Bob "Beelzebub" Johnson Calls Barack Obama Bourgie

"I don't think he has that common -- what I call `I-want-to-go-out-and-have-a-drink-with-you -- touch," Bob Johnson on Barack Obama.

Hold on a second while I pick myself up off the floor. Hold on another sec I'm back on the floor laughing.Talking about pots calling kettles "BLACK!." Bob "my kinds don't watch BET" Johnson had the nervie to call Barack Obama "bourgie" ( alternate spelling bougie).

bourgie (boo'-zhee) adj. an adjective form of bourgeoisie or alternate for bourgeois (as used in Marxist analysis, rather than its French origin) usually employed in a pejorative sense. alt. spelling bougie. That new bourgie coffee shop is just full of people drinking double skinny lattes.The Urban Dictionary

Oh look, HIllary Clinton let Bob Johnson come from out of the bunker she threw him in after his wildly popular comments he made about Barack Obama doing drugs from a South Carolina pulpit back in January. He is at it again saying Obama does not have "ze common touch."

[B]illionaire businessman Bob Johnson said Monday that Sen. Barack Obama would not be his party's leading candidate if he were white. "Geraldine Ferraro said it right. The problem is, Geraldine Ferraro is white. This campaign has such a hair-trigger on anything racial ... it is almost impossible for anybody to say anything....So Obama comes in and runs a smart campaign. But that's not the Second Coming, in my opinion, of John F. Kennedy, FDR or the world's greatest leaders." Charlotte Observer

NO seriously, how much does Johnson stand to gain if Hillary is elected, how much does he stand to lose if Obama wins because y'all know the only thing Bob Beelzebub Johnson cares about is money. The man who made his money off of being Black and Black people.

"Bitter-GATE"
Well for those of you who have been under a rock, last week Obama was attending a swanky fund raiser in San Francisco and he went "off prompter". We have previously discussed the dangers of Obama going off script on the podcast ("Barack Obama's Church", March 20, 2008)

Well Barack went off and said that the White working class voters in Pennsylvania are "bitter" and cling to God and guns. OUCH! Well of course Hillary and McCain have pounced on that.
A couple of weeks ago, Obama talked about teenage girls being "punished with a baby". So he has some issues with word choice:

"I said people were bitter," Obama said. "People seemed to misunderstand. Yes, people are angry. If you've been filling up your gas tank, you're angry."You've got to feel some frustration. You've got to feel some anger," he said, "when you get the sense that the ...American way of life for so many people is slipping away." Source

But again, of all the people to speak about Obama being out of touch, Bob Johnson is the LAAAAST person to say a word.

Here is the deal. Obama is the Democratic nominee. Short of a miracle or the apocalypse, Clinton can't beat him in pledged delegates and the Supers are not so idiotic and stupid that they will sacrifice the party to stop John McCain. It isn't necessary considering they may very well be increasing their margin in the Senate and with the help of moderate republicans, they could keep McCain on the ropes of four years. So making lemons out of Bittergate by continuing to make sure that you alienate White rural voters and assist the Republicans in painting him as the second coming of John Kerry is helpful how? Oh yeah, it stops people from talking about that whole " you weren't really fired at on that Trip to Bosnia after all" scandal. P.S. Expect Bob Johnson to go BACK in the bunker.

What Happens When Johnson Tries to Make Money Off Of Someone Other Than Black folk

You see I've previously covered that BET was a success because it was the first and only. You can't take that away from the man, he built a business empire, but so have arms dealers, moonshine men, sex traffickers, and drug dealers (oops did I just say Bob Johnson and drug dealer in the same sentence?...He won't mind, he talks about drug dealers and Obama all the time!) Well anyway, he is having yet another problem with professional sports teams in Charlotte. Things aren't going well apparently:

Charlotte's business community has fallen short in its support of the Charlotte Bobcats, majority owner Bob Johnson said Monday, leading him to ask executives across the region to pony up more money for tickets, suites and sponsorships.

"I am absolutely concerned," Johnson told the Observer in an interview. "I am doing everything I can to make this team work, including writing a lot of checks." Charlotte Observer

Um Bob, you are a good capitalist. Isn't that what you are always saying in response to criticisms that your entertainment empire was built by glorifying B*tches, Bullets and Bling.? Capitalists and entrepreneurs can go it alone without government subsidies, set asides, or guilt money. You'll be fine, you've built businesses in the past without relying on those things...oh sorry, no you haven't. Yes, yes. Keep writing checks. while you are at it, you should buy a Major League Soccer team as well and name that team after yourself too.

A self-made billionaire who founded Black Entertainment Television network -- then became a candidate to own an NBA expansion team in Charlotte. When he went back to the same Charlotte business leaders for help with the $300 million expansion fee, he said, none would commit. That made him question if there was ever enough local ownership interest to make up the other 49 percent in the two Hornets bids. "It really wasn't the reception I thought I was going to get," he said. Source

AAAAW That hurts my heart. Don't worry y'all he is still one of Viacom's largest shareholders, he has plenty of money. Well if you think we are harsh with Johnson on THIS Blog, wait until you read what some Charlotte sports fans have to say:

First of all Johnson is not a billionaire.Second of all, Johnson also proves that a person does not need to be smart to make a lot of money.Johnson needs to stop whining about his losses. No city is going to support a losing team. He got off on the wrong foot by allowing Jordan to run his basketball operations. Just because Jordan could jump high and make players look stupid on the court does not mean that he can run a basketball team. Go ask the Wizards. They have been a decent team since Jordan was "let go". I have not given the Bobcats a dime and I will not be giving them a dime until they get their act together. One more thing - people stop making this a racial issue. Johnson just happens to be a black man who made millions of dollars with BET showing exploitive music videos. Now he is a black man who cannot make any money with an NBA team because he has allowed another black man with no success in the front office to run it. Now he has black and white fans who do not want to spend a bunch of money to watch a sorry product on the floor.
Comment from the Charlotte Observer.

