Is there a secret cure for HIV?

He is a black man with AIDS…of course he a ho. smh

exactly, dalia. but on another note, i personally don’t believe magic ever had HIV. i think it was a publicity ploy to take attention off the fact that he cheated on his wife.

It is better that Clinton wins….America would never allow a black man to be president….They didnt kill, JFK, his brother and bumped off his son…to allow Obama to lead the worlds super power!

Seriously if you want those corrupt war mongering fascist out….as see some peace in the middle east…vote Clinton!

@ Dalia, I agree. I am black & from the south. I am not supporting Hillary or Obama. I deal with issues not plantation politics.

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You mean this white women are paying these Black Men for support…I am shocked! No not really!

I believe there is a cure for AIDS, and only those in the top can get a hold of it…Magic is one of them! Aids is about ethnic cleansing…..on the whole, why would those up the top who need to stop surpress the poor, 3rd world countries and black people…if Aids is kill them and us of prefectly fine!

The man had HIV and has been cured of it!

New shows and yes, even a new lawsuit come with the territory of launching a new network.

Author Staci Robinson is suing The CW, its owners and some producers for $40 million for allegedly stealing the concept of her unpublished novel to create the sitcom “The Game,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The writer claims that in 2001, she had interviewed for a job as a writers assistant at Kelsey Grammer’s Gramnet Prods. when she gave a manuscript of her novel to “Game” executive producer Mara Brock Akil. The suit, filed Sept. 14, alleges that the series copies her premise and the characters in the book.

She names the CW and its owners, CBS and Warner Bros., Akil and Gramnet as defendants. Besides the hefty monetary damages, Robinson is seeking a temporary restraining order to keep the network from premiering the show on Sunday, Oct. 1.

Both the written and filmed versions center on a woman who is devoted to an NFL player, but wants to pursue her professional schooling. The show stars Tia Mowry as Melanie Barnett, who gives up Johns Hopkins Medical School in favor of a local school when her boyfriend Derwin Davis (Pooch Hall) is chosen as the new third-string wide receiver for the San Diego Sabers. Soon, however, she gets embroiled in the complicated life of being a player’s significant other. Brittany Daniel, Coby Bell, Hosea Chanchez and Wendy Raquel Robinson also star.

Who said he is the only person? Just because he publically came out and said he has Aids…doesnt mean there are not others!

is one really trying to tell me, a man made disease there is no cure for it?

Speaking of Majic and AIDS

Paul Mooney was like what kind of AIDS does Majic have FinicialAIDS, hell I want that kind of AIDS. he own burger shop,theatres, lakers, coffee shops, etc.

Then he was like, the doctor told me Paul your neg. I said damn, then the Doc said Paul your Positive. I was like yes I am gone own me a STARBUCKS. LOL

Paul Mooney is off da chain.LOL

u guys are exactly why black people should never be allowed to be president or even run for it…

@Dalia

I agree, NOT EVERY BLACK PERSON HAS TO SUPPORT OBAMA! Damn! And @WeeUpGirl, Magic STILL has HIV. Many people live with HIV for decades and still do well because of the advances in the treatment. If he took an HIV test, it would be positive and continue to be positive forever.

Does he have to support Obama? Let people do what they want and stop forcing your political beliefs onto others. A vote should not be based on the color of a candidate’s skin!

@ weeupgirl

that’s a good point. magic is rich. he can go overseas to Europe or somewhere, and get the cure, because, contrary to what people want to believe, AIDS ia government made disease, a billion-dollar industry. why give up all that money just to cure people and save lives? the US government doesn’t think that way. they are all about MONEY. and it is more profitable to treat a disease than it is to cure it.

There is a part in Africa where many where suposed to have Aids…but couldnt catch it? (now I need to know how where people meant to have caught aids…unless it was delibrately injeted inside of them)…there was a programme where a scientific company wanted to experiment on these people for money..i.e delibrately inject them with Aids OFFICALLY…to see how it goes..this was years ago….IMO there is a cure for AIDS..but it is about ethnic cleansing and making money at this moment in time!

the issue here is Magic has a business interest to support Hillary, can you people read?

magic actually said that he was cured. that’s why i don’t believe he ever had it.

so

so to chris stokes..not you da r

Talking about Aids..if far more important than Clinton IN MY HUMBLE OPINION!

@ Weepugirl

Chris Rock once said”

There is no cure in AIDS because there is no money in the cure,the money is being able to keep you alive not cure it. The doctors are still mad about all the money they lost with Polio. You don’t know too many people who have Polio, anyone feeling a little Polie, what they will do if find treatment to where you could live alot longer with it pretty soon people will come to work and say man my AIDS was acting up…but I took some Robtussin and I am all better.. LOL

Obama is not even black. The man was born in Hawaii, his mother is white, and his dad was a medical student from Kenya. His ancestors were never slaves and they never had to deal with segregation in the South. While all this should not matter, I think it is unfair that Oprah tries to pawn him off as being African-American by quoting MLK at his rally. The only reason she is supporting him is because she wants his dick. Oprah Obama has a nice ring to it. rofl.

all you black people talking about “support obama”, how do you know he won’t flip the script when he gets in office and become the biggest uncle tom in history?

Does it upset anybody else that when something happens, the white powers run to Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson?

Somebody needs to tell them that these sell-outs don’t run anything except their shoes over.

It is an insult to every black person when white powers assume that certain black people control the black vote.

I HATE that sh*t!!!

Every black person is NOT a Democrat and every black person is not a traitor for not voting for Obama.

Vote on the issues; not color.

@ a true gem

yep, and they said it’s the same situation with cancer, too.

@Dalia

You speak the truth! Democrats aren’t doing Black people any more good than Republicans. Do the research for yourselves, and vote the issues and the person, not throw your vote away on any idiot democrat just because historically it’s expected of you.

Magic is a businessman now. Anything he do now is all about the benjamins. You know , I scratch your back you scratch mine!!!

