Category: Politics and Elections

Ashley Todd lied

Ashley Todd lied

All day Thursday, conservative talk was going around saying that a McCain campaign worker was assaulted by a 6’4″ black man who was a Barack Obama supporter.  Supposedly the black man robbed her, pinned her against the ground and told her that she will be an Obama supporter from then...

NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF/New York Times – Rebranding the U.S. With Obama

NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF/New York Times – Rebranding the U.S. With Obama

I thought you might enjoy this interesting article from yesterday’s New York Times.  Nicholas Kristof talks about how the world views the prospect of an African-American president.  Click here to read Kristof’s entire article. The other day I had a conversation with a Beijing friend and I mentioned that Barack...

Look out for Wisconsin!

Look out for Wisconsin!

By Earnest Gates  Could Wisconsin be the new Ohio? Wisconsin’s Attorney General J. B. Van Hollen, is also co-chair for the McCain-Palin campaign in Wisconsin. Sound familiar? After returning from the Republican National Convention, Van Hollen filed a lawsuit that sought to force Wisconsin elected officials to cross-check new voter...

For Sarah Palin: 10 ways to tell if you are in a “Pro-America area of this great nation”

For Sarah Palin: 10 ways to tell if you are in a “Pro-America area of this great nation”

It’s been a while since I’ve created a list, and you know people love lists. So today I’m listing the Top 10 ways to tell if you are in a “Pro-America area of this great nation” This is in honor of Governor Sarar Palin who recently said the following at...

Show up or shut up!!!

Show up or shut up!!!

By Earnest Gates  We all have been following this election for the past 20 months. We have seen Senator Barack Obama go from a long shot to the presumptive nominee to the first African American Presidential candidate in the history of this country. It has been a long ride. The...

Colin Powell gets blasted by conservatives who once held him on high

Colin Powell gets blasted by conservatives who once held him on high

Do you remember in Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing when a number of the characters went off on racial tangents. Pino, one of Sal’s sons who worked in the pizzeria was charged with slurring blacks. Ice Cube played this clip on his Death Certificate CD right before the single...

Get Out The Vote: Project Early Vote

Get Out The Vote: Project Early Vote

Here’s a press release that comes from Friendship-West Minister of Justice Danielle Ayers and NAACP President Casey Thomas. Please mark your calendars for Friday for a screening of American Blackout at Friendship-West at 7:00 p.m. Dallas, TX – October 12, 2008 The purpose of GOTV: Project Early Vote is to...

Dallas Morning News endorses/recommends (John McCain) that other one

Dallas Morning News endorses/recommends (John McCain) that other one

On Sunday’s Dallas Morning News editorial page, their board proudly proclaims “We Recommend: John McCain’s experienced courage for president.” I wonder who was given the task of writing this endorsement?  Whoever it was, I bet that they didn’t endorse John McCain in the Republican Primary. Well, anyway, the Morning News’...

Chicago Tribune Endorses Barack Obama for President

Chicago Tribune Endorses Barack Obama for President

The Chicago Tribune has endorsed Barack Obama to be President of the United States. As you will see, it is a historic move for the storied daily newspaper. If anyone would know about Barack Obama’s associations -whether Bill Ayers or Father Pfleger- it would be the Chicago papers. And with...

Who is Joe the Plumber?

Who is Joe the Plumber?

I kind of left the Joe the Plumber news alone today, but I thought the comment by Brown Sugar was interesting and I checked it out at Crooks and Liars. Here’s what they had to say. I guess it’s no wonder John McCain was so happy to use “Joe the...