Previous Posts on Bob Johnson's Obama Jabs:
Am I Going To Have to Get An "Obama" T-shirt? - Bob Johnson is Still The DeviL
YouTubers Beating the Crap Out of Bob Beelzebub Johnson
News Roundup-Clinton Obama Call for Truce- Bob Johnson STILL Thinks Black Folks and Everbody Else is STUPID!

Baracky The Movie
We aren't Obama acolytes around here, but I thought this was a hysterical YouTube. I was actually wondering if it was a neutral video until the end because it showed both of the candidates giving as good as they got.

Join Us Tomorrow (Thursdsay, April 17th) For the Podcast

This week on the podcast, (Thursday at 8:00PM CST) We will be talking about this week's campaign developments. The topic will be "Bitter-GATE". We'll talk about Hillary suddenly becoming a duck hunter, Bob Johnson's comments AND we'll also be talking about Tavis Smiley quitting the tom Joyner morning show allegedly because he has been catching fire/ hateration behind his Barack Obama comments. So Join us from 8 to 9:00 on tomorrow night on our internet radio show and podcast,The Black Women's Roundtable. You can participate as a guest by calling 646-478-4750 or join us in the chat room.

Reverends Gone Wild- Tonight at 8:00PM CST Dunbar Village, Obama and The Black Church

Whew! this week has been a doozy! We started out the week discussing the fallout from mainstream media's examination of selected portions of the sermons of Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama's Pastor. Well we ended the week with the infamous Pastor Manning calling Barack Obama a long-legged pimp and "trash."

Goodness! Catch up on all of the craziness on tonight's Podcast, The Black Women's Roundtable. We'll be joined by a fomer member of Barack Obama's church and we'll be discussing The Black Church, Obama, and The Press and what is Hillary Clinton up to these days with Michigan and Florida? Speaking of Florida, we'll be talking about Al Sharpton and the West Palm Beach NAACP's hyporcisy related to Dunbar Village.

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WAOD Mailbag and News You Can Use: Michelle Obama Makes 'Em Mad- Oprah Starts a Class

Where Are All the Good Black Women?- Of Course Its a Man Asking

"Where Are All The Good Black Women?" I am sure some of you will enjoy this article from across the pond. Read this article and then we can play "Count the Contradictions" in the comments section. Better yet, feel free to respond to Phinn:

Are you a professional woman who thinks Phinn is talking nonsense? Email us your views at: yourviews@gvmedia.co.uk

Oh I love the British!

The Campaign That Never Ends.Continues Never Ending

Machinists Union President Tom Buffenbarger, introducing Clinton, hit Obama in...colorful...terms

"Yes we can? Give me a break," he said.

He also compared Obama with "Janus, the two-faced god" of Roman mythology. He called him "silver tongued" and a "thespian" and "the man in love with the microphone."

"He’s not just a trained thespian, he’s a terrific shadow boxer. You know the type. Outside the ring, he pretends he can float like a butterfly and sting like a bee," he said. "But Barack Obama is no Muhammad Ali. He took a walk every time there was a tough vote in the Illinois state Senate. He took a walk more than 130 times. That’s what a shadow boxer does. All the right moves, all the right combinations, all the right footwork, but he never steps into the ring. He walks away from the fight.” Politico.com

.Despite a plagiarism "scandal" that erupted over whether Obama was lifting language from Massachusetts's Governor, Deval Patrick, Barack Obama won his ninth election in a row in Wisconsin. Texas and Ohio are tightening up. My goal is to collect as much campaign paraphernalia as possible from all four remaining candidates. There are some really cool posters floating around. If you want the 411 on the Texas race, Burnt Orange Report is a good place to start. There isn't another primary like Texas. Clinton can't just beat Obama, she has to clobber him throughout all of the state senate districts to win Texas... MSM will point that out in about two weeks.

Michelle's National Pride Problems

Don't shoot the messenger. Y'all know I am a Michell fan, but this won't be the last time this happens during the campaign, but a portion of a Michelle Obama speech cause a big kerfluffle yesterday. Here is what she said:

"What we have learned over this year is that hope is making a comeback. It is making a comeback. And let me tell you something -- for the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. And I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction and just not feeling so alone in my frustration and disappointment. I've seen people who are hungry to be unified around some basic common issues, and it's made me proud."

Well Cindi McCain ( That is John's wife) responded:'

“I am proud of my country,” [she] said at a campaign stop in Brookfield, Wis., Tuesday. “I don’t know if you heard those words earlier … but I am very proud of my country.”

During a follow up press conference, the Arizona senator was asked if they were responding to Michelle Obama and he deferred to his wife.
She responded: “I just wanted to make the statement that I have and always will be proud of my country.” Wonkette.com

OH this will be a fun fun fun general election race if it is the battle of the wives. I know Cindy has a Stepford wife vibe going, but I detected a subtle near head snap-her husband almost appeared afraid of what she would say next. Don't sleep on Cindy. If Bill Clinton will just issue a statement regarding national pride, we'll have a complete set. I expect comments from Bill any moment now. He can't resist!