RON PAUL ’08!!!!!!

Listen, A DEMOCRAT is far far far BETTER than a REPUBLICAN ANY DAY!

VOTE FOR THE MAN WITH TWO FIRST NAMES! THE PHYSICIAN POLITICIAN!!!

@Straight Hate

I like Ron Paul as well. Living in California, I like his stance on illegal immigration and he’s a State’s Rights guy so he wants to keep the feds out of your business as much as possible.

And yeah, f@^& Jesse Jackson.

Vote for the one who wont give the republicans any time of the day, vote for the one who wont waste TRILLONS of American tax payers dollars on a BOGUS war…which has resulted in the worst kind of WORLD terrorism on a massive scale 24/7

Why vote for a white woman or a african man? Neither are the so-called negroe’s kin….We still have a slave mentality because we don’t research crap…Noboday is going to give us anything, we got to take it..Everybody’s scared to start the revolution..==== http://www.myspace.com/nazarethjewelz

$750?

It is an ignorance to be down with someone just because they are black because you are too. I am all for having a black president, but not just because he is black. It could turn out to be the worst nightmare for everyone who voted, “just because he is black”. I am looking at this, I don’t know anything about Obama, and he has yet to prove himself. I have not heard him say enough in his campaign to woo me. On healthcare, he said he will sit down with the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry to come to an agreement to make insurance affordable. Why the hell do you think these pharmaceutical and healthcare organizations will compromise the profits they are making in the healthcare industry. I believe you will truly have to mandate some laws that make healthcare and pharmacy affordable and doable for everyone. Just something to think about. I think he needs to prove himself and I need to see some action from him, before getting my vote.

Magic has always been a supporter of the Clintons. He is one of the very few blacks who does believe in loyalty. Because if Obama was not runnig, they be all of Hiliary’s ASS!

Like Paul Mooney says, Wake Up Negroes! The Repuplicans are pushing for Obama to win the Democratic nomminee so that the Dems really would not have a chance on winning the White House with Obama against a Republican. Wake Up Negroes!

I wanted to read the story but was too distracted by the “750 dollar investment fund.” Seriously, do you guys even try to proofread your stuff…or, are you just plain ignorant.

I do agree that Black entertainers and athletes are generally greedy, selfish bastards and they should at least endorse a party that’s different from the same old same old fools who aren’t gonna do a damn thing for anybody but themselves. I am sick too death of the Democrats and the Republicans. We need to break the mold and go independent and stop letting folks tell us how to vote. It doesn’t surprise me about P. Diddy though, but Johnson? Yeah a little bit.

Magic ain’t nobody’s cured. He is bloated as hell – look at his face. That proves that the meds are affecting his liver. He just don’t look good. Also, he is a major supporter of gentrification of black neighborhoods and doesn’t roll that profit over to blacks in the community. As for his politics, can’t criticize becuz except for the obvious wackos (guiliani, mccain, romney, huckabee) no candidate has put it out there tough for me yet. Glad to see some good political comments here today.

Magic has the right to support Clinton. Magic isn’t that big of an endorsement anyway. Obama has way more juice in his little finger, than Magic did in the 80s.

what if there was something OTHER than demoRATS and REPULSicanz?

NEITHER of these entities r checking for our well-being as humans in this country/world…(itz like someone asking u would u rather be shot or stabbed to death! please, opt for “neither!”) THEY only want ur VOTE…so go get ur ho-stroll on and go vote for b.o…ur only humoring urself…it won’t matter…u will c…

I knew it. I knew it. The only time the Clintons are getting black support is when they pay for it. The Clintons should have been supporting Magic Johnson’s good causes all along, because he does have some good causes. But this.. this is nasty.

I remember how hardcore Clintonites tried to say that only ‘evil republicans’ would bring up how ludicrous it was for Magic to make his weird comments about rookies, given his own rookie year in the NBA. I guess they’ll still come up with some b.s. while trying to pretend that Edwards has no chance and Obama is a raging homophobe.

Now, all that remains to be seen is what Maya Angelou was paid for her support. I know she read that poem (‘the pulse of morning’) during the inauguration of Bill, but something ain’t right still. Why do so many gays hang onto the Clintons?

Why do so many blacks? The Clintons are all talk. And now, there are reports that Hillary, for all her b.s. about how important she was to Bill’s administration and sitting in on talks she really wasn’t supposed to be at and her lying about how unsafe she was when she made her First Lady trips around the world, had LESS security clearance than Monica Lewinsky! I don’t know what’s going on with them. I can’t support them.

I’m not surprised.

Wow. Sad but not surprising. Integrity’s dead I guess.

Well, it was about the stacks, Magic is in talks for a $750 investment fund with a close Clinton supporter, Ron Burkle.

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I’m sure you don’t mean $750. I wonder what the actual amount is. Anyway, everyone has a right to vote for whichever candidate they want without judgement for whatever reason. I still don’t know who I am voting for.

Let people support whomever they want black/white male/female. Only because they do not agree with your politics, does not make them “sell outs.” People need to have their own voice, not make up their mind base on what a gossip website says. Keep the politics equal and let the people decide for themselves.

He can vote for whomever he wants to. I’m just glad it’s atleast a democrat and not a rethuglican.

The issue with Obama is not rather he is black , half black, or whatever….the issue is people his lack of EXPERIENCE. I don’t care what the man or woman looks like, but I don’t think I could sleep at night knowing I voted a president into office who lacks experience. I am black and I am not voting for him! He could surround himself with experience all day long, but I still wouldnt feel comfortable. Clinton 08!

BTW…I dont believe Magic ever had HIV either.

NONE OF Y’ALL HAVE A CLUE WHAT THIS ARTICLE IS REALLY SAYING!!! Only 2 people get it so far. One is the dude named Chris Stokes… y’all REALLY do need to go back and read the article to understand what is going on here…

That said, this is some ISH that you won’t read about in the local papers or on any of the major news outlets… but I’ll remember it at the polls.

