DISQUS

Jack and Jill Politics: Dear Senator Obama, watch out for snakes.

  • Lizza · 1 year ago
    You are right on the money... as they say. But agree strongly on the New York crowd, Harold Ford...and Hillary. Supporters in Denver (Puma Pac) are still pulling for her to be nominated at the Convention. And of course, she still expects to be VP.

    If Obama falls for that....sorry he finished for good!
  • 99 Percent Sure · 1 year ago
    Two things - she won't be VP and he ain't settling her debt. But then, she and Billy Jeff ain't gonna campaign for him; she'll continue to make appearances with him and he'll continue to make her think he "needs" her, as if he has any other alternative, given the lack of positive corporate media coverage for him.

    Over on The Field, Al Giordano names Kaine, Sebelius and Dodd, in that order, as Obama's VP frontrunners. Sounds about right to me, because I see Edwards as AG, Richardson or Biden at State, Webb or (Colin) Powell or the longshot Clark at Defense, an offer to Hilary for HHS which she won't accept because it isn't high profile enough. But VP has been off the table since he announced his vetting committee. Besides, Clinton would never be vetted because Billy Jeff ain't opening up his finances for her to be vetted.... Ergo, she wasn't vetted during the primaries either, which is another reason that she lost the delegate count.
  • eclecticbrotha · 1 year ago
    An interesting thing is going on at Daily Kos right now.

    Apparently a number of diarists have become as fed up as I am at the constant divisiveness and bickering showing up in the community and have started spamming the list with diaries consisting of short messages of support for Obeezy.

    I couldn't miss out on the fun so I had to get my bid in as well.
  • 99 Percent Sure · 1 year ago
    Obeezy? Is there a story behind this new nickname?
  • coop · 1 year ago
    Hillary Clinton for sure. Even though she's ostensibly campaigning for Senator Obama, she wants him to lose so that she can run in 2012. Senator Obama won't be able to run again. Now is his time.
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    She is the MAIN SSSSSSSSnake! We haven't gotten to/through the DNC Convention yet! She continues to attempt to position herself favorably with the DNC and superdelegates so that she can have [in my humble opinion] a "Pick Me! Pick Me! moment at the Convention! I'm sure that Mr. Obama/Campaign has her in check. Maybe that FISA bill wasn't so bad after all. O.K. Just kidding. :>) Please I don't have a great grasp on it. :>) :>)
  • Leila A. · 1 year ago
    Ron Dellums, former congressman (revered) and current mayor of Oakland (reviled, and justifiably), threw his hat in for Hilary early. But he has lost so much of his political capital and goodwill that Obama really doesn't need to keep an eye on him, because NOBODY CARES. Dellums has really blown it as mayor of Oakland and only the most die-hard of his supporters has a decent word to say about him.

    I say he's no worse than Jerry Brown - resting on his laurels.
  • taritac · 1 year ago
    Media Trolls. Love it.

    Key passage:
    Yesterday's coverage of Rev. Jackson's aside sure didn't cause me to understand national or world events better. It was more of a brain twist -- is there a more devious underlying motivation behind this media circus? Are the media trying to manipulate the election? or are they just craven lovers of discord? Hard to say.

    I want to propose a new term for news people that are purveyors of negative personal gossip rather than hard news -- Media Trolls. The "reporters" lurk near prime public figures intent upon digging for media gossip that is salacious. The newscasters are seeking the emotional and shocking. Their work lacks the underlying motivation of keeping the public informed about key issues. This used to be the territory of the supermarket tabloids. News outlets that have historically been our serious news providers are now right in there with the tabloids. This is death to democracy.
  • Texas_Girl_in_LA · 1 year ago
    Bob Johnson
  • taritac · 1 year ago
    You. Ain't. Never. Lied.
  • CPL · 1 year ago
    This list is priceless, Rikyrah. Especially about the Dark Sith and Hillpatine's former employees. Snakes in the grass or moles in the wall. Your pick.
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  • barry4potus · 1 year ago
    damn damn damn....how in the hell did i miss shufflin bob johnson....
  • lamh32 · 1 year ago
    I so agree on Harold Ford. Last night on Gregory's show he basically said that Obama shouldn't "just joke" about Phil Gramm's remark, he shoul also lay out his plan for the ecomony.