Well Michelle, y'all ain't the insurgency anymore, y'all are the presumptive front runner. I get what she was saying, but that comment opened you up to analysis like this where the go through all of the stuff that has happened in the years since Michelle became an adult. Yeah, they broke it down like a fraction.Parsing words? Absolutely! Its called the meat grinder that is the campaign to become the leader of the free world.

Oprah Hosting the World's Largest Classroom

I already signed up, but beginning March 3, 2008 for ten weeks, Oprah is going to be hosting an online telecourse covering Eckhart Tolle's, "A New Earth."

For the first time ever, you can join Oprah and Eckhart Tolle, the best-selling author of The Power of Now, as they teach A New Earth in Oprah's worldwide classroom live Monday nights on Oprah.com.

I am going to try to make it to the end of this class, but I can already tell this is going to be TOUGH. I tried reading the first excerpt on the Oprah.com website and it was rough going. Maybe I am too cynical :( I will give it a go and report back every Tuesday morning about my online classroom experience with Oprah. I'm going in with an open mind.

Al Sharpton Bails on Dunbar Village Townhall Meeting

We all can miss a plane or two, but how about calling your grassroots organizer to let them know you are canceling the meeting they worked side by side with you to plan? Not to mention canceling their own planned meeting to accommodate yours.

They were promised a visit from a famous activist who vowed to come to "Dunbar Village" to fight for better conditions. But Monday night, after Reverend Al Sharpton canceled his appearance at the last minute, residents left what was supposed to be a town hall meeting saying there's little left to complain about. WPTV.com

Uh yeah right. Nothing left to complain about. (there is a back story there). I want to say that I am shocked an horrified, but I ain't . Working with members of the Civil Rights Industrial Complex is a very tricky affair- Like juggling rattle snakes blindfolded while riding a unicycle. I've got the bite marks to prove it- some nearly fatal to this blog. When things settle down, I'll break down some of the behind the scenes shenanigans, but as you can imagine, those most connected to the planning are extremely beat down and disappointed.

I fielded a call in the middle of what was left of the chaos that was created. This "changing the world" thing ain't easy. If it was, it would have already been done. There will be setbacks and miscalculations and changes in course. There will be times when you may, understandably want to give up- like when you are surrounded by a bunch of news cameras and residents asking “where in the world is Rev. Al?” Know that your cause is noble and it is as noble now as it was before the meeting and the ensuing chaos. Keep your head up! See, I can be restrained. Aren't y'all proud? Cause you know I can produce a Sharpton diatribe on demand.

John McCain's Campaign Slogan

“I will fight to make sure that Americans are not deceived by an eloquent but empty call for change”

Wasn't that Bob Dole's campaign slogan? You gone have to come up with something better than that IMHO the optimist typically beats the pessimist.

In Other News

In other news,Ivory coast women want medical treatment for bigger bottoms. Speaking of book club selections, I am sure many of you can't wait to go out and grab this one. “Stupid Black Men” by Larry Elder. For real, y'all need to keep beating me about the head until I finish my first book because clearly you can get published writing about anything. Here is an interesting post called “Where are the Roles for Black Women In Black leadership". It was all going good until they went an mentioned Tiny Tot as an example of Black women in leadership. WAOD readers know how she likes to “lead.” WE'RE DOOMED!!! JK

Superdelegate Super Drama!: John Lewis Switches,Might BE Switching to Obama- Al Sharpton Threatens to March on DNC Headquarters

Remember last week when I posted about the Tyranny of the Super delegate: Disaster Looms for the Democratic Party?

Here's the problem many of these CBC members are from heavily African American districts. The black vote is tilting heavily towards Obama something like 80-90%. This thing might come down to superdelegates and these CBC members supporting Clinton would be placed in the position of being responsible for thwarting the will of 90% of their constituency AND being held responsible for thwarting an African American to get to the White House. Can you say primary challenger in 2010?

People are passionate about this year's campaign. I could easily see a crop of young pro-Obama democrats running against every CBC member that cast their vote for Hillary Clinton with the campaign slogan "Remember 2008!" You can almost guarantee that there are some young turks out there who would be able to make a strong argument that these CBC members are out of touch. Just this past week, Al Wynn to his Democratic primary opponent, Donna Edwards, whose campaign was given a boost by bloggers and online activists. You can bet that every CBC member casting a super delegate vote for Clinton will find themselves similarly targeted in 2010. So whether Obama wins or loses, he's already changed the game. You've got more young people engaged and interested in a political campaign than I can remember in my lifetime. Do all of the super delegates think that these folks are just going to fade away and say "oh well"? No, they are going to be highly ticked off. Ticked off enough to organize and campaign and aided by the internet, they can probably pull it off.

John Lewis Switches His Support to Barack Obama
Last night I read a post over at Politico.com called "Black superdelegates, torn". They were citing sources from within Representative John Lewis' camp who were saying he was rethinking his early support of Hillary Clinton. Well this morning, the NY times is reporting that John Lewis has switched and will be casting his superdelegate vote for Barack Obama.

“In recent days, there is a sense of movement and a sense of spirit,” said Mr. Lewis, a Georgia Democrat who endorsed Mrs. Clinton last fall. “Something is happening in America, and people are prepared and ready to make that great leap.”

