Obama volunteer information forthcoming
I have been in contact with some folks working with the Obama campaign and I should have some specific info for those who want to volunteer very shortly. Sorry for the delay.
Category: Politics and Elections
All Clinton All the time: Did Hillary Clinton win the nomination?
I have not turned on a television set since Saturday without hearing about the plight of Hillary Clinton. I check out the mainstream websites and there is more Clinton news than Obama. Now I’m ready to make nice with Senator Clinton’s supporters, I really am. But isn’t this getting a...
National Black Republicans looking to use Martin Luther King Strategy to win the White House
This is an email that I got in the inbox over the weekend. Looks like Black Republicans are going with the MLK stategy. Below are their words, not mine. I left the links active to prove the authenticity of the message, but if you want to donate to the NBRA...
Dallas South/Shawn Williams talks foreign policy on BBC’s World View
This morning I got a call from BBC’s World Have Your Say asking me to appear on their radio program at 5:00 GMT. Unfortunately as an American I can’t say I knew exactly when 5 GMT was. Turns out it was noon Central time, so I was able to appear...
John McCain ripping off Obama campaign material
Does the image and slogan about look a little familiar? Thanks to African-American Political Pundit for hipping me to a Huffington Post article regarding McCain stealing Barack Obama’s steeze. Here’s what Sam Stein had to say: The line donned McCain’s lime-green backdrop as he addressed supporters in Louisiana. During that...
Year Two #3
By the time I wrote this post, the Democratic Primary was at its zenith, and there was tons of traffic coming this way. I think this post had the 2nd most comments I’ve ever had. You may want to go back through them for historical context. As painful as it...
Father Pleger being put out on the streets by Cardinal George in Chicago
I was scrolling across Technorati and saw a sad story regarding my friend Father Michael Pfleger. I’ve been meaning to write a post about the fallout from his You Tube issue, but just haven’t done it. The Chicago Sun-Times reports Father Pfleger is apartment hunting. Here’s what the article had...
Mark Davis offers advice to Hillary Clinton
I couldn’t help but laugh on Wednesday when I turned to the editorial page of the DMN and read a column written by WBAP’s Mark Davis (Time for Hillary to wait). In his article Davis suggests that there is still time for Democratic superdelegates to somehow come to their senses...
Making History May Be the Easy Part
By Wilton Hollins People around the nation and the world are celebrating the accomplishments of Senator Barack Obama. History was made last night when Obama became the first African American to become the presumptive candidate of a major American political party. African Americans were slaves 143 years ago;...
Obama becomes Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee in 2008 Presidential bid
Since throwing my support full throttle behind the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee, I have tried to follow his lead when I can. There hasn’t been a lot of talk here about the historic nature of Barack Obama’s candidacy because in the end, history doesn’t get you many votes. But I...
