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“You’re Either Down, Or You’re Not!” »

“You’re either with us, or you’re not,” so says Dr. Wilmer Leon, a radio talk show host, about Obama and the African American community, in this article by Caroline May in The Daily Caller, “African-American Leaders And Intellectuals Express Dissatisfaction With President Obama.” Oopsie daisy – sounds like another faction unhappy with Dear Leader. The [...]

Juan Williams Calls Out the Race Baiters…This Is Must See TV! »

Bumped up from Saturday night. Whatever one may think of Rush Limbaugh, the controversy surrounding his attempts to participate in a consortium buying the Rams has made for some strange bedfellows. Apparently Limbaugh was falsely accused of making racist statements he did not make. Juan Williams of FOX News stood up for the truth and [...]

Kobe, R. Kelly…Obama? »

I am a major contributor at DoneDems.com. “DONE” stands for “Democrats Over Nominating Elitists.” Once again, I am in the minority. While I stood and still stand as a member of the 18 million strong majority of Hillary Clinton’s supporters, I represent an infinitesimal minority as a member of the less than 10% of African [...]

Obama No »

Reprinted by permission of The Progressive. Reed’s article was part of a debate on Obama in the May issue that included an affirmative by Edwidge Danticat. Adolph Reed Jr. is Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. ______________ I’ve never been an Obama supporter. I’ve known him since the very beginning of his [...]

Obama/Wright “Divorce” Deepens Rifts in African-American Communities »

Members of Obama’s church are upset. Behind all of these comments, I sense a great deal of pain. Whence, I ask, comes the pain? From “DISPUTE DIVIDES CHURCH’S CONGREGANTS“: Some parishioners at the United Church of Christ are so steamed by Barack Obama’s condemnation of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright that they say the presidential hopeful [...]

Obama Snubs Black Media »

I recall reading a piece about how Barack Obama skipped whistle stops to African American communities on several occasions. The rationale here was why spend valuable time in places where you already have the vote? The answer of course is “Gratitude” but I don’t think Barky Obama has that emotion. Now we find that Barack [...]