    Ah hello...the clip they showed was from a townhall meeting somewhere, and the only snippet they showed was the "Dr Phil" remark. My guess is "Harold" that Barack continued after the soundbite by discussing his plans.
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    lamh: Co-signing: I guess Harold lost his cell phone and can't call Mr. Obama. Sooo, he tells all his "helpful" remarks to Mr. Obama [and millions of viewers] during his shows. With friends/"snakes" like this . . .
  • CraigHickman · 1 year ago
    The leaders of the Democratic majority in both branches of Congress.
  • Booky · 1 year ago
    Name names please. Who were the CBC members that supported Hillary? I know Sheila Jackson Lee, Maxine Waters, Stephanie Tubbs Jones, but who were the others?

    I would add the following to the list:
    Wolf "Breathless" Blitzer over at CNN (The Clinton News Network)

    Campbell (Mrs. Dan Senor) Brown also over at CNN(The Clinton news network)

    Lou Dobbs and his possee , CNN
    Joe Scarborough, Pat Buchannan, Tucker Carlson, Contessa Brewer, oh heck, the whole MSNBC gang with the exception of Keith Olberman, the verdict is still out on Dan Abrahms.

    I'm going to part ways with you on the old guard Civil Rights leaders. After all Obama wouldn't even be the "presumtive Democratic nominee" had it not been for their efforts and the fact that Bush was such a F#$K Up.
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    Everyone from New York. Everyone from Florida, Diane Watson, the guy from Missouri. It wound up being half the CBC.
  • Booky · 1 year ago
    Which guy from Missouri? I know that Rep. Lacey Clay was an Obama supporter.
  • msmartin · 1 year ago
    Cleaver
  • Sepia · 1 year ago
    I would add Dan Abrams to that list. During the primaries, you would've thought Hillary was his suga mama.
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    Corrine Brown--- Clinton (Florida - 3rd)
    2336 Rayburn
    (202) 225-0123


    Delegate Donna Christian-Christensen ---Clinton (U.S. Virgin Islands - At-large)
    (non voting congressional delegate)

    Yvette Clarke---Clinton (New York - 11th)
    1029 Longworth
    (202) 225-6231


    Emanuel Cleaver ---Clinton (Missouri - 5th)
    1641 Longworth
    (202) 225-4535

    Alcee Hastings---Clinton (Florida - 23rd)
    2353 Rayburn
    (202) 225-1313

    Stephanie Tubbs Jones---Clinton (Ohio - 11th)
    1009 Longworth
    (202) 225-7032

    Sheila Jackson Lee ---Clinton (Texas - 18th)
    2435 Rayburn
    (202) 225-3816

    Kendrick Meek --- Clinton (Florida - 17th)
    1039 Longworth
    (202) 225-4506


    Gregory Meeks--- Clinton (New York - 6th)
    2342 Rayburn
    (202) 225-3461


    Charles B. Rangel--- Clinton (New York - 15th)
    2354 Rayburn
    (202) 225-4365

    Laura Richardson ---Clinton (California - 37th)
    2233 Rayburn
    (202) 225-7924


    Edolphus Towns--- Clinton (New York - 10th)
    2232 Rayburn
    (202) 225-5936


    Maxine Waters--- Clinton (California - 35th)
    2344 Rayburn
    (202) 225-2201
    (changed at the very very last minute)

    Diane Watson--- Clinton (California - 33rd)
    125 Cannon
    (202) 225-7084
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    Rikyrah: Thank you for this information
  • Sepia · 1 year ago
    Add John Conyers and Donald Payne, Sr. to the list. Sorry, but their last minute switch to Obama doesn't erase the fact that they said NOTHING about Hillary and Bill's race baiting.
  • Majorman · 1 year ago
    CORRECTION: John Conyers was and early and long time Obama supporter. It was John Lewis who made the switch.
  • Sepia · 1 year ago
    You're right. I meant to say Lewis not Conyers.
  • checkbookcc · 1 year ago
    The mayor of Philly too
  • Jay · 1 year ago
    Yea, he's the 3rd person on the photo shopped "Backstabbers" album cover. Mayor Michael Nutter!
  • TruthSeeker · 1 year ago
    Yeah, I second that. And Evan Bayh.
  • kate03 · 1 year ago
    Gov. Rendell, Penn. State Gov slithers.
  • smoothie · 1 year ago
    Since I ve seen every imaginable person I ocould think of. Heres some more random people.

