Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
JFK 2.0???
Posted by Bossip Staff
Ted Kennedy talking about Obama yesterday:
“With Barack Obama, we will turn the page on the old politics of misrepresentation and distortion. With Barack Obama, we will close the book on the old politics of race against race, gender against gender.”
Another quote from Caroline Kenenedy:
“This kind of person doesn’t come along very often, and when they do, I think that it really is up to all of us to give it a serious look and put aside whatever plans we might have had and really get behind that kind of inspiration and power”
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Change the game…
Obama is what this country needs, a voice that people will believe.
PITY THAT WHEN BOSSIP POSTS COMMENTS MADE BY BLACK FOLK ON OBAMA, IT IS ONLY THE NEGATIVE ONES THEY POST!!
wow. at first i was skeptical, but now i think i’m going to actually witness history. barack obama is going to be the next President Of The United States.
Why don’t the Kennedy’s have any black neighbors or black relatives in their family?
This is a chance that we as a people have to make a difference in the world in which we live. The war in Iraq is a concern, but so is the economy. I own a home and have a job, but if the economy doesn’t get better, I may have to walk away. That concerns me. We have never been this deep in the red before. I’m hoping Obama can make some changes that are positive and that George W has not *****ed ***** up so badly that it’s too late to change or change will take forever…. The United States in falling apart and we need to get it together for the sake of our future…
Obama has the ability to make people believe that their vote makes a difference and democracy isn’t dead. That being said, I’m leary of the Kennedy endorsement; not Caroline so much has Ted. Both democrats and republicans think he’s a joke and a crook. I’m sure Obama has smart people who will keep that Ted support in check.
Obama in ‘08!
With support like that, Obama will likely win, but still theres no tellin’ wit ye ol America
*****ody thought JFK could be president being Irish Catholic. But he did it.
Now it’s Obama’s turn. Keep your head up people. It can happen.
@dayg715—
thwow. at first i was skeptical, but now i think i’m going to actually witness history. barack obama is going to be the next President Of The United States.— this is the problem— we don’t see ourselves as president so we are hesitent to support a canidate like Barrack —- Let’s break the cycle and the chains and free ourselves from all that oppresses our mind
Black people, the time has come for us to shake off the foolishness of the past and vote for the one who truly knows your struggle. No self hate, no crabs in a barrell. Just get out there and support Obama!
i’m down with Obamah….
Powerful endorsement from the “liberal lion.” Its so impressive to see a brother of integrity, vision, and grace. People finally see a brother who doesn’t play sports or is in the entertainment field and is successful; most of us know these brothers, but finally America can see us as we are. I believe this is the renaissance era of the black man; and I’m glad the world seems to be changing. Obama ‘08!
WE MIGHT FINNALY HAVA CHANCE ERYBODY GOTTA GO OUT DER AND VOTE OBAMA MAYNE REAL TALK
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@dayg715—
thwow. at first i was skeptical, but now i think i’m going to actually witness history. barack obama is going to be the next President Of The United States.— this is the problem— we don’t see ourselves as president so we are hesitent to support a canidate like Barrack —- Let’s break the cycle and the chains and free ourselves from all that oppresses our mind
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THANK YOU! I WAS GOING TO RESPOND TO THAT BUT WORDS CAN NOT SAY THE TRUE THOUGHTS THAT WENT THROUGH MY MIND WHEN I READ THAT. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS VOTE!
Caroline Kennedy is a respected endorsement…lol as for Ted, well let’s just say we thank him but fall back from the spotlight…
Pride s*****s businesses, new ideas, economic stimuli..This country will be in recession by the end of the year..do we want the same lame-***** speeches and policies that got us to this recession….No we want new ideas, new blood out there..New blood brought the New Deal, New blood, brought the Harlem Renaissance, New blood brought the Civil Rights movement..Well we need New Blood to bring jobs back to the economic strapped cities…
***********LOOKING FOR PAIGEWAIGEY*************
Paigey you are needed back home ASAP!
Hes’ on his way folks! HE”S ON HIS WAY!!!!!
I think BIG O will be a great President. If we survived all the bad presidents ( i.e BUSH) we will only Prosper with the respect, and the greatness Obama will bring in 2008, and many more years to come!
One word: BIG!!!
I agree and support Obama, however we should not, and must not forget: It is not the popular vote that determines the outcome of a Presidental election, it’s the votes in the Electorial College.
Remember, Al Gore won the popular vote yet Bush wound up in the Oval office.
Just something to consider.
Must state as well, this country is well overdue for a change of status quo, however, the question is, is the country really ready for a change?
The Democratic race is about fighting back the older racially divisive generation. If you look at Hillary’s big supporters they are all in retirement. Maya, Bill, Magic, BET Sambo are all old heads. I don’t want my mother and father’s generation running the country anymore. We got this! Yes we can!
Sorry I meant to say Electoral College.
People should get a grip and realize that while Obama’s a superior candidate, not a whole lot is gonna change if he’s elected. He’ll be powerless without major corporate backup and a ho if he has such backup; so corporations will continue to dictate our lives one way or another.
Though I am supporter of Obaba, is it a requirement for every black man and woman to vote for him? Hilary is probably the most qualified individual for the job on both sides of the aisle…
@Wenzel
Two years ago, I was an intern for Harold Ford Jr., who was running for the U. S. Senate in 2006. Barack Obama came to a luncheon for us to campaign WITH us on Ford’s behalf. I met this man, and talk with him about many of the things he is saying now to the nation. Obama is legit. I almost missed the luncheon because of my family, but I got there on time. I introduced my mama to Barack Obama, and she made up in her own mind to support him. She is 51 years of age! I said that to say that some older people are smart enough to see the visions of the youth, and vote for change. Do not think all older blacks will not vote for Obama. They will if they want change and hope we can believe in.
Obama 2008
What exactly is Hillary’s ‘experience’? all I know is she was the 1st lady of Bill Clinton. She is a Senator of New York, but what else? I am a woman, but her woman’s right campaign does not connect to me. I cannot she how she knows how it feels to deal with student loan interest rates as a black woman. I cannot see how her being with a man who is a sponge for STDs is advocating women’s rights, actually. Hillary’s experience is only in the Senate-and she has made some votes that I disagree with! She hasn’t addressed how to deal with poverty, or how those in it can AFFORD HEALTHCARE, only how she will MANDATE IT. I do not want to be FORCED to give a fee to a healthcare I cannot get because I cannot afford it! That makes no sense!
Look, the Clintons are representatives of business as usual, and I am tired of it. I want changes and hope. Obama is it.