“I’ve been very impressed with the campaign of Senator Obama,” Mr. Lewis said. “He’s getting better and better every single day.”

His comments came as fresh signs emerged that Mrs. Clinton’s support was beginning to erode from some other African-American lawmakers who also serve as superdelegates. Representative David Scott of Georgia, who was among the first to defect, said he, too, would not go against the will of voters in his district.

I predict the same will happen for several CBC members. Jim Clayburn says folks are being moved to tears:

I've seen a superdelegate driven to tears over this. It's a very emotional thing. People who have been waiting for years to vote for a woman or a black find themselves conflicted having to make a choice between the two at one time. That's very, very tough, especially on African American women." ABCNEWS.com

They really don't have much choice. To cast a superdelegate vote for Hillary Clinton when 80-90% of your constituents are not only voting for the other candidate, but emotionally invested in his winning or losing, your asking for a primary challenge, a real one, in 2010. For those who want to lamblast Lewis for supporting Hillary in the first place, in his defense, EVERYBODY was droning on and on about inevitability and whatnot when Hillary was locking in these superdelegate votes. Lewis is a politician, he went where there appeared to be less risk. Now he's re assessed his risk and figured out win or lose, casting a superdelegate vote in favor of Hillary Clinton, despite his constituent's risks is political folly. How are your elected superdelegates going to vote? Have you called to ask them?

Al Sharpton Threatens to March on DNC Headquarters over Michigan and Florida
Man, I said that this thing was headed for disaster last week. One of my friends laughed and said that there would be riots in Denver at the Democratic National Convention...they might be right. Rev. Sharpton says he is going to march on the DNC headquarters in Washington, DC if they seat the Florida and Michigan delegates at the convention. Last week, Julian Bond of the NAACP complained to Howard Dean that not seating the delegates would disenfranchise minority voters. Al Sharpton responded to the contrary kjhgkjh

Yesterday, Clinton's side of the argument got a boost when NAACP chairman Julian Bond wrote to DNC chair Howard Dean to express "great concern at the prospect that million of voters in Michigan and Florida could ultimately have their votes completely discounted." Not seating the Michigan and Florida delegations would remind Americans of the "sordid history of racially discriminatory primaries," Bond said.

This morning, Rev. Al Sharpton sided with Obama, writing to Dean to express the opposite sentiment.

"I firmly believe that changing the rules now, and seating delegates from Florida and Michigan at this point would not only violate the Democratic party's rules of fairness, but also would be a grave injustice," Sharpton wrote. "Changing the rules in the middle of a presidential contest is patently unfair both to the candidates (including Senator Edwards) and to Democratic voters everywhere."

Sharpton said that Bond's argument of disenfranchisement "should have been made many months ago before the decision was made to strip these states of their delegates, and, once the decision was made, it should have been vigorously objected to and contested by those who felt it disenfranchised voters. To raise that claim now smacks of politics in its form most raw and undercuts the moral authority behind such an argument."Political Punch

Now Rev. Al is planning a march...SOMEBODY HAS BEEN READING THIS BLOG!!! For Rev. Al, this is ingenious. IF you recall, I commented on how his window to endorse, or have an endorsement that had any clout had passed. With Julian Bond's letter and this issue over Florida and Michigan, he has found a way to make himself relevant. Before you poo poo and dismiss that statement. Think about this. Neither the DNC nor Barack Obama want the spectacle of thousands of Black folks marching on DNC headquarters so I can imagine folks will be calling him. OF course he will have thousands marching on DNC headquarters with him because he has tapped into the intensity of Black folks enthusiasm over a potential Obama nomination. Al Sharpton can't lose in this case. If he marches, he's the champion of the Black voter. If he doesn't, he is the pragmatic elder statesman who negotiated a compromise. I'm not saying that is why he's doing it, but that is the position he has successfully carved out for himself.

UPDATE: Now Lewis' spokesperson is backtracking:

spokeswoman for Lewis, Brenda Jones, said the Times story and a similar one by
the Associated Press, saying he was contemplating such a switch,
were inaccurate. Both the Times and AP stories quoted Lewis directly after
speaking with him; he was not available for comment later Thursday. The Obama
campaign also said that Lewis and Obama had not talked recently about a change
of heart. SOURCE

Can Hillary Make a Comeback? Julian Bond of the NAACP Wants to Do His best To Help Her

File this under HUH? You know this pledged delegate count is going down to the wire. I just saw Obama and Hillary ads last night. We haven't had democratic primary ads since 1988. So that was odd. Well anyway for those of you following this election drama, last spring all the states were in a mad dash to have their primaries and caucuses early so that their citizens could have a say in the presidential nomination process. Back then the group think was that by Super Tuesday the nomination would be decided so if your state fell later in the rounds, the votes there wouldn't matter. We can now see that that did not play out as we are basically at a tie, although Obama is now winning or competitive in every single demographic that there is. He is now beating Hillary across the board so if Texas and Ohio fall his way which is a strong possibility, all this may be a moot point.

Anyway, the DNC has rules about which states can hold their primaries when. Michigan and Florida up and broke the rules and the penalty was that their delegates would not be seated. Each party gets to make up its own rules about how its nomination process will work. Now all the Democratic candidates pulled their names off the ballot in Michigan except Hillary and I want to say that there was an agreement not to campaign in Florida, again, Hillary campaigned anyway. So lo and behold, she won Michigan, as she had no other competition other than "uncommitted" and she won Florida. Now she wants those delegates seated. Mind you the proclamation about the delegates came out MONTHS ago, but now Julian bond from the NAACP is weighing in.

