most racist campaign: Hillary Clinton or John McCain

Awww Shucks Now! Hillary Said Harriet Tubman…

Ol’ girl did her thang.  She did what she HAD to do – politically speaking – and not a bit more…

• She mentioned/talked up Obama at the beginning of her speech
• She gave warm ”sisterly” props to Queen Michelle Obama
• She situated the latest chapter of her own political narrative inside the broader context of the movement for Women’s Rights
• She called out her most ardent backers/supporters – left them no wiggle room  “Did you vote for me or did you vote for the Marine, the person without health care…?” 
• She eloquently made the case for party-unity
• She cleverly (and humorously) went after McCain.  That “Twin Cities” line was GOOD
• She effectively invoked the image/spirit of Harriet Tubman (I heard some black folk took issue with this. Why?)

Like i said, politically speaking she handled her business.  However, on the social tip, I think that Hillary missed a key opportunity to meaningfully advance the ongoing dialogue about race that has surfaced time and time again throughout the 2008 election cycle.   I personally believe that Hillary should have seized that charged occassion at the podium to, amongst other things… (see my previous post on this subject)

Barack Odrama Updates… biden, hillary, the press

Hope you had a great weekend.  I sure did.  Let’s get caught up in the continuing “Barack Odrama”.

1. The big news from the weekend:  ”Obama Picks Biden As Running Mate”.   This was a smart/prudent choice on the part of Brotha Obama.  Why?  I’ll tell you…

• He’s experienced (sat on/chaired the Senate Judiciary Committe and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee)
• He’s liberal
• He oozes middle/working class values
• He is one of a few non-millionaires in the Senate
• He is an attack dog.  He can/will talk shit with the best of ‘em.  True, he can go overboard/off-message at times, but I believe Barack can manage him effectively.
• He believes in and supports military service to the country (in the coming weeks his son, a National Guardsman and the Atty. General of Delaware, will be deployed for military duty in Iraq).
• And most important:  to everyday, working-class, middle-America White folk, Biden has “whip-appeal”.  Along with his voting record, his working/middle class ideals, and his numerous off-color/racist gaffes (see here), what lunch-pal carrying White American wouldn’t love this guy?

2.  Hillary/Bill and their supporters are really getting on my damn nerves.  Hillary and her loyal Klan are still popin’ off at the mouf (mouth).  I mistakingly assumed that after Obama announced Biden as his running mate that Hillary’s folk would shut the fuck up.  Nope.  They where quiet for a minute and then they were right back at it with all the zeal and fervor of an old-school southern style jim-crow lynch mob.  The latest polls are saying that 30% of Hillary’s backers – life long Democrats - are not going to Vote Obama/Biden come November.  I’m not mad at ‘em though.  Given the state of race in this country – this behavior is expected.  The problem is Hillary and Bill.  If they really wanted to, they could, with one short highly publicized cleverly-worded speech, put an end to all of this.  They choose not to.  And now, both of them get to speak/have a huge presence at the convention… If I were Barack, I would police the hell outta those speeches.  After that vile back-stabbing concession speech that Hillary gave a few months back,  I wouldn’t trust them Clintons at all.  I can’t wait to see how this plays out. 

3.  The media.   I keep hearing the media talking about how Barack has failed to connect with everyday White Folk, or how he hasn’t done a good job of making himself known to small town America.   They just don’t get it.  The headlines/sound-bites should read: “Small town (White) America adamantly refuses to embrace Democratic Presidential nominee because he is Black”.  Relatedly, where are the stories/features about the 18-34 yr old White Americans that are overwhelmingly and excitedly throwing their support behind Obama?

That’s all for now.

Rock Steady;

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Barack Odrama Cont’d: Hillary, White Folk, and the DNC

I hate to say I told y’all so.  The 2008 Democratic National Convention is fast approaching and it sure seems that shit could possibly hit the fan.  And you know the Clintons are down with all this.  Below, I’m going to provide you a link to a story about how one of Hillary’s Billionaire supporters is using her money/influence to essentially mount an anti-Obama protest at this year’s DNC.  Before you get to the article link, please take time to read a few key/revealing quotes that I pulled from the article.

“The enduring hostility to Obama is reflected in a Pew poll, published last week, showing that 18% of Clinton supporters intend to vote for McCain. With polling averages close to a dead heat between McCain and Obama, every vote counts.”

“There is a sense of entitlement that almost seems to be inbred,” Panetta said. “They are convinced Hillary is the one who should be assuming the mantle and it’s tough to crack that.”

“Rothschild is the founder of Together4Us, a group formed to “honour” Clinton and the nearly 18m voters who supported her in the primaries. Among its demands were a state-by-state roll-call of votes – a final show of muscle by the vanquished Clinton – and a prime speaking slot for her.”

“We’re not going to win by pretending problems with Barack Obama don’t exist. He has a huge problem connecting with ordinary Americans, who think, ‘He doesn’t understand me.’ He is not modest; he is arrogant. He radiates elitism.”

“Barack Obama can use the words ‘the American dream’, but they don’t resonate,” she said. “He magnified the problem by going to Berlin and calling himself a citizen of the world.”

Read the full article here:  “Hillary’s Rich Friend…Ambushes Barack Obama” 

Don’t Sleep

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