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Re: John Edwards Delivers Some Code in Iowa

NMP — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:30:00 -0000

I agree that Obama's campaign is sending signals of disorganization, but I don't think that we as community should be jumping on the bandwagon of declaring him a Black racist. The mainstream White and Jewish media did this twenty years ago with Rev. Jackson. You all know as evidenced by his words and deeds that Senator Obama doesn't have a racist bone in his body. As he said, it was stupidity on the part of his campaign but not a reflection of his feelings. It is outrageous that some are now trying to draw comparisons with the remarks of a long known racist like George Allen. Forgive the pun, be it is indeed like comparing night and day or Black and White. The memo was stupid, but it wasn't racist!

Re: Ok, I’m Getting Legitimately Excited About Obama

NMP — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 12:54:00 -0000

Anonymous,

Interesting that you chose to post anonymously. I wouldn't want my identity attached to such non-sense either. Nothing, politically, annoys me more than one issue voters. Sure, Ron Paul is against the War, but Ron Paul is also pro-life. Ron Paul is also a STRONG advocate of judicial constraint, which means he views decisions like Brown vs. Board of Education as unconstitutional. Moreover, Ron Paul voted against Rosa Parks receiving the Congressional Medal of Freedom, which even left the likes of Trent Lott apalled.

Re: 20 Loopholes in the Senate Amnesty Bill

NMP — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 13:01:00 -0000

What I don't understand is how any politician or pro-immigration advocate can argue that the country is in desparate need of unskilled labor at the same time there is upwards of a 14% Black unemployment rate. Why won't so-called civil rights groups and the CBC at the very least ask for a moratorium and pump money into a REAL nationwide job outreach and training program in urban and southern communities?

Re: Obama Is Not Playing

NMP — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 16:43:00 -0000

"While the total is impressive, the fact that it's all short term money suggests that even Obama's donors are aware of the challenge the campaign faces from Hillary Clinton..."

Have to strongly disagree! Obama's campaign has purposely been appealing to donors for $2,300 or less to demonstrate his prowess in each fund-raising cycle. It would not bode well to max out donors in the first fund-raising cycle only to see his numbers decline in the second, third or fourth. As long as he maintains the same number of donors giving the same amount throughout the primaries, he will lead or remain competitive in the fund-raising race. The most astounding number is the number of donors--OVER 250,000 with no PAC money. No one can hate on that. And lastly, a nominee doesn't need to compete for money; it rolls in automatically.

Re: Hot Ghetto Greed

NMP — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:19:00 -0000

BET attempting to raise social consciousness? Sorry, dna, that's a hard sell. Please be aware that BET's new summer line up also incudes a new show hosted by D.L. Hughley who recently appeared on Jay Leno, with an audience probably 100x that of the former Don Imus show, defending Imus. Moreover and more shameful, he called the young women of the Rutger's ladies basketball team some of the ugliest and nappy-headed women he had ever seen in his life--all for White folks entertainment. It would seem to me if BET was elevating its social consciousness, they wouldn't have hired Hughley. BET's programming hasn't changed. It's still 24 hour cooning.

Re: CBC Still Pushing Fox Debate…Even Though No One Is Going

NMP — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:21:00 -0000

"Regardless of how one feels about Obama as a candidate, his presence alone makes competition for black votes more fierce, and forces the other major candidates to respect our concerns."

dnA,

Thanks for being one of the few to give recognition to this. You got a lot of Black folk taking to the mic and camera criticizing Obama, but what they fail to recognize or at least give recognition to is that if not for Obama in the race (forgive the unintended pun), the media and the Democratic Party would NOT be giving this much attention to Black voters and issues. If he doesn't get the nomination, you won't here Black, race, urban agenda, etc. mentioned during the entire general election campaign.

Re: The Cooning of Black Entertainment

NMP — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:44:00 -0000

WHY we can't get complex portrayals of Black people on our screen without them being attached to someone not Black?

Girl, At this point, I would just be happy to turn on the tv and NOT see a Black person dancing and singing in a commercial. I don't know any Black folks that get so excited about macaroni 'n cheese, kool-aid or even a car that they break out into song and dance.

P.S.: Anyone out there that still needs proof that we have sunk to an all time low as a people, I suggest you take a look at the 'hottest' video in rotation on BET and MTV, "Hey Bay Bay". I thought it was a joke about the growing minstrelity of hip hop, but no such luck. It's painfully real. They even got a toddler in the video coonin'.

Re: Hollywood And The Civil Rights Movement

NMP — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:32:00 -0000

dNa,

I read the article in yesterday's post and immediately sent an email to the reporter informing her too about 'Boycott', which was complete with extraordinary performances from Jeffrey Wright, Terence Howard and others. Wright's protrayal of Dr. King was mesmerizing! I also told her to pick up a copy of 'Keep the Faith Baby', starring Harry J. Lennix as Adam Clayton Powell, Jr and Vanessa Williams, as well as '10,000 men named George', starring Andre Brauer as A. Philip Randolph. Both films had stellar performances on par with 'Boycott'. Yes, it's sad that none of these films made it to the big screen, but nonetheless they were released on HBO and Showtime, so they were exposed to very large audiences. And more of us should be watching before complaining that there haven't been any quality productions about the movement. Personally, I think it would be impossible and somewhat insulting to try to digest a 30 year movement (not 10 as she states) into a 2 or 3 hour movie. Let's start chronologically with the founding of the NAACP. If there is one man that deserves an epic made of his life, it's W.E.B. DuBois, arguably the greatest intellect in the history of this country.

Re: Hollywood And The Civil Rights Movement

NMP — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:38:00 -0000

BTW, you are right that the civil rights movement began in 1865; I was referring to the "modern day" civil rights movement in my last post. 1930 being a conservative starting point.

Re: Hollywood And The Civil Rights Movement

NMP — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:30:00 -0000

dNa,

Is that a serious possibility or are you just hoping?

Re: Free The Jena Six Now

NMP — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:40:00 -0000

Do you know what actions the NAACP is taking in providing or funding a defense for the kids? What about the possibility of live feed of the trial (God forbid it goes that far) on BET and TV One?

Re: Obama Faces Doubts Among "Almost a Dozen" South Carolina Blacks

NMP — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:12:00 -0000

Consider the source. Nedra Pickler is an AP reporter who has been writing misleading headlines on or about the Senator for months.

Re: Barack Obama, Hip-Hop President?

NMP — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:51:00 -0000

I know this is off topic, but if Black folks wanted any futher evidene of the biased MSM coverage against Senator Obama, you need look no further than how they are reporting on Senator Obama's anti-terrorism speech delivered today. Beyond the misleading headlines saying he would invade Pakistan, which he did not, the media is portraying this as Obama stands alone picture with him on one side and the other Democratic contenders on the other side bashing him for what they call another example of his irresponsibility. Yes, Mr. "clean and articulate" Biden called Senator Obama irresponsible. But what they are NOT reporting is that Senator Clinton (and her husband by proxy) in an interview given AFTER Senator Obama's speech to a NH newspaper wholeheartedly agrees with Senator Obama. She even tried to out-hawk him by saying hunting down Al Qaeda and Bin Laden would beher "HIGHEST PRIORITY." But of course the MSM isn't reporting this because it doesn't lend to their theme of the young Black irresponsible and just plain stupid candidate. I'm sure readers would also be interested to know that the guy who crafted the speech is non other than Richard Clarke, the former counter-terrorism czar for both the Clinton and Bush administrations. You remember the guy who wrote that pesky little memo PRE-9/11 warning of an impending Al Qaeda attack on US soil. Call be young, Black, irresponsible and just plain stupid, but I think this guy might know a little something about the subject.

Re: Barack Obama, Hip-Hop President?

NMP — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:53:00 -0000

I guess the text of her comments would help. :-)

“I’ve long believed that we needed tougher, smarter action against terrorists by deploying more troops to Afghanistan, and if we had actionable intelligence that Osama bin Laden or other high-value targets were in Pakistan I would ensure that they were targeted and killed or captured,” Clinton said in an interview with American Urban Radio News Network. “And that will be my highest priority because they pose the highest threat to America.”

Clinton said she would first pursue diplomacy, but using her husband, former President Bill Clinton, as an example, took the same hawkish tack Obama had employed earlier in the day.

“But clearly we have to be prepared — as my husband was when he fired on training camps and as we must be with special operations, with using technology like the Predator [unmanned aerial vehicle] — to be constantly on the hunt for bin Laden and the other al Qaeda leadership,” Clinton said.

Re: Barack Obama, Hip-Hop President?

NMP — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 07:55:00 -0000

Hey, Rikyrah

I've missed you guys too! I've been really busy on a variety of projects that I don't have the time to invest in "real" work. Skeptical Brotha is just too intoxicating that I thought it best not to even stop by or risk losing my job. I do an occasional hit and run here on Jack and Jill, which I love by the way. I'll be back at SB really soon, but I'm sure you are keeping things poppin' while I'm gone. Take it easy!

Re: Dianne Feinstein’s Betrayal on Southwick Nomination

NMP — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 07:25:00 -0000

Rikyrah,

I knew you would be on top of this! I can't believe Feinstein would do this BS! What do you think the chances of Southwick getting out of committee were if the complaitant in the original case was Jewish and the slur was kike?

Re: Jesse Jackson Must Be Ecstatic about Jena

NMP — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:57:00 -0000

I could have free money in my pocket right now! I turned down a bet last week that Jesse Jackson, the great opportunist, would say something to make this Jena 6 case about himself. Damn!

Re: Morehouse to Institute Dress Code

NMP — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:43:00 -0000

WHAT'S UP, RIKYRAH!

I see you are still hell bent on educating us negroes! I hear where you are coming from, but I have no qualms with the dress code. In fact, I'm a huge advocate of school uniforms at the primary school level. Yes, one could argue uniformity of appearance is one step away from uniformity of thought, but from a practical perspective, uniforms work. Today's fashion is a less of expression of socio-political thought and more of an obnoxious display of trappings of success. If nothing else, it will put these kids on the road to better financial management by not spending an excessive percentage of their income on clothes.

Re: Al Gore Wins Nobel Peace Prize

NMP — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:23:00 -0000

"My dream ticket: Gore/Obama. After two terms as Veep, that experience argument just goes away."

Or maybe Obama should divorce Michelle then marry Chelsea and continue the inherited Clinton dynasty. :-)

Re: We Fall Down — Donnie McClurkin and Barack Obama

NMP — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:13:00 -0000

Bloggernista,

I challenge you to point out one Democrat running for election in the South or a Democratic presidential candidate that has NOT shared the stage with a Black religious leader that shares McClurklin's views. Since we're speaking amongst ourselves, let's be real. We all know that no less than at lest 75% of the African American community believes that homosexuality is a sin, but most of us live by the credo "hate the sin but love the sinner." Donnie McClurklin has been a mega star for years sharing the stage with many politicians and has appeared on countless television shows, including popular morning programs, Oprah and Girlfriends, and NO Black LGBT groups or white progressives took issue. The only reason that this is a big media story is because Senator Obama's name is attached to it. It certainly has never been an issue when Bill Clinton AND Hillary Clinton have attended countless Black churches with leaders that share McClurkin's views. Bishop Long of Georgia, an outspoken anti gay pastor, hosted Corretta Scott King's funeral which was attended by every noted political figure including Presidents Clinton and Bush, and was not met with any criticism. Why now? As far as losing some gay vote and/or white progressive votes, show me any measurable evidence that either group has ever swung a presidential election or state primary. By contrast, there is no disputing the importance of the Black Chrisitian vote in South Carolina. Hell, if not for the Black Christian vote in 2004, Bush would not have carried Ohio. And that's loosely quoting Bill Clinton who advised John Kerry to come out more forcefully against gay marriage. Black folks kill me with holding Senator Obama to a higher standard than you hold white politicians, namely Bill Clinton. We completely ignore and/or excuse Bill Clinton's political pragmatism in the name of victory. Black folks didn't have a problem with Bill Clinton's 'bubba' strategy, carting out his life-long friend and mentor, William Fulbright, a life-long segregationist, on the campaign trail or bestowing him with the presidential medal of freedom to sure up the 'bubba' vote. But now we want to join white progressives in condemning Senator Obama for sharing the stage--for one night--with Donnie McClurklin when we all know damn well that his views are well withing the mainstream of the Black church and the Black community.

Re: We Fall Down — Donnie McClurkin and Barack Obama

NMP — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:08:00 -0000

Bruce,

Rikyrah made it clear--and I share her belief--that homosexuality is genetic and not a sin. Let me ask you this...when Senator Obama spoke out against homophobia in the Black community during both the HU and HRC debates, why didn't Irene, Earl Hutchinson and other serial critics of Senator Obama use that as a springboard to launch a much overdue discussion on the issue? Why the dead silence then and such vocal criticism now? Nothing is ever good enough for Obama haters. He's damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. To my knowledge, he is the ONLY candidate who has spoken publicly about the issue and not just now but on previous occassions directly confronting Black clergy in the South. But of course he gets no credit for that. Instead, he gets criticism for airing our dirty laundry in front of white folks. Be honest, this is not as much about Donnie McClurkin as it is about furthering opposition against Senator Obama using whatever means at your disposal.

P.S.: He's now being criticized for his association for Floyd Mayweather. Seems odd that Floyd was celebrity contestant on Dancing with the Starts and no womens' groups, all supporting Hillary Clinton by the way, had an issue with him, ABC or Disney until it was reported he would be appearing with Senator Obama at a campaign event. This is some double standard BS and you know it!

Re: Giuliani Defends, Employs Priest Accused of Molesting Teens

NMP — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:01:00 -0000

Rikyrah,

You know I got nothing but love for you and there is NOTHING I hate more on this earth than a child molestor--NOTHING--but it's hard to get outraged by this when so many Democrats and LGBT Community have turned a complete blind eye to the National Association of Man and Boy Love.

Re: Stanley O’Neal out at Merrill Lynch

NMP — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:09:00 -0000

Dick Parsons is also out at Time Warner. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that leaves only Kenneth Chenault at AMEX as the only remaining CEO of a Fortune 50 Company. They say these things happen in 3's. :-)

Re: Giuliani Defends, Employs Priest Accused of Molesting Teens

NMP — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:18:00 -0000

Rikyrah,

It goes without saying that you don't tow the Party line. :-). When I worked for a victims' rights organization (a lifetime ago), the LGBT Community's complete refusal to condemn NAMBLA was unfuriating! They maintained some BS argument that it was a vehicle that could be exploited to condemn homosexuality generally. WTF? Condemning having sex with underage boys is akin to condemning homosexuals? And it's not only the LGBT Community, but the ACLU as well. Talk about not knowing how to pick and choose your battles.

Re: Leslie Southwick Confirmed in Senate

NMP — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:21:00 -0000

I guess the LGBT Community and White progressives were so consumed with attacking Senator Obama over the views of an all powerful gospel singer that they couldn't be distracted by the mere confirmation of a federal judge who only has the power of effecting case law.

Re: The Sharpton Debate

NMP — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:18:00 -0000

I agree that he has been a tremendous draw for attention to issues, but the double edge sword is that the issue ultimately gets trivialized or overshadowed by his presence.

Re: The Sharpton Debate

NMP — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:08:00 -0000

"When will Black people start doing more? Its always the few that do and then I have to deal with those who sit back on their butts and criticize."

Symphony,

That's the assumption you make because you don't see US in the news. Black folks and decent White folks are "doing" everyday without demanding a bull horn or soap box. There's a lot to be said for "doing" without asking for credit or adulation. Check out the work of the Sentencing Project or the Southern Povery Law Center and tell me otherwise. While I readily concede there is still a lot more do be done, the progress that we've made in the last 4 decades is no small feat and the unsung heroes--the vast majority of hardworking and community-minded Black folks--deserve far more credit than what we are given.

Anonymous, rather than calling Al Sharpton--who has no law degree--you might want to think about calling a Black attorney. While Al Sharpton is holding court on the sidewalk, your attorney will be in court--where it counts.

Re: Dick Parsons to Step Down as Time Warner CEO

NMP — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:04:00 -0000

Rikyrah,

There have been rumors for over a year or so that he wants to run for Mayor NYC.

Re: Hillary Clinton Playing the White Woman Card

NMP — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:19:00 -0000

"Black women are only "SISTERS", when it's convenient for White women. If it's not, then you know where you are shoved."

Talk to me, sistah! It's absolutely amazing how many sistahs have actually brought into this sisterhood BS! In recent years as affirmative action has come under intense assault, how many prominent White women have been forceful advocates for its survival? Despite being the primary benefactors, they have largely stayed out of sight? How often, if ever, have you seen N.O.W. or Emily's list help propel the candidacies of African American women? They damn sure were M.I.A. when Carol Moseley Bruan was running for President. It doesn't matter that she didn't have a viable chance; they should have been championing her effort. Pulling no punches, a White woman calling a Black man sexist pisses me the fuck off (excuse my language)! Senator Obama needs to remind Geraldine that he is only the 5th African American to be elected to the US in the history of this country and the ONLY one currently serving. 3 times that many White women are currently serving. Talk about revisionist history. Let them tell it, we were lounging on the porch swing drinking mint julips while poor White women were toiling in the fields.