    ABC DEBATE Team .
    One and done for snufffalofugus, and Gibson.

    Fox News Period.
    Lets make it official ala John Edwards. Total avoidance.

    Wes Clark
    Rikyrah touched on this with him being a surrogate for Camp Clinton and all, but theres a very large part of me that believes questioning John McCains service was a deliberate swipe. Not for attack, but for the media to go at you. No one in there right mind is going to bash a POW.

    HillBlazers.
    Another one Rik. touched on. When you see somone named Forester de Rothschild calling you elite, it goes far beyond pot calling the kettle black. That speaks of a larger issue. Im convinced they (Hillblazers et al) are never going to recognize your accomplishments, and willl forever acknowedge you an uppitty you know what behind closed doors.

    Blue Dog Dems.
    They flip more then Betty Okino. They are not centrist. There WOLVES. As to is the DLC.
  • Angela1 · 1 year ago
    I agree re MSNBC.....my gut feeling is that Mike Barnicle is trying to be fair.....as far as joe s and pat b and tucker....you know they want Obama to fail. don't really know abourt Mica.

    Gave a lot of credit to Michelle Bernard tonight on the Chris Matthews show trying to explain the tight rope Obama has to walk between the angry black man vs the elite out of touch guy. I think Mike Barnicle wanted to explore that more but didn't have the time.
  • Booky · 1 year ago
    Mica lets Joe Scar and Lil Willie walk all over her. She's just glad to be on TV, just like all the other Blondies at MSNBC.
  • Sepia · 1 year ago
    I agree. She strikes me as an air-head that goes along to get along.

    And she was a big Clinton supporter during the primaries. I don't trust her at all.
  • barry4potus · 1 year ago
    booky i wouldn't go 2 far as 2 say the whole gang at msnbc......chris matthews,mike barnacle and rachel maddow along with olberman have done fair decent jobs......also can't forget about the lovely michelle bernard....if u listen 2 her talk about BHO u would forget that she's a conservative....also if u trust buchanon, scarbrough, or tucker than u need yo head examined...dan abrams is just trying 2 make a name for hisself...as far as cnn....wolf, dobbs and campbell brown are the pits!!!.....but anderson cooper and soledad o'brien are worth watching
  • Booky · 1 year ago
    Chris Matthews, Hell to the No.
    Mike Barnacle, maybe.
    Rachel Maddow, yes, except for that hour she lets David Gregory hijack her XM radio show to spew right wing talking points.
    Soledad, Yes
    Andersn Cooper, maybe, I haven't forgotten how he treated Ray Nagin after Katrina because Ray wouldn't kiss his donkey.
  • caligirl · 1 year ago
    i'm gonna go so far as to say that NONE of the msnbc crew wants to see obama win. that includes keith o. and rachel. rachel seemed to be very pro-clinton way back in january, feb., early march, and was visibly CRUSHED when it was apparent that barack was gonna get the nomination. look for her to be more negative as the months drag on..as will keith.

    i'm glad that their reporting serves as a slight contrast to the negative from everywhere else, but i wouldn't confuse the issue. WHY does keith find it necessary to "call out" bill o'reilly (someone whose program i'd never watch) on a seemingly daily basis? it's basically free publicity for FOX. i see that hour (countdown) as an appeasement--an attempt to distract from the extreme 24/7 media bias in mccain's favour. one little hour out of the day is like throwing a hungry dog a bare bone. sure, he'll take it, but damn.
  • barry4potus · 1 year ago
    i disagree bout chris matthews booky......also i just love michelle bernard....thats one classy ass conservative sistah that i could lern 2 worship...lol
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    Michelle Bernard has been more respectful of Obama than 80% of the Democrats during this campaign season.
  • Town · 1 year ago
    I always enjoy watching Michelle Bernard. She can disagree without being disagreeable, and she brings calm and insightful discussion to the table. I like her and her weave is pretty tight. Michelle need to tell that girl Tanya where to get her weave tightened up. lol

    I wouldn't trust 90% of the Democratic party. I'd only trust those Dems who were down with Obama before Iowa. The white liberals want Obama to be their dancing monkey. The whole screaming and moaning about FISA isn't about FISA, it's about he didn't dance to their tune, and now they have an attitude of "we made you so we'll break you." I don't see that treatment being given to anyone else.

