Race Matters but Not in this Blagojevich Mess

Yesterday Gov. Blagojevich announced his selection of Roland Burris to replace Barack Obama in the Senate. Rep. Bobby Rush immediately injected race into the equation. Rush told the press to not “lynch” Burris. The word lynch is particularly toxic. It evokes memories of mangled and maimed bodies of black men in the south. It was [...]

Bobby Rush Should Not have Played the Race Card

Gov. Blagojevich’s press conference to announce his senate appointment was surreal, but the rantings of Rep. Bobby Rush took it to another level. Rush said “Thank God for this appointment by Governor Blagojevich…my prayers have been answered.” Rush went on to say there were not other African-Americans in the Senate and he was happy that [...]

Why Roland Burris Should have Just Said No?

There are only 100 Senators. To be elected or appointed to this position is an honor, but the Roland Burris appointment will always be the exception to the rule. I am sure Roland Burris is an honorable man, but Gov. Blagojevich is a man under a cloud. He has been accused of trying to sell [...]

Surprise! Mike Huckabee Defends Chip Saltsman

Huckabee has come to his former aide’s defense. He has advised him to select his Christmas gifts more carefully in the future, but gift selection is not the real issue.  Huckabee said “Chip should have been more careful in his selection of Christmas gifts, but no one who knows him would ever suggest that he [...]

Does the GOP Really Want to Change?

In my voting lifetime I have voted for Democrats and Republicans for state and local offices, but when it comes to president I have always gone with the Democrat. In looking at the Republican Party at the national level it seems they could care less about widening their reach. The last convention showed what the [...]

Ken Blackwell Would Defend Uncle Tom if He Was Given a Chance

Ken Blackwell was instrumental in delivering Ohio for George Bush in 2004. He is the ultimate Republican. He would defend a fellow Republican under any circumstances, but one would think even he had a limit, but maybe not. Chip Saltsman as well as Blackwell are vying for chairmanship of the RNC.  Saltsman has recently come [...]

Let Will Smith Play Barack Obama So He Can Stop Being Sad Willie

 
Will Smith’s last few movies have been in a word—Downers. Pursuit of Happyness, I am Legend, Hancock and now Seven Pounds. Every one has Smith as some kind of depressed loner. In Pursuit of Happyness I kept wondering doesn’t this man have a sister, a cousin or a Big Mama he could leave the kid [...]

RNC Chairman Candidate Sends “Barack the Magic Negro” CDs as Christmas Gift

Chip Saltsman a candidate for Republican National Committee chairmanship sent a CD to committee members for Christmas which included “Barack the Magic Negro”. The song is set to the tune of Puff the Magic Dragon. Saltsman defended the song by saying most people would recognize it as political satire. That might be feasible if the [...]

Eartha Kitt Spoke Out When Others Were Afraid to Speak

Today Eartha Kitt died. She was over 80, but she lived a life that mattered. Sure she was a movie star who also appeared on Broadway, but what she did over 40 years ago at the White House made her a freedom fighter. She was invited to a “ladies luncheon” hosted by Lady Bird Johnson [...]

Obama’s Politics of Inclusion leads to the Politics of Exclusion

The election of Barack Obama was a bright light in American history. His message of change appealed to so many disenfranchised groups. People that have never been truly engaged in the process saw hope in this man from the land of Lincoln, but over the last few weeks we have only seen brief glimpses of [...]