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Powell On McCain’s Negativity

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, McCain, Race, Video

This came after the Meet The Press endorsement…

Looks like Ayers and the Muslim attacks really hurt McCain.
What’s more, Powell seems to be really staying on top of the race, as he mentioned that congresswoman from Minnesota and her insipid “anti-American” comments. That was a very small news item, but we talked about it here.
Listen, Powell’s [...]

October 20th, 2008 | Permalink| 4 Comments »

Shame On John Murtha

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Dumb Things Said By Smart People, Pennsylvania, Quotes, Race

“There’s no question Western Pennsylvania is a racist area.”
- John Murtha talking taking to Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Broad charges of racism are dumb, lazy and don’t give credit to those who fight against areas where it does exists.
Murtha has subsequently apologized, but this is one Dem politician I’d love to see put out to pasture. I’ve [...]

October 16th, 2008 | Permalink| 5 Comments »

McCain Losing Hispanics In Record Numbers

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, McCain, Race

I don’t know if you could point to another Republican who has been as sympathetic to the ideas of immigration reform. And yet McCain is floundering when it comes to this group.
From Politico…
Polls show Obama winning the broadest support from Latino voters of any Democrat in a decade, while McCain is struggling to reach 30 [...]

October 10th, 2008 | Permalink| 4 Comments »

Obama and the Potential Bradley Effect

By Alan Stewart Carl | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Race

You know the presidential campaign has taken a turn against John McCain when everyone stops talking about how close the elections will be and starts talking about Barack Obama’s big lead and the potential for a rout. So, should Obama supporters start ordering the cake and balloons for their November election-night parties? Maybe not yet. [...]

October 9th, 2008 | Permalink| 11 Comments »

About That Race Poll…

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Polls, Race

Looks like the numbers may not accurately reflect actual voter preference since they were drawn from a group already skeptical about Obama.
From Politico:
The AP study also seems to have been conducted among a population of Democrats more skeptical of Obama than normal. While both the ABC News/Washington Post polls and the massive weekly summaries of [...]

September 21st, 2008 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

New Poll Examines Racial Impact in Election

By Alan Stewart Carl | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, McCain, Polls, Race

Here’s an interesting poll. A new AP-Yahoo News poll has found that as many as one third of white Democrats have negative views towards blacks. Words used to describe blacks by these whites included “lazy” and “violent.”
White Republicans are even more likely to hold negative racial views, but the poll was less interested in how [...]

September 20th, 2008 | Permalink| 6 Comments »

He Had A Dream

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in History, Race, Video

45 years ago…

How’s the dream holding up today?

August 28th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

McCain’s “Fan Club” Ad Crosses A Dangerous Line

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Gender, McCain, Media, Memes, Race, Sexuality, Video

Not only has McCain’s latest celebrity attack ad gotten goofier, it’s also starting to reveal the particularly distasteful “white women like the black guy” tactic that Republicans have used in the past to scare voters away from African American candidates.

First, let me once again point out that McCain is just plain lying that Obama will [...]

August 11th, 2008 | Permalink| 7 Comments »

Obama and McCain Get Childish Over Race

By Alan Stewart Carl | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, McCain, Race

I’m losing hope that this campaign will be any less petty and deceit-filled than any other in recent history. Take this story:
Yesterday, Barack Obama was stumping in Missouri and said:
“Nobody thinks that Bush and McCain have a real answer to the challenges we face. So what they’re going to try to do is make you [...]

July 31st, 2008 | Permalink| 3 Comments »

Hack Alert: Liberal Radio DJ Smears McCain

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Democrats, McCain, Partisan Hacks, Race

This is the type of stuff that makes me want to throw things…
Warren Ballentine, one of black talk radio’s new stars, was on a tear against Senator John McCain as he broadcast from the Greenbriar Mall here last week, blithely dismissing Mr. McCain’s kind words about Senator Barack Obama at the recent N.A.A.C.P. national convention.
“He [...]