    The Old Guard and Race, Inc. doesn't want Obama to win because an Obama win renders them as about current as a Beta Max, Walkman or Laser Disc.

    The "liberal" media doesn't want him to win, they just want a story and ratings. I hold the "liberal media" 99% responsible for whipping up the race stuff, just so they can get some ratings. Everyone was crying over Tim Russert but he was one of the main ones grilling Obama about Farrakhan, a man he doesn't associate with and EVERYONE KNOWS he doesn't associate with him. Only thing they have in common is they both live in Chicago. Why didn't Tim Russert grill Hillary on David Duke? Or John McCain?

    I 100% believe the ONLY reason Obama is getting this level of disrespect on all levels from all sides is because he's black. If Obama were white, but was the 2nd coming of Mondale and Dukakis, and was 90% down in the polls, he'd still be getting more respect than he is now.

    And I"m getting way tired of all the violent fantasies displayed towards him, which wouldn't (IMO) be on display if he were white. Kiss his ass. Rip his nuts off. Give him Hillary's extra ball. Assassination. Lynch Michelle. None of this would be uttered if the candidate was white. Jesse would not casually lean in on the hot mic and talk about ripping nuts off if Obama was white. Where was all the nut ripping rage when Bill & Hillary were race baiting? And lets not forget all the rage shown towards brown Bill Richardson for his defection towards Obama, but nary a peep towards white Robert Reich.
  • Texas_Girl_in_LA · 1 year ago
    I hear you loud and clear, Town.
  • Town · 1 year ago
    And no, I'm not going to cry about FISA when we're being spied on 24-7 as it is every minute of every day. But we want to burn Obama to the stake because he voted to let AT&T lean in on the hot phone line and listen in? You mean if I take or deposit $10K +/- out of my own bank account, and it's MY money, I have to be reported to the government? Or if I wrote a weird story in high school, they have to report that to my new college "just in case" I turn out to be the next Seung Hui Cho? Don't get mad at one aspect of spying when the other 99 aspects of your life are being spied on too. The gub'ment is probably all up and thru this website right now trying to figure out who is who, comparing IP addresses and tracking keystrokes. Ugh.
  • 99 Percent Sure · 1 year ago
    Right on, Town. The gubmint, with ATT's willing assistance, has been tapping into American's lives extensively at least since the 60s. I've been hearing clicks on my phone for years and Dr. King, Malcolm X, Angela Davis, and many other Americans, white and black, have been illegalyl wiretapped by the feds..

    Anyway, white folk are getting all riled up with Obama's FISA vote and still don't get that it really isn't FISA but the Patriot Act and the criminal in the WH that have placed the 4th amendment in jeopardy, if it really is in jeopardy.
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    Town,

    You know I agree with you 100 percent.

    I don't believe he'd be getting this shit from folks if he was White. I might be wrong, but I don't think I am.
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    TOWN: YES!!! YES!!! YES!!! on ALL points!!! THANKS for the breadth and depth of reality!!! I am "bookmarking" your analysis just so I can read it over & over again! And so I can just parrot your statements because, I admit my limitations in understanding this discussion. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARITY!!!!
  • 99 Percent Sure · 1 year ago
    ITA with your post. However, remember that Obama is half white, although he doesn't look it., and they know this. Now this too works to his detriment. Indeed, he is a victim of Negro Envy from his black side, and Caucasian Bigotry from his white side.

    I have to agree with those who say that, like Fox and Clinton News Network, MSNBC has absolutely no respect for Obama as the presumptive nominee, not even Chris "Tweety" Matthews who, just a few days ago, was praising Surly McMumbles' latest ad, while still mouthing his racist whine about white women not voting for Obama.

    In fact, it's safe to say that none of corporate media, with special emphasis on cable news networks' mules for Mccain, are supportive of Obama. I am also suspicious of Olbermann, especially given his special comment re the nontroversy that is FISA (right on, Town), as well as his Daily Kos diary claiming that Norquist's statement that "Obama is John Kerry with a tan" was 'racist,' though it wasn't even a good political insult!