Obama 2008
Another thing:
I notice some of you all criticize Obama’s name being a muslim name. Are any of you black folks aware that as slaves, 72.9% of us were Muslims in the Motherland? How can you be so critical of your OWN heritage? How can you hate who YOU are? Slavery and christianity was a means of capitalism, plain and simple. You praise a white Jesus, saying His name is Jesus, when actually, it’s not-you do not even realize who you are worshipping! I am not cutting down God; I know He is real and powerful, but I also know He is not the white god Americans make him to be in the paintings, and I know not to let the white’s man ideology if Jesus or whoever poison me to hate the fact my ancestors were muslims.
If Obama WAS a muslim, what does it matter? Why does it matter? Islam wasn’t introduced in 2001, folks. Get that through your heads, and google this, if you think I’m lying.
I am sick and tired of black people hating themselves. I really am.
White people WILL vote on basis of race, so why isn’t wrong for us to do it, when THEY are the ones who make it RACIAL?
it seems like they can do it, but we are wrong to do it, and stupid new programs like FOXNEWS teach black people to hate themselves. I am sick of it.
“Motor Mouth” Maxine Waters just endored billary clinton for president. These *****s need to get out the way and let us have our moment.
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OBAMA 2008 OBAMA 2008!!
This is what i fail to understand, please correct me if i am wrong. There are slues of white influential politicians, business men, etc, that believe whole-heartedly that Mr. Obama can be a great leader and the next president. However, many influential blacks oppose; why is that so? I for one would like to see a biracial man in the white house, not because he is half black, but because he is the right candidate for the job. Although he has received a fire storm of media attention for lack of experience, let us not forget that is not the real issue at hand. One thing we must also keep in our cortex, is the fact that john Kerry was in Obamas boat a few years back. let us also not forget, that votes have a way of disappearing or machines have a way of casting the wrong votes (ex: new Hampshire a few weeks back, Floria a few years ago)when election time comes around. But back to the issue at hand. Why are some many Caucasians in high places supporting this senator and his own fellow blacks have shun him. This goes to show that America has come a long way and have reciprocated the self hatred upon blacks. To receive an endorsement from Ted is stupendous, not to mention Caroline, but will that be enough to put a black man in the position of “power”. It just aches my heart every time i hear a black person say “he is not right for the job because he is black”, i think to myself, the bonds of slavery has still bound the mind, no longer the hands or feet. So many blacks are domesticated and bound my mental fetters, to think that someone that resembles them is totally inadequate of being the leader of this great “democracy”. The largest endorsement Obama has received from an influential black, came from Oprah. Where is Al Sharpon or Jessie jackson and those other so-called black leaders. The majority of blacks have shun this man as if he were the bubonic plague. What is going on in the minds of black America? Have your lives been so consumed in white America that you have lost touch and sight of the American dream. The dream of equality, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I say, thank God for diveristy, because if this world were left to the hands of blacks, we would all be screwed. In order to love one another, we must first love ourselves.
Say it with me people, President Barack Obama.
@James
I heard a discussion on NPR a few weeks ago, the reluctance of the so-called Black leaders to support President Obama is because he didn’t kiss the ring (so to speak) of some these so-called leaders (for example Wal-Marts ‘boy’ Andrew Young). President Obama didn’t seek their approval and make side deals with some of them when he decided to run. He’s basically come this far without much help from the old guard of the civil rights movement and some of those folks don’t appreciate that.
ps–notice I kept refering to him as Pres. Obama. Repeat it to yourselves!!! President Obama! President Obama! LOL!
JFK stood for nothing, so I guess the two would have something in common.
IT IS GREAT TO SEE SO MANY BLACK PEOPLE INTERESTED IN POLITICS AND MAKING INFORMED DECISIONS. REGARDLESS OF WHAT SOME PEOPLE THINK OBAMA IS NOT JUST “OUR” CANDIDATE. MANY PEOPLE OF OTHER RACES ARE LIKING HIS MESSAGE. I URGE ALL PEOPLE TO EXPLORE THE FACTS, EDUCATE YOURSELVES AND MOST IMPORTANTLY GET OUT AND VOTE!
I AM RIDING WITH BARACK TO SEE HOW FAR HE IS GOING TO TAKE THIS. BUT I AM ALSO LOOKING AT THE BIG PICTURE. WE HAVE THE REST OF THE COUNTRY TO GET THROUGH AND PEOPLE A VERY ANGRY WITH WHAT HAPPENED IN SC AND BECAUSE OF TED KENNEDY’S ENDORSEMENT.
I JUST URGE EVERY OBAMA SUPPORTER OUT THERE TO BE PREPARED TO SEE THE PENDULUM SWING THE OTHER WAY SOON. IT IS STILL GOING TO BE HARD TO GET THIS MAN TO THE WHITE HOUSE. “HOPE FOR THE BEST AND PREPARE FOR THE WORST”
GET OUT AND VOTE!
@ nahnah
what in the world are you talking about?
What we witnessed was Historic. For those who werent even born yet when JFK lived and died, the signifigance may be lost but to people like my father, a vietnam vet who I have never in my life heard cry until yesterday..it was major. He said if you can only understand how much JFK meant to his generation..you’d know that to see his daughter endorse Obama was beyond moving.
It was a p*****ing of the torch from the oldest family in the party to the next generation.
YES WE CAN
Obama 08
@nahnah
*swinging a watch in your face*
“nahnah, you are getting very sleepy. Repeat after me, Barack Obama will be the president of the united states”
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Seriously, what makes you say JFK and Barack didn’t/don’t stand for anything? Okay, I’ll give you that JFK loved the ladies, the Bay of Pigs wasn’t exactly his shining moment, and I can’t say he was in-love with Black folks but he did support Dr. King and the civil rights movement.
As for Obama, I’d suggest you check out his campaign site and see where he stands on various issues that are of concern to you. I personally, like his healthcare plan, he wants to expand and improve early education (which is needed badly down here in SC–don’t get me started on the daycare centers), also he wants to expand the hate crime legislation and make sure its a priority in the Department of Justice. There is alot more there but check it out for yourself. Maybe you’ll become one of the Obamaholics too
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@ JAMES
WE WILL NEVER FULLY UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE MAKE THE CHOICES THAT THEY DO. I AM ASKING WHY ANYONE STILL SUPPORTS GEORGE BUSH AND THE IRAQ WAR!!! BUT THEY DO.
WE ARE A DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT AGENDAS. IT IS GOOD IN A WAY TO SEE THAT JUST BECAUSE WE ARE BLACK DOESN’T MEAN WE ALL THINK THE SAME. THEY ARE ENTITLED TO THEIR CHOICE (NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE DISAGREE).
Anybody can go in and run the country after the idiot we have in there now. I swear Dubya-DUH has the country in a fishbowl with all kinds of holes covered with band-aids, patched up just enough to get his @$# out of office, and the day he goes out of office then ish is gonna hit the fan and the water will all come running out!!! Watch!!
@ nah-nah
STFU!! What are you talking about? You look too damn young to even know what JFK was about. He was a total inspiration for that generation. Obama is a total inspiration for us and he has inspired a lot of people…blacks, whites, etc.