You have some good points Macho…I fully agree.

@Macho-in-Paris-France: How many blacks (not Arabs, Blacks) are in the National Assembly? And was that before or after the riots. If you think that Colin Powell and Condoleeza Rice are symbols of virtuous racial progressive policies of the Republicans, read more alternative news. The Republicans are for corporations not ppl — of any color. Don’t fall into the typical French way of hatin’ on America.

@Nita: Loved the Constitutional roll out. Keep it comin’. What was that about Edwards’ and the baby mama drama?

SMH at folks who believe Magic never had AIDS and he was paid off. Did they pay him to get on meds? There ain’t enough paper to pull that kind of ish. Look at his skin and his bloated neck and face. That man is on meds, has been for close to 17 years and it shows. From his outside, it looks like his inside is about done on those meds.

Red wrote, “The issue with Obama is not rather he is black , half black, or whatever….the issue is people his lack of EXPERIENCE. I don’t care what the man or woman looks like, but I don’t think I could sleep at night knowing I voted a president into office who lacks experience. I am black and I am not voting for him! He could surround himself with experience all day long, but I still wouldnt feel comfortable. Clinton 08!”

What experience is good enough for you, Red? And how are you gonna be a Clinton supporter talking about experience — when two of the men with the MOST experience to be president, are downrated as second-tier?

Tell me, Red, in what ways is Hillary Clinton more qualified than half-latino NM govenor Bill Richardson? or more qualified than Senator Joe Biden of Delaware?

Hillary Clinton was First Lady of Arkansas and then First Lady of the United States, then Junior Senator of New York. She got the New York senatorship because she had zero named competition. She wasn’t even a citizen of New York, so why would she choose New York instead of other states which could have used her name recognition and help? What had she done for New York State, before using a Senatorship as a stepping stone to the White House and not as a means to help New York’s citizens first? For the controversy surroundign Obama, at least he lived in Illinois and was out there helping poor people for peanuts as pay, every day. Hillary meanwhile travelled around the world with her daughter and celebrities. Andrew Young, in trying to speak up Hillary during that disastrous ‘Bill has slept with more black women than Barack’ joke, said that Hillary was responsible for shutting down the women Bill slept with. If that’s the best Andrew Young can come up with to support Hillary Clinton, something is wrong.

But you wanna claim Hillary has some sort of experience that Obama doesn’t. You want to claim that while ignoring other candidates. I don’t think so.

Joe Biden is an adjunct professor at a law school, has been a senator since 1972 — this is his sixth straight term — has been leader of an assload of caucuses and committees. I just looked up his page, and I’m like ‘whoa’. Dude is deeply involved in national security and the war on drugs.

Bill Richardson served as UN Ambassador, Energy Secretary, spent 14 years in Congress where he was chair of the Hispanic Caucus, was Chief Deputy Whip and was responsible for introducing 7% of all bills which became law in 1993-1994. He’s been Govenor of New Mexico for 5 years, during which at one point he went to the Sudan to negotiate the release of a journalist.

Hillary Clinton went from being First Lady, to Senator of New York in 2000. She was re-elected in 2006. She had ZERO congressional experience before 2000. She does not teach and if she has taught, it’s not important enough to place it in several places online.

Why would someone, especially a celebrity lie about having AIDS with the stigma associated with AIDS, what a stupid statement. The cocktail makes you live longer and look healthy, AIDS is called the new diabetes in medical circles because you can live longer and it can be managed better with medicine. There is no cure for AIDS and no one in their right mind would admit having it if they don’t. Magic and Darius both have AIDS and look healthy. Side effects on Darius, his face looks swollen.

Like I said before…put black people against unjust opposition and they will tear it down…put them amongst themselves and they will tear each other down…

Who said Barack Obama was the saviour of the American People anyway? Place any powerful black person in the media and we feel they are the way the truth and the light….yall negroes still on jesse jackson and al sharpton’s tip…. find a mind of your own instead of functioning as unintelligible black drones

Vote Barack Obama!!!!!!!!

make informed choices, people. it’s a new year – let us do better. magic can do whatever he wants as much as anyone on these blogs can. being negative just for the sake of being so is hardly intelligent.

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What has this got to do with the proce of piss?

Response to Caligirl:

I don’t even know how to respond to your comment that Obama is not black. It is this kind of uninformed statement/logic that keeps us black people from progressing. Do you think that white people care whether one of your parents is white or from Africa? As far as they are concerned, we are all black. Just because Obama didn’t experience segregation does not make him any less black because he is experiencing the same bigotry and racism we experience in America today. It’s just amazing how we look for reasons to discriminate against people within our own race. He grew up here so you can be sure that he experienced and still experiences racism too. History shows that if not for Marcus Garvey, we might not have had a ‘Civl Right’s Movement’ and he wasn’t a descendant of American slaves. He was black though. We cannot keep nitpicking who is black and who isn’t. I guess people like Alicia Keys, Tiger Woods, Hally Berry, Boris Kodjoe, etc are not black either (they all have one white parent). I’m sure they will beg to differ. Shame, shame, shame. Magic can support Hillary because he has that constitutional right as an American to do so but don’t tell me it’s because she has such great experience. She might have experience but what exactly as she done? What has she achieved with this experience? What laws have been passed because of her? What has been the benefit to the African American community or America as a whole? Giving birth to 10 children doesn’t make you a good parent. It just make you someone who has given birth to multiple children. I would rather have someone who will create meaningful change than someone who has experience doing the same old thing that has gotten us nowhere!

anytime you do it for the money…it makes you a HO. If he supports her because he likes her politics then thats another story. I doubt that, but it’s a slim possibility.

we are also divided by gender.

alot of the black women watto see a woman president!

it’s never about his experience!LOOK AT THE STATE OF AMERICA! ALL OF THE NATIONS BLUNDER’S HAVE BEEN MADE BY “EXPERIENCED” PEOPLE!

alot of us are scared to see a black president. call it self-hate(deep-rooted self-hate) call it justification for our admiration of white’s….