    I wil never forget that one Friday, just as the Jeremiah Wright nontroversy was dying down, Lizard Abrams did a whole hour on Obama and Wright that reran an entire weekend.

    As for Monkey Boy Gregory - he showed his hand years ago, before Obama even announced, when he had the dance off with Turd Blossom at the White House Press Corps Dinner.

    The diarist is correct in saying that he shouldn't trust the self-appointed old guard civil rights activists, including Mush Mouth Jesse and former UN Ambassador Andrew Young, who had the effrontery to say that Billy Jeff Clinton 'dated' more black women than Obama, as if that's something worthy of public discussion.

    As for the Clintons, particularly, the jr. senator from NY - Obama's mother was white and his grandmother is white, and he was raised by them, and his white grandfather. Consequently, folk should never forget that he knows white people through and through, particularly white women, and I commend him for using his knowledge to manipulate her very well. In fact, he is better acquaiinted with the ways of white folk than of black folk.

    Media need this to be closer than it really is and they want to drive the narrative as they used to do. None of them are ready to admit that, not only is Obama running a campaign that doesn't mirror politics as usual, the Netroots has become the media that drives the political narrative.
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    99%sure: There's nothing more for me to do but to CO-SIGN BIG TIME! Especially, . . . "he knows white people . . particularly white women . . to manipulate her very well"! Tru dat!!
  • 99 Percent Sure · 1 year ago
    Back at you, GreenLadyHere.
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    True dat!!
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    Rikyrah: THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I cannot tell you how excited I am about this post. I just started this "bloggin thing" about 3/4 months ago['bout the same time I started Medicare-welll-ya gotta do this if ya live long enuff] and I love the interactions! So thanks for including me in "da fambly". :>) :>)
  • msmartin · 1 year ago
    Did anyone say James Carville?
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    msmartin: ABSOLUTELY!! And he's evil!
  • msmartin · 1 year ago
    Why is CNN do a special segment on the Clintons tonight? They're even talking about Chelsea Clinton and her possible political career.
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    Bill has been trying to push this forever, especially since he thought that billary had the "presumptive" nominee in the bag. Now that she doesn't[we pray], he wants to advance the notion that "one of his girls" should make another run at it. And, you know, he will try to live until it happens!!
    I've got an idea: He's been associate with so many "girls" - maybe one of them could run too. That would better the odds. Just a thought. :>)
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    They don't call it the Clinton News Network for nothing. I was like, WTF?
  • msmartin · 1 year ago
    The special segment is the "Clintons Never Quit" ummm what's this about.
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    msmartin: SSSSSSSSnake behavior assisted by the media!!
  • sall · 1 year ago
    It's funny to look back at how Ms. Clinton said "I ain't noways tired!"--during the primaries, for no reason. What about when her term is up? Will African-Americans voting for her opponent or not showing up on voting day be enough for her to be out of the Senate? When is she up for re-election?
  • Sepia · 1 year ago
    Please don't forget Terry McAuliffe! He was like an used car salesman during the primary. And we can't forget his announcing Hillary as the next President of the United States on the night Obama CLINCHED the nomination.
  • Akonuche · 1 year ago
    Oh yes. That dude is the one who should definitely be avoided. You can't trust a thing that comes out his mouth. After he went on Fox News and said that they were the most accurate in their reporting (despite the shit that they threw against his candidate), that was enough for me to tune that fool out.
  • djchefron · 1 year ago
    You forgot Earl Ofari Hutchinson.All during this election cycle his post on the huffington post has been disparaging of Obama.It was like we have to support Massers Clinton because no black man has the smarts to be President.
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/earl-ofari-hutchi...
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    You tell the truth. When Hutchinson couldn't find anything positive to say for Obama after IOWA, I knew what was up.
  • rdxtion · 1 year ago
    I seem to remember MSNBC also calling Spike Lee uppity. It isn't just Barack they hate, it's any Black Man who doesn't know his place.
  • ashleysmom · 1 year ago
    Thanks for this post, it's so true.....and I am still laughing whenever I read this: Harold Ford, Jr. - The Dark Sith loathes you

    It's the funniest thing ever b/c when u watch Harold on Morning Joe u can just see the hate, he tries to hide it, but u know its there, plus the jealousy!
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    Ashleysmom: So there is something to the "GREEN-EYED MONSTER" concept. :>) Aren't his eyes sort of green? :>)
  • eclecticbrotha · 1 year ago
    So much for the tinfoil hat. LA Times has jump started the Hillary for VP meme while some group of idiots put an ad in the Chicago Tribune demanding a roll call vote and nominating speeches for Hillary at the convention.