@ James
That is a very truthful post and I totally co-sign. A lot of these people still have that slave mentality and their minds are still shackled. SMDH!!
Well, supposedly Maya Angelou endorsed Senator Clinton.
Sorry. I didn’t scroll down to see the next story!
I don’t know how many people on this board watch The View, but I do and every day Whoopi Goldberg has negative comments to make about Barack Obama. Today she blatantly called him out for refusing to shake Hillary’s hands, she said she saw it with her own eyes. However, that wasn’t quite true, Hillary was reaching for Ted Kennedy’s hands not Barack’s. She also stated on a previous show that Michelle Obama was responsible for the negativity of the campaign because of comments that she made months ago. Whoopi who has had nothing to say about the racist comments coming from the Clintons’ dares to criticize Obama for something that didn’t even happen. I sent an email to the View and as many other places that I can think of because the foolishness from this woman needs to stop. Thanks, I just wanted an opportunity to vent.
That’s W*****up he has the Kennedy’s supporting him!!!!!!!!!!!!
Um . . .
I asked before and didn’t get a response, but um, why is it that when old establishment vanguards like the Kennedys give Obama an endorsement, it’s seen as progressive and great, but when the same people such as Maya Angelou, Gloria Steinem, etc. endorse Hilary, they’re dismissed as old school relics? Methinks there’s a double standard.
Super Tuesday is coming . . .
“This is what i fail to understand, please correct me if i am wrong. There are slues of white influential politicians, business men, etc, that believe whole-heartedly that Mr. Obama can be a great leader and the next president. However, many influential blacks oppose; why is that so?”
@james
Look, Jethro, You’re exactly right, you do fail to understand. Stop generalizing. Not all influencial blacks oppose Obama (duh!). Not all influencial whites support him either (double duh!)
“It just aches my heart every time i hear a black person say “he is not right for the job because he is black”, i think to myself, the bonds of slavery has still bound the mind, no longer the hands or feet. So many blacks are domesticated and bound my mental fetters, to think that someone that resembles them is totally inadequate of being the leader of this great “democracy”.”
Here’s a thought. Why are whites given the latitude to endorse Obama, but blacks’ who endorse other candidates have their loyalty to the race questioned? Do you know how simple you sound? Many blacks that Oppose Obama do not oppose him because he is black, they oppose him because they feel that Obama is a neophyte.
“To receive an endorsement from Ted is stupendous, not to mention Caroline, but will that be enough to put a black man in the position of “power”.”
And why is an endorsment from Teddy Kennedy great? Please enlighten me.
“The largest endorsement Obama has received from an influential black, came from Oprah”
@james
Oh and another thing. Oprah also endorsed “The Secret”
Lite&Sweet, your post was really touching.
Yes, black people do not have to be of the same mind as regards supporting Mr. Obama; each of is a unique individual with our own unique way of viewing the world. I for one just love seeing him out here, and at the same time enjoy reading the comments in support and otherwise. I’ve learned a lot, and many opinions have given me reason to weigh and consider, again, my own. That’s fine by me!
At the same time, it is just so sad (and also understandable in a way) that many of us it seems cannot abide even the mere thought of Mr. Obama as a potential President because we don’t yet know what to do with even the notion of a man that looks like us occupying such a position of power. For some of us it is just too frightening a thought to contemplate….
I’ll just do my best to try to understand; many of us have had it inculcated into us that we are “only this much” and to see this man of ambition striding forth is not easy if you are of that mindset….
Said it before, elsewhere, that seeing this man out there, with images of him being beamed all over the world is going to challenge a lot of old, redundant notions and stereotypes about who we are and what we are capable of. Change is not necessarily easy!!
I AM ABSOLUTELY AN OBAMA SUPPORTER AND HAVE BEEN FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, AND I ONCE LIKED THE CLINTONS BUT THIS CAMPAIGN HAS BROUGHT OUT THEIR TRUE COLORS. DO YOU GUYS REALIZE THAT HILLARY IS TRYING TO GET THE DELEGATES IN FLORIDA AND MICHIGAN TO COUNT NOW BECAUSE SHE WON THEM, WHEN SHE KNEW BEFORE THE RACE STARTED THAT DEMOCRACTIC PARTY AGREED THAT THEY WOULDN’T COUNT. AND BECAUSE THE PARTY AGREED THAT THEY WOULDN’T COUNT OBAMA AND EDWARDS TOOK THEIR NAMES OFF IN MICHIGAN AND I’M NOT SURE THEY EVER PUT THEIR NAMES ON THE BALLOT FOR FLORIDA. THE CLINTONS ARE SO DIRTY! THEY ARE TRYING TO WIN BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY! THEY’RE ABSOLUTELY COUNTING ON THE HISPANIC VOTE HERE IN CALIFORNIA EVEN THOUGH THEY KNOW THAT THAT VOTE IS NOT FOR THEM AS MUCH IS IT IS ABOUT VOTING AGAINST THE BLACK MAN, BUT DO YOU THINK THAT THEY CARE ABOUT DIVIDING PEOPLE AND CONTINUING THE FIGHT BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS. THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT WHAT’S BEST FOR THE PEOPLE OR RACIAL UNITY, THEY’RE GONNA USE THE RACIAL DIVIDE ONCE AGAIN TO THEIR ADVANTAGE JUST LIKE THEY DID IN NEVADA! SO GET OUT AND VOTE IF YOU SUPPORT OBAMA DON’T JUST SIT BACK AND WATCH WHAT HAPPENS!
I think I’m more bowled over that man-hating, black-man-hating, lesbian-convert Alice Walker has endorsed Obama. Anybody heard from Terry McMillan?
Also: just a heads up people: don’t believe what your papers and televisions are going to tell you about Obama snubbing Hillary Clinton. This is the age of the digital camera, so somebody decided to make a story out of one frame………. just like how the same folks claimed that Obama was yelling fiercely at a journalist, when the video camera showed a calm and normal interaction completely opposite.
Pay attention to this, however. This is from Geekesque over at Daily KOS:
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“Clinton Stands Up For Bush’s Escalation, the Snub that Should Have Been”
Blah blah handshake blah blah snub blah blah p*****ed me a note in study hall. For those that were paying attention to Bush’s (thankfully) final State of the Union Address, there was a moment when Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton had a very revealing moment. Not about whether they like each other, or whether they’re versed on Washington etiquette. Nope. It’s about getting our troops home from a place called “Iraq.”
(Congressional blogsite) The Hill (link in the diary), unlike the gossip mongers in the press gallery, was paying attention.
“Clinton and Obama’s divergent views on the troop surge in Iraq, however, were plainly visible. When Bush proclaimed, “Ladies and gentlemen, some may deny the surge is working, but among terrorists there is no doubt,” Clinton sprang to her feet in applause but Obama remained firmly seated. The president’s line divided most of the Democratic audience, with nearly half standing to applaud and the other half sitting in stony silence.”