UNIFY OR FOREVER BY FOLLOWERS!!

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Nita you sound like you have a lot of hate for the Clintons, are you sure you’re not Monica Lewinsky??? lol

Blood Diamond Russ supporting John Edwards is the perfect example of black on black jealousy. He’d rather support a spineless fake like Edwards than Obama? Makes no sense other than jealousy. White racist liberals have always owned hip hop and most prominent blacks. During the last election BDR went on and on about going to liberal fundraisers and being the only black person in the room. BDR is so full of crap. He likes being the only one in the room of lying white liberals and they love their little hip hop puppy. John Edwards, AYFKM? (Are you f—-ing kidding me?)

i am absolutely disgusted with this man…damn shame

@Nita, thanx about the information on Edwards and about Obama’s educational record.

@lovely and amazing, thanx about the information about BDR. Getting hooked up with BDR was a f*ck up on Edwards’ part. BDR is poison.

I’m back from vacation and I see not much has changed. Kim K hate still rules this site. Anyway…

The real ho’s are the misguided, everyday, non-famous black’s that are stumping for Hillary Clinton daily. At least Magic has some kind of financial deal in the works. Some of you are giving Hillary that a$$ for free.

She doesn’t care about Blacks anymore than Bush did. She just wants our votes and she’ll say anything to get them. She is a Chameleon. Her dialect, grammar, and mannerisms change depending on speaking venue.

“I Don’t feel No Ways Tired” is a great quote of hers in front of a black church. She won’t say that in front of a white audience, but black people ate it up hook, line, and sinker.

She gets the so called “Ghetto Seal of Approval” or whatever term we are using these days, while Obama(who really is a black man albeit of mixed heritage)has to prove his blackness.

Bill Clinton was annointed as the First Black President just because he:

a) played a little jazz on the sax

b) smoked a little herb

c) got a liitle “brain” from a woman that was’t his wife

Why does a man(Obama) who really is black and is married to a black woman and has black children, have to do more to prove his blackness than the Clintons—and they are actually white?

I believe Obama knows more about being Black in America than either Clinton does.

If the Clintons really cared about Black People, then they would have shown more concern in Rwanda.

A lot of people hold what happened in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina against george Bush. That’s fine, I do too. However, the Clintons have experience in not acting quickly during hurricane aftermaths in NC. Smaller scale than Katrina but the poor whites and blacks affected were just a s badly overlooked and forgotten.

@Nonesuch

I think they are calling him a sellout for “selling” his support for financial gain.

Supporting Hillary doesn’t automatically make someone a sellout. It does mean that they are misguided, or naive, or malinformed, or deaf,dumb,and blind, or…

Yes AIDS can kill you, but so can the wrong administration. Go Obama!!!

YEP

They say Barack Obama doesnt have experience. but i ask all you nay sayers “what experience does hillary have” a first lady is a SPECTATOR. she was on the spectator lines while her husband did the duty of executive. that does not qualify for experience. the only experience she has is that of senator in which case obama has the same justifiable experience as her.

Yes it is Magic’s constitutional right to vote for whomever he pleases but he’s endorsing for a fee which makes it questionable.

Russell Simmons is a joke. Al Sharpton is a joke. Jesse Jackson is a joke. Most of the black moguls in entertainment and otherwise are jokes. like someone else said, they simply become nigger puppets for liberal white racists. And you better believe that the only thing worst than a republican is a DEMOCRATIC liberal white Racist. Bill Clinton enforced the law that put black men in jail for 10 years plus for selling even the smallest ounce of crack, even for first time offenders.

Funny how people say “why should I vote for Barack simply because he’s black?” but yet you use his very blackness as a reason why he will never be elected.

We have to make history. We have to take the first step in electing this very serious and very ready, very intelligent, very honorable candidate. Give him a chance to make history. More importantly please register so you can vote for OBAMA 08.

All of the old white men have the experience!!! Experience to keep you a second class citizen, right where you are!!! Lots of talking and doing nothing!!! What are WE DOING FOR OURSELVES????? What, what, what?

Asians, Hispanics believe in the American dream more than blacks

Tuesday, January 01, 2008

PDF: Ethnic Tension Poll

PDF: Poll Presentation

By Perla Trevizo

Staff Writer

Most Asians and Hispanics believe the American dream can be achieved through hard work, while blacks remain skeptical of equal opportunities to succeed, according to a recent poll.

Seventy-four percent of Hispanics and 64 percent of Asians believe that “if you work hard, you will succeed in the United States,” while more than 60 percent of blacks said they “do not believe the American dream works for them,” a poll by New America Media, a nationwide association of ethnic media organizations, reported.

@truth is..whats your point?

blanket statements are awful and a tragedy

Don’t be absurd. He has a mind of his own, something that some of you obviously know nothing about.

What is all this talk about white this and black that!! Let’s talk about the issues not the race. To whoever said that black moguls are just puppets, don’t you think that to get where they are they have to have a mind of their own???

yah he is not a sellout…he’s simply doing whats in his best interest….

Strong black man

What’s up with that picture?? lol

but i can’t help but disagree with him..Clinton is awful, a race mongerer and the definition of a weak women…NAFTA and flip-floppin on the war is a joke

@crazy..i’m an intern

Can you tell your boss (Bush) that he’s the worst thing that’s happened to this country?

i’ve never seen a less qualified person and more unintriguing candidate ever

F@#$K THAT MAGIC NEEDS 2 GIVE UP THE CURE FOR AIDS AND MAYBE ILL RESPECT HIM AGAIN F@#$K THE PRESIDENT RACE AIDS IS A WAR OVER HERE THAT WE NEED 2 BE FIGHTING AND THATS REAL

@crazy…lol Kendrick Meeks is my boss…june-august, i’m in D.C and i’ve only seen him 4-5 times, so our convo is limited to a handshake

why can’t magic or any other person support whomever they want to? that is what the government we call democracy is all about. he’s not a ho for enjoying the rewards of having the opportunity to gain more wealth from this. its what everyone else has been doing for years. at this point, we have to be smart enough not to be influenced by our peers or celebrity supporters and make an educated decision for ourselves

lol i have mixed feelings about (BUSH)…on the one hand his policies are so stiff(war for instance) he’s right and no compromise, but in person he just seems like a regular dude..he talks and walks with the swagger of a citizen

Vote Clinton! Besides, I’m sure she’ll choose Obama for Vice President.