    Also, Bill's first public statement since Hillary conceded contains praise for McCain's energy plan.
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    See, mock the tinfoil hat if you want. But, it's there.
  • eclecticbrotha · 1 year ago
    I wasn't mocking it. I was trying to confirm our mutual suspicions.
  • eclecticbrotha · 1 year ago
    Oh wait, I misread that. "Nevermind" he said in his best Emily Latella voice....
  • Nardwilly · 1 year ago
    All CBC members that supported Hillary should not be considered 'snakes'. I believe the New York delegation decision to support their Senator was absolutely appropriate. She was their Senator. She had helped all of them raise money. They worked with her on New York issues. Obama had 100% support form the Democratic leaders in Illinois, even when the leaders did not support each other. She deserved the same. Also, Rangel was instrumental in getting her to quit when she did and how she did.
  • cheryl aka jill tubman · 1 year ago
    I don't know if I totally agree with #2. I know some of the folks from the Clinton campaign who moved over to help support Obama on his team. Just as we hope and expect that folks on the street who supported HC will cast their votes enthusiastically for Barack, I'm certain there are many former Clintonites who are eager to work hard to help the Democratic candidate win. Heck, my momma even had something nice to say about Barack & Michelle Obama yesterday. And she was as hardcore Hillary as Stephanie Tubbs-Jones.
  • Jay · 1 year ago
    "Harold Ford, Jr. - The Dark Sith loathes you."

    I hate to be a political gossip-monger, but can you pass on a bit more about the Ford/Obama rivalry? I much rather would've had Ford in that TN seat than dim-bulb Bob Corker, and I fumed at the race-baiting the Republicans pulled in that contest, sending a small donation in answer to their filth. I am for Obama in the general and noticed that B.O. and H.F. get on well in public, with some suggesting that B.O. might appoint him to something. Barack did campaign for him in Tennessee...Perhaps Ford The Younger thinks Obama didn't do enough for him? Ford's jealousy, if it exists, is wholly unjustified. Obama is older than Ford and, I think, has more seasoning for teh highest level of government, so what's eating HFJ?
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    Jay,

    The one true thing that people say when they talk about Barack Obama is that he didn't 'wait his turn'. That much is true. The Dark Sith had played the game, and set himself up, and thought he was going to be the ' next big Black thing'. It was all going according to plan...

    Until Barack Obama made a little speech in 2004. Obama took off and never looked back.

    Obama was forced (if you believe those who talk about such things) to do the campaigning for Dark Sith.

    He has NEVER supported Obama. Obama got in his way of HIS dream of being the First Black President. I'm a tv political junkie. I have watched, since the moment it was rumored that Obama MIGHT be running, all those talking head shows (except for those on Fox Noise - will never watch them). So, I was able to avoid watching Dark Sith. But, Nobody Black on Fox Noise is going to say anything remotely defending Black folk - not the HIRES...maybe the ' Angry Black Man' commentators that they bring on (Boyce Watkins, Marc Lamont Hill, Dyson, etc.) But someone getting a paycheck from them? hell no.

    So I didn't have to watch Dark Sith. Then, he messed it all up and signed up with MSNBC, popping up all over the place. Didn't have a nice thing to say about Obama- period. Not until the night of Indiana /North Carolina and Russert said -' we have a nominee'. Then, he could find his positive Obama voice. Yeah, right. He's part of the DLC. And, there's no greater threat to the DLC than Barack Obama. So, he didn't win his Senate seat, he married Snowflake, here's Obama winning the nomination, and he's backed the wrong horses- literally (Clinton and The DLC).