In a Feb. 8 letter to DNC Chairman Howard Dean, NAACP chairman Julian Bond expressed "great concern at the prospect that million of voters in Michigan and Florida could ultimately have their votes completely discounted." Refusing to seat the states' delegations could remind voters of the "sordid history of racially discriminatory primaries," he said.

Since then, facing the prospect of a drawn-out delegate battle with Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign has pushed hard for both states' delegations to be seated. Clinton won Florida's primary Jan. 29 and Michigan's Jan. 15, but was the only candidate to appear on the Michigan ballot after the other candidates removed their names. SOURCE

Voters in Michigan and Florida Were Disenfranchised Months Ago
The voters of Michgan and Florida were disenfranchised when their state parties decided to flout DNC rules and hold their primaries early. I could make an equally strong argument that Minority voters were disenfranchised the moment the DNC announced that it was not going to seat any delegates. Now Hillary was the only Democrat on the ticket in Michigan and I am sure there were a bunch of Black folks ( who by the way are leaning 90% in favor of Obama) who would have voted in both Florida and Michigan had they known that the party wouldn't follow its own pronouncements.

This sounds so much like the poll tests that Black folks had to pass in order to get the right to vote. Black folks conquer one barrier and then the segregationists move the chains. First you need to own property then you needed to be able to read then you needed to pass a ridiculous multiple choice examination then you needed to somehow manage to register to vote without swinging from a tree. Its dangerous to go changing the rules AFTER the election has taken place. Can't you see how that could be used against minority voters?

Why is he coming out NOW?
My biggest HUH is based on the timing of his pronouncement. Now that the states matter, he is coming out. Maybe he spoke out earlier, but I haven't found the quote online. Feel free to post it in the comments. The DNC made this ruling MONTHS ago. I know this means nothing in the world of politics, but this is UNFAIR. You can't change the rules of an election after the fact. Can you say lawuit? There are rumblings about a caucus or something later in the summer. the only way to lay this to rest if for one of the candidates to blow out the other in Texas, Ohio and Pennsylvania if this thing goes that long.

I don't disagree with his argument that you basically allow the state legislature controlled by another party to make your state meaningless in the opposing party's primary, however, there are not new facts which would warrant this new plea other than the fact that this bad boy was not sewn up on Super Tuesday as predicted. But for the fact that the nomination battle is going to be within a hair, Bond probably wouldn't be sending any letters.

I don't have a problem with allowing the two states to "re-vote", but it looks ridiculous and undermines the party's chances in November because instead of voters deciding the outcome of this election, it looks to be party officials.

Also, this highlights that this may be the last Presidential go round for the Civil Rights Industrial Complex.

On a funny note, y'all remember the Obama Will.I.Am video, "Yes We Can"? Well there is a parody out for John McCain. Hysterical. I can't figure out who gets skewered more- the candidate or the celebs who appeared in the original. I love that some aspects of popular culture are reflecting what the heck is going on in the world.

WSJ Profile of Michelle Obama and Weekend Capaign Happenings- Dems Still Headed for Disaster

Man this weekend was a doozy!

The Wall Street Journal did an interesting profile on Michelle Obama. My meh-ness about her candidate spouse not withstanding, I have always been a Michelle Obama fan.

A young woman asked Mrs. Obama what her "First Lady platform" would be. "To make sure my kids have their heads on straight," Mrs. Obama said. "We can talk about the high-falutin' notion of a First Spouse platform, but here I am, a woman professional who has to work on top of my first job as a mother."

Taken aback, the young woman said, "I'm sorry."

Sensing that this recent college graduate hadn't experienced first-hand the same kind of work-family conflicts, Mrs. Obama grabbed her hand and softened her tone. "It's personal," said Mrs. Obama. Wall Street Journal

They had to get that one in didn't they. SMH. Barack made the March cover of Ebony.
Here is another Michelle video-"Meet Michelle"

Hillary Switches Campaign Managers
After getting CRUSHED by Barack Obama in every single election held this weekend, Hillary Clinton has changed campaign managers. She has selected Maggie Williams(happens to be African American) as her campaign manager. Maggie Williams, for those of you who remember the Clinton White House, was Hillary's chief-of-staff- She ran the East Wing and some would say the West as well. Before you go all "She picked her because she is Black", go over to the Dallas South Blog and read her resume. Maggie Williams is a true believer, but as with all people who were let in the Clinton inner circle, she has baggage.

Obama Dominates February- Can Hillary Survive until March?
Um in case you didn't notice, Obama has won every contest since Super Tuesday and there isn't another win in sight for Hillary until March 4th in Texas and Ohio. On Tuesday, Maryland, DC, and Virginia vote. Obama can go all the way based on money alone. Hillary will stay in and grind it out based on iron will alone. Where did she get 5 million dollars from? For the first time in a long time, voters from all over the country get a say in the nomination process. It is looking like this thing is going all the way to the convention.

Jefferson Jackson Dinner Speech


Democrats headed for Civil War?

