net this morning Back in 2007- The May 13 This Week opened with a pre-taped interview of Obama conducted by Stephanopoulos. The relevant portion of the roundtable panel, with Cokie Roberts and George Will in addition to Donaldson and Stephanopoulos, in which Donaldson referred back to the interview: Sam […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“The real possibility that a Black president or a woman President will be elected – almost unthinkable just a few years ago – has put race and gender in the center of American dialogue. And that is a good thing.” (Ralph B. Everett, The president and chief executive officer of The Joint Center for Political […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Vivian Bishop: ‘I lost a delegate spot because they didn’t believe I supported Clinton’ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Sometime this week, the state Democratic party will release the list of delegates headed for the national convention in Denver this summer. But already, we know the names of some of those defeated in a weekend round of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Congressman Explains His Allegiance To The Clintons Eric L. Wesson kccall.com Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II has been under a great deal of pressure lately concerning his decision to support Sen. Hillary Clinton over Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination for president and his decision to step down as senior pastor, after 35 years, of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
ISG moves from consensus to conflict By DANIEL LIBIT politico.com In December 2006, in an effort to build a national consensus on a “new way forward in Iraq,” the Iraq Study Group painted itself as a portrait of bipartisan chumminess, with all political hackery checked at the door. Sixteen months later, seven of the 10 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“I mean this is just, you know… You gotta go something to play the race card on me — my office is in Harlem. And Harlem voted for Hillary, by the way. And I have 1.4 million people around the world, mostly people of color in Africa, the Caribbean, Asia and elsewhere, on the world’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Frank sides with CBC, holds fast on Cherokee funding By Kevin Bogardus thehill.com Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) has threatened to block housing legislation for Native Americans if the final bill does not include a funding ban against the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma . Frank shares a concern first raised by the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I did not watch the debate last night, but from what I have been hearing ABC finally grew a pair and asked some tough questions to both candidates. The funniest thing I have been seeing on the net is how all of a sudden George Stephanopoulos is NOW being questioned about his loyalties. Yes, the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
…why not continue to play the race card? From: telegraph.co.uk Taking to the podium at the end of a bizarre, shambolic press conference in which Governor Rod Blagojevich sought to appoint Roland Burris to the US Senate, Congressman Bobby Rush dared white Democratic senators to block a black man from joining their ranks. He urged […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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