Yep. Hillary stood up for Bush’s escalation. But, she really doesn’t think the surge is working. Or, she’s just in general election mode. Or, she doesn’t think it should have been done, but what else are we supposed to do. This is what happens when she doesn’t have Mark Penn to provide the right answer.
Or, when she forgets to look over Barack Obama’s shoulder: ‘In one instance Clinton appeared to gauge Obama’s response before showing her own. When Bush warned the Iranian government that ‘America will confront those who threaten our troops, we will stand by our allies, and we will defend our vital interests in the Persian Gulf’ Obama jumped up to applaud. Clinton leaned across Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.), seated to her left, to look in Obama’s direction before slowly standing.”
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Nita back. I don’t know what to say. They both stood up at different points; to the blog writer, standing up at ‘the surge is working/escalation is working/more war is good’ is more important than standing up for an ominous comment against Iran…. frankly, I think both comments are suspect. I want to know why the Democrats are divided. I want to know who did what when. I want to know if ANY of these people feel anything sincere or real, or if they were all looking at one another to guage reactions before making a stand or sitting down.
I do not care about somebody taking one still frame from a video — Ted Kennedy calling an obviously ‘on something’ Hillary Clinton over and Hillary Clinton running over everybody including Barack Obama to get to Ted; at the exact same moment that Barack Obama was turning around to speak to some important chick named Claire McCaskill — and trying to make a non-existent story out of it on the eve of Florida. Well, I do care, I care a lot…. but I don’t care in the way the deceptive framers would have us buy that story.
Claire McCaskill is a white female Senator from Missouri — and according to Wiki, the first female elected to a senatorship in Missouri ‘in her own right’. Her first husband and father of her two children, David Esposito (hispanic?), was murdered back in the 90s while they were going through a divorce. She’s already endorsed Obama.
MSNBC, in their section ‘First Read’, has both Obama and McCaskill’s comments on what really went down (as opposed to how the New York Times, which has endorsed Hillary Clinton, is playing this ***** up). And no, I didn’t know any of this before I looked it up.
By the way, one woman in Florida is already saying that when she asked for a Democrat ballot she was told that she couldn’t have one because Democrats weren’t running in the state, and was given one for Independents instead. Who knows, though, right?
Obama!!!
@ Hope, Whoopi need to sit her ***** down somewhere. Her judgement has been suspect even before she convinced Ted Danson that ‘blackface’ was acceptable. Is Whoopie the female Wesley Snipes? The worst part is that ‘conventional wisdom’ is going to rule the day on this one…. I hope that it’s not going to be played like Hillary Clinton’s fake ***** tears in New Hampshire. “The Arrogant Black Man snubbed the Tiny Bug Eyed Gape Mouthed White Lady — p***** the smelling salts!” You know Hillary’s going to get votes off this.
@ Vote Obama 08, yep. I can sorta kinda see the argument for Florida, and yet… Obama and Edwards BOTH tried to get their name removed from the ballot in Florida, because they were going to follow the DNC’s request. Florida’s own rules superceded the DNC’s. Michigan absolutely should not count. Hillary almost got beat by ‘uncommitted’. ***** needs to be committed, to pull that *****. Yeah, Michigan’s voice needs to be heard — and it was. How many of the people voting for Hillary would have voted for somebody else if they’d seen who they were really supporting, their name on the ballot? Michigan needs a do-over, before being allowed to sit delegates.
@ Dee, it’s like you read my mind and put it to paper. That is frightening. I know why it’s frightening. It doesn’t help that Obama was never a traditional ‘black leader’, never sought the spotlight as a ‘black activist’…. but he did a hell of a lot of work as a ‘community activist’. Obama is no Quanell X or Al Sharpton. And contrary to Bill ‘all *****s look the same’ Clinton, he’s no Jesse Jackson, either. But if people like Obama’s politics, they should be proud to support him. If they don’t, then they don’t. But please, my people, don’t *not* support him because he is black. And don’t *not* support him because he’s not the right kind of ‘black’.
@ jay jay, and Toni Morrison has endorsed Obama. I don’t like the divisions that are being set up by other folk, within the black community over this *****. Maya Angelou and the Clintons go way back. Toni’s characterization of Clinton as black had always been damning with faint praise.
@ mami Z, oh you got that right. you know you got that right. but it’s gonna happen anyway, so ***** it.
@ kara kor el, a Teddy (and Caroline) endorsement is a rebuff of the Clintons’ attempts all these years to make themselves Kennedyesque. That’s the number one reason.
A Teddy endorsement is also seen as a rebuff of the game the Clintons’ have been playing after Iowa (whether it is or not). Teddy is the one who personally called Bill and told him to stop using personal attacks against Obama. Word is, Teddy was angrier AFTER the phone call with Bill than before. Bill and Hillary then officially ignored Teddy, and went to the papers claiming that Bill was doing this ***** because he loved Hillary so much… and that they were going to keep doing it.
Teddy Kennedy is important because of Marcia Pappas vapor-induced press release in NOW’s name, accusing Ted Kennedy of being a ‘white progressive male’ afraid of a strong woman. Marcia Pappas accused Teddy Kennedy of abandoning women by not voting for a woman just because she’s a woman. Teddy Kennedy is supposed to be old school, old head, a top dog, one of the most progressive voices when it comes to women, blacks, latinos and gays, in the Democratic Party. That’s why his endorsement matters, and it’s kinda suspect to question why it would. Were you trolling by asking, or trying to force somebody to think sincerely?
And Rosie, wherever you at, thank you again for quoting the entire text of that headcase’ press release. It was so out there — and the blatant racism and sexism against a black man was so out front — it had to be reprinted in full. I asked if her press release was real because the political blogosphere was all over the place yesterday hoping that some fool at the Onion or some right-wing hackers had written that ***** in New York State NOWs name. *****ody could believe some bitter, badly written, personal ***** like that would be issued as a press release. And that was before people saw the press release about Obama and Edwards gangbanging Hillary!
I am so sick of the racism and sexism within the feminist movement.
Republicans will love this when it comes to the general election, if Obama gets the nomination. Conservatives hate Hillary, but, old Teddy’s got to be a close second. So, I think this may help get SOME Democratic voters in the primaries, but, for Republicans, I think pics of Teddy with Obama will get more conservatives out to vote Republican in November. Plus, there’s a lot of racists in Democratic party. I used to live in New England. A lot of them will vote Republican before they vote for a black man…or a white woman.
@ CrazyblackLady, girl I saw that this morning. I shook my head. I remember when Maxine was trying to organize ***** during the riots of ‘92, and get pampers and formula for the babies. I loved her for that. But you know why Maxine did it… the same reason the Congressional Black Congress is anti-Obama. There are chits to be paid, and favors to be exchanged.