Remember last week when I wrote about how disastrous it will be if the Democrats have to decide this thing at the convention (Will Barack Obama Pull a "Fannie Lou Hamer" Or Will He Take One for the Team?--Disaster Looms for Dems- The Tyranny of the SUPER DELEGATE). I don't care what Howard Dean says. So again, the Clintons are not going to back down. Will Obama? August is really close to November. Nine weeks. Will any wounds opened or deepened heal by early November?

Frank Rich doesn't think so and he discusses what he believes to be the Clinton's cold calculations about pitted African Americans against Hispanic voters and how it is now backfiring. He also appears to agree that a "brokered" convention will be nightmarish. I ain't a Frank rich fan, but it is an interesting article.

Reporter Suspended for Calling Chelsea Clinton a Whore
David Shuster decided that he would say that the Clintons are "pimping out" their daughter.

He's been suspended for two weeks. Um what is unseemly about a candidate's child campaigning? Now if Chelsea was a manchild, he never would have said that. It would have been, "the strapping young lad is taking up the family business how long until he launches his own political conquests and we have ourselves a honest to goodness dynasty?" On this one, I gotta give it to the Clintons for beating him about the head. Now if only Black women can get folks suspended for actually calling us "h@'s" on a daily basis. Urban radio would have to go silent.

Finally! Music IThat Reflects What the Heck is Going on Right Now!

We're a nation at war, but you wouldn't know it listening to the radio. In fact listening to the radio, you would have no clue about what is going on in the world at all. Yes, there are people living a bling bling strip club and drugs lifestyle, but what happened to our version of folk music, message music?

Now some folks would say that "I'm So Hood" is reflecting what is going on in the world. Yeah, but what else is going on? Music is important. It matters.

I remember "We Are the World". I remember raising money in the third grade to send to USA For Africa. I really did feel part of the world. I want to say i even sang a part in some public rendition of the song. I think it was the Cindy lauper part or the Tina Turner part I forget.

Music is so powerful. Its beautiful. It can be haunting. It can break your heart or give you the resolve to keep moving forward. It moves the soul. A good song can keep you company on a long drive home or calm you when the rain is coming down in sheets.

To be sure, there is plenty of music out there talking about what is going on in the world beyond the club and the shopping mall, but you have to go looking for it. We aren't going to have "We Are the World" blaring on the half hour.

Here is Will.I.Am's song inspired by Obama. Here is the back story.

Celebrity-filled music videos have been used to support many social movements, from famine relief for Africa, to support for American farmers, to opposition to apartheid in South Africa.

It ain't "We Are The World"- But we really do need a song to describe what is going on right now. Um let me just say that I did my presidential election song first...but it was roundly panned(HATERS!- It was genius!). AT LEAST I TRIED!!!!I think I played it during the New Hampshire primary podcast.


In fairness, if somebody does a Hillary, Mitt, or McCain-inspired song, leave it in the comments and I may include it.

I May Have Caught a Case of Obama Stan-icitis: Did Y'all See that DebateLast Night.? Don't Worry Hillary Fans, the Obama Acolytes Will Cure Me Of It!

WHY? Because of this opening statement.... Watch!

Y'all know we aren't enamored with Senator Barack Obama. Mainly for his comments on Genarlow Wilson and his silence about Dunbar Village after his office said he was going to release a statement. I know he knows about Dunbar Village because I confronted a member of his national finance committee on the radio, I've stood outside Obama fund raisers holding a sign and handing out Dunbar Village Flyers, BlkSeagoat hs spoken directly with some of his high ranking staffers, and much much more so It bothers me that he will speak out on behalf of Black criminal defendants (Jean 6 and Genarlow Wilson), but silent about this horrific crime against humanity--- not on another continent, but right here in this country.
That being said, I thought his debate performance was impressive. Jesse Jackson is right (GASP) Politics is about choices. It is about options. We're down to four ( yeas green party and libertarian party stans I know you are out there too).

Anyway, I thought his debate performance was good. and look, he pulled out the chair for Hillary.

Don't worry Hilary fans. I promise you that I will be cured of any Obama Stan-icitis by this afternoon. How? The quickest way to cure a budding case of Obama Stan-icitis is to encounter a true blue Obama Stan. Second only to Ron Paul supporters, they have to be some of the most insufferable readers ever and have been a burr in this blog's backside ever since I merely asked the question "Michelle Obama Wants Black Women to Vote For Her Husband: Why the Heck Should We" Then all hell broke loose on this blog for about a week. These folks have made African Americans enjoying discussing one of the most exciting political campaigns EVER miserable. But Hillary fans have lost their minds too (read "NOW Head Described Treatment Of Clinton A "Gang Bang"), but they haven't been irritating without end. Watch. And know that even as I say they annoy me to no end, they will post lengthy comments ANYWAY.... Why? Well because they have Obama Stan-icitis. Persuasion or increasing his support beyond THEM is unimportant. Their most important objective is to tar and feather anyone who isn't also an Obama stan.

People vote for who you want to. Just make sure you vote.

Congrats Obama Stans: Can Black Women Get Their "Black Card" Back Now?

Whew! That was a close call. I was afraid I was go to an undisclosed location if he didn't pull South Carolina out.

The real story was that Black women voters took center stage for the first time in recent memory in the coverage leading up to South Carolina. This should have been a moment of glory, but somehow Black women got boiled down to their reproductive organs and their skin. It wasn't just the white progressive blogosphere and media joining in on the foolishness which at its core assumed we had no brains. That we were less than. Caricatures, simple-minded and child-like. No, it wasn't just White media.