Re: Showtime at the Apollo, featuring Barack Obama. Why Wait

NMP — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 12:18:00 -0000

I hope everyone is closely watching how Cathy Hughes conducts hersel during today's TV One Democratic Presidential Candidate Forum. It may very well be the first time in mondern history that a debate or forum is moderated by someone who has donated and tacitly endorsed one of the candidates, Sentor Clinton. Weeks before Michelle Obama incited the manufactured controversy that Black folks would "wake up" to the possibility of a Black President, Cathy Hughes, during her one-on-one interview with Senator Clinton and later joined by Charlie Rangel, IMPLORED Black folks to "wake up" because "the presidency can not afford on the job training." We don't need to debate who she was referring to. It's just sad that such an accomplished sistah, like Hughes, would employ White elitist talking points against a brotha who has done nothing wrong other than believe the he doesn't have to limit himself. As I recall, Hughes was sweet on Obama until he helped defeat Michael Steele in Maryland whom Hughes had endorsed. Something to think about.

Re: Live Blogging the Heartland Democratic Presidential Forum

NMP — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:10:00 -0000

I just did a cursory glance of the live blog transcript, and excuse me if I missed it, but it seems that you didn't zone in on the biggest news of the day: Hillary Clinton opposes retroactivity for crack cocaine convictions!

Black folks have been decrying the injustice of the disparity between crack cocaine and powder cocaine sentencing for decades now. However, they never held Bill Clinton responsible for vetoing his own sentencing commission's guidelines to end the disparity. Now today Hillary Clinton continues his cowardly legacy by coming out against retroactivity that would lessen the sentences of those currently serving time. Is she going to get a pass too??? Let's see how her Black supporters spin this!

Re: Live Blogging the Heartland Democratic Presidential Forum

NMP — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:28:00 -0000

Rikyrah,

As soon as I saw the headline on the Atlantic, I came here because I knew YOU would pick up on it!

Baratunde,

My apologies!!! It seems that two minority forums in one day was a little much for the MSM to cover with confusing the two. :-) She made the remarks at the Black and Brown Forum after the Heartland Forum. The question now begs is the Black press finally going to stop asking why Senator Obama isn't getting the love of Black folks and asking do the Clinton truly deserve our love?

Re: Hillary Clinton Comes out AGAINST Retroactivity for Drug Sentencing

NMP — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:42:00 -0000

AAPP, are you serious? Black folks have been castigating Senator Obama for not standing up for us for fear of alienating White voters, which is absolutely FALSE. Now that he's taking a principled position on an issue that almost exclusively effects our community, albeit not very politically prudent especially in a lilly White state like Iowa, you're going to criticize him for being too militant? Ain't this some sh*t?

Re: Hillary Clinton Comes out AGAINST Retroactivity for Drug Sentencing

NMP — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:52:00 -0000

Rikyrah,

Thanks, girl!!! I'm keeping my eye on Marian Wright Edelman. She's been torn between loyalty to the Clinton's and her personal affection and admiration for Senator Obama. Let's see if this knocks her off the fence. She's been decrying the modern-day slavery system that we call the Amercan penal system for a very long time, but nonetheless gave Bill Clinton a pass. I'm hoping she says enough is enough, especially in light of her recent blog on Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marian-wright-ede... Arriana Huffington will highlight Clinton's stance as well because she wrote a highly critical column in the LA Times just a couple of months ago criticizing Obama, Clinton and Edwards for not taking a more vocal stand against crack cocaine sentencing.

P.S.: I miss you all too at SB! Out of sight is not out of mind, know that! I'll be back soon when I have more time for vigorous debates. Keep holding it down, girl!

Re: Chris Matthews Wants To Sponsor Obama For Just 25 Cents A Day

NMP — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:49:00 -0000

Rikyrah,

Uppity is usually followed by Nigger, whether expressly spoken or not...I have no doubt that's what they are thinking.

Re: Hillary Staffer Pushes Obama/Madrassa Smear

NMP — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:58:00 -0000

I get irate when I receive even slightly inappropriate emails to my work email account. There is no way in hell that I'm going to believe that someone received such a blatantly racist email and decided to further it in an effort to show people how dirty the campaign is getting! If that was truly her objective, she should have looked down at her keyboard and used it to write an accompanying note. Keep in mind this email came on the heels of Howard Wolfson's appearance on Face the Nation in which he said in a very ominous tone and without any substantiation, "America doesn't know everything there is to know about Senator Obama." Also, look closely at the Campaign's press release…do you seen apology or acknowledgement that the accusation is a lie? I believe, in my heart-of-hearts, that Hillary Clinton is willing to take a soft hit on this to accomplish her larger objective of cementing just enough doubt in the minds of White Iowans who may not be deliberate racists, but have so little interaction and comfort with Black folks that they couldn’t bring themselves to vote for Senator Obama without feeling a twinge of discomfort and concern. Clinton Mission Accomplished!

Re: Andrew Young, I Hereby Revoke Your Black Card

NMP — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:35:00 -0000

I am no where near a good enough word smith to convey how deeply betrayed I feel by Andrew Young, John Lewis et al. I can not believe that these were supposed to be the keepers of the flame.

Re: Obama Pulls Ahead in S. Carolina. Oprah Effect?

NMP — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:47:00 -0000

Rikyrah,

The Clinton campaign has decided to use retroactivity for crack cocaine sentences as part of their argument for his unelectability.

The primary argument against his electability are polls that say DEMOCRATS THINK she is the most electable. So now it comes down to what Democrats think rather than reality? I hope and expect that Senator Obama will respond that Senator Clinton confuses perception with reality...while Demcorats THINK she is the most electable, the same polls she cites say otherwise. In head-to-head match-ups, she performs the worse, the only Democrat that loses to McCaine and does the worse against Giuliani, Romney and Hucabee.

As to retroactivity, Obama merely needs to tout the recent decision by the Supreme Court that hands discretion BACK to Federal Judges and the Sentencing Commission moving forward with retroactivity, as Ambinder points out.

The larger question for the hankerchief heads, as you like to call them, supporting Hillary Clinton is will they join her in effectively using a Wille Horton on Obama...using the unjust incarceration of mostly Black men as a wedge issue to scare White folks against Obama?

http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/12/clinton_will_close_on_electabi_1.php

Re: Obama Pulls Ahead in S. Carolina. Oprah Effect?

NMP — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:38:00 -0000

Rikyrah,

Update: Not only does the Supreme Court and Bush's Sentencing Commission agree with Obama, but Kennedy has an even more stiffer bill to end the disparity co-sponsored with Orin Hatch. Joe Biden has an even tougher bill. So she's not only to the right of the Democratic Party leadership. She's too the right of Anthony Scalia and Orin Hatch. Good God, she's making this too easy!

Re: What Diana Ross and Mahogany Can Tell Us About Oprah and Obama

NMP — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:55:00 -0000

Jill, I have to co-sign with Rikyrah; this was really deep! A must share! You know Louis Farrakhan is often described as the one free negro in America. I couldn't help but think that Oprah Winfrey is demonstrating that she is in that most exclusive pantheon as well. For all the criticism she gets of not 'being down' with Black folks, she was the one negro willing to actually put something significant--a billion dollar industry--at stake to support a brother.

Re: Bill Clinton on Charlie Rose about Obama - ‘ Who does he think he is?’

NMP — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:20:00 -0000

I like John Edwards, but the same damn thing goes for him too! He's joined in on tag teaming Senator Obama over his "qualifications" for office. Over the weekend, Joe Trippi cited an internal Edwards' poll that says 3/4 of Americans don't think Obama is qualified. Why the hell has John Edwards been given a free pass on experience? He's been running for President almost as long as his ENTIRE elected office career. He served ONE--I REPEAT ONE--term in the Senate. That is his entire political vitae. Yet, he's perceived as being more experienced than Obama. Why? Yes, I concede that his ubiquitous presence on the campaign trail lends to the appearance that he has been serving in public office several years. However, you can not convince me that him being a White male does play a factor. The experience question is very rarely, if ever, raised with White candidates no matter how short their resumes.

Re: Bill Clinton on Charlie Rose about Obama - ‘ Who does he think he is?’

NMP — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:25:00 -0000

"Anonymous said...
To answer Bill Clinton's question, can someone whose prior experience consisted of eight years in the Illinois state legislature and two years in Congress make a good president?

It turns out this has happened before. The president's name: Abraham Lincoln

Sun Dec 16, 04:32:00 PM 2007"

If the Obama Comm's Team were smart (and that's an open debate), your suggeston would be a commercial...

Have a blank screen flashing all of the comments of his critics about how someone with his limited experience is ready for the presidency...then the question "Are they right?" then a pregnant pause with a slow fade-in of Abraham Lincoln with Obama saying something like "History says otherwise."

Re: Bob Kerrey on Barack Obama — A Modest Translation

NMP — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:08:00 -0000

Love it! Jill, you'll have to expound on your "soft spot" for the Clintons. I'm one of the few who just don't get the infatuation.

I know conventional wisdom says these tactics will backfire, but I can't help but think it's dirty but quite effective in two of the 'whitest' states in the country whose citizens' "familiarity" with Black folks is limited media images of exagerrated Black male criminality. Polls released today show her bouncing back. What accounts for this sudden change? The White "liberal" media will attribute it to concerns of "electability" or some other bull shit like she's proving her "likeability". These 'pat themselves on the back' White liberals will never broach the subject of racism within the Democratic party. As far as they are concerned, it's non-existant. Hell, Pat Buchanan was allowed to say twice in the last week on MSNBC that the allegations of drug dealing must be true; otherwise, Shaheen would not have brought them up, and not one of the other ALL WHITE panelists objected. Chris Matthews was unsuccessful at getting anyone on his ALL WHITE panel to say it was dirty. Chris Cillizza of WaPo shrugged it off as politics as usual. Forgive me if I thought the era of the Dixicrats was over and that such racist attacks were no longer politics as usual.

You know the old joke, "What do you call a Black man with a PhD? A Nigger." In this case, "What do you call a Black Harvard Law grad, US Senator and devoted husband and father? a drug dealing muslim."

Unfortunately, the joke is on all of us.

Re: Bob Kerrey on Barack Obama — A Modest Translation

NMP — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:15:00 -0000

Rikyrah,

Tavis Smiley said last week that if Huckabee is the nominee, Democrats are in for a rude awakening. He reminded/informed that Huckabee consistantly got half of the Black vote in AR. You yourself said that you found him inexplicably appealing after the first Republican debate. And you were not alone. I can not tell you the number of Black folks who said the same thing.

What that whole Donnie McClurkin dust up proved is how out-of-touch White "liberals" are with Black folks. They don't understand the religious and socially conservative nature of Black folks, but they soon might find out if Huckabee is the nominee. He could peel off enough Black Christian votes in FL and OH to win. If he does become the nominee, I bet they'll have second thoughts on having "gay bashing" gospel singers under the Democratic tent. :-)

Re: Bob Kerrey on Barack Obama — A Modest Translation

NMP — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:36:00 -0000

Hey, Y'all

I sent Ben Smith of the Politico an email yesterday criticizing the lack of coverage and critical commentary from White journalists on the recent racist and bigoted attacks on Senator Obama by Clinton Surrogates. I mentioned that Jack and Jill and other Black blogs were frequently cited when waxing about "is he Black enough?," but on this subject it's been a virtual 'black out'. He responded to my email, and I see today he gives a shout out to Jack and Jill...

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/

Re: Bob Kerrey on Barack Obama — A Modest Translation

NMP — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:48:00 -0000

Rikyrah,

Michael Steele! Michael Steele! Michael Steele!

I've been saying for months that Michael Steele will get the VP slot for whomever is the Republican nominee.

Democrats can sleep on Huckabee all they want, but they are about to get a hell of a wake up call if he gets the nomination. Of course, he's not going to peel off enough Black votes to have any significant impact in traditional "blue" states, but he can peel off enough Jesus LOVIN' Black folks in OH and FL to win soundly. They are soon going to find out Bill Clinton does not have a lock-hold on charming Black folks. What the hell is Hillary going to do...stay at home and let Bill be the surrogate nominee?

The elitist and "progressive" arm of the Democratic Party still doesn't seem to understand the importance of likeability. Hillary Clinton can do as many Madonna like "reinvention" tours she likes, but she's NEVER going to be liked outside of the Democratic Party. Huckabee and Obama (and Edwards too to a certain degree) are liked by friend and foe alike.

Re: Bob Kerrey on Barack Obama — A Modest Translation

NMP — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:55:00 -0000

Rikyrah,

You have to read: http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=314e8...>

Re: Just in case you thought Kerrey’s apology MEANT ANYTHING

NMP — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:40:00 -0000

Rikyrah,

I hate to go off topic, but did you read Jerome Armstrong's post today on 'Obama and the Latino Vote'? I'm speechless! How quickly do you think this would be made into a major story if this was posted on a popular conservative blog? I think the most UNDER reported story during this entire campaign is the Blacklash (yeah, I said it right)Senator Obama is receiving from White Progressives, most notably Taylor Marsh, Paul Krugman and Jerome Armstrong. They initially tried to couch their hatred in policy issues, but it's becomeing crystal clear that this about the man or should I say the "makeup" of the man. Jerome just said fuck it, "don't vote for Obama (or any Black person) because he can't get the Latino vote because they hate niggers." Maybe it's just me, but I have a problem with a White person telling US--the base of the Party--that we have to take a back seat to Latino hatred of African Americans. I can't even gather my thoughts right now.

Re: Barack Obama for President

NMP — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:47:00 -0000

PutzFinder,

Do us all a favor...compare the records of Obama and Edwards rather than the rhetoric than tell us with any degree of credibility that Edwards is more progressive than Obama. Edwards 1.0 was as centrist as they come. He fashioned himself a more attractive Bill Clinton--straight down the middle. When that didn't work, he re-invented himself, in the tradition of all good entertainers, as dustbowl, Hughey Long type populist. However, his record doesn't match the rhetoric. On lobby reform, civil justice reform, health care reform, Senator Obama has a proven record. Show me Edwards'? Not rhetoric, but actually passed legislation.

Re: Barack Obama for President

NMP — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:57:00 -0000

Rikyrah,

I'm so nervous, girl, I can barely compose myself. I'll take a stab at challenging Edwards' electability. Generically, any White male candidate has an advantage over a candidate of color or woman. However, specific to Edwards, he has shown that this has NOT been an advantage for him in presidential politics.

He was put on the ticket in 2004 for one purpose and one purpose only: to win NC. He failed, miserably!

I would never discount his popularity in an almost majority white, semi-populist state like IA, but outside of the 'great white way' of IA (and NH) there is not one state that he could challenge Hillary Clinton for the nomination, not one. Yes, I know the argument is electability in the general, but you can't win the general without winning the nomination. Taking this out of the hypothetical and into the reality of identity politics of today, there is no way in hell that John Edwards could peel any measurable percentage of Black votes, specifically Black female votes, from Hillary Clinton aka Bill Clinton's wife. The same goes for Latino votes as well. Withot the minority vote, the Black vote specifically, you can't win the Dem nomination. Even if were able to sure up 100% of the White male vote in the Dem Party, it wouldn't be enough. The only thing an Edwards win in IA will mean is a smoother ride to the nomination for Hillary Clinton. He can be a spoiler, for Obama, but he can not be a winner.

Re: BARACK OBAMA -THE WINNER OF THE IOWA CAUCUS

NMP — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:53:00 -0000

Barack Obama, Baby!

I can't even craft the words to express how damn good I feel right now! I gotta' go scream and roll around on the floor some more.

Re: BARACK OBAMA -THE WINNER OF THE IOWA CAUCUS

NMP — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:41:00 -0000

Girl,

Crying ain't the word! It's not much that can get my sullen, too-cool teenage excited, but he tackled me, literally! Every time I pick up the phone all I'm getting is screaming from friends and family.

I can't believe this is happening!

BTW, it's not many things I would ever dare correct you on, but Obama's percentage is closer to 38% now.

Re: Ohio, Florida — Race, Voting and the 2008 Elections

NMP — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0000

I just saw this on abc news, and I couldn't wait until tomorrow to vent. Excuse my language, but any negro that continues to support Hillary Clinton after today is really fucked up in the head. The first OFFICIAL attack on Obama from the Clinton Campaign is on the issue of mandatory minimum sentencing, which has consistently been one of the critical issues of concern in the African American Community for over a decade.