Where are the *****s supporting Edwards, by the way? I know Jesse Jackson had (and then Jesse’s wife and son endorsed Obama). I still don’t believe that he was getting 1 percent and 0 percent of the black vote in South Carolina — people THAT IS SUSPECT. Something went down in South Carolina that wasn’t supposed to. And to all the *****hole preachermen who took money from the Clintons promising to deliver votes to the Clintons: you are not of God. I hope your congregation sees you for the false prophets you all really are before it’s too late.
@ Kim, everything you wrote is true. I remember that news report where Obama’s people explained that Jesse Jackson had come to them offering his endorsement……. but they couldn’t come to an agreement about an ‘exchange’. That ***** made me cringe. People’s endorsements are being bought right and left. It’s an old game. I kept wondering what was going down with Sharpton as well, he seemed to be pushing it with Obama more than Jesse was. Blacks are going to be under the microscope more in spite of all colors pulling the *****. Which reminds me: Hillary better sit her ***** down trying to talk about Obama and Rezko; Obama did nothing wrong, period; Hillary and Bill have a hell of a lot of scandals behind them, though (ah, Hsu). And that false preacher Calvin Butts in New York who just gave her an endorsement, come to find out there’s over a million dollars worth of property tied up *in some way* in his endorsement of her.
Obama’s support is gr*****roots (even with the corporations) — and some Republicans trying to game the system because their own candidates suck *****.
@ sillyme, yeah.
Racist Democrats are all over the place — and they’re not just white racists. But yeah, there are a hell of a lot of racist Democrats (all over the map). As for Republicans hating Teddy; I honestly believe Hillary and Bill are hated more. Teddy gets condescension for killing Mary Jo Kopechne, but he’s not a lightning rod. Hillary is who will energize the base to fight fire and brimstone to vote for anyone EXCEPT her. I think Republicans are ultimately going to do like Democrats and vote for whomever their party endorses, I believe. Straight ticket is a way of life. It’s the independents and ‘haven’t decides’ who are going to matter. I think Democrats are going to vote for McCain because he seems most like a liberal in spite of his masturbatory obsession with war. I wouldn’t, I sympathize with how he was treated in 2004, but I won’t vote for him this election. On the other hand, Republicans might stay home if Obama is on the Democrat ticket and anyone else is on their ticket, as long as he keeps himself above the mud. Maybe. This country has a lot of issues.
I voted today (in FLA) and I voted for Obama. I believe it is time for change. Hopefully the DNC will allow our delegates to be seated, hopefully Obama will walk away with more delegates than Hiliary.
DANA’
I voted today (in FLA) and I voted for Obama. I believe it is time for change. Hopefully the DNC will allow our delegates to be seated, hopefully Obama will walk away with more delegates than Hiliary.
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I have one thing to say to that.
Obama 2008!
Excellent choice, Dana!
Nita
“I am so sick of the racism and sexism within the feminist movement.”
I concur with you. I have to thank you for your posts, as well. You are telling the truth about things in these politics, and I cannot say it any better. Please continue to share the truth. Thank you.
DARTH PAUL-You seem to be the only one on here with any intelligence. I agree whole heartedly with you but most of our people are to blind to see it. All they know is BLACK,BLACK,BLACK, please vote for whom ever because they have the same idea’s and visions that you do not because they are BLACK. How “stupid” is that and stop putting people down because they want to vote for Hillary. Because we all know if there was no Barack every body would have their face’s up in the Clinton’s *****, case closed.
I support Barack Obama 100%
Bossip I think you should put up excerpts from Toni Morrison’s extremely eloquent endorsement!
OBAMA ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bill Clinton’s Old Politics
I write this more out of sadness than anger. Bill Clinton’s ill-tempered and ill-founded attacks on Barack Obama are doing no credit to the former President, his legacy, or his wife’s campaign. Nor are they helping the Democratic party. While it may be that all is fair in love, war, and politics, it’s not fair – indeed, it’s demeaning – for a former President to say things that are patently untrue (such as Obama’s anti-war position is a “fairy tale”) or to insinuate that Obama is injecting race into the race when the former President is himself doing it. Meanwhile, the attack ads being run in South Carolina by the Clinton camp which quote Obama as saying Republicans had all the ideas under Reagan, is disingenuous. For years, Bill Clinton and many other leading Democrats have made precisely the same point – that starting in the Reagan administration, Republicans put forth a range of new ideas while the Democrats sat on their hands. Many of these ideas were wrong-headed and dangerous, such as supply-side economics. But for too long Democrats failed counter with new ideas of their own; they wrongly *****umed that the old Democratic positions and visions would be enough. Clinton’s 1992 campaign – indeed, the entire “New Democratic” message of the 1990s – was premised on the importance of taking back the initiative from the Republicans and offering Americans a new set of ideas and principles. Now, sadly, we’re witnessing a smear campaign against Obama that employs some of the worst aspects of the old politics.
Robert Reich, former Clinton labor secretary
By the time Hillary and Bill have finished with Obama the real man may be unrecognizable to voters in Iowa or any place else … If he can wipe enough of the Clintonian slime off himself, Obama may be able to come out from under and explain to the world that sometimes less experience is more and better
this backbiting, bitter give-and-take that we’re beginning to see more and more of, especially from the Clinton campaign. It’s wrong. Everybody know it’s wrong and it’s got to stop … It’s not presidential. It’s not in keeping with the image of a former president
@ kara kor el, a Teddy (and Caroline) endorsement is a rebuff of the Clintons’ attempts all these years to make themselves Kennedyesque. That’s the number one reason.
A Teddy endorsement is also seen as a rebuff of the game the Clintons’ have been playing after Iowa (whether it is or not). Teddy is the one who personally called Bill and told him to stop using personal attacks against Obama. Word is, Teddy was angrier AFTER the phone call with Bill than before. Bill and Hillary then officially ignored Teddy, and went to the papers claiming that Bill was doing this ***** because he loved Hillary so much… and that they were going to keep doing it.
Teddy Kennedy is important because of Marcia Pappas vapor-induced press release in NOW’s name, accusing Ted Kennedy of being a ‘white progressive male’ afraid of a strong woman. Marcia Pappas accused Teddy Kennedy of abandoning women by not voting for a woman just because she’s a woman. Teddy Kennedy is supposed to be old school, old head, a top dog, one of the most progressive voices when it comes to women, blacks, latinos and gays, in the Democratic Party. That’s why his endorsement matters, and it’s kinda suspect to question why it would. Were you trolling by asking, or trying to force somebody to think sincerely?