All of the commentors and pontificators who said that if black women didn't vote for Obama, they were self-hating, race traitors who had deep seeded issues with Black men can now rest easy. For those who were using Obama's South Carolina results as some kind of litmus test for how much Black women love Black men you have your answer. Who knew that Black women's loyalty to their race was conditional? I must have missed that memo, but for the past three months ever since I asked a simple question (Why should Black women vote for candidate X)- we've been besieged by overzealous Obama acolytes questioning our "loyalty."

I found it laughable from the beginning that folks ( one black male blogger in particular) basically declared that any Black woman who didn't vote for Obama was child like and self-hating. One male guest on the podcast said that any Black woman who didn't vote for Obama was "lost."Your comments about Black women's "loyalty" over the past four months have been sexist, racist, and downright ignorant. Black is who we are, not something we are trying to be and our loyalty isn't conditional on voting the way that a few myopic, fascist Black folks declare we must. This conditional loyalty some ignorant folks tried to inject into the discussion is laughable considering that Black women are raising almost 70% of Black children in this country ALONE. Loyalty Litmus test my arse.

There is no more loyal group of women on the PLANET than Black women, however, we aren't just reproductive organs and skin. We also have brains. Occasionally we use them. You wouldn't know that from the news coverage. With all the countless TV shots from barbershops and beauty shops you would think that all the Black folks in South Carolina lived there.

Four years from now, I hope that Black women, who the news media have shallowly dissected for months inside the beauty shops of South Carolina, have an agenda and ask for something in return from candidates. Yes, I believe that public SERVANT means exactly what it says. If we have this much voting power, we should wield it instead of letting mainstream media declare what our choices are. And we ought to be free to have a discussion about politics without the Black Thought Police descending declaring that our "thoughts" are impermissible. The idea that I can't ask a question (Why should Black women vote for candidate X) because of the color of my skin is morally repugnant. If anything Black folks need to be asking more questions and not fewer and anyone who wants to police your thoughts and ruminations is the traitorous one- an enemy of free thought and undemocratic and that is why we should all continue to stand up to them wherever they rear their ugly heads and rebuke their foolishness loudly and consistently.

Here is a round up of the analysis of the voting patterns of Black women. We're getting the credit now that Barack Obama won, but TRUST that if he had not, we would also be getting the BLAME and I would be fending off the Black Thought Police and men with low self-esteem living vicariously through Barack Obama- If you are using our votes as a litmus test for our love then something is wrong:

What Black Women's Votes Mean for the Presidential Race

So to have someone acknowledge, in such a matter of fact way -- and with the nodding assent of her white, male and female peers on set -- that we black women not only have a stake in this primary, but also may be the deciding factor, was an incredible departure from the status quo, whether few who are not us noticed it or not.,

Black women, young voters key to Obama's success

Black women had a historic choice to make in Saturday's Democratic presidential primary: vote for a woman or an African-American? Gender or race?Nearly all black women surveyed by exit pollsters picked a candidate of their race, giving Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois an overwhelming share of their support.

Black women gain power in this election

Black women have more power in this election than they've ever had before. (Interview with Black women that did NOT take place in a Beauty shop)

The exit polls: Why Obama won

It’s the demographics, stupid: The black candidate won the black vote. The white woman won white women. The white man won white men.

The Election: What Do Black Women Think?

When faced with a choice between Clinton and Obama, what do black women do? Do they vote their race? Do they vote their gender? All the reporters want to know...What? Huh? They talk about the issues? If only somebody would listen.

Commentary: Issues -- not gender or race -- on minds of voters

You can't turn on a 24-hour news channel or your nightly news this week without seeing a feature on African-American women voters. It makes sense, being that the South Carolina Democratic primary is only one day away and African-American women will make up approximately one-third of the voters.

The angle in these news features is virtually identical. The commentators wonder and marvel at the extraordinarily difficult choice for African-American women in this primary -- will we vote for the woman candidate or the African-American candidate? Reporters have been busying themselves traveling to crowded beauty shops all over the state to answer this question.

OBAMA TAKES SOUTH CAROLINA!

Well the count is in.... and Sen Barack Obama handily won the South Carolina primary! This is very good news for black women, mostly because it keeps the Democratic nomination from becoming a coronation ceremony. When there is still a question about who will ultimately get the nomination, all candidates are forced to listen closely to the voters (isn't it a shame that they have to be forced into it?)

Black Women at Hair Salon Weigh in on Obama, Hillary and Edwards

Amy Holmes took a camera crew to a women's hair salon (Oh! My Nappy Hair studio) in Los Angeles and asked them what they thought of the Democratic candidates, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards. It sounds like Obama has a lot of fans, Edwards is gaining momentum and Hillary is in trouble. (Contains yet more footage of Black women getting their hair done)

An insult to black women?

Reporters have gone into hair salons, and shopping centers and interviewed black women on the question; Will they vote for a black man, or a white woman and how are they dealing with this dilemma? I believe the question to be seriously insulting to black women - it presumes that they can not vote based on the candidate's position on issues, but will decide solely on race or gender. Am I the only one that finds this repugnant?

NOPE! You aren't the only one that found it all repugnant.

Looks like someone is starting a pack to target black voters...

Group Looks to Boost Black Turnout

A group called PowerPAC has filed two reports with the Federal Election Committee in the past week revealing that the group spent $43,000 for phone banking efforts in California on Obama's behalf, and another $16,000 for fliers and newspaper ads in publications targeting African American voters.