It's bad enough that she opposed retroactivity for crack cocaine sentencing, but this is a spit in the face to the African American and Civil Rights Community that have been working diligently for almost two decades to end the injustice of federal mandatory minimum sentencing that has been almost exclusively reserved for crack cocaine sentencing.

Is she saying the Supreme Court (which has now given more discretion back to federal judges), the Sentencing Commission, the NAACP, the Urban League, and countless other civil justice and legal justice organizations are wrong?

When will Black folks wake up and see these Clintons for what they really are?

Re: Post-CNN analysis (videos included)

NMP — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 13:31:00 -0000

Baratunde,

You took the words out of my worth, word-for-word, "It was the first time I felt like an American" rather than American by default. The line of his victory speech that really started the tears rolling was when he said that only in America is my story even possible. It may be thing for all the problems this country has--AND THERE ARE MANY--it really truly is the only place that a minority, son of Black immigrant, could become the free leader of the world. I don't know I this thing is going to end, but I have to admit it felt damn good to feel like an American, EQUAL, just for a moment in time.

Re: Obama vs. Giuliani and Romney: Latest Poll

NMP — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:46:00 -0000

Rikyrah,

Hillary Clinton just played the ultimate White woman card. Crying! Unbelievable! And no doubt White women all over NH are going to eat it up. Anyone who believes the sincerety of this should not be allowed to vote. This occurs on the same day that she goes on Access of Hollywood--YES ACCESS HOLLYWOOD--decrying how woman are protrayed in the media, that are not allowed to show their human side without criticism. And then, on cue, she cries on the campaign trail. Message: The bad Black man is trying to steal what we, White woman, are entitled to.

Damn!

Re: Bradley Effect Rears Head In New Hampshire - CLinton Wins

NMP — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:19:00 -0000

Bradley effect in combination with the female sympathy vote. I knew when she shed those crocodile tears that there would be a dramatic swing. She's at her best when she plays the victim. Obama can't compete with that. Well, it was nice to feel like an American for a few days.

Re: Bradley Effect Rears Head In New Hampshire - CLinton Wins

NMP — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:43:00 -0000

Laura,

Those who say they decided today SAY they voted 37% for Obama and 36% for Obama. These numbers make no sense. They are clearly lying to pollsters. I could the pre-eledtion pollsters and exit pollsters have all gotten it wrong?

While we wanted to believe that IA was representative of the changing face of American is was merely an aberration. I just hope this is the LAST election in which IA and NH, two of the five whitest states, play such a key role in the nomination process.

Re: Reaction to NH Primary: Get the Patron, And Tell Em That It’s On

NMP — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 09:11:00 -0000

As pissed as I am about Hillary Clinton playing the victim card yet again, we can NOT let this disillusion us. He still gave withing 2% points of winning in a 98% White state. This means that that in states with REAL diversity, the Bradley effect will have only a minor effect. This loss should only compell us to fight harder. Black voters in SC have the real power in this election, and we have to spread that message to them and not allow them to give into their cynicism.

Re: Bradley Effect Rears Head In New Hampshire - CLinton Wins

NMP — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:18:00 -0000

Rikyrah,

Upon further examination of the inside numbers, I think there is a less pressing case for the Bradley effect. I suspect it had an impact with older voters who would not vote for a Black candidate under circumstance, but Obama did as well with men of all ages that Hillary did with women. It's hard to believe that White women in NH are more racist then men. I think this clearly the result of her protraying herself--YET AGAIN--as a victim. White women felt that she was on the verge of being deprived something owed to her and they swung to her side. That said, Obama needs to aim for well-educated women. He can't compete with poor White women, period. Moreover, there was a lower than expected youth turn out. Keep in mind that NHU was NOT in session.

All that said, he only lost by 2% points in the 2nd whitest state in the country. And that has to be the message sent to Black folks in SC. Moving forward, his ground troops have to focus on higher turnout among African Americans, the youth, men, and well-educated, professional White women who might be turned off to Hillary Clinton's professional victim act.

Re: Bradley Effect Rears Head In New Hampshire - CLinton Wins

NMP — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:24:00 -0000

"Obama made a tactical mistake in my judgment by no coming to her defense in some way."

I thought this was a presidential election not The High School Musical. John Edwards wife is dying of cancer and lost a teenage son. Why the hell should he feel sorry for Hillary Clinton simply because she's crying over her personal ambition!

Juxtapose Hillary Clinton with Bhutto who just got her damn head shot off and never cried a tear in public before that. This mass sympathy for a crying for a privileged White woman is really fucked up!

Re: Reaction to NH Primary: Get the Patron, And Tell Em That It’s On

NMP — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:04:00 -0000

"My concern is that some Black voters in SC are so conditioned to believe he can't win, that the New Hampshire loss will feed into that."

Or maybe that will be pissed that this was "stolen" from him? I'm not finding many Black women who were sympathetic to her tears. In fact, just the opposite. They see it for the ploy it was.

Re: Reaction to NH Primary: Get the Patron, And Tell Em That It’s On

NMP — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:08:00 -0000

Adam,

You are so right! Obama has to send the message that you can undue what was done in New Hampshire. Black folks have all the power in this election right now!

Re: Rally for Him NOW!

NMP — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:41:00 -0000

And think just a few months agon Melissa was one of Senator Obama's biggest critics!

Rikyrah,

As I said yesterday, I'd grown dubious of the Bradley effect, but something the hell went on that hasn't come to the surface.

I'm normally one who rejects conspiratorial theories and quiet as kept, as we both know, Black folks are the most conspiracy theory minded folks on the face of the Earth, but in fairness for damn good reason.

That said, help me understand why the EXIT polls were so wrong and Only on the Democratic side? I can understand and agree that there was a surge for Senator Clinton on Monday as the national and local news continuously ran the video of her misting up, which generated a lot of sympathy among women. BTW, as Keith Olbermann has repeatedly pointed out, most outlets did NOT play the FULL clip, only the portion that put her in a sympathetic light. I can't help but think many voters would have had the same reaction of the women who asked the question at the café if they had watched the full clip, which in the remaining portion, largely on-aired, she was trashing Senator Obama suggesting that he would somehow take the nation backwards. The women voted for Senator Obama for that very reason. But back to my main point: why did the EXIT polls accurately predict the Republican race and so inaccurately predict the Democratic race?

If we are to believe the pundits that people don’t like to be asked how they voted, we would have to believe that this ONLY occurred in NH and ONLY on the Democratic side and ONLY in this election. Are we to believe that 100% of Republicans tell the truth to exit pollers and only 60% of Democrats--and ONLY in NH and ONLY this year Why?

As I said, I'm not a conspiratorial nut, but this just doesn't make any sense. Whether this was the Bradley effect, which I doubt in any measurable way, or something more nefarious, an investigation needs to be launched. If it turns out the the Bradley effect was in effect, Democrats should not get a free ride on this. The Republicans have image problems when it comes to race relations, for good reason, but it should not be lost on anyone that the Democratic Party was the party of Jim Crow and if those vestiges still exist, they need to be called on the carpet for it. As you know better than anyone, the liberal leaning blogs have been tinged with nasty posts about Obama and why he shouldn't be the nominee because he's Black even going so far as to say that Latinos hate Blacks, so Obama would be a liability. This has fallen under the media radar, and I can't help but wonder why? If Senator Clinton can get free press saying that Senator Obama and John Edwards are getting a free ride, certainly there should be attention given to whether Senator Obama is facing an uphill battle within his own Party among Whites because of his race. Fair is fair!

Re: What Do You Think He Was About To Say?

NMP — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:04:00 -0000

You can't make this shit up. Clearly Hillary Clinton's supporters watch too many Black exploitation movies. First he was a drug dealer and now he's a pimp.

http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2008/01/hillary_supporter_andrew_cuomo_on_her_nh_win_you_cant_shuck_and_jive_w_press_corps.php

Re: Another ‘Isolated’ Racial Insult of Obama

NMP — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:51:00 -0000

MatthewCC,

Clearly you don't watch as many 1970's Blackexploitation movies apparently as Cuomo. This is not academic. This is the caricaturingo of Black folks that goes on behind the scenes every single day. What well-educated professional White person uses such terms in everyday conversation?

Re: Access To Power

NMP — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:37:00 -0000

Question to Steinman: Would Hillary Clinton be in the position she is if she were a Black woman?

Re: Who’s Talking About Obama’s ‘Blackness’?

NMP — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:13:00 -0000

Now this is some unbelievable shit:

"UPDATE: Introducing Senator Clinton in Columbia, SC, Johnson seemed to reference Sen Obama’s past drug use when talking about the Clinton’s long experience in the civil rights movement. “As an African American, I am frankly insulted that the Obama campaign would imply that we are so stupid that we would think Hillary and Bill Clinton, who have been deeply and emotionally involved in black issues when Barack Obama was doing something in the neighborhood that I won’t say what he was doing that he said it in his book,” he said."

Bob, mother fuckin', coon network Johnson throwing salt at Senator Obama?

Re: Oreos And House Negroes: The Clinton Strategy Explained

NMP — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:03:00 -0000

I'm so sick of the Clintons and White Liberals generally with their patronizing and paternalistic attitude toward Black folks. Senator Obama was never comparing himself to MLK, but what if he was? Who the fuck does Hillary Clinton think she is to chastise him? If he was out-of-bounds, it would have been for the elders like Reverend Lowry to call him on it, not some White woman who was campaigning for Barry Goldwater when Dr. King was risking his life. Listening to Bill Clinton this morning on TJMS, acting like some damn backwoods hick rather than a former president, it was more than clear he was saying, "I've been good to you niggers, so you owe me." I'm so sick of those MF's I don't know what to do!!!

Re: Oreos And House Negroes: The Clinton Strategy Explained

NMP — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:35:00 -0000

DanielleClarke,

I'v already written Marian Wright Edelman asking her to address Hillary Clinton's opposition to retroactivity for Mandatory Sentencing, but I haven't heard from her. If she does endorse Senator Clinton, let's see if she can "shuck and jive" her way of that contradiction.

Re: My Blog Plan For The Next Few Weeks

NMP — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:20:00 -0000

I can't figure out how to use your page. Anyway, here's a link to another slave doing Massa Clinton's bidding. Charlie Rangel has called Senator Obama stupid and suggested he admitted his drug use to sell books. This shit is unbelievable. I can not believe that these are supposed to be our elders:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/01/14/major-clinton-supporter-calls-obama-absolutely-stupid/

Re: Hillary Clinton on Meet the Press — Aftermath and Impressions

NMP — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:24:00 -0000

"Laudable philanthropy"? Do tell! Bob Johnson an infamous interview on CBS said he felt no obligation to the African American Community. In his own words, it said it was as ridiculous as asking his White friends to take responsibility for poor White folks in the Apalachian mountains. If he has sense revearsed and given back to the Community, I would be most interested, because his name never pops up on top givers on philanthropic lists that I've seen.

Re: NYTimes Off-Base on Obama, Clinton and Latinos

NMP — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:51:00 -0000

No, there is no denying that Latinos are not a homogenous group. Before the immigration issue flare up, Latinos had little in common besides language. There is also no denying that the NY Times is over simplifying the friction between African Americans and Latinos. All that said, it can not be denied that the relationship between Mexicans and African Americans in CA is more prounounced than in other parts of the country. And CA is the big prize. African Americans represent only 8% of the vote in CA while Latinos (mostly Mexican) represent 25%. I've argued for some time that this is probably our best and perhaps last chance of seeing an African American president elected. As the Latino population grows and more of them align with the Demcoratic Party, our influence lessens. With CA being the big prize, it's not an understatement to say that Latinos will determine the nominee and the Clintons clearly see that. The likes of John Lewis, Charlie Rangel, and Andrew Young may want to believe they are still of any real significance to the Clintons, but Villagrosa is the one on her arm. Sure, she would have liked to win South Carolina to avoid any pressure to put Obama on her ticket, but at this point, I'm sure she's saying, "small loss". Old Black pols are so self-interested that they seem to have forgotten how to play the game (or just don't give a damn). Unfortunately, the rest of us are about to learn the real meaning of 'being played.'

At this point, the best hope for Obama is that Edwards stays in the race and keeps racking up enough delegates and play king maker for Obama at the convention.

Re: Goin’ Crabbing

NMP — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:58:00 -0000

Enough with this minstrality! The Jewish assault begins. It's fallen (more like ignored) under the MSM radar but liberal Jewish blogs have been reporting for some time that there has been an underground campaign to smear Obama as a secret muslim in the Jewish communities in CA and FL. Not that it took much effort given historical relations between Blacks and Jews. Unlike Paul Krugman who has been fear mongering about Obama under the guise of liberal ideaology for months, Richard Cohen of WaPo decided not to pull any punches and raise the threat level to 'Obama Secret Muslim Alert!'

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/14/AR2008011402083.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

Re: A Must-See, Listen, Read on Race, Gender and the Election

NMP — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:46:00 -0000

I will be sure to Send Prof Lacewell a thank you. It will in fact be a follow-up to an email I sent her several months ago in which I accused her of slapping Seantor Obama with a black tax. It's testament to Senator Obama's ability to 'bring people together' that he was able to bring early critics like Dr. West and Prof Lacewell into his camp.

Prof Lacewell truly exposed the absolute short-sighted and hisotrical revisionism of Gloria Steinam's Op-Ed. It begged a simple question, would Hillary Clinton be where she is if she were a Black woman?

Re: The Clintons, Nevada, And Disenfranchisement

NMP — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:03:00 -0000

As I have been predicting for some time, the effort to supplant the Black vote with the Latino vote in the Democratic Party is well underway as apparent by the new coalition of White and Latino voters for Hillary Clinton in states with large Latino populations. The writing has been on the wall for some time, but we have just been too damn blind to see it. The Clintons to their credit have been successful in exploiting the much under reported racial hostility by non-Puerto Rican Latinos against African Americans while we've pretended it doesn't exist. The same can be said about Jews as well. There is growing evidence this is not just voter preference for Senator Clinton but a concerted effort to vote against Senator Obama.

While I have considered voting a duty in homage to OUR forefathers and mothers who struggled and sacrificed for our suffrage rights, I think I will be sending an equally principled message by not voting in November if Senator Clinton is the nominee, which appears that she will be. I have no intention of continuing to validate the plantation politics of the Democratic Party. We are owed far more than this!

Re: Satire Or Stereotype?

NMP — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:41:00 -0000

Isolated from the article, the photo is offensive, but coupled, it's ridiculing Bob Johnson and BET, not the Obamas, for promoting these kinds of stereotypes. The message being if Michelle and Barack comported themselves to the stereotypes we see 24/7 on BET, they would be cool with Bob Johnson. Instead of a "guess whose coming to dinnder" type of Black man as Johnson describes Obama, he would be a "y'all got some mutha fuckin' chicken up in this bitch" type of Black man.

Re: Satire Or Stereotype?

NMP — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:45:00 -0000

Earl Ofari Hutchinson has been publishing attack pieces on Obama for months. He's not just a slave, but the type of slave he would have battled on the front lines for the confederacy. BTW, he's White counter-part, Taylor Marsh was put on blast by the Las Vegas Sun for spreading erroneous stories about voter intimidation by Obama campaign staff, and they revealed she's taken donations from the same union endorsing Senator Clinton, but you won't see that on Huffingtonpost. I wish that one, just one, mainstream paper would cover the racism going on within the Democratic Party against Senator Obama.

Re: Nevada Results; Robocalls; Blacks and Latinos

NMP — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:42:00 -0000

How long are we going to pretend that their isn't Brown racism against Blacks? As I said in a previous post, if Senator Clinton is the nominee, I have no intention of casting a vote for her to validate what is clearly an anti-Black vote from Latinos, Jews, and older whites. I will not continue to be a willing participant of the plantation politics of the Democratic Party. I have been relatively supportive of citizenship for illegal immigrants, but I'm not going to pretend to not be mad as hell that our one opportunity to make it to the White House will be road blocked by Latinos who only a generation ago crossed the border from Mexico. Yes, I know they are the indingenous people of this continent, but we, Black folks, built this United States of America, and what do we have to show for it? A permanent exisistence of politial servitude to Whites and Latinos in the near future?

Re: A Great Analysis By… Meet The Press??

NMP — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:41:00 -0000

I saw the show, and thought the Obama Campaign should be pressing copies of Doris Kearn's Goodman's remarks and mass mailing. As Goodman, one of the country's foremost historians said, it is an indisputable FACT that Reagan changed the trajectory of the country, for good or bad. But he did change it. He was able to do what no other President since FDR did and that is to get a high percentage of the other party to vote for him. Obama has to make the case that no Democrat will ever be able to accomplish goals like universal health care without winning a solid majority, which Senator Clinton can not do. When it comes to electability, there is no better electability argument. Senator Clinton, and any Democratic nominee, will cetainly get 90+% of the Democratic vote, but can she get Independents and moderate Republicans? Thus far, the answer is no. Senator Obama, by stark contrast, is doing incredibly well among those key general election groups. Look at NV, Senator Obama won most of the state, which is quite conservative, but Senator Clinton won Las Vegas, which has a higher percentage of Latinos and women. Sure, she can win the nomination, but can she win the general, especially against a Independent magnet like McCaine?