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@Nita
Sorry Love, I didn’t know that my asking why Senator (Chappaquid*****) Kennedy’s endorsement was relevant qualified as trolling. You’re blowing Kennedy’s endorsement way out of proportion, BTW. Teddy Kennedy endorsed Kerry in 04’, and as I recall Bush still won. Even with Caroline, Teddy, and Gov. Deval Patrick’s endorsement, Obama is still trailing Clinton in M*****achusetts. And just because Papas gave an angry rant to the press about Kennedy’s endorsing Obama, doesn’t mean that she speaks for the entire NOW organization. Papas is only a chapter pres. of NOW. Kim Gandy, the national pres. of NOW issued a press release contradictory to Papas’ retort, expressing respect for Ted Kennedy and his choice in endorsing Obama. Teddy and Caroline are not the only Kennedys. Hilary has been endorsed by Kennedy cousins Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (former Lt. Gov of Maryland) and environmentalist RFK Jr. She also picked up an endorsement from California Rep. Maxine Waters. Nita, you can dial down the Daily Kos rhetoric. It doesn’t work on me.
Kim Gandy is the President of NOW and this was her statement yesterday:
NOW’s Response to Sen. Kennedy’s Endorsement
Statement of NOW President Kim Gandy
January 28, 2008
The National Organization for Women has enormous respect and admiration for Sen. Edward Kennedy (D- M*****.). For decades Sen. Kennedy has been a friend of NOW, and a leader and fighter for women’s civil and reproductive rights, and his record shows that.
Though the National Organization for Women Political Action Committee has proudly endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton for president, we respect Sen. Kennedy’s endorsement. We continue to encourage women everywhere to express their opinions and exercise their right to vote.
Obama is cool and the energy is cool…However this is all a set up..In the begining of this country after the Revolutionary war we had a black president that was a mulatto his name was John Hanson..The first government the US had was called the Continental Congress then when George Washington signed the constitution in 1787 the government change and the Moors were no longer in charge of the government.So towards the end of US history we have a mulatto prez coming up again..The white man signed and sold this country out with the patriot act in 2001..The Mother of all Harlots which is Europe is about to take the world over by storm with the European Union this is when in the Bible the book of Revelations and Daniel speaks about the mark of the beast..So everything is not what it appears to be..Also it doesn’t matter about the Popular vote it is all about the electoral vote…WAKE UP BLACK MAN!
All eyes were on Democratic presidential frontrunners Sens. Barack Obama (Ill.) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) Monday night as spectators and pundits followed their every move during President Bush’s final State of the Union address.
When Bush proclaimed, “Ladies and gentlemen, some may deny the surge is working, but among terrorists there is no doubt,” Clinton sprang to her feet in applause but Obama remained firmly seated. The president’s line divided most of the Democratic audience, with nearly half standing to applaud and the other half sitting in stony silence.
In one instance Clinton appeared to gauge Obama’s response before showing her own.
When Bush warned the Iranian government that “America will confront those who threaten our troops, we will stand by our allies, and we will defend our vital interests in the Persian Gulf” Obama jumped up to applaud. Clinton leaned across Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.), seated to her left, to look in Obama’s direction before slowly standing.
Obama 2008!
@Al-Anon:
How do you know they don’t. Just because you can’t imagine yourself being there don’t *****ume. There are black people on every economic level. Raise your standards up.
Obama is ready don`t believe that ish about him being to young people !!! He`s ready !!! Obama 08 !! It`s time for a change !!!
I have lost all respect for the Clintons. Even if Obama does not get the nod, I will not vote for Hillary. I can respect the KKK better than the Clintons. With the Klan, you always know where you stand and you deal from there. But these so-called liberals who pose as your friend,if you open your eyes and say I want a piece of the pie, they will change up in a minute. Blacks don’t owe the Clintons a damn thing. If anything,they owe us. It is because of black people that they were put in office. After 8 years of Reagan and 4 yrs of Bush Sr., blacks would have supported anybody. And the notion of Bill being “the 1st black president” is tantamount to saying “I wish we were back in slavery…the good old days”. Why do some negroes think that the white man is their saviour and god??? Obama is new, smart and bright and BLACK!!! Why not give him a chance?? Quiet as its kept, Bill or Hillary did not free the slaves as some of you act!!! Bill likes doing it to young girls and then getting a black lady who could be our mother, our auntie or our grandmother to clean up his mess, Ms. Betty Currie who they treated like a maid. After Obama won South Carolina your god Bill in so many words said “Well another ***** won South Carolina before(Jesse Jackson), and look where he is”. For all of you people who visit Bossip that are under 35 years old, please, please, please with a capital PP, go out and vote. Your grandparents, aunts, uncles or *****orted elders have for the most part lost their natural minds. It is up to you all to take any sanity and self pride for our race back. The people who after all of this ugliness towards Barack by the Clintons and will still vote for them are the kind of people who, if you went in their home to try to give them a picture of a Black Jesus to replace the White Jesus over their mantle in the living room, would try and fight you to the death. They are still enslaved in their minds so it is up to the young people to reverse this backward thinking. Go Obama and go free thinking black people!!!!
Hilary 08!
@ Uncle Ruckus COSIGN!!!!!!!
I don’t see why black folks think Clinton did something special by treating blacks as human beings… he’s supposed to treat you like a human being! You see what happened as soon as blacks started to look like we weren’t going to bow to him anymore… He got out of pocket and may as well have called us out of our name. He most certainly has implied that our votes count less. Everyone says South Carolina was 45 percent black. Well it was also 55 percent white and Obama still won by 28 percent…
@Sun Goddess
Harold was my elected Congressman and I also followed his campaign and got to hear Sen.Obama speak in a small venue. If I knew then, I would have gone up for an intro. Small world.
Of course there are some mature voters who understand when its time to p***** the torch, but you also know there are many who don’t know when to fall back.
Speaking of Harold Jr., you must remember how it felt to see lots of people vote across all the lines, but still come up just a little short. We can’t let that happen again.
I Love all Ya’ll.
I’m a poet too.
I don’t need “Am-I-A-Ho Angel-who” or whatever her name is. (Maya Angelou)
I Don’t feel no way’s tired. I’ve come too far from where I started from. *****ody told me fried chicken was this greasy. I don’t believe ya’ll *****s is this dumb, this is too easy.
@Nita
Thank YOU for calling Pappas to our attention…I didn’t hear anything about that until I saw it on this site. I guess the mainstream media isn’t as anti-Clinton as some people think; THAT little outburst certainly was not on the NY Times homepage yesterday.
The Robert Reich statement is VERY interesting…Reich and Bill have been friends since their days as students at Oxford. I didn’t realize he too is supporting Obama. If this is the kind of thing that former Clinton allies are saying publicly, I can’t even imagine what they said to the Clintons behind closed doors…
crazy black lady
“Motor Mouth” Maxine Waters just endored billary clinton for president. These *****s need to get out the way and let us have our moment.
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last time i checked she had every right to “endorse” whoever she wants to endorse
People should get a grip and realize that while Obama’s a superior candidate, not a whole lot is gonna change if he’s elected. He’ll be powerless without major corporate backup and a ho if he has such backup; so corporations will continue to dictate our lives one way or another.