Too bad then that he’s surrounded by people like Dick Cheney and Co. It seems like the past seven years have been nothing but mistake on top of mistake. I have nothing against Bush as a person (I might even shake his hand if I ever meet him lol) but as a president he leaves much to be desired.

lol @Al…haha that was funny…

Let me preface my statements by saying that Magic Johnson is my favorite basketball player of all time. And I go back to when they lost to Kentucky when he was a freshman in the NCAA tourney. I love that he puts mad money in the black areas. Much respect for that. But if he is supporting Hillary then I do have a problem with that. I live in Baltimore(home of the most realistic tv show ever created.. THE WIRE) and I saw first hand how they rolled him out late in the last election for gov. here in Maryland. Just as Magic has the right to support who he chooses, we as a people have the same right to reject condescending moves by the Clintons. Here in Maryland, the last race for gov. was close but in the end Cathy Hughes and Magic came out with a media blitz that pushed Martin O’malley to victory. Not to mention thet Baltimore has been one of if not the most violent city in America under O’malleys watch. And he ran under the guise of lowering the crime rate and homicides. People, The Wire is oh so real and the person playing the white mayor on that show is really in real life the exact carbon copy of our current gov. when he was mayor here. The way our city looks like hell on that show is what Cathy Hughes AND Magic Johnson supported. Cathy Hughes is on record as supporting Hillary and whewn she says bark Magic, he does. And by the way Morgan State university and Coppin State here in Baltimore are undergoing dynamic changes. Because of Republicans in the last gov. office. Vote for whoever you want to but also in that same mind set, don’t automatically vote for the Clintons, for as some blacks will try to make you and I believe….they ARE NOT black, they DID NOT free the slaves and Bill Clinton CANNOT walk on water. Just ask black men who were incarcerated under his two terms.(The most in American history) Keep on being duped black people and keep on hating your own. No other race of people…..

@crazy…a lot of my friends at school ask how i can stomach the guy, but like i said, ive only met 4-5 times. People always say they wouldnt shake their hand and i had reservations about it too, cause i don’t agree with him on a lot of issues, but it is an amazing experience. I mean he(bush) is the leader of the free world and whereever your at in that moment of time, your in the safest place on earth!

I guess you’re right about being safe Strong Black Man lol but man am I glad his term is almost over!!!

oh no doubt we get Obama in there “we puttin brothers on the wall”…my chance in 2030(lol) will be easier

You got my vote even though you shook hands with Bush lol

@stringer bell, i was born in Baltimore and haven’t been back in 21years…i want to go back so bad just to visit..For some reason i don’t watch the wire. I should start

After reading about Sen. Obama’s comments regarding Al Gore’s and John Kerry’s campaigns that “alienated” half of US voters into voting against them, I find Sen. Obama to be “guilty” of repeating faux snooze, right-wing talking points. I wonder now if Sen. Obama will become the next Dem to pull a “Lieberman”.

wow unkle kracka that’s a lot of misspelled words in one sentence

@uncle kracka…lol…thats funny, but by the time i get there, you will be dead(or close too it)only white males in 60′s have a slow ignorant southern draaww like you. 2nd this country will be 40percent brown by then, 3rd your hate stems from recieving cherry pop-tarts for x-mas

if your going to indulge in fellation at least do it for smores pop-tarts, no one eats cherry…yuck!

fellatio*

If you do your research, most men contract HIV/AIDS from other men. It is very difficult for a man to get it from a woman. Magic was so popular that the media didn’t want that to come out. Take that fact anyway you want to.

VOTE OBAMA !!!

Magic was PAID to say he has HIV???!!! Sorry, but that is the most RIDICULOUS and IGNORANT thing I’ve heard (and I’ve heard quite a bit). That doesn’t even sound logical. I know Black people love conspiracy theories, but come on. Let’s use our brains for once.

sorry, wolves in sheeps clothing.

Why is this a big deal?

***Warren Buffett, Jodie Foster, Berry Gordy, Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Hugh Hefner, Vernon Jordan and Tobey Maguire gave to Hillary and Barack

***Bette Middler gave to Hillary, Obama and Richardson

***Rosie O’Donnell, Barbra Streisand and Steven Spielberg gave Hillary, Obama and Edwards

Don Henley gave to Hillary and Edwards

These are just the ones that gave to one party. There are many who give to people with completely differing views.

Jodie, Barbra, Rosie, Tom and Rita gave to multiple candidates in spite of campaigning (formally or informally) for one candidate

Oh, and most of the movie execs are also guilty of this so you can’t say there is pressure to campaign for one or another

P.S.: Many of you “think” a lot of B.S. Every sane person reading this knows you’re either mental or baiting people for the sake of a reaction

I never liked Magic’s ass anyway cause I think he is hidding his cure for AIDS. Ain’t no way possible he’s living this long with AIDS and no reports of him being sick or in the hospital. I don’t care what nobody says. Not wishing any ill or bad on him AT ALL. I’m just saying if you know the cure give it up so that he could help save other peoples lives as well. I just have no respect for selfish ass people like that. I had a family member die of AIDS and they caught it after Magic did.