Re: An Open Letter to South Carolina Voters

NMP — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:43:00 -0000

The image of Bill Clinton going door-to-door in the Black communities of South Carolina provokes images of the slave master going to the slave quarters. This shit makes me sick!

Re: A Great Analysis By… Meet The Press??

NMP — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:04:00 -0000

Just watched Hardball and according to Chris Matthews and resident bigot, Pat Buchanan, a win a majority White state like NH is a credible win for Senator Clinton, a White woman, but a win for Senator Obama, in a largely Black state like SC, is not a credible win. Is this political Dredd Scotting?

Re: A Great Analysis By… Meet The Press??

NMP — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:03:00 -0000

Rikyrah,

Add Karen Russell to the list. She wrote a great piece today Huffingtonpost.com:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/karen-russell/zip-it-bill_b_82590.html

BTW, I'm sick of Tavis Smiley! I'm sick of him doing the Clintons' bidding! He keeps talking about accountability for ALL the Clintons, but he's on Senator Obama's ass every opportunity he gets. He's now lending his voice to the Clinton chorus of distortions of what Senator Obama actually said about Reagan, failing to provide the question that was posed to Senator Obama and the full quote of his answer. Tavis knows damn well that Senator Obama would never praise the policies of Reagan or Reagan generally. He was asked how, as the nominee, he could help Democrats win? It was clear to any objective and rational person that he was saying he wants to do for Democrats what Reagan did for Republicans. Nothing more, nothing less! Tavis knows this but honestly reporting what Senator Obama said would undermine his obvious effort to tarnish Senator Obama.

Re: Making Obama The Angry Black Man

NMP — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:47:00 -0000

God help me, but I have to say aloud that Pat Buchanan, 'Mr take our country back from the spics and niggers', got it write yesterday when he wrote that the Clintons have successfully "ghettoized" Senator Obama. And the lazy and sensational media who are more accustomed to covering Black criminality than Black achievement, are more than willing to help further ghettoize Senator Obama.

I say it now--AND I'LL REPEAT AND DELIVER IN NOVEMBER--I will cut off my right arm before I vote for Hillary Clinton. Either I'll keep my free Black ass at home or pull the lever for Bloomberg if he gets in the race. But I have no intention of EVER allowing myself to be a slave to the Democratic Party again.

Re: Making Obama The Angry Black Man

NMP — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:17:00 -0000

Another 'what I wish Obama what have said': After her slumlord remark, he should have said, "Bitch, please! You are the last person that should be talking about dubious contributors."

Re: The Media’s Three-Fifth’s Compromise

NMP — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:42:00 -0000

Rikyrah,

I have been emailing this to as many news outlets as I can think of. This deserves a broad audience. One of the best I've ever read. Thanks, girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: The Media’s Three-Fifth’s Compromise

NMP — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:46:00 -0000

"The Congressional Black Caucus is a waste of space and time."

You damn right! Those bastards have been on "watch" while the Democratic Party as been slowly and methodically supplanting the Black vote with the Latino vote. It's being reported that Sentor Bob Menendez (NJ) is being floated as a VP nominee for Hillary Clinton. It's being printed in her fundraising materials in NJ. Black folks don't just need a clue; we need a kick in our heads for sleeping on these wicked MF's!

Re: The Media’s Three-Fifth’s Compromise

NMP — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:53:00 -0000

Bag of health and politics,

No. You need a math tutorial. Have you taken a look at the SW? All she needs to do is pick up the same states that both Kerry and Gore won, and a few SW states to win. With a Latino on the ticket, CO, AZ and NM are in play. She's calculating that Blacks will still vote for her b/c we don't have any more viable options...We will continue to remain in a marriage of convenience with the Democratic Party. But this is one free negro who has decided to be happily single than remain in an unfilling relationship with the Democratic Party. If more Black folks decide to protest by keeping our Black asses at home or voting for Bloomberg (if he gets in), it will cripple her campaign in reliably Blue states like PA. But given the nature of the slave, that's not likely, so her bet on Brown is likely to pay off. Like it or not, we played ourselves by not making her votes more competitive since the 60's. And we ain't got shit to so for it!

Re: Obama wins South Carolina

NMP — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:09:00 -0000

Rikyrah,

Did you watch Senator Clinton's speech from Nashville. I couldn't tell you what she said--some drivel in her fake southern accent--but what caught my attention was the brother seated behind her, slouched over with a sullen look on face that read, "what the FU@# was I thinking?!"

Re: Spinning The Snub

NMP — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:58:00 -0000

You can't be surprised by this! It furthers two predictable and consistent media narratives: Obama, the angry, petulent Black man, and Hillary Clinton, the mistreated, agrieved White woman. You could have timed this shit! I knew when she shed those crocodile tears in NH, the media would yet again aid her in playing the victim and she would pull an upset win. With Obama gaining momentum, do you honestly think that were't going to do everything in their power to yet again protray her as a victim. It doesn't matter that she's been treating him like shit on the Senate floor and at debates since he announced his candidacy. All that matters is the Black man didn't bow to the White woman.

Re: Shorter Maureen Dowd

NMP — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:11:00 -0000

mint julep,

While the press corps was covering the State of the Union Address like the high school musical, some of us were focused on the reactions of the Democratic candidates to what Bush was saying. It didn't escape my attention--no matter how hard the press tried to divert it--that Hillary Clinton gave Bush a standing-o when he said the surge was working. Hmmm, this is the person who says that she intends to bring troops home in 16 months? There isn't a damn difference between Clinton and McCain except degrees.

Re: Some Quick Thoughts - One Is Mean

NMP — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:51:00 -0000

Jack, don't feel bad. I had the exact same reaction to watching Stephanie Tubbs last night. She looks like an aged Cabbage Patch Doll. Her make-up dates back to the 80's. And her facial contortions are annoying as hell. So I guess I'm mean too. :-)

Re: Some Quick Thoughts - One Is Mean

NMP — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:52:00 -0000

Rikyrah,

That reporter didn't need to tell us that Michelle is representing sistahs oh so well! Compare her to Hillary Clinton's tired ass suits that look like the wardrobe from Dynasty the show. I guess it's fitting.

Re: Some Quick Thoughts - One Is Mean

NMP — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:57:00 -0000

The President of NY N.O.W. made a complete ass out of herself! Not only is the premise of her argument insane and frankly anti-feminist, they were offensive in how similar they were to Elizabeth Cadey Stanton's words after the 15th Amendment was passed, saying that White women shouldn't have their suffrage rights instituted before the "illiterate sambo". When she used the term "new guy", we know what the hell she meant, NIGGER.

Re: Some Quick Thoughts - One Is Mean

NMP — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:01:00 -0000

Rachel,

You keep chatting up every "motherfucker you know," b/c we're all doing the same! The word needs to spread to TN b/c Black folks their haven't gotten the message. They are still splitting 50/50 for Clinton, and she's leading by 27% among all voters. Hell, this ain't Junteenth, but someone needs to tell those negros they are free!

Re: Debate Open Thread

NMP — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 09:18:00 -0000

":The best part of the night was when the crowd booed Wolf Blitzer for his smugness and arrogance in posing a question (but don't expect to read that anywhere on CNN)."

I completely disagree that Wolf Blitzer's question was smug and arrogant. The question should have been asked a long time ago. Not even Einstein would have been able to decipher her answer, but she is effectivelys saying that she was tricked by George Bush. If so, that certainly brings her judgement into question. Do you think that McCain will be shouted down by boos when he asks her the question, which he most certainly will?

Re: Debate Open Thread

NMP — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 09:28:00 -0000

And let me add that her attempt to pit Black against Brown was appalling! It is clear that the Clintons will throw any minority group under the bus to win votes. Her obvious hope is that Latinos will not have noticed that she blamed them for African American unemployment and that African Americans will feel betrayed by Senator Obama. This is divide and conquer x 2. Black folks don't fall for it!

Re: Debate Open Thread

NMP — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:01:00 -0000

Would I ever consider voting for Cilnton? Hell no! How soon we forget! I will NEVER forgot their racial tactics of the last two weeks. Black folks were infatuated for years because he was the cool White due with the Saxaphone. Well, he exposed himself for what he really is: a red neck whose saxophone morphed into a banjo. And now she thinks she can regain favor with African Americans by oversimplifying the cause of African American unemployment, blaming Latinos! I have issues with illegal immigration, but I do not think it is presidential to pit one group against another. Solve the problem with honest discussion, yes, but don't throw out anecdotal evidence and no facts. The problems in inner city communities are too complex and difficult to be oversimplified and used as a wedge issue. I'm not playing plantation politics with the Democratic Party any longer!

Re: Oprah Brings It! "I AM NOT A TRAITOR" (video)

NMP — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:43:00 -0000

"Don't play be small!" Oprah and Michelle did their thang yesterday!!! That's what you call standing by your man...not tolerating his continuous indiscretions and public humiliations, but demanding nothing but the best from him and giving it in return. I'm against dynastic presidencies, but if Barack is elected, Barack 2008-2016then Michelle 2016-2024. Damn, she makes me proud to be a Black woman!

Re: Dear Undecideds, Obama Is Not A Nimbus Of Vague Hope

NMP — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:06:00 -0000

That BITCH is crying again!

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/02/clinton_crys_in_connecticut.html

Re: Michelle Obama & Campaigning for Hillary (videos)

NMP — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:14:00 -0000

Jack,

You give these things more energy than they deserve. Why are you posting a story from talk left which is unapologetically pro-Clinton?

Re: Super Tuesday Results Open Thread

NMP — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:02:00 -0000

African Americans ONLY represented 8% of the vote in CA. 9% was considered a low projection, so they truly did Obama in tonight along with Latinos who, no matter what progressive minded Black folks like Jack think,are so entrenched in their racism that they will simply NOT vote for African American for president. As one Latino street sweeper (yes, someone who cleans shit off of streets) said to an reporter today in CA today, "When they elected David Dikinis in NY, there was trash on the street, and if you elect Obama, they'll be trash all over the streets of the country." In even better quote came courtesy of a Puerto Rican dishwater in NYC, "They already think they own the streets...imagine what they'll do if they have a Black President in the White House." Deny it all you want, the Black and Brown divide is real, and they win.

P.S.: John Edwards on the ballot in MO really fucked Obama.

Re: Super Tuesday Results Open Thread

NMP — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:29:00 -0000

California has been called for Clintons. Latinos came out in a percentage higher than their represenation to vote against the Black guy. Anyone who wants to argue against that is just blind! You can not explain them voting against their interest for any other reason except race. Obama stand with them on every issue that they claim about, notably driver's licenses for illegal immigrants, and they still vote against him?

The only pleasant surprise is that he won the Jewish vote. I guess you can say we healed that rift, but now have a new "enemy" in a darker shade of Brown.

Re: Super Tuesday Results Open Thread

NMP — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:00:00 -0000

I hate Senator Obama's Comm's team. I know he values loyalty, but his entire Comm's team should have been replaced months ago. Not only do they not know how to manage expectations, they can't even push what is obviously the most damaging news for Senator Clinton tonight: She only performed as well in her own state as she did in MI with no one but her on the ballot. How the hell do you garner less than 60% of the vote in your home state and call yourself a national candidate. She was saved by Latinos and Asians in CA and early voting.

Re: A ‘Skeptic’ Sees Some Obama Light

NMP — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:27:00 -0000

What the media won't highlight:

1/3 of votes had already been cast in CA prior to Tuesday, which favored Senator Clinton.

Senator Obama one among all demographics except Latinos and Asians but including Jews on Tuesday only voting at precincts.

Senator Clinton did NOT break 60% in her home state.

She won ONLY states she was SUPPOSED to win and by less than the margin she was polling.

But of course none of that matters to the media who will not give Senator Obama credit for anything!

Re: A ‘Skeptic’ Sees Some Obama Light

NMP — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:19:00 -0000

I also wanted to come back and note the following:

He won more states and more delegates (excluding super delegates).

Senator Clinton only exceeded 60%in one state, TN,while Senator Obama exceeded 60% in at least six states. Senator Obama did NOT lose any state that he was expected to win, but he did pick up states, namely CT. In fact, he was still polling behind her in AL up until yesterday.

And I can NOT say it enough times that she didn't crack 60% in her own state.

I don't think it's insignificant that Senator Obama made history yesterday by becoming the first African American to win state-wide in several states, including MO.

Also, he made considerable gains among White men and women, solidified his base, made slight in roads with Latinos, but she only held her base. But yet she has the "edge" according to the media.

This BS is unbelievable!

Re: HAAAA HAAAA: Hillary "Loans" Self $5M; Obama Gets $6M From The People In 24 Hours

NMP — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:20:00 -0000

This is nothing but a ploy from the Clinton campaign! Why do you think she released the information that she loaned the campaign $5MM? This is a free national fund-raising appeal to women. She knows it will elicit sympathy and the money will start pouring in. Women will probably be stopping her on the street to in dollar bills to her pantsuit. She wants to demonstrate her prowess with women voters. Come on, y'all, stop being so gullable!

Re: HAAAA HAAAA: Hillary "Loans" Self $5M; Obama Gets $6M From The People In 24 Hours

NMP — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:07:00 -0000

Need any further evidence that this was a Clinton ploy? Here you go:

Clinton claims a money surge, plans ads

Terry McAuliffe told donors and reporters on a conference call that the campaign has raised $7.5 million online this month, more than $6 million of it in the last 24 hours.

The message: She's alive and kicking.

Interestingly, the campaign's spin is that Clinton's loan to the campaign -- taken by many as a sign of desperation -- was an effective fundraising tactic, encouraging people to donate.

"They said, 'I didn’t know you needed money, I thought you had all the money you need,'" McAuliffe said.

Please, Black folks, use your third eye and stop falling for this non-sense.

Re: What’s Going On In New Mexico?

NMP — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:13:00 -0000

Exit polls from separate agencies had Senator Obama winning the White vote, which is larger than the Latino vote, overwhelmingly. It just doesn't make since that it's tied or she's leading. None!

Re: What’s Going On In New Mexico?

NMP — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:16:00 -0000

Rikyrah,

The White vote in NM accounts for nearly 60%. How the hell is this possible for the votes to be this close or him losing slightly? It makes no sense!

Re: Hillary: Ready On Day 1 To Do Absolutely Nothing For The Black Community

NMP — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:50:00 -0000

"Jessie Jackson Won the South Carolina" Redux:

Hillary Clinton on Monday explained away Barack Obama's clean sweep of the weekend's caucuses and primaries as a product of a caucus system that favors "activists" and, in the case of the Louisiana primary, an energized African-American community.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/02/11/clinton-dismisses-weekend-losses/

Wonder if the media would turn such a blind eye if Obama dismissed her win in California to "enthusiastic" Mexicans?

Re: Hillary: Votes Only Count If They Are For Me

NMP — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:46:00 -0000

Couple this with Ed Rendell's interview today in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette and it's MORE THAN CLEAR that their new message is Senator Obama will NOT appeal to working class/ethnic Whites aka racist, poor ass White folks!

Re: Potomac Primary: Obama & McCain Win Virginia, DC, Maryland

NMP — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:53:00 -0000

Rikyrah,

Exit polls have been adjusted, baby! He won the White and Latino vote in Virginia!

Re: Potomac Primary: Obama & McCain Win Virginia, DC, Maryland

NMP — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:55:00 -0000

Hankerchief Head Alert! Julian Bond is now pushing for Florida and Michigan delegates to be seated! To Rev. Al's credit; he ain't havin' it! Everybody, get on the horn and start contacting every minute of the NAACP Board of Directors and tell them they either better get Julian Bond in check or expect a mutiny!

Re: Julian Bond Sells Out Democratic Process…for what, exactly?

NMP — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:46:00 -0000

Their voice mail box is full. Write letters and send emails!!! Or if you live in Baltimore, voice your complaint in person!

Re: Julian Bond Sells Out Democratic Process…for what, exactly?

NMP — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:47:00 -0000

What Bond CONVENIENTLY omits is that the calendar was originally scheduled to give South Carolina and Nevada early voting status because of the high populations of African Americans and Latinos respectively. So this idea that Florida and Michigan were moving up their primaries to give African Americans and Latinos more weight is ridiculous! It was a move by Clinton operatives to help her diminish the loss she knew was likely in South Carolina. So, if anything moving up their dates was an effort to disenfranchise African American voters in South Carolina!

