Conservative Christian Groups and Race Baiting?

 

Is it okay for this picture to be a part of any group’s campaign literature?  I fail to see the appropriateness.  Funny, I have not seen misappropriated pictures or photographs depicting the Holocaust during this campaign cycle.  (By the way this campaign cycle has included heavy commentary about American Jews and Israel).   

Are Conservative Christian groups analogous to Race Baiters?  What was the purpose of this picture in literature that speaks directly to the purported shortcomings of presidential front-runner Obama, a black man.  Also a brief civics lesson for my readers:  Abortion and marriage are two controversial issues that are most heavily legislated in state government.  Meaning our governors, state senators, and state representatives are the ones we should scrutinize more closely on these issues.  Granted the president does decide on judicial appointments, however our American concept of federalism (the shared but separate powers of the state and federal governments) allows the state governments to enact legislation that can potentially define marriage and abortion differently in all fifty of our states.  Thus, I would encourage the voting electorate to understand the duties, platforms, and track records of their state legislators and governors.  These elected officials tend to have a bigger impact on the day to day in our lives than our federal officials.  

Democrats, Republicans, And Affirmative Action

Affirmative Action Cartoon

While doing my Sunday morning reading I came across this article that seems to take a balanced approach on the issue of Affirmative Action and both political parties.  Read more here.

Ebony Magazine: Barack Obama Coolest of All-Time

There are no words to express the fineness that is our future president.  Yes, I am claiming it!  This cover is too dope to describe…I’m glad Michelle is no punk.   Other covers with Marvin Gaye, Denzel Washington, Jay-Z, Sammuel Jackson, and Prince (among others) hit stands along side Obama Tuesday July 8, 2008.  I will bet the deed to my home that Obama’s cover bests all the rest.  This photograph sure beats this one.

Black Republicans and Barack Obama

Black Republicans or The Negro Mafia and Barack Obama…not necessarily a match made in heaven.  Ridiculous?  Read more here and here.  And, finally watch their ignorant attack ad here.  Seems that this group is a hybrid of Uncle Toms and Swift Boats Veterans for Truth.

The Black Woman and Fibroids

January 2007.  A month after my 30th birthday I vacillated between the tiny living room in my apartment convalescing on my couch and the comfortable queen sized bed in my even tiner bedroom recovering from a myomectomy while watching a marathon of HBOs greatest hits:  The Wire and The Sopranos.  I was diagnosed with Uterine Fibroids during the fall of 2006.  I was 29, unmarried, (but in a serious relationship) and childless. The tumors my uterus supported, like a fetus, were as big as grapefruits and oranges.  I have yet to adequately synthesize my feelings, emotions, or the physical pain I dealt with during the traumatic ordeal.  Thankfully, another writer has courageously published her experience on The Root.  Please read here work here.

 

Nas on Fox News or Faux News

Queensbridge poet Nasir Jones has put it out there that Fox (Faux) News is ridiculous and not news at all!  Click here to hear more.

Barack Obama Covers Rolling Stone

 

 The Man is definitely on his way!  Click here to read more on the RS story.

Can You Believe that I’m too Busy for Obama, McCain, R. Kelly, and Baby Pacts?

There are only 24 hours in a day…damn!  I am BUSY.  I have been unable to blog about the Dobson fellow from Focus on the Family, Obama and his about face with public financing, the alleged baby pact in Massachusetts, R. Kelly and Lisa Van Allen, the ridiculous media discourse on the potential first ladies via Michelle Obama’s “The View” dress from White House, Black Market and Cindy McCain’s cookie lifting, and, finally, my personal favorite, Shaq calling Kobe a bitch.  It’s killing me not being able to blog on such important and seismic topics.  I’ll be back in full force before the end of the week once life gives me a coffee break.  Thanks for being patient.

Obama Leading McCain CNN Poll

The Presumptive Nominees

CNN’s National Poll of Polls

Barack Obama

46%

41%

John McCain

Obama Does An About Face and McCain Cries Foul

One has to know it is a new day when republicans are crying foul over campaign contributions.  Democratic nominee Barack Obama did an about face and said he will not go the public financing route.  Instead Obama will raise money and use it to fund his march to the White House.  Republican nominee John McCain has taken the opportunity to cry foul and label Obama a liar.  Seems as though Obama’s unprecedented ability to raise money has given Obama an advantage and placed McCain at a heavy disadvantage.  This development is something new especially since the GOP has out-fundraised and out-spent the Democratic Party for years.  The political spin on this issue is crazy since McCain has a bit of a financing issue himself.  Who would have ever predicted Obama would out pace McCain in campaign contributions?  I have taken the liberty to publish the email I recieved from the Obama campaign below.

 

Barack announced an important decision for our campaign today.

I want to add a little context to the video message you received earlier announcing that we will not participate in the public financing system for the general election.

Even though we stood to receive more than $80 million in taxpayer funding for our campaign, the system has been so gamed and exploited by our opponents that it is effectively broken.

John McCain, the Republican National Committee, and their allies in so-called 527 groups that raise and spend unlimited contributions are dedicated to manipulating this broken system to raise as much money as possible — and they’ve proven that they’re very good at it.

A top McCain adviser told MSNBC earlier this month, “now that we’re in the general election, the RNC money counts, the DNC money counts. So the truth is today, John McCain has more cash on hand and more money than Barack Obama does.”

In April alone, they raised nearly $45 million. That’s more than our campaign and the Democratic National Committee combined. And that doesn’t include the plans of 527 groups like the one called “Freedom’s Watch,” which has said it will spend as much as $250 million under Karl Rove’s direction to attack and defeat Barack Obama.

To compete, Barack has put his faith in ordinary people giving only what they can afford. That’s been the strategy of this campaign from the beginning, and more than 1,500,000 supporters like you have gotten us this far.

We have a historic opportunity to prove that a movement of ordinary people has the power to change the way political campaigns are funded. And we have a clear goal as we begin this new challenge: 50,000 people declaring their independence by making a donation before July 4th.

Opting out of public matching funds was an extremely difficult decision, and frankly we are at a disadvantage when it comes to raising money. Unlike John McCain, this campaign has never accepted donations from Washington lobbyists or special interest PACs.

While McCain has built his fundraising strategy around high-dollar donors giving huge checks to the RNC, you are creating a new model for publicly financed campaigns.

Thank you for your support and for taking on the masters of a broken system,

David

David Plouffe
Campaign Manager
Obama for America