@Darth Paul
co-sign
@Belle Dame
Real Talk
@Rosie
That Papas comment has been in the news all day. where have you been? What the media hasn’t been talking about is Gandy’s statement. Thanks Kara. I thought Papas spoke for all of NOW too. I guess its more fun for the media to push the hysterical comment and not the sane one.
@Lisa
Gandy played cleanup but the damage had already been done. She also didn’t disagree with Pappas she just tried to soften the outrage.
@ Lisa
The Pappas story hits the blogosphere yesterday…it wasn’t picked up by the MSM until today apparently; I just got off the Chicago Tribute website and it posted around 6 this evening.
This is XX_. Bossip is trippin and won’t let me post under that name…WTF…SMDH
So many valid points…! I am anxious to see the running partners.
Not to change the subject, but that ‘discuss’ at the end of the section reminds me of perezhilton.com when he says ‘thoughts’… I HOPE you are not copying like THAT Bossip…
@ Nita
You better stop. Keeping it too real sis.
Well lets just say I am happy to hear that Alice Walker came to her senses and broke rank with that racist black man hating feminist establishment and endoresed Obama.
I hope Alice Walkers daughter will also endorse Obama. She may not because the Hillary white college girls own her.
The Kennedy’s endorsement of Obama is in line with their philosophy. I can see why and they have eloquently expressed why they are inspired by Obama.
Maya Angelou’s endorsement of Hillary on the other hand is in complete contradiction to her body of work and the image she has been selling black folks.
Black folks were ready to shut Bossip down in Dr. Angelou’s defense but Hillary is her girl?!!
I will not buy and just can’t read Maya Angelou’s work the same and I certainly won’t be buying into her movie roles as wise all caring mother of black people anymore. “Her girl” can buy her books.
“When Hillary was a little girl”?!! “Hillary, My girl”?!! Talking about race manipulation and baiting. My girl is the same thing as “really black” and what does she know about Hillary as a little girl?!
I do know that there are two little black girls whose father is making a dignified and historical run for president and Dr. Angelou just gave these little girls her hand to talk to. Sure Maya was is and will continue to be good devoted mammy to Chelsea. Cl*****ic slave parralells here.
Obama 2008!
YES HE CAN!
WITH OR WITH OUT THEM!
OBAMA 2008!
Hey Daisy Mae (lovely and amazing). send me a wire when you and Jethro (James) jump the broom.
I’m sorry, I meant you and your Brother Jethro jump the broom. just wanted to make that clear.
@ Nita
I just posted this comment on Lossip. It is awaiting moderation. We’ll see if it approved. Also, Lossip moderates its posts while Bossip does not.
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Jumping the Broom is indeed a beautiful tradition.
Bob Reich was Clinton’s first Labor Secretary and ran for governor of M*****achusetts in 2002. He doesn’t sound too pleased with what Bill has been up to lately. Robert Reich weighs in on the Clintons:
Bill Clinton’s Old Politics
I write this more out of sadness than anger. Bill Clinton’s ill-tempered and ill-founded attacks on Barack Obama are doing no credit to the former President, his legacy, or his wife’s campaign. Nor are they helping the Democratic party. While it may be that all is fair in love, war, and politics, it’s not fair – indeed, it’s demeaning – for a former President to say things that are patently untrue (such as Obama’s anti-war position is a “fairy tale”) or to insinuate that Obama is injecting race into the race when the former President is himself doing it. Meanwhile, the attack ads being run in South Carolina by the Clinton camp which quote Obama as saying Republicans had all the ideas under Reagan, is disingenuous. For years, Bill Clinton and many other leading Democrats have made precisely the same point – that starting in the Reagan administration, Republicans put forth a range of new ideas while the Democrats sat on their hands. Many of these ideas were wrong-headed and dangerous, such as supply-side economics. But for too long Democrats failed counter with new ideas of their own; they wrongly *****umed that the old Democratic positions and visions would be enough. Clinton’s 1992 campaign – indeed, the entire “New Democratic” message of the 1990s – was premised on the importance of taking back the initiative from the Republicans and offering Americans a new set of ideas and principles. Now, sadly, we’re witnessing a smear campaign against Obama that employs some of the worst aspects of the old politics.
“Jumping the Broom is indeed a beautiful tradition.”
@Daisy Mae (lovely and amazing)
oh yes, I agree, jumping the broom is a beautiful tradition, especially with your brother, eh Daisy?
You are way out of pocket linking Dr. Angelou to those slave *****ogies simply for endorsing Hillary, but it’s nothing new. You’re just sticking to your script. Putting Maya Angelou under the “Ho Sit Down” category was beyond disrespectful, and you know it. There were a million different ways, that Bossip could’ve phrased that, for example, “Bitty Sit Down” “Old Bat Sit Down”, but no, they chose “Ho, sit Down,” and here you are mocking those who stood up in her defense. You are not doing yourself or your Obama cause any favors with your race baiting and slave rhetoric. It’s just making you look that much more irrational and cartoonish. Yesterday, was not a good look for Obama supporters, and not just because Hillary routed Obama in Florida winning 50% of the Dem Primary (even though she’ll get no delegates from the victory).
Jumping the Broom is a tradition between husband and wife. It started with African slaves for who it was illegal to get married. It is a glorious and triumphant American tradition!
You are entitled to your opinion and I am entitled to mine. My opinion is that Maya Angelou’s endorsement of Hillary is a contradiction to her body of work and self-proclaimed image as all wise mother and encourager of black people.
Ho Sit Down is not a sexual reference, it is a figure of speech referring to men and women whose ideals are perceived as for sale by Bossip. An opinion Bossip is entitled to. It’s anyone’s choice to read the site or not, and you know it.
Lighten up! I was just kidding when I sas she was a good mammy to Chelsea. You are taking things way to seriously. It’s just a gossip site.
OBAMA 2008!
YES HE CAN!
OBAMA 2008!
Obama
YES HE CAN
Hillary is getting the “Charlie Rangles and others wanting handouts”. Obama can not be bought and will not trade some promises for a vote. The Clintons are the worst when they think something iis in their way. Any woman that would stay with her husband after the world learned of his many women, just for politics, is horrible in my sight. She would rather run for office than to keep her dignity.
The next president is not going to be black, I’m sorry…. People ask me, why, as a black woman, are you not supporting Obama? I will not support Obama, not because, he’s not intelligent and qualified but, because, this country is not ready for an African-American/Black President. There are too many racist people out here. Haven’t you seen the way that other African-American’s in the lime-light have been forsaken (Mike Vick, Barry Bonds, Al Sharpton…)? It’s no coincidence. White’s may say one thing but, when they go into the voting booth, they can flip the script. This is all a strategic plan by the Republicans to guarantee the their position in the Whitehouse the next go round. I’m not falling for it. I’m voting for the next viable candidate that can win. That’s the bottom-line.
@ not hatin just real
Forsaken? I will leave the Al Sharpton piece alone (he CALLS the cameras!), but there are plenty of black athletes that keep fans despite cheating on their wives for years (MJ), gambling issues (MJ), drugs (LT), etc. Barry Bonds treated the media like crap for YEARS – his own teammates hate him too – and last I checked, Roger Clemens was not being let off of the hot seat, and he is not black.
Michael Vick’s dogfighting was vile. The saddest part about that situation however was not that America “turned its back” on a black man, but that Americans became hysterical over his abuse of dogs when so many professional athletes abuse their wives/girlfriends without it becoming a national crisis (paging Kidd, Jason).
As for America not being ready for a black president, it doesn’t get much whiter than Iowa, and they were plenty ready. America was not and will never be ready for shakedown artists like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, but Obama has m***** appeal. This kind of logic is self-defeating.
Finally, do you really think Hillary Clinton is a more viable candidate than Obama? Edwards is out. In national polling Obama is the only Democrat who competes head to head against McCain, the GOP front-runner. Do you really think Republicans will cross over to vote for Hillary? If she is the nominee, a LOT of Democrats will cross over to vote for McCain.
@ rosie
We need to stop saying is America “ready” for ___________. As if a woman, black, gay or drunk Texan is somehting we have to brace ourselves for. Even worse, that the majority has to decide together before they will decide as individuals. It is really bad how the media tries to play with you mind with these phrases. Don’t believe that hype!
“Jumping the Broom is a tradition between husband and wife. It started with African slaves for who it was illegal to get married. It is a glorious and triumphant American tradition!
You are entitled to your opinion and I am entitled to mine. My opinion is that Maya Angelou’s endorsement of Hillary is a contradiction to her body of work and self-proclaimed image as all wise mother and encourager of black people.
Ho Sit Down is not a sexual reference, it is a figure of speech referring to men and women whose ideals are perceived as for sale by Bossip. An opinion Bossip is entitled to. It’s anyone’s choice to read the site or not, and you know it.
Lighten up! I was just kidding when I sas she was a good mammy to Chelsea. You are taking things way to seriously. It’s just a gossip site”
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@Daisy Mae (Lovely and Amazing)
Oh, save it. You and I both know that if Bossip told Michelle Obama “Ho, Sit Down,” that you would be livid. How many times do I have to tell you that you’re not fooling anyone, and it’s only making you look dimwitted and desperate. I know the history of jumping the broom, and given your comments, I completely understand why you would embrace doing doing it with your brother.
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“Hillary is getting the “Charlie Rangles and others wanting handouts”. Obama can not be bought and will not trade some promises for a vote. The Clintons are the worst when they think something iis in their way. Any woman that would stay with her husband after the world learned of his many women, just for politics, is horrible in my sight. She would rather run for office than to keep her dignity.”
@Flanders Annapolis
“Obama can’t be bought”
Another quote from the Obama book of fairy tales. Obama is benefitting from money raised by special interest of 527 groups (Vote Hope and PowerPac.org just to name a few). Hillary does the same thing, except, unlike Obama, she’s isn’t self-righteous and hypocritical about it, nor does she critize others for receiving campaign help from 527’s. Why do you automatically *****ume that a black person has to be bought off to endorse Hillary? Do whites have to be offered the same incentives to vote for Obama?
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“The next president is not going to be black, I’m sorry…. People ask me, why, as a black woman, are you not supporting Obama? I will not support Obama, not because, he’s not intelligent and qualified but, because, this country is not ready for an African-American/Black President.”
@NOT HATIN’
There are a laundry list of reasons not to vote for Obama without having to resort to that. That whole “Don’t vote for him because he’s black and you want the Dem’s to win” is just the wrong attitude to have. It’s really no different from people saying the same about Hillary because she’s a woman.
There is a laundry list. not, there are
Who is Daisy Mae? and I don’t know James let alone am I related to him. You are making things up.
whoopi actually made some valid points. but of course, everyone who supports obama will dismiss it. interesting, because obama and his campaign have engaged in numerous tactics that also smack of race baiting. michelle obama CONTINUES to bring out bill clinton’s “fairy tale” comment, knowing he was referring to obama’s stance on the war. i’m black and a woman — proud to see both candidates running and happy to be a part of this election. with that said, i’m not drinking anyone’s kool aid just because he is black or because she is a female. this country is in dire straits — elect someone who can actually bring about the change obama speaks about relentlessly, but with little to no policy to back up his promises. when i make that *****ysis, it becomes clear that hillary is getting my vote.
Hey Obama supporters, you can begin to celebrate now. Here is how it will go down. Barack obama will win the democratic primary, he will go up against mccain and then he will beat mccain to be the first black president in history. But before that Edwards will drop out the race and and he will endorse obama, he was also chosen to be obamas vice president, i am not too sure if he has accepted, but thats the way it will go. Your new president will be black. So all the racist whites and angry Hispanics and self-hating blacks and bitter Asians, get use to 8 yrs of barack obama, he has been chosen to be your new president. wow!
JFK was against affirmative action & a proponent of tax cuts for all. Obama is smooth & glib, but no JFK. Btw, Obama is not going to win the nomination because he is anti-establishment i.e he is not down for the “struggle”. He believes that every American can make it if he/she works hard & that goes against the democratic party’s mantra that white racism is a major problem in America. I’m a black man & I think those African-americans who think we still live in the Jim Crow era are lazy & stupid.
@ Uncle Ruckus
@ tj
Thank you for calling it about Billary and liberal racism. Been saying this for years. But our folks insist on thinking that self-serving white liberal racism and hypocrisy is good for them. So called progressive movements started by liberal whites for liberal white who expect black people to fall in line behind them. When you do not fall in line, they show you just how racist they are.
Hillary is a cl*****ic racist liberal who depite all her so-called civil rights blah blah blah can’t help but hate Obama for not falling in line and “letting her go first”.
But she defends her sleezy w***** husband who is her real nemesis with all his phony I love my wife grandstanding. She’s a darn fool to stay married to and go on national tv defending and pretending with a man who was so unprofessional, base and trifling to engage in cigar sex in the oval office with a teenage white house intern, and got caught, and lied about it.
Hillary knows our country needs a President like Obama. And she wishes she had a faithful and dignified husband like Michelle Obama.
Under any other cir*****stance (like Hillary not being desperate and greedy) Mrs. Clinton would be doing somersaults to endorse Obama. But she’s such a cl*****ic white racist liberal who conveniently lose their “progressive” values when they want something a black person has.
OBAMA 2008!
YES HE IS!
YES HE CAN!
YES HE WILL!
OBAMA 2008!
VOTE OBAMA! I really want to see Barack, Michelle and the little sisters in the White House!