Re: Hillary’s Plan For Latino Votes In Texas: Exploit Little Mexican Boy

NMP — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:00:00 -0000

When I saw it, I couldn't stop laughing! I would imagine more than a few Chicanos were rolling their eyes.

Re: Hillary’s Plan For Latino Votes In Texas: Exploit Little Mexican Boy

NMP — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:03:00 -0000

No, the quote of the day is Bill Clinton borrowing from Ward Connerly complaining that Senator Obama is getting a free pass from the media becuase he's Black. Translation: Media affirmative action is taking away Hillary Clinton's rightful slot as President.

Re: The Latest Anti-Obama Memos Circulating

NMP — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:18:00 -0000

"The reason Obama is winning and will win is so simple. Americans want to believe in themselves again."

In the case of African Americans, for the very first time. This is the first time in my life that I've felt like an American, not just a minority in America, and a proud American at that.

Re: My Take On The Lewis Flip

NMP — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:20:00 -0000

It broke my heart when I read in the NY Times earlier in the week that Senator Obama told John Lewis it felt like a father had stabbed him in the back when he endorsed Senator Clinton. It felt like that to a lot of us.

Re: We Received a Nice Note From Tavis Smiley about Barack Obama

NMP — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:08:00 -0000

Let Michelle attend! Hillary Clinton is running on the legacy of her husband's administration, so I think it more than fair that Michelle be allowed to give a vision of a future presidency.

Re: We Received a Nice Note From Tavis Smiley about Barack Obama

NMP — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:13:00 -0000

"Everybody from John Edwards to Tavis Smiley seems to be threatening to withhold endorsement of Obama if he doesn't give them something in return."

I can't believe the number of Black folks who fell for John Edwards' populice bull shit! He went from the poster child of the DLC to Hughey Long in the span of four years. Please! As Russ Feingold said, his whole campaign was running away from his entire Senate record. And now he's poised to ensorse Hillary Clinton whom he called everything but a corporate whore. John Edwards is showing his true colors. He's nothing but a damn red neck like Bill Clinton pissed that the colored boy got in his way. And now he plans to use his 'southern appeal' (telling White folks in OH and PA to stick with White) to sway this election for Hillary Clinton. Fuck John Edwards and Tavis Smiley!

Re: We Received a Nice Note From Tavis Smiley about Barack Obama

NMP — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:19:00 -0000

Xenophon,

What issues do you presume are more important to African Americans than the rest of America? Black folks have consistently ranked education, the economy, health care and the Iraq War as issues of most concern to them, MAINSTREAM ISSUES. And Barack can speak to those issues as well as issues of civil rights and justice from Texas, Ohio and Pennslyvania as well as he could sitting on Tavis' stage paid for my corporations like Wal-mart and McDonalds that are union busting poor Black and Brown workers and killing more Black folks than cigarettes, respectively. We don't have to go through Tavis to get our issues addressed.

Re: Dear Senator Obama, about this public financing stuff….

NMP — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:56:00 -0000

Rikyrah,

We know damn well if he's the nominee, he will NOT take public financing. YES, it will take a hit for reversing positions and not living up to his "rhetoric," but he can couch the decision in terms of what's best for the Party. Let Howard Dean and the Leadership say they forced his hands that given '04 they can not afford a repeat of unanswered attacks from unfettered 527's and the like. He'll suffer in the short-term, but the long-term gains outweigh them.

Re: File this under the ‘ Y’all think I’m paranoid, BUT..’

NMP — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:59:00 -0000

You're NOT paranoid. Does anyone really believe that not one Black person in 80 districts did NOT vote for Senator Obama. HELL NO!!! And I'm not just supicious about New York, I'm not buying that final vote in New Mexico. Vote Boxes were taken home by a Clinton supporter and exit polls showed Senator Obama leading significantly among Whites who outnumber Latinos. Come on!

Re: Barack’s Rock: Michelle Obama on the cover of Newsweek

NMP — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:02:00 -0000

Clinton's new line of attack: Obama is Jesse Jackson and Patrick Duvall.

The Clinton campaign is curiously making a big deal out of Senator Obama using a line from a 2006 Patrick Duvall speech. It's not unusual since they share the same campaign manager and speech writers. We've seen throughout this campaign season EVERY candidate, left and right, borrow the "change" mantra from Senator Obama and Clinton has borrowed "fired up and ready to go" as well "turn the page" and "yes we can" with no reaction from the media. Why are they making a big deal of this now. Obvious...they want to send a message to voters that Obama will turn out to be like Patrick Duvall.

Re: Texas Debate Open Thread

NMP — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:22:00 -0000

Hillary Clinton "borrowed" Edwards closing remarks from at least two previous debates and the gushing analysts on CNN want to play ignorant. Wasn't shit genuine abuot that moment; it was scripted with Edwards' line! But no doubt it sent women flying for the Kleenex.

Re: Texas Debate Open Thread

NMP — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:23:00 -0000

"3. Am I the only one here, or did Hillary's last statement look kind of like a concession speech? I can't stand how some of the pundits are trying to spin it as some "hillary found her inner-voice moment."

Her inner voice sounds a lot like John Edwards!

Re: Texas Debate Open Thread

NMP — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:50:00 -0000

Obama's been beat up for a week over Clinton's plagiarism allegations, but she's guilty of worse: HYPOCRISY!

Bill Clinton 1992: "The hits that I took in this election are nothing compared to the hits the people of this state and this country have been taking for a long time."

Hillary Clinton Tonight: "You know, the hits I’ve taken in life are nothing compared to what goes on every single day in the lives of people across our country."

Edwards the December 13 debate:

"What's not at stake are any of us. All of us are going to be just fine no matter what happens in this election. But what's at stake is whether America is going to be fine."

Hillary Clinton Tonight:

"You know, whatever happens, we're going to be fine. You know, we have strong support from our families and our friends. I just hope that we'll be able to say the same thing about the American people. And that's what this election should be about."

Re: Texas Debate Open Thread

NMP — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:30:00 -0000

Less than 24 hours of appearing to put Party unity first, Clinton just completed an interview with Texas Monthly stating emphatically that she will fight to seat MI and FL delegates! I can not believe how the media falls for her emotionally manipulative bull shit. Oh yeah, and she's already starting the meme that TX doesn't count.

Re: Hillary Campaign Circulates Photo Of Obama in "Muslim" Garb

NMP — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:18:00 -0000

Now this is more like it. Fuck all of that "I don't want to hate Hillary Clinton" shit. She's a hateful bitch that needs to be hated! She and her campaign, including that hankerchief head, Maggie Williams, are some dirty mother fuckers!

Re: Sometimes Our Readers Say It So Well

NMP — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:14:00 -0000

When 1 in 3 White women come under criminal justice supervision; or 50% of White women start dropping out of high school; or the unemployment rate of White women rises to 14%; or when the rolls of White women in the Senate drops to one ever few decades; or when the leading cause of death among White women are under 30 becomes; then I might accept the argument that White women have it harder than Black men.

Re: The Shufflin’ Gets Contagious

NMP — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:43:00 -0000

And she said it TWICE, so this was not slip of the tongue. It was deliberate!

Re: Ohio Debate Open Thread

NMP — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:02:00 -0000

I'm pissed! I can not believe that Russert asked Senator Obama about Farrakhan! Would a White (Republican) candidate have ever been asked to reject or denounce someone who had spoken positively of them? Hell, Ann Coulter, an anti-Semite, said she would campaign for Clinton. When asked, Clinton said this campaign makes strange bedfellows. It was a gotcha question to further suspicions that he is a secret Muslim.

Re: Ohio Debate Open Thread

NMP — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:03:00 -0000

I forgot to add...

Senator Clinton is crazy than a MF!

Re: Two Ohio Debate Highlights From Obama

NMP — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:30:00 -0000

"Her attempt to over-anti-anti-Semitism Obama also read a bit awkward." A "bit awkard"? How about petty and dispicable! Given the attempts of her campaign to portray him as a muslim manchurian candidate, I'm surprised by the lack of outrage.

Re: Two Ohio Debate Highlights From Obama

NMP — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:23:00 -0000

d.,

He was not yet the Democratic nominee when he made that speech. It was still primary season, and he was running against an established, well-financed candidate. Senator Obama has NEVER suggested, nor would he, sending ground troops into Pakistan. Strategic strikes against targest of high value have long been the policy of US, and go on all the time without media fan fair. Did you know about the strategic strike in Pakistan last month--conducted WITHOUT Pakistan's approval--which killed the 3rd ranking Al Qaeda figure. Most people didn't. And Pakistan did not descend into chaos as Clinton and Republicans warned.

Re: An Open Letter To Republicans In Open Primary States: Vote Obama

NMP — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:04:00 -0000

A Republican in Brooklyn?

Re: Hillary at State of the Black Union

NMP — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:50:00 -0000

I'm am so over her and the rest of the Democratic establishment's patronizing of us. I'm sick of the missionary speeches of how they are going to save us. I can not listen to her in one breath warn the country that electing a young, Black man will be devastating for American then in the next tell us that our interests will be best served by the benevolence and strength of a White woman.

I'm through with being a charity project!

Re: Rush Limbaugh’s Official Obama Criticizer

NMP — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:28:00 -0000

The hell with Rush Limbaugh right now! We have to deal with the Democratic version of Rush Limbaugh and Karl Rover: Hillary Clinton! Have you scene her new fear mongering ad? Message: Barack Obama will let your white kids die!

Re: Well, well….Hillary takes Barack ‘ at his word’.

NMP — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0000

Outrage fatigue is right. It's becoming a daily reality show of 'how low can she go', and I just sit in watch in disbelief.

Re: Embedded In Texas - 1st Impressions, This Will Be Crazy

NMP — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:10:00 -0000

Things are not looking good for Barack. OH is gone! His only hope is to lose by single digits. As much as we despise Senator Clinton's fear mongering and not so subtle racist attacks on Senator Obama, as well we should, they appear to be working. He's lost OH and TX is a toss up. All it took was the images of sleeping White babies and their fate in the hands of a Black man to apparently scare Texans "straight". In a matter of days, Senator Clinton has closed a 18 point deficit among the 30-49, which comprises the majority of White parents, and pull within a tie. It feels like the American Dream that so many Black folks, including myself, thought we were are on the brink of realizing is turning quickly back into the nightmare we know oh so well. Eventhough, she still we be lagging way behind in delegates, I think Super Delegates will be reluctant to vote for Obama if he can't win a crucial swing state like OH. The reality is that deep-seeded racism among ethinic and poor White folks is as strong as ever. It's their Party and their world!

Re: Embedded In Texas - 1st Impressions, This Will Be Crazy

NMP — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:13:00 -0000

"Obama Internals Have Him Leading In Ohio Above."

Not possible! The most reliable poll, Survey USA, has Senator Clinton opening a double digit lead. Rasmussen even has her leading nationally for the first time in 3 weeks and doing better against McCain. Part of me wishes that he had lost Iowa b/c coming this close to see it all slip away hurts more.

Re: Embedded in Texas: Canvassing In The Hood, Ron Kirk And More Video

NMP — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:30:00 -0000

babyming said...
"Today will be agonizing..." Now I understand why so many Black folks were so reluctant to allow themselves to believe that this was possible. It's easier not to believe in a dream than allow yourself to dream and have reality come crashing down on you. Just when I believed that White folks might be shedding their fear and hatred,the 'red phone' rings and brings you back to reality.

Re: Embedded in Texas: Canvassing In The Hood, Ron Kirk And More Video

NMP — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:31:00 -0000

In looking at various polls, it's clear that the deciding factor in TX will be African American and Latino turnout. With just a 3 to 5% increase from 2004, Senator Obama can win. Of all the worse case scenarios, a loss b/c of low Black turnout will be the most devastating. It was one of the contributing factors in CA, although early voting pretty much decided that. I pray that Black folks get off their asses today and vote!!!!

Re: Embedded in Texas: Canvassing In The Hood, Ron Kirk And More Video

NMP — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:19:00 -0000

Early exit polls: Black turnout lower than 2004. What the fuck! You're telling me these negroes were more willing to cast a vote for John Kerry than Obama. Same shit that happened in California. Unbelievable!

Re: The Race-Baiter Won the Ohio, Rhode Island and Texas Primaries

NMP — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:23:00 -0000

I think the Clinton Campaign is going to convince Howard Dean to have a revote in MI and FL. Let's face it, Latinos are the now minority power vote in this Party. We settled for nothing all of these years, and what has it gotten us? Nothing. I think we're done.

Re: The Morning After - Some Thoughts

NMP — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:36:00 -0000

There is NO doubt that race was the decisive factor in OH. When you have 20% of voters openly telling exit pollsters that race was a factor and 3/4 voted for Clinton, you know the number was double or triple that. And here is anectdotal evidence:

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4389768

Race played less of factor in TX. The loss there rests solely with Black voters. Hillary Clinton was able to increase Latino turnout by more than 10%. Black turnout was actually down 1%. If there was a 22% African American turnout, he would have won.

I agree with Hillary Clinton in one sense...enough with the rallies. Obama's team should have been more focused on packing the voting booths rather than arenas.

What the hell was the get out the Black vote effort in TX?

Re: The Morning After - Some Thoughts

NMP — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:42:00 -0000

Hillary's Proposal:

Listening to Hillary Clinton this morning, it's more than clear what her proposal is going to be:

She wants FL and MI seated, and she will put Barack on the ticket. She will make the case that he can't win big states.

Senator Obama HAS to win PA. If he does not, he is not going to get the nomination. Period. He will either accept the VP slot or run for Governor of IL after completing his Senate term.

Re: The Morning After - Some Thoughts

NMP — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:46:00 -0000

Obama has to start makeing a LOT more forceful challenges against her. Let's start with the big state argument. He has to make the case that reliably blue states are NOT a measure of success in the general b/c they are NOT. You can run Mickey Mouse on the Dem ticket in CA and NY and still win. This has to be an argument of who has won more swing states. She's right that OH is a bell weather state, but so is MO, so that's a wash. He, however, has won an equal number or more purple states, including VA, WI and CO.

Re: The Morning After - Some Thoughts

NMP — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:37:00 -0000

Rush Limbaugh did have an impact. Sent this to Ben Smith at Politico who posted it: http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0308/The... Bill Clinton was actually interviewed on Rush Limbaugh's show yesterday. Yes, Rush Limbaugh. How many racists comments has Rush Limbaugh said over a lifetime compared to Farrakhan?

Re: I am BLACK

NMP — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:45:00 -0000

I'm with you! I've had enough! And I'm damned sure not going to cave to this new argument that Obama would risk the Latino vote. Fuck them! We've given too much to this country and Party to now be told that our time is past because the new majority minority won't vote for a Black man. Fuck them and the Democratic Party! Let Pat Buchanan and the Lou Dobbs ship their asses back across the border for all I care at this point.

Re: Ferraro Says Obama is LUCKY He’s Black

NMP — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:37:00 -0000

When will the Democratic Leadership stand up to the Clinton Campaign? For that matter, where the hell is the African American Leadership? The only person taking on the Clinton Campaign's attempt to steal this election via FL and MI is Al Sharpton. Now that's some irony for your ass. It's no longer a question of if the Clintons will try to steal this election or even how, but what the hell are we going to do about it?

Re: Ferraro Says Obama is LUCKY He’s Black

NMP — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:42:00 -0000

"Wait. Who has the most delegates right now? Why the hell is a Clinton candidacy being discussed anywhere as a plausible option. This is so fucked up."

That's what is killing me! How the hell can she claim she is the victim of media bias when the media is treating this insanity with respect! It feels like an episode of the Twilight Zone! If Obama was losing in delegates, states and popular vote, but nonetheless suggesting Clinton as his VP, the collective national response would be, "that nigger is crazy!"

Re: Ferraro Says Obama is LUCKY He’s Black

NMP — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:45:00 -0000

"He'd basically be John Edwards with a lot less experience - and white."

What superior experience does John Edwards have, you ignorant mother fucker?

John Edwards was a one term Senator, period!

Re: Trying to Attack Obama Through His Church

NMP — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:48:00 -0000

Where are all the pro-Black, solidarity negroes who were skewering Senator Obama last year for "dissin'" his pastor? Why no mass defense of Rev. Wright now? Negroes were up in arms last year when Senator Obama wouldn't allow Wright to speak at his official announcement, saying it was predictor of how Obama would treat the Community once in power? So many defenders of Wright then, but where are they now? Rev. Al promised last year that he wouldn't allow "Rev. Wright's good name be sacrificed for Senator Obama's presidential ambitions." Where is Rev. Al's defense of Wright against the white MSM media? I hear nothing now but collective silence!