July 30th, 2008 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

Obama’s Bi-Racial Background Hints At Communism?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Hawaii, History, Race

I literally could not believe it when I read it (the article is from February), but here we go…because Obama came from a white mother and a highly educated black father…it follows that he’s more predisposed to be a Communist.
I know, it sounds like the stuff of fiction, but take a read from Lisa Schiffren [...]

July 22nd, 2008 | Permalink| 3 Comments »

Aww nuts Jesse!

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Dumb Things Said By Smart People, Race, Video

What was this man thinking?
Jesse Jackson has been on literally thousands of television programs and he’s well aware that mics are always on. And yet…he said this:
“See, Barack been, um…talking down to black people on this faith based…I wanna cut his nuts off. Barack, he’s talking down to black people.”
But to be fair to [...]

July 9th, 2008 | Permalink| 7 Comments »

Hispanics Breaking Big For Obama

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, McCain, Race, Republicans

Not that this is any big surprise, but many claimed he would have problems with this voting bloc after the primaries. Gallup’s numbers prove otherwise…

As Gallup points out, these numbers are bigger than Kerry’s, but not as big as Gore’s, although this may just a shift from Democrats general over the past 8 years as [...]

July 2nd, 2008 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

Nader Says Obama is “Talking White”

By Alan Stewart Carl | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Economy, Nader, Race

In a long interview with the Rocky Mountain News, Ralph Nader accused Barack Obama of downplaying issues of poverty, “talking white” to win votes and appealing to “white guilt.”
Now, I’m not going to write the usual “oh my God, he’s so racist!” post because in no way is Nader implying Obama is inferior because of [...]

June 26th, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Imus and the Trouble with Words

By Alan Stewart Carl | Related entries in Media, Race

Words are slippery little things. Meanings can shift with the slightest alteration in modifier or tense or conjunction. Even writers who labor over every word choice can oftentimes compose sentences or whole paragraphs that end up far too open for interpretation. The spontaneity of the spoken word can create even greater confusion.
Take Don Imus’ most [...]

June 24th, 2008 | Permalink| 3 Comments »

Don Imus Makes Another Racially Dumb Remark

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Media, Race

Is this the last straw?

From Politico:
During the show, conversation turned to a story about how suspended Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones now wants to drop his well-known nickname. In the course of the segment, Imus is told that Jones has “been arrested six times since being drafted by Tennessee in 2005.”
Imus asks: “What color [...]

June 23rd, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Racist Obama Button Being Sold At GOP Texas Convention

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Bad Decisions, Barack, Race, Republicans

Many things have been labelled as “racist” in this campaign season, and most of them don’t come anywhere close to qualifying.
However, this button is absolutely, 100% out of line, and I hope that once the state GOPers find out about it, they’ll demand this vendor leaves. I mean, this is a convention where [...]

June 17th, 2008 | Permalink| 17 Comments »

Bush Faith Biographer To Publish Obama Book

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Books, Bush, Democrats, Race, Religion, Republicans

And not only does it promise to be fairly flattering portrayal, but the author is detailing why evangelicals (especially young ones) may swing for Obama this election.
From Politico:
The forthcoming volume from Stephen Mansfield, whose sympathetic “The Faith of George W. Bush” spent 15 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list in 2004, is titled [...]

June 16th, 2008 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

Obama Says Black Fathers Can Do Better

By Alan Stewart Carl | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Race

Over Father’s Day, Barack Obama delivered a strong message to black fathers: do better.
”They have abandoned their responsibilities, acting like boys instead of men. And the foundations of our families are weaker because of it.”
He also added:
”We can’t simply write these problems off to past injustices. Those injustices are real. There’s a reason our families [...]

June 16th, 2008 | Permalink| 3 Comments »

Quote Of The Day

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Race

Fervent supporters of Barack Obama like to say that putting him in the White House would transform America. With all due respect to the candidate, that gets it backward. Mr. Obama is an impressive speaker who has run a brilliant campaign — but if he wins in November, it will be because our country has [...]

June 9th, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »