Get It Off Your Chest Free Fall Weekend

 Okay, a bunch of you inquired about the “serious” side of the site. This weekend you can have fun and sit back and laugh.

DUMBEST POLITICANS and Silliest Political Comments!!

 

 

 

NC State and Local Politics Starts Now!!

We are back, your post is welcome. Please visit and leave your thoughts. See candidates at: http://www.politicalblack.com  Lets get  going, because NC’s Primary is around the corner. If you have a candidate, tell us about him/her. What about the Governor’s race?

 

News… Obama leads in NC.

Clinton leads in PA.

 

A Rasmussen Reports poll in North Carolina shows Obama leading Clinton by a vote of 56% to 33%.

A new American Research Group poll in Indiana shows Sen. Hillary Clinton leading Sen. Barack Obama, 53% to 44%

 

Q. WHAT ARE YOUR HOPES FOR THE NEXT U.S. PRESIDENT?

 

New South Carolina Poll of Political Black African American Members…Plus Obama Wins Iowa

A new BPTN/Political Black Poll of  African-American members in South Carolina show Barack Obama with a slight lead of Hillary Clinton among  African American Voters.

Plus Obama Wins Iowa..

http://www.scblackpagesonline.com

Barack Obama 44%
Hillary Clinton 40%
John Edwards 11%
Undecided 2%
Joe Biden 1%
Chris Dodd 1%
Bill Richardson 1%
Dennis Kucinich 0%

 

Open Air Friday…What Do You Think?

Republicans seems to have their hand in the Democratic primaries.And since the majority of Democrats are racial bigots that have done nothing but talk about racial equality for votes, where do we go from here?

I listened to Rush Limbaugh’s radio show yesterday afternoon. It is full of foolishness to a point. He is positively giddy over the prospect of Barack Obama becoming the nominee. He hates the Democrats, yet everyday is pushing for Obama.

Now why do you think that is? Why is Karl “Crooked” Rove giving Obama tips on how to defeat Hillary? And why have all the old warriors from the Civil Rights movement backed Hillary? What is with this Oprah endorsement?

 

Last Night Dem/Suspects Debates on CNN

The first few minutes of the Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas featured clashes between the top three candidates/prospects/suspects — Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards — over Social Security, Iran and telling the truth.

The rest of the night was seven candidates repeating speeches I’ve heard before. The Wolf Man seemed to be in another world. The part I like most was the clear animosity and sheer coolness that HRC exhibited when she entered the arena, simply iggin Obama and company, not shaking his hand. Obama, Edwards, Obama and Dodd came on stage shaking each others hand like they was at a Pimp’s Convention.

HRC stopped that jive real quick. I’m not going to tell you who won the debate(covering nose) but you decide. I still haven’t picked a pony in this race, so don’t start bugging me about who won. Give me your bias assessments. So Sound Off.

 

Free Friday..Elections 2008

JOIN OUR NEW Political Black Black Pages Today Network  MySpace  GROUP!

Since this whole internet “thing” looks like it might stick around for a while, I decided to create a MySpace Black Pages Today/Political Black Group. What are we (i.e., you and me) going to do with it? I have no idea yet, but it’s yet another way for all of us to network. While you’re at it, feel free to add me to your Friends list so I don’t develop self-esteem issues.

NORTH CAROLINA Polls : A new WTVD-TV/SurveyUSA poll gives us an early snapshot of next year’s gubernatorial primaries. The Democrats: Lieutenant Governor Bev Perdue - 47%, State Treasurer Richard Moore - 38%. The Republicans: attorney Bill Graham - 26%, State Senator Fred Smith - 24%, former Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr - 15%.

In a major coup, former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) scored the endorsement Wednesday of influential televangelist Pat Robertson. A 1988 White House hopeful, Robertson runs the Christian Broadcasting Network and is the former national president of the Christian Coalition. The endorsement of Giuliani came as a surprise to leaders in the Religious Right movement, who warned for months that many Evangelical conservatives would back a pro-life third party candidate or stay home in November if the pro-choice Giuliani is the Republican nominee.

MSNBC’s Chuck Todd reported on current polling trends he’s seeing in surveys prepared for NBC/Wall Street Journal. Here are some excerpts: “General distrust of government is not a new phenomenon; it has been the fuel for electoral upheaval for decades. But it’s important to note that there may be evidence of a much angrier and anxious electorate than either party is preparing for in 2008. How angry are you?

 

Democrats Betraying 2006 Voter Mandate on Iraq and Immigration

It looks like the Democrats will have a short rule in DC. They talked tough about ending the war last year while campaigning, but it looks like the desire for political comfort won out over real action, after the Democratic Congressional Leadership’s capitulation on Tuesday to the Bush White House on Iraq War funding. Pelosi, Hoyer and company can try to bull us as much as they want, wrap it in thick rhetorical trimming, and spin, whining and lying, but they shamefully lost their nerve this week on the single most important political issue facing our nation today.

Democratic leaders seemed to have forgotten they recaptured majority status largely on angry voter backlash to Bush’s blood letting, failed and seemingly never-ending military occupation of Iraq. Also the Immigration bill compromise will come back to haunt Democrats in 2008. We should send all those idiots from the CBC(Congressional Black Caucus) home over this bill.

Its becoming increasing clear that current Democratic leaders don’t have the guts to be real leaders, and will be out of office after the next elections.

 

It Is On: Clinton and Obama Goes Toe To Toe In SC

More than three thousand people gathered to see New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton make her first presidential campaign stop in South Carolina The overflowing audience packed an auditorium at Allen University, a historically black college, to hear Clinton speak in a town hall-style setting.
Over the weekend, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois drew a crowd approaching five thousand at historically black Claflin College.
HBCU’s are a must-visit in this early voting state where half the Democratic primary voters are black.

 

TV’S DUMBEST and Silliest SITCOM CHARACTERS!!

Something new for the weekend, nothing serious.

Who was the Dumbest and Silliest Sitcom Characters?

 

Obama Announces Presidential Candidacy

I am watching Senator Barack ’s announcement of his Presidential candidacy on C-Span. He is so smart, so sensible, so articulate, so clean(no puns intended) so easy to listen to … and so impressive! I’m a little  bored –had a bit too much politics in my live lately — but I want to see history unfolding.But, as a Black American, I thought I would get excited … and I didn’t excited. (I didn’t get to excited in 2004 when Obama spoke at the Democratic Convention, either.) like I did when Jesse Jackson announced his candidacy in 1984.

The music played by U2 put me to sleep. Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now that followed woke me up.

Obama does not wish to be seen as the Black candidate for President, but as the Presidential candidate who happens to be Black. We all know why that is; race is the ultimate litmus test of politics today  and don’t let anyone tell you different. In the end, however, what is good for Black America is good for all of America  And no matter how a campaign spins it, Obama is the first Black candidate in the 2008 Presidential sweepstakes.Then I heard  “Shout” playing in the background. Fun song, but permanently associated with rowdy white frat boys from “Animal House.” Bad choice, particularly in the aftermath of the Duke debacle. Someone needs to remind political consultants to use common sense sometimes.

There has been alot of media questioning Obama’s support in the African American communities. Some Black observers say Obama is popular with whites because he is “safe.” They can now point as well to the fact that launching a campaign with Lincolnesque overtones from Springfield sends a mixed message to African American voters. Some Black observers have specifically stated that the Senator’s life does not “share” the American Black experience and that Obama is not a “genuine” American of African descent. I guess they didn’t get excited, either.

In all honesty, I don’t question Colin Powell’s understanding of what it is to be Black, nor do I question the mindset of Condoleeza Rice. I just don’t like their political friends, but they are indeed Black.Whether you like Obama’s politics or not — and I have not taken a position  on the Presidential contest — you cannot say that Obama is not Black enough and you cannot say that he is any less qualified to be President of these United States than any other candidate past or present for that office. I am looking for the person who can incorporate all the wisdom, strength, blend it with a sense of faith, realizing the urgency, and get busy. I am looking for the strategist who can do something about world affairs. I am looking for the one who is genuine and fresh yet who has all the tools and credentials to look after my domestic issues and keep me safe. His friends gives me cause for concern

If that’s Barack Obama, it’ll be okay. If it’s someone else, let them be heard.

What are your thoughts?