Re: Trying to Attack Obama Through His Church

NMP — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:22:00 -0000

brownsuga,

You nailed it! I've seen a number of the 'Obama is a sellout' crew on MSNBC and Fox calling for Senator Obama to explain and denounce Reb. Wright, including Professor Lamont Hill who has previously called the Senator everything short of an Uncle Tom. Fake ass negroes!

Re: Trinity UCC’s Palm Sunday Statement

NMP — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:30:00 -0000

Ronnie B,

I caught Michelle Norris and Roland Martin on Meet the Press and CNN respectively over the weekend, and it's clear that Negroes are more concerned about their day gigs and being invited back.

It took White Republican to call out the double standard bull shit of all of this: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-schaeffer/o...>

Re: Transcript Of Obama Speech: A More Perfect Union (Now With Video) - Update 2

NMP — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:27:00 -0000

I've always felt deprived not to be a child of the 60's, to be an eyewitness to greatness. Not any more! I just witnessed greatness in my lifetime.

Re: Senator McCain, do you believe abortion is genocidal plot against black Americans?

NMP — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:57:00 -0000

OMG, another fire and brimstone preacher with connections to a presidential candidate ranting loudly about crazy conspiracy theories of US government involvement in Black genocide. We need to send this to all the news outlets ASAP! What the hell am I thinking. He's not black.

Re: Obama & Wright: Another Perspective

NMP — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:00:00 -0000

"The problem with your logic is that you're making the inference that Wright stood at the pulpit for 20 years and consistently spewed hate about whites and engaged in anti-American rhetoric. I think that's an absurd assumption."

This is the point that Obama's surrogates are failing to make. It's killing me watching former objective journalists like Anderson Cooper repeatedly making the claim that Obama listened to such sermons for 20 years. The snippets that they have shown span more than 5 years, which is clear evidence that in the review of hundreds of sermons spanning at least a decade, they only found 4 snippets.

Clearly, they are not indicative of the vast majority of the sermons that Wright has delivered. And it's an ugly false indictment of the church's congregation to think that thousands of black folks showed up every Sunday morning to hear hate sermons.

What is really pissing me off is how few of UCC's white leaders are coming forward to defend the church. The president of UCC, who is white, could go a long way to helping the church and Senator Obama just by virtune of attaching his white face to the church.

Re: Obama & Wright: Another Perspective

NMP — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:05:00 -0000

"First, he has contradicted himself in this speech. He lied repeatedly when he said he had not heard any 'controversial remarks.'
He admitted he lied, with out further explanation or contrition."

This is completely untrue. Senator Obama never admitted to hearing any of the sermons that have been played to the public. He's admitted to being in the church when things have been said that "may be considered controversial." He went on to explain in a later interview that the Rev. would frequently use street language when chiding the congregation about infidelity and such. He never reversed himself!

Re: Clintons Using Wright to Hurt Obama

NMP — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:16:00 -0000

This is as gutter ball as Clinton politics gets: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/03/... Clinton clearly is suggesting that Obama does not love his country and that nominating a black candidate would be a burden on the process. According to Clinton, as I read it, what the country needs is two white candidates that love and represent the white majority. country and represent the majority of the country.

Re: JJP Joins Day Of Blogging For Voter Justice, Asks Hillary To Step Aside

NMP — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:11:00 -0000

The bitch went there! During an interview with the editorial board of a PA newspaper, she said Rev. Wright would not have been her pastor! The Obama campaign better hit back hard. The first response should be, "you just invite him to to the White House to hear the president's confessions."

Re: Condoleeza Rice - Conflicting and Confusing for me

NMP — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:41:00 -0000

Girl, I had the same reaction!

Re: Obama On The View (videos)

NMP — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:46:00 -0000

Rikyrah,

No it's NOT your imagination! I thought she and Elizabeth were extremely hostile and was not duly respectful of a sitting Senator. Hasselback's interruptions and tone were completely inappropriate! And it didn't escape me that she kept the Senator at arm's length when he attempted to hug her. Fuck those bitches!

P.S.: The only thing I will give her credit for is that she read the full quote of Reverend Wright's statement about Italians. Most networks abridged it by cutting of the 'Galileans' so that they could create a false story that he was slurring Italian Americans. He was "slurring" ancient Romans, not modern day Italians or Italian Americans.

Re: A Most Thoughtful Letter From Alice Walker

NMP — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:01:00 -0000

Most times I love black people, but sometimes I hate black people! I hate them most when they perpetuate the same type of intellectual laziness that we castigate white folks for. Since the Reverend Wright controversy erupted, black folks have been critical of the one dimentionalization (yeah, I made up a word) of Reverend Wright based on a few snippets from a 35 year career.

Yesterday, Senator Obama appeared on the View. In response to Hasselback who asked--what most white voters are asking--why did he stay in the church for 20 years and is that a valid question of judgment, he said he MIGHT not have stayed if Reverend Wright were not retiring and if he did not acknowledge how hurtful (to white folks) and inappropriate his words were..."

Now based on that 10 second and political pratical answer--that did not undermine his core message that Reverend Wright is NOT the caricature he's being made out to be--some of his so-called supporters are now ready to abandon him.

In the words of Reverend Wright, God Damn Black folks!

This man is in the political fight of his life, doing the best he can to walk the fine line that white folks and the media have strung out for him, and all we can do is knit pick!

And the fuckin' thing that pisses me off most is that he's been carrying this burden on his OWN. Only a hand full of black preachers came to the Rev's defense! Most were protecting their own asses! Did the black folks critical of Senator Obama's statement on yesterday's view get off of their self-righteous asses in the last two weeks and take to the streets in defense of the Reverend Wright? Hell no! They left the burden to Senator Obama to defend the Rev, the black church and community as a whole. And he did a damn good job!

He stood strong for us! And now SOME want to overly dissect his words on a fuckin' entertainment show and throw the brother overboard.

No, it wasn't a perfect answer, but it was just ONE answer. But acoording the "purist" of us, that ONE answere should dimish his speech and everything elses he said in defense of Rev. Wright while trying to keep his campaign afloat.

One black blogger, whom I DEEPLY respect, even reduced the choice between Clinton and Obama to the 'lesser of two evils'. Obama evil? All it took it is a snippet to start using the racist language against Obama that white folks have been using against Reverend Wright the past two weeks? After all that the Clintons have done and said, including trashing Reverend Wright sitting right next to Richard Mellon Schaif, you would actually put Senator Obama in the same box as Senator Clinton?

How mighty white of you.

Re: A Most Thoughtful Letter From Alice Walker

NMP — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:16:00 -0000

OT

I should have specifically called out Dr. Marc 'Janus Face' Lamont Hill, the new negro media whore.

He's the typical black Obama critic in that he speaks one way to black audiences, criticizing the Senator for being too comprosing and silent on race issues, but puts on another face in front of white folks.

Dan Abrams just this week PRAISED Dr. Lamont for his denouncement of Reverend Wright's comments! But you would never know he denounced Reverend Wright to a primarily white audience when reading his blog on The Root. In his blog, NOT on air, ee initially criticized Senator Obama for not more strongly defending Wright when the controversy first erupted. Then, as I said, went on Dan Abram's show and condemned Reverend Wright's comments and said Senator Obama would have to explain his relationship with Wright and why he didn't leave the church.

Obama is right, we have more in common than not. Black folks can be as duplicitous, judgmental, self-serving and self-righteous as white folks. And it ain't just Marc Lamont Hill I'm talking about.

Re: A Most Thoughtful Letter From Alice Walker

NMP — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:37:00 -0000

Reverend Wright and Maya Angelou Friends! Who would have known?! Certainly not by her silence. Lets's see, she supports Senator Clinton who bashed Reverend Wright, calling is words hate speech and comparing him to Don Imus, to a conservative editorial board and is friends with Reverend Wright, but did not defend publicly.

I'll be holding by breath waiting for the same critics of Senator Obama to criticize Maya Angelou for her deceit and betrayal by silence. Please, I ain't suicidal.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/867651,wrightcbs032908.article

Re: A Most Thoughtful Letter From Alice Walker

NMP — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:58:00 -0000

Rhondacoca,

I've noted several times in my countless emails to major news outlets and political talk shows, that no doubt have fallen on death's ear, that it defies common sense that the snippets that are being broadcast are not an accurate reflection of the vast majority of his sermons. To believe such would require us to believe a number of impossibilities, including the complete iprobability that corporate sponsors of his Sunday show would have either supported and ignored or not have known he was damning America and white folks on a regular basis. That goes for the FCC as well. It makes no sense! Black folks with prominent voices could have made that argument, but they didn't because they didn't because want to risk their reputations and recurring invitation to sit in the negro chair on these programs. But none of these "righteous" black folks criticizing Senator Obama, who has had to carry this burden without any support, has taken them to task for their complicity through silence.

They hold Senator Obama to a standard they don't hold other black folks or even themselves.

Re: A Most Thoughtful Letter From Alice Walker

NMP — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:02:00 -0000

Rikyrah,

Girl, you know I got nothing but love and respect for you! It was your blog comments that got me interested and lead to my addiction. So nothing is going to change that! That said, I have to admit I was a little hurt by your reaction to what Obama said. I just don't get it. I tapped the show, so I've had a chance to watch it seveal times now, and I just don't hear the betrayal that you and SB did. What stood out most to me was his continued defense of Reverend Wright, and apparently it stood out to conservatives as well because they immediately commensed with tearing Obama down for continuing to defend Rev. Wright. Tucker Carlson even called it a "deranged" commitment to Rev. Wright. Again, nothing but love for ya', but do you think you can be guilty of being a tad bit oversensitive on this?

When I read SB's blog and the comments, including yours, I thought, "damn, Black folks take one step forward, two steps back, then cut of their foot." I tend to think that Black folks are developing an unrealistic and unhealthy sense of ownership of Senator Obama.

I thought we had long established that he is not running to be President of Black America, but President of the United States of America. He has gotten more votes and money, quite frankly, from white folks than he has black folks. As such, he as to be atuned to the sensitivities of ALL of his supporters, not just his Black supporters simply because we share a color line. Like it or not, most folks, including many Black folks, were offended by what Reverend Wright said. Senator Obama HAS to respect that.

What was he supposed to say? Yeah, I would have stayed in the church? If he did, his campaign would have ended on the View, and we all know it. He's in an untenable position on this issue: damned if he does and damned if he doesn't!

I'm truly sorry that you were hurt, but I ask you to look at it from another perspective. Your seeming demand that he stay in the church under any circumstances are akin to white folks saying he must leave the church.

I think it's a wholly unfair and inappropriate intrusion from both sides. Whether it would be a personal or politically expedient decision, it's his decision.

And let me touch on one other issue that Black folks aren't addressing. I STRONGLY believe Reverend Wright bears some responsibility in this too. He and the church chose to sell THOSE SELECT DVD's knowing FULL WELL that Sean Hannity was looking for rope to hang Senator Obama. Some of those snippets we saw were made recently, AFTER Senator Obama announced his candidacy. Reverend Wright new fox news hounds and their cameras were IN the church taping him. Reverend Wright's daughter knew that honoring Farrakhan would garner media attention and further undermine his credibility with Jews. So why did they do it?

You and many others seem to be judging the Wright & Obama relationship from the stand point of what Obama owes Wright, but in fairness the question needs to be asked What does Wright owe Obama? As his pastor, he has a duty to protect his flock, including Senator Obama. Why not do more to protect him from the assault of the media by simply not selling those particular DVD's? Not playing up Wright's relationship with Farrakhan? And not making insulting statements about Hillary Clinton?

There are countless perspectives that need to be taken into consideration when discussing this matter, so let's not oversimply it as the media and Obama's critics have done. And certainly let's not hold Senator Obama to a standard we don't hold others or even ourselves.

Re: A Most Thoughtful Letter From Alice Walker

NMP — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:37:00 -0000

"I thought I had done a pretty good balance of the percentages of when he had to be the Black Candidate."

Rikyrah,

You most certainly have! Please no that I did not mean to diminish your hurt. While we don't see eye-to-eye on this particular point, I know you only have OUR best interest at heart. I'm relieved that you're not giving up on Brother Barack. He's not perfect by any measure, but he's worth fighting for. And we need you on the front line.

Re: A Most Thoughtful Letter From Alice Walker

NMP — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:38:00 -0000

I need to start spelling checking!

Re: Hillary Too Busy Dodging Sniper Fire To Pay Small Vendors, Health Care Bills?

NMP — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:29:00 -0000

She's not answering any 3am phone calls or at any time of the day because she's dodging bill collectors.

Re: Hillary Too Busy Dodging Sniper Fire To Pay Small Vendors, Health Care Bills?

NMP — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:31:00 -0000

"Isn't it funny that Hillary has not had a major media availability since Snipergate."

We have to cut her some slack. All of those cameras pointed at her probably brings back flashbacks of Bosnia with all of those sniper guns pointed at her.

Re: Obama Gains Momentum — A Report from PA

NMP — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:34:00 -0000

You can not trust the Rasmussen poll. It has a terrible track record this primary season. By contrast, SurveyUSA, which has a very strong track record, released a poll today with Clinton holding a 12 point lead, down from 19 in late March. Thus, while it's not terrific news for Obama, it is promising if he continues to cut into her lead.

On another note, I both heartened and concerned by the very high number of party switch registrations for PA. This could be extremely good news for Obama if they are Independents crossing over to vote for him, but it also could mean that Rush Limbaugh's efforts to help Clinton win could be working well.

Re: So Obama’s Lithuanian Too?

NMP — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:15:00 -0000

Scarborough's obsession with Senator Obama is becoming disturbing! He's made this bowling story the most discussed topic on his show for 3 consecutive days; moreover, I don't think he conducted an interview today where he didn't bring up Senator Obama. I don't know if it's penis envy, fear or lust.

I do think this bowling thing is the white man's revenge, that and hockey. It's the only two sports (if bowling is really considered a sport) that they can still claim superiority. Scarborough just can't contain his glee.

P.S.: John Stewart threw salt on Howard Fine for his 'stick to basketball' comment. He said that was "just, well racist." Wasn't shit else you could call it!

Re: So Obama’s Lithuanian Too?

NMP — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:17:00 -0000

Bobby,

I sent an email to the campaign suggesting that they emblazen Obama's jersey with the number 37.

Re: Dear Bill and Hillary, Please Stop Yer Bitchin

NMP — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:30:00 -0000

"I've written previously about this sad transition,..."

With all DUE respect, Jack, what transition? This is the same Bill Clinton who had his long-time mentor and friend, William Fulbright, a life-long segregationist, practically chained to his hip when he ran for President and subsequently honored with a presidential metal of freedom. The same Bill Clinton who posed in front of a Black chain gang for southern newspapers. The same Bill Clinton who raced back to Arkansas to oversee the execution of a mentally retarded Black man.

Why are you surprised by his current campaign tactics? Bill Clinton hasn't changed. Black folks were just blinded to reality.

Re: Dear Bill and Hillary, Please Stop Yer Bitchin

NMP — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:32:00 -0000

Angela,

Hitchens wrote a column last week trashing Senator Obama and Reverend Wright, adding to the collective chorus that Reverend Wright was preaching hate speech for 20 years and that Senator Obama either ignored it or secretly embraced it.

Re: Hillary "Tonya Harding" Clinton ‘Misspeaks’ Twice in 24 Hours

NMP — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:33:00 -0000

If the press investigated the Clintons with the same aggressiveness they've investigated Reverend Wright, who is not running for any office, they would uncover a lot of lies!

Who the hell really believes that Hillary Clinton tried to join the Marines? An anti-war, yale law school graduate who followed her boyfriend to AR because she failed the DC bar randomly decides to join the military?

Who the hell believes Bill Clinton's recent account of the '68 riots in which he claims he turned his car into an ambulance and transported supplies to black folks whose houses had been burned down and were hiding in the basement of a church. Besides the fact that I saw this scene in a movie whose title escapes me, which was about the KKK burning down the homes of some Black folks and a Jewish college kid coming to the their aid, he didn't provide the name of the church; explain how he got his hands on medical supplies or managed to buy goods when all the stores were closed; or how the hell he found these folks in the basement of the church!

And I don't know about anyone else, but I was quite offended by her speech in Memphis on Friday. 90% of it was about her and her reaction to King's death and little about him and his legacy. Then she makes that tacky and inappropriate job offer to John Edwards. And don't get me started on the welling up on cue.

Re: Hitchens, The Black Church and Empowerment in Chicago

NMP — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:24:00 -0000

Thanks, Rikyrah!

As pissed as I get when I read such racist venom from Hitchens, Pat Buchanan, and Cohen of WaPo, it pales in comparison to the anger I feel at so-called race men who invest more time in tearing down Obama because he's not sufficiently committed to Black folks--in their estimation--but say nothing about these type of columns that would make George Wallace say, "damn!"

Pat Buchanan's column was the most overtly racist piece of opinion "journalism" that has been pubished since opposition to the end of segregation, and the Black political and social pulpits have been completely silent!