    Don't forget the bullshit column of Colbert King's (WaPo), I believe, AFTER Wisconsin (when Chuck Todd had already said that Obama had the Pledged Delegate thing shut down), that the idea was ' floated' that Harold Ford would be a possible VP choice for Clinton. That was done to 'threaten' Obama, who paid them no mind.

    There were three candidates in the running for the First Black President Sweepstakes:

    Barack Obama
    Deval Patrick
    and a half -step behind (because he lost his Senate seat), Dark Sith.

    I will always believe Obama ran because he wanted a head start on the competition.



    If you need more readings on The Dark Sith, go over to Skeptical Brotha and put Harold Ford, Jr. into the search engine. I promise you, the readings will be illuminating.
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    Rikyrah: OOOOOO-eeeeee! Can we say HFII put on "BLAST -OFF"!!!
  • Jay · 1 year ago
    Thanks, rikrah. Don't worry about Joan Walsh, btw; I doubt there are enough phone books in the world for her to stand on.
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    PS-Skeptical Brotha is the one who coined ' Dark Sith'. From the moment I read it, it stuck...LOL
  • caligirl · 1 year ago
    apparently, you can add bernie mac "the king of comedy" to the list. why have some folk decided to lose their minds??? ay ay ay!!!!

    http://www.bronzevillemetropolis.com/bernie_mac...
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    caligirl: YEP!!!!! Additionally, they "cain't" [yes, I said cain't :>)] loose what they never had!!!!
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    Rikyrah: It is obvious as to why you are one of the "gurus" of JJP! You do your homework [as a teacher-this is obvious to me], and you are extremely analytical of the facts that you gather. My feelings about Dark Sith were a result of what I heard [ACTUALLY DID NOT HEAR] about his support for Mr. Obama- NOT!!!! It was spotty and very shakey. Thank you for preparing the facts that support my opinion now.
  • Michele · 1 year ago
    Earl Ofari Hutchinson
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    Michele: He is on blacks4barack@yahoo.com - "Hater Watch" list - permanently!!
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    Michele: I think that I did the "link" incorrectly. Being "new" at this sure has its learning curve effect. You can just go to blacks4barack.org Sorry.
  • Miranda · 1 year ago
    Damn I think y'all covered the "agent provacateurs" list pretty well...LOL
  • NillaWaif · 1 year ago
    Rikyrah,
    I enjoy reading your posts and have noticed that your comments regarding "The Dark Sith" almost seem personal. What gives?

    By the way, Mr. Sith will be on today's MTP.
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    Well, while Barack Obama may indeed wind up ' selling us out'. I believe The Dark Sith already has. There's not one part of his life in which I believe he's led with any sort of principle. As I suggested above, click on over to Skeptical Brotha and put Harold Ford, Jr. into the search engine.

    I fell out with Harold Ford, Jr. for the same reason I fell out with Clarence Thomas before he ever made one decision on the Supreme Court: they lied on FAMILY and used them.
  • NillaWaif · 1 year ago
    I don't agree 100% but standing on principle never won anyone an election on the state or national level.
    Family can become collaterally damaged during a campaign.
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    I'm not talking about the crooks in the family....I'm talking about him LYING about his GRANDMOTHER.
  • Sepia · 1 year ago
    I'd like to add Jill Iscol to the list and any Clinton supporter. What was Obama thinking when he called this woman?? She went straight to the press to run her mouth!

    Obama Doesn't Rule Hillary Out
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    Obama's getting squeezed by Hillpatine's donors. They're trying to blackmail him. He knew damn well that woman wasn't going to keep her mouth shut.
  • CraigHickman · 1 year ago
    Yup.
  • kate03 · 1 year ago
    Just wondering how the DNC is going to finance the convention in Denver, since there seems to be no money in their coffers.
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    kate03: Then somebody better git up and "Getta J-O-B" [Smokey Robinson??? - old school?] :>) :>)
  • kate03 · 1 year ago
    Has Joan Walsh ever admitted that she writes "Uppity"? She's worse than Larry Johnson.
  • Drew Dixon Williams · 9 months ago
    I love this site! Keep up the great work! And please also check out the new site inspired by Michelle Obama at SECONDLADIES.COM. The site has a blog, message boards and a volunteer matching service to get folks involved in community service in support of Michelle Obama's causes!