@freshfromthestreetz

Sorry about your family member, but there are a lot of people living with HIV (he doesn’t have AIDS) for 20 plus years. I’m in the medical field, and know of numerous patients that have been HIV positive longer than Magic, and take their meds every day and have never been in the hospital for anything relating to HIV. And use your brain and think for a minute…unless Magic invented this imaginary “cure” himself, other people would know about it, right? And would that mean that the people in the clinic where I work also are “hiding” this cure?

If you really have to ask what Truth’s point is then you people have already lost the game and will continue to argue and disagree, but do nothing to uplift one another

@Happy New Year:

“How many blacks (not Arabs, Blacks) are in the National Assembly? And was that before or after the riots.”

HEY, MAN THE TRUE QUESTION IS WHAT THEY DO TO SOLVE YOUR SITUATIONS ABOUT JOBS, RACIST BEHAVIOUR IN BUSINESS, ETC.? AFTER BEING ELECTED TO TAKE CARE ONLY OF THEIR FAMILIES, MAKING THEIR OWN BUSINESS.

“If you think that Colin Powell and Condoleeza Rice are symbols of virtuous racial progressive policies of the Republicans, read more alternative news.”

YOU CAN BE RIGHT. BUT MY SMALL EXPERIENCE IN POLITIC OBSERVATIONS TELLS ME THAT: HAVING SOME GUYS WELL-PLACED AT POWERFULL PLACES CAN INFLUENCE THE COUNTRY DESTINITY ABOUT THE TAKEN DECISIONS. I CAN REFER TO THE VERY POWERFULL JEWISH CORPORATION IN USA, AND OTHERS COUNTRIES AS FRANCE.

“Don’t fall into the typical French way of hatin’ on America.”

SORRY, IT IS TRUTH, AT SOME POINTS AMERICAN PEOPLE LOOK IDIOT OR VERY MANIPULATED. YOU CAN DISCUSS WITH OTHER PEOPLE FROM OTHERS COUNTRIES, IF THEY ARE COURAGEOUS THEY WILL TELL YOU SAME THING.

MY OPINION: ALL BLACKS CAN NOT BE DEMOCRATS OR REPUBLICANS, IT WOULD BE A FATAL ERROR. THE BEST IS HAVING MORE WELL-PLACED IN DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN CAMPS. SO, THE MOST IMPORTANT IS HOW THEY ACT TO HELP THEIR COMMUNITY? IF THEY ARE INTELLIGENT,THEY WILL UNDERSTAND THAT FOR THE DECISIONS CONCERNING THEIR COMMUNITY THEY WOULD FORGET THEIR CAMPS IN FAVOUR OF THEIR COMMUNITY. THAT IS THE WAY VERY ORGANIZED AND INTELLIGENT COMMUNITY LEADERS ACT (I DONT NEED TO CITE THEM)

So if you don’t vote for Obama you’re a sell out???? Come on (and I am for Obama) maybe he agrees with her views

@ imrightdammit

co-sign. my sister has been living with HIV for the last 14 years and remains healthy. each time the virus “unscrambles”, so to speak, the code the medicine puts on her t cells her doctor precribes another cocktail which scrambles the code once again until the virus figures it out.

@ imrightdammit

i don’t agree with you when you state that hiv patients always test negative. my understanding is it depends on the viral load. while my sister remains hiv positive, there has been times in the past her viral load was undetectable.

This country has been a corporation by the rich and for the rich since the beginning.

i have to admit that i didn’t think obama had a snowballs chance in hell in Iowa or New Hampshire. Aren’t both around 3% black? That means there are a whole lot of white people backing him

I always knew that i mean he didnt even seem comfortable supporting her. I knew he was only on for money reasons

Interesting article that my brother emailed me yesterday from Ariana Huffington’s site.

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Thomas B. Edsall

The Huffington Post

When Magic Backed Hillary, Did Money Buy Love?

January 1, 2008 03:45 PM

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Read More: Bill Clinton, Burkle Magic Johnson, Canyon-Johnson Urban Fund, Hillary Clinton, Magic Johnson, Magic Johnson Clintons, Ron Burkle, Breaking Politics News Politics

In late-March 2007, Earvin “Magic” Johnson made his first ever contribution to a presidential campaign — $2,300 to Barack Obama.

No formal endorsement accompanied the cash, but most political operatives thought that the famous Lakers point guard would be firmly in the corner of the first African-American to have a real shot at winning the presidency.

On August 28, Johnson made the second contribution of his life to a presidential candidate. This time, however, the recipient was Hillary Clinton. Johnson gave her $2,300 for the primary election and another $2,300 to use in the general election, if she won the Democratic nomination.

In addition, the contribution — chickenfeed to someone of Magic’s wealth — was backed up with an all-star endorsement.

After Oprah Winfrey, the richest African-American in the country, announced that she would hold a September 6 fundraiser for Obama at her Santa Barbara home, Magic countered with an offer to host a Clinton fundraiser at his Los Angeles house on September 14. As the two candidates competed for the support of black luminaries, Johnson announced that co-chairs of his Hillary event included Motown Records founder Berry Gordy, musician Quincy Jones, and music executive Clarence Avant.

“Senator Hillary Clinton understands the domestic and international issues better than anyone,” Johnson said in an August 12 press release announcing his fundraiser. “[Hillary] has the experience and knowledge to help lead our country and get us to a better place. We need a winner as our next president.”

On December 17 and 18, Magic joined Bill and Hillary for a tour of Iowa. Speaking in Davenport, Johnson infuriated Obama supporters when he told the crowd, “You don’t want somebody in there that is young or a rookie at politics” — a direct dig at Obama.

What happened between Johnson’s $2,300 contribution to Obama in March and his $4,600 donation to Clinton in August?

Over the summer, a seemingly unrelated series of events intervened.

In June, Johnson, who is an extraordinarily successful entrepreneur, began talks with billionaire Ron Burkle about forming a joint investment fund of $750 million or more to take advantage of the growing and lucrative markets in inner city and minority-owned businesses, according to Eric Holloman, president of Johnson’s Canyon-Johnson Urban Fund.

