Archive for the 'Race' Category

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 »

Superdelegate: Clinton Camp Used Race To Divide Party

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Hillary, History, Pennsylvania, Race

That’s the word from somebody who backed Clinton, and it ain’t pretty…
U.S. Rep. Rob Andrews, who supported Hillary Clinton throughout the primary season, disclosed he received a phone call shortly before the April 22 Pennsylvania primary from a top member of Clinton’s organization and that the caller explicitly discussed a strategy of winning over Jewish [...]

June 6th, 2008 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

Michelle Obama: “Why’d He” Or “Whitey”

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

I think we’re about to see Clinton’s last gasp…
Apparently there’s a video circulating of Michelle Obama asking questions about Bush’s actions over the years. Clinton die-hard Larry Johnson is suggesting that Michelle Obama is saying “whitey” on the tapes in reference to Bush.
Booman Tribune has apparently heard what’s on the tape and lays out why [...]

June 2nd, 2008 | Permalink| 5 Comments »

Obama Quits Trinity

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

While this won’t shut up critics who think Obama actually believes the nonsense that Wright said, it will stop stories like this latest Father Pfleger flap from happening during the general election.

Here’s a reaction from The Corner:
It’s been just over two months since Obama’s Philadelphia speech on race — the one that was compared by [...]

May 31st, 2008 | Permalink| 8 Comments »

Notes From A Black Pastor On Reverend Wright

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

With this latest pastor flare-up, I stumbled across an old post from Dennis Sanders about Wright in March.
He comes at this story from a very unique perspective, and as much as I’d like for the Wright story to just go away because I don’t think Obama should be held responsible for what somebody else [...]

May 30th, 2008 | Permalink| 5 Comments »

Obama’s Latest Pastor Woes Could Have Silver Lining

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

Obama has already condemned Comedian Father Michael Pfleger, and his connection to this joker seems tenuous at best, but that’s not going to stop people from associating Obama with remarks he had absolutely nothing to do with.
Here’s a story from the Today Show…

Honestly, I think this might help Obama. Eventually, people are going to get [...]

May 30th, 2008 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

J.C. Watts To Start Black Television News Channel

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Media, Race

From MSNBC:
Black Television News Channel, scheduled to launch in 2009, will provide “original news programming with a distinctly African-American perspective,” according to a news release. It recently announced a multiyear agreement with Comcast Corp.
“With this agreement, Comcast continues to demonstrate its commitment to working with independent programmers with diverse points of view,” Watts said in [...]

May 30th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Jon Stewart On West Virginia

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Comedy, Hillary, Race, Video, West Virginia

Ahhh Jon…it’s almost too easy…

I hadn’t seen those interviews before, but seriously…wow. Gotta love that reasoning!

May 24th, 2008 | Permalink| 10 Comments »

Jim Webb Explains Racism And Race Frustrations

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Race, Veep, Video, Webb

This guy is shaping up to be THE guy to beat in the VP stakes because he can really help Obama with his “race” problem. What’s apparent from the following clip is he understands why people may not be choosing Obama based on race…and it’s not necessarily racism.
The part I’m talking about starts about 4:30 [...]

May 21st, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Clyburn: Okay, So Could Hillary Get The Black Vote?

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

This juxtaposition definitely exposes how flimsy Clinton’s racial argument is.
From National Journal:
“Well, I don’t think that carries any more weight than anyone who will argue that the fact that she only got 8 percent of the African-American vote in North Carolina indicates that she cannot get African-American votes in the general election.”
Agreed. And I think [...]

May 9th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Clinton: Whites Like Me Better

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

Okay, somebody has to stop this woman.
I thought she’d get a clue after Indiana, I thought she’d actually realize that the math was literally impossible at this point, but she’s apparently going to stick with this thing until every single last vote is counted and maybe even beyond that.
From USA Today:
Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed [...]

May 8th, 2008 | Permalink| 11 Comments »