Change the game…

Obama is what this country needs, a voice that people will believe.

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?

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

nobody 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

MYSPACE.COM/THAGRINDAHOLIC

“GRIND OR DIE”

candy karma

@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 spawns businesses, new ideas, economic stimuli..This country will be in recession by the end of the year..do we want the same lame-ass 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 niggers 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 passing 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 .

@ 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 Wassup 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!

Obama!!!

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.

@ 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 ass, case closed.

I support Barack Obama 100%

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 assumed 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

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- Mass.). 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 assume. There are black people on every economic level. Raise your standards up.

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 pass 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.

@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 niggers 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.

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.

Bob Reich was Clinton’s first Labor Secretary and ran for governor of Massachusetts 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 assumed 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.

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 mass 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!

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 analysis, 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.

VOTE OBAMA! I really want to see Barack, Michelle and the little sisters in the White House!