Burkle has been one of Bill Clinton’s closest friends and supporters. Burkle and Bill Clinton were often seen together in and around Los Angeles, and Clinton frequently stayed at Burkle’s mansion, which was the scene of much-reported partying. Burkle gave Bill Clinton a lucrative consulting job as a senior advisor to his investment firm, Yucaipa Companies.

When Hillary announced, Burkle became a strong backer and encouraged Johnson to support her.

Now, spokesmen for both Burkle and Johnson flatly dispute that there is any connection whatsoever between the Burkle-Magic investment partnership and Magic’s Hillary endorsement.

“There is no correlation at all between the [Johnson-Burkle] private equity fund and him backing Hillary Clinton,” said Eric Holloman. “No one has told Earvin what to do since Pat Riley [former Lakers coach]. Earvin needs no more fame, no more money.”

Frank J. Quintero, spokesman for Burkle’s Yucaipa Companies, described as “preposterous” any linkage between planning the fund and the endorsement. “Ron and Magic have been friends for a dozen years and have supported the same candidates,” Quintero said.

Johnson’s support for Hillary has been apparently unaffected by a separate development involving Bill Clinton and Burkle. In late September, well after Magic Johnson’s Hillary endorsement and fundraiser, the relationship between Burkle and Bill Clinton was reportedly severely strained by a September 26 Wall Street Journal article detailing some of controversial dealings by Burkle’s company, Yucaipa.

The WSJ story reported that a young Italian businessman had convinced Burkle and a Clinton aide to invest millions of dollars in a controversial and poorly-run venture buying up urban properties owned by the Catholic Church. Clinton, allegedly furious at Burkle, began the process of withdrawing from Yucaipa.

Thank You just sit and be pretty for that information.

I am for obama because he is providing a fresh perspective on the political game and HAS ALL THE RELEVANT EXP..in that he is a lawyer, has spent time in the state and federal government.

Please, some of you need to do some research and quit just poppin off! edwards was a torte lawyer prior to his government run….and Hiliary hasn’t done much more. And another thing…JFK was young and green prior to his election. And moreover, his father virtually BOUGHT his position. So quit hating on Barack. And to whomever made some lame comment about his ancestors not being slaves is late! How many whip scars do you wear on your back???? GEESH

Macho-in-paris-france, thank you for your international perspective and your wisdom.

@macho-in-paris-france:

You say that having more blacks in political places will benefit blacks, yet you don’t answer the question about the population of black elected officials to the National Assembly.

Also, again read more alternative news and learn more about the political process in America. Condoleeza Rice and Colin Powell were appointed by the Bush Administration. Appointed officials carry out the wishes of the administration regardless of their color. They were not elected by the people and therefore their loyalty is to those who appointed them. Colin Powell presented before the UN the bogus case for the Iraq war and Condoleeza Rice — her incompetence in foreign affairs and inaction re: Hurricane Katrina speak for itself. And yes, America can be quite ignorant, but Europe suffers from amnesia. After Rwanda and the bombing of the airport by the French in Cote d’Ivoire, the French need to STFU and STFD. Your idealism regarding the need for elected black officials to pay attention more to their community is on point and blacks in America need to hold them accountable.

@ Dolla Bill:

I hear your truth, but not votin’ is not the answer.

This is why Black people should just go ahead and registar INDEPENDENT and get the F*** to work!!

Besides IT AIN’T ‘BOUT SKIN COLOR – IT’S ECONOMICS, ECONOMICS, ECONOMICS!!!! CRITICAL THINKING BLACK PEOPLE. WHY SHOULD MAGIC’S JOHNSON be with you black people – what’s in it for him??!! We have not really built anything Darfur is being led by mainly jewish bros & sis’, OBAMA (while a lot of his staff comes outta the

Ain’t nobody black OR white gonna give us anything – it’s kinda what we do – which is not much, which is what we got, from not doing much – NOT MUCH

Alot of people…Especially this clown…Will call Magic a ho, because the only thing they see is a black man running for president…Yes I support O…But he ain’t for everybody…

Clinton 08′!

Obama is not ready to be in the position of most powerful man in the world. Watch his interviews and you will clearly see.

And if he thinks he is going to go to Washington and kiss Republicans into submission while singing Kumba Ya, he is in for a RUDE Awakening.

I actually like Obama but he is not ready and I think by the time people realize this, it may be too late. He conveniently has missed key votes in the Senate but criticize Clinton for her votes. I don’t like that Clinton voted for the war, but we are not at war BECAUSE of her. We are there because of Bush. Plus he leans on Clinton voting for the war more than Gulianni leans on 911. ENOUGH ALREADY! And I will boldy say that anyone who believes there is no difference between the Clintons and the Bush’s, and there is no difference between Democrats and Republicans is a FOOL! Obama is using this whole ‘change’ theme as a smoke-screen. The insinuations that if Clinton is elected, we will get another Bush is insane. Obama is “playing politics” just like the rest of them but he is trying to cover it by preaching ‘change’.

Clinton 08′!

@cat4ever

Much love to your sister and her continued good health! And an HIV test will always be positive, even if her viral load is undetectable. It’s two different tests that measure two different things. The HIV test measures the antibodies YOUR BODY MAKES IN RESPONSE TO BEING EXPOSED TO THE VIRUS. The viral load MEASURES THE ACTUAL VIRUS. The fact that it can come back “undetectable” is just the limit of our test. If we had a more sensitive test that could pick up smaller amounts of virus, the test result wouldn’t be “undetectable” anymore.

But I pray she has many decades ahead of her!

I was going to go off on how black people don’t owe Obama a vote and people should vote their values, not race, but it looks like enough people on here already did it. It’s good to know not everybody thinks everything is about skin color.

