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Draft Obama video
People attempting to draft Obama to run for President have been quite busy and their work speaks for itself above and here. I have never seen anything like this since Jesse was drafted to run in 84....
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OBAMA, SHARPTON AND THE LEGACY OF KING
“And so we shall have to do more than register and more than vote; we shall have to create leaders who embody virtues we can respect, who have moral and ethical principles we can applaud with an...
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Barack’s Betrayal
Barack Obama, displaying his peerless skills as a courtier in Rich Daley’s racist court, endorsed the Mayor in his bid against a qualified, competent, and honest opponent: Cook County Circuit...
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Hillary’s Catch 22
Let’s just say for the sake of argument that Hillary Clinton is the Democratic Nominee. Now, more than ever, that is a debatable proposition. Work with me. Y’all with me? O.K. It’s July 2008 and...
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CBS AXES IMUS
HAT TIP: AP NEW YORK – CBS fired Don Imus from his radio show Thursday, the finale to a stunning fall for one of the nation’s most prominent broadcasters. Imus initially was given a two-week...
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The Audacity of Ambivalence
Twenty-three years ago, I was transformed by the presidential campaign of Jesse Jackson. I became the political animal that haunts this blog with sporadic amounts of humor and cynicism. The campaign...
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Charges against Mychal Bell overturned in Jena 6 case
Hat Tip: Janet McConnaughey, Associated Press, USA Today NEW ORLEANS — A state appeals court on Friday threw out the only remaining conviction against one of the black teenagers accused in the...
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Jesse Jackson takes Obama to task over Jena 6
Hat Tip: By Roddie A. Burris, the State The Rev. Jesse Jackson called Tuesday on Democrats seeking the 2008 nomination for president to give S.C. voters “something to vote for” when they go to the...
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To the Jena 6: Just hold on, change is coming
Norman Hutchin’s song, “A move of God,” has been in my head all day. To Mychal Bell, Robert Bailey, Jr, Theo Shaw, Carwin Jones, Bryant Purvis, and the other unnamed young brotha, just hold on,...
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Forging a Winning Progressive Coalition
Chris Bowers of Open Left has an excellent piece on Barack Obama’s failure to recreate the progressive white and African American coalition that catapulted him to national prominence. Read it and...
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Jesse disses Obama in Chicago Sun-Times Op-Ed piece
Brotha Jesse is pissing outside of the tent again, this time its in the form of an op-ed piece in the Sun-Times. After reading it, give me your take. Is Jesse’s criticism valid and is his timing...
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Jacqueline Jackson cuts endorsement ad for Hillary Clinton
South Carolina Hotline is reporting that Mrs. Jacqueline Jackson, independent of her husband and son, has endorsed Senator Hillary Clinton and has cut a Radio ad for her. The text of the ad is below:...
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Hillary’s Handkerchief Heads: Call Them Out
Rep. Corrine Brown (D-Fla.) Del. Donna Christensen (D-V.I.) Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.) Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) Rep. John Lewis...
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Demonizing Barack: The enduring racist double standard
(Obama sets the record straight on Race, Religion, and his Pastor) Having absorbed all of the calumny, reprobation, and histrionics I can stand regarding Barack Obama, Trinity United Church of Christ...
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Isaac Hayes’ Homegoing service
Hat Tip: By Jody Callahan, Memphis Commercial Appeal A collection of musicians, politicians, celebrities and activists said goodbye to Isaac Hayes in a three-hour tribute at Hope Presbyterian Church...
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