He was back on the air yesterday goofing it up with Joe Scarborough then Dan Abrams later in the day.

It's astounding!

Re: Colin Powell on Obama and Jeremiah Wright

NMP — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:46:00 -0000

My personal feelings about Powell are irrelevant; it's about what he can do for Obama. Colin Powell is the MOST respected person on foreign policy in the country and maybe even the world despite Iraq. The only edge that Senator McCain has over Obama (besides race) is foreign policy. If Colin Powell gives Obama his blessings, it political terms it will be akin to Moses passing his staff to Joshua because Independents and Moderate Republicans will damn sure follow.

Re: Colin Powell on Obama and Jeremiah Wright

NMP — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:00:00 -0000

"The only edge that Senator McCain has over Obama (besides race) is foreign policy. If Colin Powell gives Obama his blessings, it political terms it will be akin to Moses passing his staff to Joshua because Independents and Moderate Republicans will damn sure follow.
==================================

This statement is so wrong on so many levels, if it was so sad, it might possibly be laughable.

Truly pathetic that this person actually believes what he just wrote."

Squarepeg, it might be laughable if it was NOT true. I wrote it, and I stand by it. As I said, my personal opinion of Colin Powell is irrelevant. What is at issue is his political capital and there is not one human being walking this Earth at this point who has more political capital than Colin Powell. That's no opinion or blief, but FACT. There is not one opinion poll that disputes it. Consistently, Colin Powell is ranked as the single endorsement that could move a decisive percentage of the electorate.

Fine, take issue with my comparison of Moses and Joshua, but to deny that Colin Powell would not move voters, particularly white men, in mass to Obama is most certainly laughable.

Re: My Thoughs On Powell

NMP — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:07:00 -0000

Other than using 'God' and 'hate' in the same sentence, I agree with 99.9% of your sentiments as well. However, that does not change the reality that Colin Powell is still one of the most, if not the most, influential Americans. If Obama can exploit his endorsement, as a defense to the impending assault, no blitz, on his AND Michelle's patrotism, without compromising his platform, I won't be mad at him.

Re: Colin Powell on Obama and Jeremiah Wright

NMP — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:18:00 -0000

"Isn't that how we got in this mess in the first place, because white men who seem to think that the world revolves around their every wont..."

Think? Do you think the last 5 centuries have been an interminable staged reality-show? The world has revolved around their every want! Ain't no thinking about it.

Yes, history will eventually repeat itself; this empire will fall (China will see to that), but for now, they are still in command of the chess board we call the world, and Obama has to figure out a way to beat them at their game. If Colin Powell is willing to lend his hand (blood stained as it may be) to him, then he should take it!

Hell, for all we know, this could be his attempt at redemption.

Re: Open Thread- What’s Up?

NMP — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:26:00 -0000

Tavis Smiley dry snitched on Reverend Al...accused him, without saying his name but it was clear who was talking about, of publicly defending Obama's decision to commemorate Dr. King in IN rather than Memphis, but singing a different tune in private. I'm eagerly waiting Reverend Al's response. You know I'm no big fan, but I would love to see him get in Tavis' ass.

Re: Open Thread- What’s Up?

NMP — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:44:00 -0000

Felicia,

I had the same reaction! Reverend Wright, an American who ELECTED to put his life on the line for this country, is not allowed to attack the racism that he was subjected to, but a foreigner is allowed to call America misogynistic on American soil?

The most galling thing about it is there is no one more misogynistic in modern politics than Bill Clinton. And Hillary Clinton was his co-hort having been one of the architects of the 'sluts and nuts' defense.

It's absolutely astounding!

Re: Open Thread- What’s Up?

NMP — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:51:00 -0000

Fuck Tavis! Yes, Fuck Tavis! The problem I have with him is not his criticism or critique (however you choose to characterize it) of Senator Obama, but his lack of balance. His criticism/critique has been singularly focused on Senator Obama. As the Cliton's race-baiting grew more overt and egregious, Tavis' silence grew more deafening. He even dismissed their antics as distractions. To a so-called race man, racism is a distraction? Case in point, he seemed to be outraged at the media's lynching of Reverend Wright, but said NOTHING about Hillary Clinton labeling the Reverend's sermons HATE SPEECH. Yes, HATE SPEECH. Those were her words. She went on to compare him to Don Imus. That demanded a verbal ass whupin' from Tavis, but he said NOTHING!

By demanding that we hold Senator Obama to a hire standard than his white peers, he was perpetuating white supremacy. It's bad enough that were expected to perform twice as well as a our white peers to get half the respect, but when one of our own expects this, it's hurtful.

Tavis' weekly beat down of Obama began more and more to resemble a display in clinical obsession.

Get some help, Tavis!

Re: Open Thread- What’s Up?

NMP — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:53:00 -0000

When Senator Obama cuts his ad announcing that he doesn't steal cars, I pray that he doesn’t use a Prius or minivan as a backdrop because I know that the MSM and the Clinton campaign will not allow him to get away with an obviously false and misleading ad like that. He better make sure he has an Escalade in that ad or Bill Clinton will not let him live it down.

Re: Obama Accused of Being Elitist

NMP — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:07:00 -0000

Yes, CONTEXT! It was clear that he was defending the bitterness and cynicism of small town Americans, not putting them down. He's saying they have every right to feel the way they do. He's saying it's this type of bitterness that causes these folks to vote against their economic interests and instead vote on gun issues, gay marriage, immigration, etc.

Re: Obama Accused of Being Elitist

NMP — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:31:00 -0000

"Here is the full audio from Senator Barack Obama's fundraiser hosted at a home in Pacific Heights in San Francisco on Sunday, April 6, 2008. Sheila Jackson Lee makes the introduction."

This is the introduction from Mayhill Fowler who "reported" this story a week after it occured because she said she didn't initially want to bring down the campaign, but after a week, she was duely offended enough to want to do so. Thing is Shelia Jackson Lee, as we all know, his a Clinton supporter and was certainly NOT at this fund-raiser introducing Senator Obama. It was in fact Barbara Lee who introduced Senator Obama. So this is the sharp eyed reporter who seems to fashion herself a modern day Woodward and Bernstein who can't tell one Black woman from another.

Re: Obama Accused of Being Elitist

NMP — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:07:00 -0000

Huffington Post corrected the Shelia Jackson Lee/Barbara Lee mistake without acknowledging the mistake. Is this proper journalistic behavior--if you don't have an agenda?

Re: Obama Accused of Being Elitist

NMP — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:09:00 -0000

My bad! They are still there. My initial assessment still stands. I think the motives of this "reporter" should be suspect.

Re: Obama On Hillary "Annie Oakley" Clinton

NMP — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:38:00 -0000

Big man,

You have noticed that Politico is becoming an arm of Fox News. Both Hannity and Riley are referencing them now on a daily basis,and many of their "journalists" are now making regular appearances. That would explain why the unearthing of Bill Clinton's '91 ramarks strikingly similar to Senator Obama's isn't getting much play over there (burried in the tid bits sections of Ben Smith's blog). Clinton didn't call them bitter. He said they were "scared to death." I'd rather than be called bitter than scared. But he made the same point as Obama that their economic anxieties often cause them to vote on racial issues. It's amazing that anyone could deny this. How the fuck do they think the KKK sprouted. A bunch of poor as white men blaiming freed Blacks for their economic woes. And now we want to pretend that this age old pattern doesn't exist.

Re: Open Thread: Compassion Forum

NMP — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:46:00 -0000

Rikyrah,

You know, I was on the fence about Harold Ford. Never really got SB's criticism of him as "the whore", but after watching him several segments now of Morning Joe, I now see who he is.

He calls himself a friend of Obama and Obama invested a lot of time in TN for him when he was running for the Senate, but he couldn't repay the favor by informing viewers that Senator Obama was a man of faith that has spent a great deal of his professional and person life in the church.

Instead, he was all too willing to allow Joe Scarborough and that annoying ass side kick of his cut down Obama.

Let me borrow your tin foil hat because I have my suspicions that he's trying to help Clinton b/c he thinks she's going to need an Obama like negro substitute for VP.

Re: How White Folks Keep It Real

NMP — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:27:00 -0000

What I find most galling about the media's hysteria over this non-issue is the intellectual dishonest of it. Well educated people with a solid grasp of history, like Keither Olbermann, pretending that Senator Obama's statement is not solidly rooted in reality and history. Lou Dobbs and Pat Buchanan have gotten their biggest ratings and books sales respectively by exploiting poot white folks fears of brown people. The history of this country post civil war is defined by poor whites folks fears of black and brown folks takihg their jobs and watering down their culture. Are going to pretend like the KKK wasn't born of white folks fear and anger over freed slaves taking their jobs, as they saw it? Or poor white folks fear and anger of Irish and and Italian and later German immigrants taking their jobs? Come the fuck on!

Re: How White Folks Keep It Real

NMP — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:33:00 -0000

Shakes,

Why don't you put your theory that these happy go luck, hard on their luck, small town white folks do not have antipathy towards non-white folks. Take a stroll through rural PA and tell us how that goes. In fact, just take a stroll through south Philly after dark and ell us how that goes. You'll find that "bitter" is more than a word.

Re: How White Folks Keep It Real

NMP — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:41:00 -0000

Shakes,

You can get the fuck out of here trying to portray Italian, Catholic or Jewish areas of Philly as being welcoming to folks of our hue. Most of my mother's paternal family lives in philly, and I know it quite while myself. Those areas in Philly are are no different than similar areas of Boston and New Jersey or remaining white enclaves of NYC and upstate New York. You would have a better welcome reception in the deep south. Then again, maybe you've done your 'I'm not like them' tour of the neighborhood.

Re: Barack Obama: Elitist or Uppity Nigger

NMP — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:19:00 -0000

d.,

You strike me as the type of negro who thanks white folks for not calling you a nigger!

Re: Philly Debate Open Thread

NMP — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:55:00 -0000

This wasn't a debate; THIS WAS A LYNCHING! I hope someone, anyone, will report that George went on Sean Hannity's shows and another conservative radio station, and they asked him to pose the question about William Ayers, and he more than obliged! His response was, "that's a damn good question!" How the fuck does this pass for fairm moderation??? He's a former Clinton staffer pretending to be a journalist serving as her personal political hit man! We should all be on the fuckin' phones and emails tonight to ABC!

Re: Jeremiah Wright To Be Interviewed By Bill Moyers Friday

NMP — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:28:00 -0000

Somebody loves them some Farrkhan, and it ain't Reverend Wright:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXum_-8I1TA&eurl;=http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/

Re: Pennsylvania - She Won..oh well, onto Indiana and North Carolina

NMP — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:50:00 -0000

I have nothing but complete respect and admiration for the folks who who are dedicating their time and sacrificing their paychecks volunteering on the ground for Senator Obama; however, there does appear to be a problem with turning out the base. As was the case in CA, TX, and PA, African Americans did not increase their numbers. It seems rather bizarre that Hillary Clinton was able to mobilize the elderly to vote in higher numbers, but the Obama camapaign couldn't get agile young folks and what I thought were highly motivated African Americans to turn out in higher numbers. Any insights?

Re: How Does Obama Do It?

NMP — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:33:00 -0000

Jack,

You are probably one of the most eloguent men on the planet. Your eloguence is even reflected in your anger. You and Senator Obama are very similar in that way, but that's part of his problem.

The primary reason that Senator McCain's notorious temper hasn't hurt him with voters is that they respect it. The same goes for Hillary Clinton. They can't stand her dirty tactics, but they begrudgingly respect her fighter instincts. White folks, specifically middle America, love a fighting spirit in their politicians.

Now we all know that Senator Obama can not show a hint of anger without being branded 'the angry Black man', but that doesn't mean his coolness can't be accompanied by a clear determination to win.

He literally needs to become Michael Jordan, with all the charm, swagger and killer instinct. Very rarely did Michael Jordan show anger or frustration on the court, but there was never a doubt--you could see it in his eyes--that he would do whatever it took to win. He never talked trash in front of the cameras, but he was the biggest trash talker on the court. We would see him smiling at Reggie Miller, but what we didn't hear was him telling Reggie Miller "I'm going to rip your throat out." He mastered quiet intimidation with a killer smile and grace. Unfortunately, Senator Obama is coming off as quiet and intimidated by Hillary Clinton.

He's losing the respect of white men! Even Chris Matthews is getting over his man crush.

It's not totally his fault. He can't be expected to do all the heavy lifting on his own. The one clear advantage that Senator Clinton enjoys is having surrogates who will fight Jesus Christ if necessary on her behalf. Senator Obama, on the other hand, has surrogates that appear to be hedging their bets on the slight chance she can take the nomination.

He needs more political surrogates like Representative Adam Smith of WA. He is absolutely fantastic! Unlike David Axelrod who allowed Tim Russert to repeat the LIE that Senator Obama did not put his hand over his heart during the pledge of allegiance, Rep. Smith has never allowed a false charge or criticism of Senator Obama to go unchallenged.

Senator Obama needs more Represenative Smiths and more David Geffens, political version of David Geffens that is. Truer words have never been spoken when he said, "all politicians lie, but the Clintons lie with such ease it's disturbing." We need surrogates that are not afraid to exploit the character weakness of the Clintons.

Re: Jeremiah Wright On BIll Moyers

NMP — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:27:00 -0000

I said a year ago, and I'll say it again today I strongly believe that Reverend Wright is trying to sabotage Senator Obama. His interview with the NY Times in the wake of the Obama Campaign not allowing him stage time at the official announcement was petulant, vindictive and self-serving. There are relly no words for his performance today,and that's what it was--a performance.

Re: "Obama Can’t Do Sh*t For Me"

NMP — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:12:00 -0000

Nichelle,

Thanks! I was going to ask the same question. I knew that some Black folks would be criticizing Senator Obama about his response to the Bell decision. I should remind folks that Senator Clinton is the Senator from New York and Harlem voted for her.

Re: Tuesday Open Thread: Hi Everybody

NMP — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:17:00 -0000

It's clear that Tavis Smiley is more than just a little enjoying the damage that Reverend Wright is inflicting on Senator Obama and nothing that he can say or do will ever change my opinion that his criticism of Senator Obama has been unfair, unblanced and shameful. That said, his commentary on Pat Buchanan this morning was solid! And we should all be speaking with one voice demanding accountability from MSNBC and NBC. I've been sending emails to ALL NBC and MSNBC correspondents for over a month demanding them to hold Pat Buchanan accountable for his commentary that would have made George Wallace same, "damn!"

Here is my email to all on air correspondents at MSNBC this morning. I would hope that will all join me in sending emails as well:

Some of you may know that popular PBS and radio commentator Tavis Smiley has been out of favor with a lot of black folks for what many of us consider unfair and unbalanced criticism of Senator Obama, but today I think he spoke as the voice of black America in asking why the hell hasn't the media held Pat Buchanan to the same standard as Reverend Wright? Why is it that a person who is part of the echo chamber that shapes opinion about presidential candidates not being taken to task for calling a U.S. Senator a race hustler and telling black folks we should be grateful for slavery because white folks saved us from our savagery and compensated our "free labor" with welfare and affirmative action. It is astonishing that this didn't offend every fair minded journalist and commentator in the country. The lack of outrage makes me wonder if any exist. The question has been repeatedly asked what does it say about Senator Obama that he stayed in Reverend Wright's church for 20 years...well, the same could be said about you all. What does it say that the same personalities who said nothing about the racist jokes and rants of their colleague, Don Imus, for years now is doing the same with another colleague, Pat Buchanan?

Even Keith Olbermann, while bashing Bill O'Reilly, Limbaugh and Hannity for their racial arson has said nothing about Pat Buchanan just as he, Tim Russert, Chris Matthews, Andrea Mitchell, David Gregory and others never said anything about Don Imus. Why is the media, mostly white, allowed to stand in judgment of Senator Obama and Reverend Wright but are not asked to withstand scrutiny?

Let there be no misunderstanding, I think Reverend Wright is an ass hole. He not only did a disservice to Senator Obama yesterday but the black church. As old black folks like to say, he showed his ass, but Reverend Wright's sins are no greater than Pat Buchanan's. Pat Buchanan with his perched position at MSNBC is as much a part of this campaign or more than Reverend Wright, so where is the accountability for him?

I've been asking this question for weeks, but now that Tavis has spoken maybe the question will finally be answered?!

Re: Tuesday Open Thread: Hi Everybody

NMP — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:24:00 -0000

Despair? How about some anger! We're being told every single day now that are votes count less than so-called working white folks. It doesn't matter if Senator Obama wins states with large African American populations by 20 or 30 points, only states with small African American populations that Senator Clintons wins by half that margin counts. It doesn't matter that the last two Democrats to win the presidency won by not winning the white vote but a huge share of the African American vote. According to the Clinton Campaign and the MSM our votes don't count. And instead of getting angry and fighting back like Representative Clyburn, we relegate ourselves to blogs expressing despair. I'm not giving up!