Oh yeah just an FYI for all the ppl getting this incorrect and making themselves look ignorant. Magic never had AIDS. He has HIV and since he has taking care of himself with a healthy diet and taking his meds he is fine! All I can say @ Nyeve is that was one of the most ignorant comments I have ever heard before in my life. HIV doesn’t have a color or a specific gender. People like you are the reason why ppl with HIV are unwilling to come out. Because ignorant ass comments and prejudice. You so busy trying to talk about ppl that you’re part of the problem and not the solution. Check yourself first before you start calling all black men with HIV or AIDS a ho!

i true sellout

I can’t believe that he would sell out his own people that have stood before him forever for money… specially since he claims he helps the ghetto with his venture…

its not like he is poor…

what a sell out

I hate Magic.

@ Nita- She is a woman with nothing behind her, but her husband? I guess going to Wesley and Yale law school are nothing?

@ nita…I have respect for your opinion. I believe that you are right when you say that some are just repeating what they have heard from others. That’s too bad, rather thn just sit and blog all day abouit worthless he said she said folks should be more about true empowerment and educating THEMSELVES form primary sources!

Barack has always been different from the majority of those around him. And he has been able, inspite of defferences, to unite others. He, according to many of those around him, has always been diplomatic in his behavior towards others. Beyond that he OBVIOUSLY is a driven, focused individual that has a clear understanding of who HE IS. Being black in America is not relegated to just ONE experience. Barack has probably encountered MORE discrmination and prejudice in his lifetime than any of us. It’s not enough for us to just talk about thinking outside of the box. We actually have to DO IT!!

oops sorry for the typos:(

can’t believe u went there on MR. MAGIC JOHNSON.

He’s one of the few African-American’s that actually puts his a good % of his milliosn back into our community.

This man deserves the benefit of the doubt!

Cannot believe how many blacks on this post hate themselves. Please go see “The Great Debaters” and pay attention to the speech Denzel gives about Willie Lynch. The conviction which some of you self-hating Negroes speak is beyond comprehension. The white man(Bill and Hillary… or to some of you Mr. Charlie and Miss Ann) does not know what is best for you. If an Italian runs against a black person, who do you think the Italian is going to vote for? Same goes for any other race of people other than some of you Armstrong Williams, Uncle Ruckus types. I’m black and i’m proud but i’m am ashamed that some of you are in my race. Do us all a favor and bleach your skin and try to pass. We don’t need you and you are useless to our cause.

for the past 27 years there’s been a Bush or Clinton in the White House. Do the math and realize Hillary could take it over 30…and you know Jeb’s just waiting in the wings.

C’mon America, whoever you vote for, just CUT THE CORD!

Do us all a favor and bleach your skin and try to pass. We don’t need you and you are useless to our cause.

ROTFLMAO!!!

Regardless if aids is man-made or not, the fact is this: Aids is a PREVENTABLE disease. It is a disease of lifestyle choices. All the men and women who laugh at marriage and commitment, that is what can save you if you partner is equally committed. Magic paid the ultimate price for his infidelity.

Stringer Bell and Traydayz have said all there needs to be said on this. They nailed it. Nothing else needs to be said on this.

Hey Trixie, please leave Bush out of this. We DO NOT have a Bush running this time, so let’s just deal with how long a Clinton was in office, WICH IS COUNT THEM 8 YEARS! The Clinton’s should not be lumped in with the Bush’s.

to lovely….

how the hell do you know what race people are when they post! get a life and stop judging people regardless!

tray and stringer take heed as well!

I think it is so stupid to expect a Black Man to vote for a Black Man solely on the basis of having the same skin color or heritage. If Magic and Puffy support Hillary I think it is more to do with her ideas and policies than some “pocket change” Both of these guys are excellent and very successful businessmen, I don’t they need the money.

iam from africa i know we have our own tribal issues, but i dont know whats wrong with african americans.they always complain of racism but when they are given the opportunity to ascend they start killing each .thats why the clintons knows how to manipulate african americans.they are ready to give out money and pretend as if they are helping but inside their mind they are saying lets use these black people till we get what we want ,and if we get it we will invite al shampton and his group to the white house in the name of helping african american.brothers and sisters you need to wake up an fight for your right.

aint that just like negroes (not black people) you can buy em and sell and sell em im surprised Hillary didnt throw in a fat blonde. im playing. i dont know who im voting for yet myself. i mean Obama was partying wit Rick James. RICK JAMES.

look i am not educatedIm just a black man from alabama.And down in alabama it is still 1932.

Iwas arrested for looking at the police serverly beat another black person thoe the guy was in hand cuffs already.

they still beat him.an all white group of men about 9 or 10 of them.before they took me to jail they told me if i dont like it go back to africa.If i ever become wealthy i am giving up my so called citizenship.i am sick and tired of being in a country where every president statisticly speaking has been a euroamerican you can check the stats and why masterclinton playing her womens card.ask her why in the womens movement in the early 1900.why women of coler had to march behind white women in the rallys “check out what im saying dont just go on my word” i do know thatwomen had it hard in history even harder than we can imagin today.the women movement in america is a must.In the Early 1900s when white women where fighting for there right to vote and won their right to vote.the white women forgot their sisters of coler,who they made march in the rear.the women of coler did not get their right to vote untill the 1960s when black men and women got the right to vote together. look only white people have the luxry to vote for people acording to theirpolitics.stop being stupid they got so many people to choose from on the democratic side an the republican side. I am not voting for Euro americans any more untill the day comes untill a person of coler get a chance. and they dont have to be black they can be native american mexicanamerican it dont mater Im just tired of seeing white presidents male or female.and to the wolves in sheep cloths asking is obama black enough. in the south whites say evan if you can pass for white if you got one drop of black in you you are a nigger.obama father is an african period obama is an american citizen period.so that makes obama a colerd man or african american man.and it does not matter what they call us all im saying he would not be able to eat in the white restaurants in arkasas whith mrs. clinton during jim crow now do you think heisblack enough.I know im black enough and my father was not born in africa.

Does anyone know what MAGIC means?

My-Ass-Got-Infected-Coach!