We've been told for centuries to pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps and play by the rules. Well, Senator Obama did that, and he is winning. And we're just lying back while there is serious discussion of taking this nomination away from him on some bull shit argument of electability.

Hell NO!!! I will march up and down the streets of D.C. and Denver, but they will not steal this from him without my voice being heard!

Re: "Obama Can’t Do Sh*t For Me"

NMP — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:17:00 -0000

"Sean Bell was murdered in Queens not Harlem."

Queens voted for her too!

My point is there are countless elected officials in the state of New York that were voted in overwhelmingly by black folks, including Bloomberg, Schumer and Clinton.

It is absolutely astounding the lack of accountability that black folks hold for local officials, who most effect our every day lives, NOT the Presdident and most certainly not a presidential candidate.

We can all express sympathy and outrage over Sean Bell, but at the end of the day, none of us have any power to effect changes withing the NYPD, but Bloomber most certainly does. As well as the Black govern, Patterson.

It is an absolute waste of time and effort pissing on Obama over something he has no control over.

Re: "Obama Can’t Do Sh*t For Me"

NMP — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:20:00 -0000

Here's Patterson's statement, and it isn't much different than what Senator Obama said. And he's the governor, GOVERNOR, of the state with actual power to effect change

http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/news-53/120943164137840.xml&storylist;=newsmichigan

Re: Reverend Dr. Jeremiah Wright at the National Press Club

NMP — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:41:00 -0000

Jack,

With all due respect, I watched it in its entirety, and I was appalled! Let's go back a little...the Bill Moyer's interview was terrific the intial speech at the press club was sufficient, but the Q&A; was a spectacle! He showed his ass! It was the most UNChristian! He did a dis-service to Senator Obama, but more importantly to his church and the Black church.

As Roland Martin, someone who has previously defended Wright, said yesterday, he knew what he was doing. He was implored by Reverend Moss the President of UCC and many others not to do it, but he did it anyway. Without saying it expressly, those who had communication with Wright in the last month were very well aware that the Reverend was on get back time. And it showed!

I said it a year ago when he ran his mouth to the NY Times that he was arrogant, petulant and petty. And my opinion was only cemented yesterday.

Reverends, pastors and clergy of all faith are NOT Gods; they are mere mortal men with the same failings as all humans. And Reverend Wright's failings were on display for all the world to see yesterday.

Re: Reverend Dr. Jeremiah Wright at the National Press Club

NMP — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:43:00 -0000

"I really wish "throwing under the bus" will find its way out of our speech. And soon."

Amend, Brotha!!!!

Re: Reverend Dr. Jeremiah Wright at the National Press Club

NMP — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:47:00 -0000

Rikyrah,

You took the words right out of mouth! I'm not a good enough word smith to describe how I felt yesterday watching the Reverend's performance with my white colleagues, all of whom support Obama. If our windows weren't sealed, I think I would have jumped!

Re: Reverend Dr. Jeremiah Wright at the National Press Club

NMP — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:52:00 -0000

"Bottom line: Play the game. But at least know the rules. Speak truth to power. But stay focused and don't let your ego get the best of you. Keep focus on the bigger picture. Wright didn't do that."

Now that's speaking truth to power!

Re: Ok, Obama Did His Press Conference. Let’s Call Up Catholics, Clinton and McCain

NMP — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:19:00 -0000

It's being reported that the NYT is publishing an editorial tomorrow asking why and when McCain will be ask to account for Hagee.

Re: jack is back, and i humbly thank you

NMP — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:17:00 -0000

It's one thing for Obama or us to criticize Reverend Wright, but not this bitch!

I cried myself to sleep last night, but I woke with a renewed spirit to fight like hell for this nomination, and this only makes me more fired up! This bitch went on O'Reilly's show of all places to criticize Reverend Wright and Senator Obama. Hell NO!

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/clinton-tweaks-obama-on-wright/

Re: Operation Anti-Chaos: The Narrative on ‘ White Voters’ is FICTION

NMP — Sun, 04 May 2008 02:11:00 -0000

It's 'bout damn time! I'm glad I'm not the only negro tired of have my vote reduced to 3/5 of white folks. Another important point that undermines the 'importance of the white working class vote' argument is the the FACT that Bill Clinton did NOT win these so-called Reagan Democrats. He won on the strength of the black vote, which was the product of the historical black voter registration drive when Jesse Jackson ran.

Re: Clinton’s Race-Baiting Continues

NMP — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:08:00 -0000

It's about time the MSM picked up on her Dixicrat '08 strategy. If John McCain's campaign said this, they would be blasting him, as much as they love him. It's time for the Democratic leadership to stand up and stay enough, unless they subscribe to this racist bull shit!

Re: Toni Morrison Says What I’ve Been Saying For Years

NMP — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:05:00 -0000

No, that's not all that she said in the essay. She expressly attributed "black" qualities to him and declared that he was the closest thing to an actual Black president we would see in our lifetime. She can backtrack all she wants. She said it, and over these many years this is the first time she attempts to clarify it. Please!

Re: Final Indiana Results

NMP — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:03:00 -0000

He won Indiana, period! Not just because of Limbaugh Republican influence, but the provisional ballots. If those provisional ballots were counted; he would be the clear winner.

Re: James Clyburn -Trying to be the Canary in the Mine

NMP — Sat, 10 May 2008 11:24:00 -0000

"Consequnces"? Hell, more like wrath!

Re: James Clyburn -Trying to be the Canary in the Mine

NMP — Sat, 10 May 2008 11:28:00 -0000

" rikyrah said...
Ms. Martin,

I have to disagree with you. There is no way that I put Clyburn in with Tubbs-Jones."

The only fair comparison to Stephanie Tubbs-Jones is Mammie from Gone with the Wind, and Kendrick Meeks is the slave we saw marching off to war for the confederacy.

They both signed that fuckin' 'George Wallace' inspired letter to super delegates contending that Hillary Clinton can take the Party back to its dixicrat roots.

Re: Monday Open Thread - How was the weekend?

NMP — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:45:00 -0000

The more I think about Senator Hillary Clinton's blatant pander to the dixicrat roots (and continuing bloom) in the Democratic Party and the lack of outrage from the Party elders, the more pissed I get. If Senator John McCain had uttered those words, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi et al would have been knocking each other down to hold the first press conference condemning him!

How the hell did we, as people, become so complacent, tolerant, and willing participants of this disprespect over the last 4 decades?

George Bush has deservedly earned the disdain of Black folk, but the one thing you can NOT say about him is that he has any fear of putting Black folks in positions of authority unlike the Democrats who are supposed to be the Party of racial justice and equality. The Black folks he selects may be to the Right of us, and deaad wrong on every policy front, but you can never say that he feared their race would be an impediment to his goals. Secretary of State is the 2nd most powerful position in the world, and he not only put two Black faces out there to represent this country, but a Black woman.

And here we are rolling with a Party that would actually give consideration to denying the nomination to a man who has earned it b/c poor White folks don't seem to be ready.

Re: Tuesday Open Thread: What’s Up, People?

NMP — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:17:00 -0000

Rikyrah,

Jack Johnson is from my neck of the woods,and a low down dirty piece of shit!

Re: Obama & Working Class White Voters: ‘Problem’ or not?

NMP — Tue, 13 May 2008 23:48:00 -0000

I'm so sick of hearing about white working class people! Where are Obama's surrogates to spread the FACT that Bill Clinton NEVER got more than 43% of the white vote?! Obama is doing as well as Clinton and will do better generaly because he'll garner far more of the African American vote.

P.S.: Voter turnout in West Virginia was lower than expected. She didn't do much better than John Kerry in 2004 who received 175,065 votes, 69%, well after the nomination was decided. She was expecting to net about 200,000 votes, but she'll only net a little over 100,000. This can not be accurately characterized as an outpouring of support to salvage her campaign. Moreover, it's utter bull shit that a primary is a reliable predictor of the general. If it was, John Kerry would have won West Virginia.

Re: Shufflin On Hardball

NMP — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:09:00 -0000

I agree that she should not have said there would be "race riots", but it is important that someone for the African Americans to balance the white feminist outrage that is expected from Clinton's fair and square loss.

I would not want Black folks rioting in the street, but I most certainly would expect us to take the streets in civil protest if Obama is denied the nomination which he earned.

Re: Shufflin On Hardball

NMP — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:12:00 -0000

" rikyrah said...
after praising Bernard this entire election cycle, I have to say that this was irresponsible of her.

But, I'll only say this, dnA, Bernard has defended Obama way more than other Black folk, including those supposedly on his side."

Co-sign! With the exception of Rep Adam Smith of WA, Senator Obama has the absolute worse surrogates!

Re: Shufflin On Hardball

NMP — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:20:00 -0000

Rather than focusing on and condemning Michelle's ill advised comments, we need to be asking ourselves where is our collective outrage and voices to the latest offense and ridiculous statements from Hillary Clinton. She now compares her quest to seat the FL and MI delegates to slavery all the while contending that the thousands of black voters in MI who voted "uncommitted" for Senator Obama should NOT count!

Re: Hillary, The Susan B. Anthony, John Brown And Fannie Lou Hamer Of The Florida Primary?

NMP — Thu, 22 May 2008 13:26:00 -0000

"I can neither scream any louder nor spew profanities more vile than those I've already uttered aloud and to myself."

I've cussed her name in so many ways I'm now simply saying "that bitch!" at the mention of her name.

She reduced the greatest genocide and injustice in world history to a political quest for individual power!

How can any negro that continues to support her looks themselves in the mirror?!

Re: Hillary, The Susan B. Anthony, John Brown And Fannie Lou Hamer Of The Florida Primary?

NMP — Thu, 22 May 2008 16:06:00 -0000

Rhondacoca,

I can't STAND Johanthan Capehart!!! Listening to him co-sign criticism of Senator Obama as coming off as elitist and out of touch with 'working class' whites was excrutiating! Come the fuck on, a black gay man with a fake Madonna like English accent sporting a $200 silk tie with a windsor knot calling another black man out of touch with white folks!

Re: Hillary, The Susan B. Anthony, John Brown And Fannie Lou Hamer Of The Florida Primary?

NMP — Thu, 22 May 2008 16:08:00 -0000

The Clinton Campaign is proposing that nearly 100,000 African Americans who voted "uncommitted" in Michigan for Senator Obama should not count. Where the fuck is John Conyers and other MI African American supporters to protest this?!

Re: Friday Open Thread…..yeah, it’s Friday

NMP — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:14:00 -0000

"Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June." A quote from Hillary Clinton "rationalizing" why she's continuing her campaign. Moreover, it's the 2nd time she has said this.

Re: Clinton Staying in Race In Case Obama is Assassinated

NMP — Fri, 23 May 2008 17:46:00 -0000

What clarification do you need when this is the THIRD time she has said it in the last few months! It just never received coverage before!

Re: Wednesday Open Thread - Holla at us!!

NMP — Wed, 28 May 2008 13:36:00 -0000

I've noticed a consistent trend throughout this primary season: pollsters have been underestimating Senator Obama's support among African American voters. A MI poll released today by Survey USA, which has been scoring well on pollster report cards for its accuracy--except in states with large African American populations--is predicting that Senator Obama will receive less support among African Americans than John Kerry. We're supposed to believe that Senator Obama is only going to receive 62% of the African American vote in MI and John McCain is going to receive nearly a third. On what planet?!

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=52d98ca6-6c14-4f4a-9180-4e7f1fce8a1a

Re: Wednesday Open Thread - Holla at us!!

NMP — Wed, 28 May 2008 14:22:00 -0000

More of my amateur polling analysis. Unfortunately, Survey USA is one of the few (often the only) that provides cross tabs free to the public. But it's received the highest score card of any pollster this primary season, so it's as good a marker as any. It seems that where it has failed (as well as many other pollsters) is measuring African American support for Senator Obama.

Interestingly enough, I notice it has has Senator Obama performing below Kerry '04 among African American voters in a number of states that Senator Obama expects to be competitive. It is just inconceivable that Senator Obama will garner less African American votes than John Kerry and/or the turnout among African Americans will be lower or only marginally better than in '04 if Senator Obama is the nominee. I don't need a poll to tell me that if Senator Obama is the Democratic nominee blacks folks from Sugar Ditch Mississippi, with no reliable transportation or sewer system, to the 'pro-black' brothas in Harlem who've sworn on the "Biography of Malcolm X" they would never vote will be in the voting booths in November.

Kerry, Georgia 2004: 88%

Actual Percentage of Overall Voters: 25%

Obama, Georgia 2008 (Survey USA): 84%

Projected Percentage of Overall Voters: 26%

Kerry, Ohio 2004: 84%

Actual Percentage of Overall Voters: 10%

Obama, Ohio 2008 (Survey USA): 76%

Projected Percentage of Overall Voters: 10%

Kerry, Virginia 2004: 87%

Actual Percentage of Overall Voters: 21%

Obama, Virginia 2008 (Survey USA): 92%

Projected Percentage of Overall Voters: 18%

Kerry, North Carolina 2004: 85%

Actual Percentage of Overall Voters: 26%

Obama, North Carolina 2008 (Survey USA): 89%

Projected Percentage of of Overall Voters: 20%

Re: Monday Open Thread - It’s a New Week!

NMP — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:53:00 -0000

" s said...
A really interesting theory about the alleged Michelle Obama tape, which could explain a lot, from the blog Booman Tribune. Michelle, offering a speech critical of President Bush, offers a refrain of "why'd he" — the words "why did he" mushed together — that sounds like "whitey" on the tape.

Apparently, if the tape ever comes to light, her words will sound something like:

Whitey cut folks off Medicaid?

Whitey let New Orleans drown?

Whitey do nothing about Jena?

Whitey put us in Iraq for no reason?

...when the intended message is,

Why'd he cut folks off Medicaid?

Why'd he let New Orleans drown?

Why'd he do nothing about Jena?

Why'd he put us in Iraq for no reason?

Mon Jun 02, 08:27:00 AM 2008"

You're missing the point...why in the hell would a Harvard educated attorney and professional and the wife of a US Senator and presidential candidate sit on a panel alongside one of the most controversial figures in the United States to discuss highly charged racial issues and speak in a manner beneath the dignity of herself and her own accomplishments and position but especially her husbands?! It doesn't matter if she was ranting "whitey" or "why'd he", it would be an act of sabotage or mind-blowing stupidity!

I've had friends/family suggest that she has been attempting to undermine his candidacy, perhaps subconsciously, with her numerous ill advised comments, but this would be inarguably deliberate and completely unforgivable.

While I join the chorus of Black voices who decry the undue scrutiny and double standards the media has subjected Senator Obama to with respect to his church, I would be lying if I said I wasn't more than a little pissed with the Obamas for not realizing what scrutiny the church and other associations would bring.

Re: Speeches

NMP — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:34:00 -0000

It's time for black folks to get off of the sidelines now! I know we've been afraid to make any 'noise' for fear that it would scare white voters and some of us may have made a bargain with God if he just let's this happen, we'll keep our mouths shut.:-) But with Bob Johnson and many Black Clinton supporters now trying to cover their own behinds by forcing Senator Clinton on the ticket, it's time for Black folks to start using our congressional voter clout to tell them to back the hell up. In their congressional district, we are the equivalent of the so-called White working class voter.

It's time to place a call to Clyburn and tell him that his talking points should be "it's Obama's decision." Nothing more, nothing less. No more of that "well, I don't know...we have to see" nonsense. We need to get on the phone with ALL CBC members and let them know in no uncertain terms that they better stand down or we will stand up against them in their upcoming elections if they try to force Senator Obama's hand.

It's bad enough that white women are trying to emasculate him and dictate a decision that should be his and his alone like every other White male nominee that has preceded him, but we can NOT and should NOT tolerate this from the CBC!

Re: When It Comes To Michelle Obama, Where Are The Feminists?

NMP — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:41:00 -0000

Let's start with the Clinton supporting women in the CBC, namely Sheila Jackson Lee. They used their recent meeting with Senator Obama to continue to gripe about the perceived mistreatment of Senator Clinton, but yet they collectively remain silent on the more obvious and vicious mistreatment of Michelle Obama with whom they have much more vested interest. When will they let go of Hillary Clinton's corset strings and stand with Michelle Obama?

Re: "I Bit My Tongue"

NMP — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:13:00 -0000

I've yet to hear a convincing argument for the continuation of the CBC. Their collective behavior during the primary season pitted the core of their existence, which is to promote and expand the number of African American elected officials. We were merely asking that they adhere to this mission. By not supporting Senator Obama (and continuing to show retiscence), they violated their mission and abandoned their integrity, and, as far as I'm concerned, revealed their uselessness.