Black women should consider doing the same.

Let the caterwauling begin!

The Angry Black Man and the Angry CNN Readers

What in the world? Who up and gave Barack Obama a spine transplant? He and got all indignant and whatnot with Missy. Now that was a good start, but stop being so polite about it. "Hillary You just spoke for two minutes!" Just jump in there. Now this is what you get for being all law professor-like talking about Ronald Regan. We live in a soundbyte generation, folks don't make distinctions. Um why are we talking about Ronald Reagan anyway? *crickets chirp*


Mr. Hopeful, you got to be careful with that Clinton Machine. They are like raw sewage, they love the gutter. If you get in a real brawl with them, that is exactly where they will take you... are you really ready to go there? Will you be able to tolerate the stench? This is great entertainment for a political junkie, not sure if it helps the Obama campaign, but at least the tea party masquerading as a primary is over.

Oh yeah and I am not the only one tired of this whole "Will Black women vote with their reproductive organs or their melanin?" foolishness. Well CNN is reporting that its viewers are NOT happy about this over simplistic strain of reporting and if ONE MORE MSM operation covering Black women in South Carolina does a segment from a beauty shop...

Many took umbrage at the story's suggestion that black women voters face "a unique, and most unexpected dilemma" about voting their race or their gender.

CNN received dozens of e-mails shortly after posting the story, which focuses largely on conversations about Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama that a CNN reporter observed at a hair salon in South Carolina whose customers are predominantly African-American.

YAY CNN viewers from not taking their spoon-fed pablum. I have been whining about the depiction of Black women voters in SC for months. We don't live in beauty shops you dolts. do some heavy lifting instead of relying on regurgitated storylines

• Michelle Obama Urges Black Women to Vote For Her Husband: Um, Why the Heck Should We?


• WAOD invites Barack Obama to the Black Women’s Roundtable(knock down drag out fight in the comments)


• Are We “Picking” On Obama?- The Barack Obama Omarosa Society (BOOS) – aka How to DEMONIZE Black Women Voters 101


• OH Lord: We Do Not HATE Barack Obama... We Just Ain't Enraptured

Breaking - What About Our Daughters Reader Confronts Hillary Clinton in Harlem

Iman left this comment in the previous thread. I know a lot of you are going to campaign events, send me your first hand accounts and I might post them. Shecodes is in South Carolina right now. We might as well get our footnotes in history because you ain't gone see THIS on CNN.

WAOD reader IMAN said...
I just finished confronting Hillary outside of the church I go to in Harlem, where she went to get an endorsement from the Rev. She got her endorsement and was met outside by a crowd of chanting Obama supporters. It was so bad that her staff started holding up Hillary signs and passing them out to tourist to make it look like Harlem supported her, but it was clear where the people's hearts were and the press was aware of that as well. We need to break apart this myth that Harlem loves the Clinton's just because Bill has an office here. He came here because we are a symbol of black America and they're pretending to have support here to make it appear the black folks still "love the Clintons". I'm sure she wanted to get that message to South Carolina, but it did'nt work. She might have the Harlem leadership (who are also part of the CRIC), but she doesn't have the people.

I love folks exercising their right to peaceably assemble and express themselves.

OOOOH Iman, y'all in trouble... mainstream media has picked up the story of y'allz "confrontation." Iman, we need more details... DETAILS and pictures if you have them!

More coming in from Iman and her group of rabble rousers... when she said they had a confrontation, she meant it... they turned down free Clinton coffee.

Fresh from winning Nevada caucuses with the help of Latinos, Hillary Rodham Clinton Sunday resumed her courtship of African-Americans by attending a service honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., at a prominent Harlem church. But the boos that mingled with cheers during her uptown visit underscored the tough battle she faces in wresting black voters from rival Barack Obama.

"You've come to Harlem to steal the black vote!" a small but boisterous group of Obama protesters shouted as Clinton stood outside the Abyssinian Baptist Church to receive the endorsement of its influential pastor, the Rev. Calvin O. Butts.

"Harlem for Obama!" the protesters repeated so loudly that at some points they drowned out Butts' endorsement. When Clinton passed cups of steaming coffee to the crowd on the bitterly cold day, one man shouted, "I don't want your coffee!" Newsday.

Here is some video of Iman and her compatriots!

YouTubers Beating the Crap Out of Bob Beelzebub Johnson

I was going to do my own Bob and Hillary sitting in a tree commercial, but folks on YouTube beat me to it and they are pounding the crap out of Bob Johnson.

And it ain't just YouTubers, it is other black official who are FINALLY calling Johnson out for what he did at BET.

Clinton has called Johnson's comments inappropriate, but we all know what he meant when he made his speech.

If you type in "Bob Johnson " on YouTube you will find countless videos from young Black folks repudiating Bob Johnson. Bob, you better read up on Alfred Nobel...

WARNING THIS CLIP IS NOT SAFE FOR WORK AS IT CONTAINS IMAGES FROM BLACK EXPLOITATION TELEVISION!

WARNING! THIS CLIP IS NOT SAFE FOR WORK AS IT CONTAINS IMAGES FROM BLACK EXPLOITATION TELEVISION

P.S. To the Johnson/Viacom operatives sniffing around email... y'all ain't slick and I ain't stupid. Bring it!

News Roundup-Clinton Obama Call for Truce- Bob Johnson STILL Thinks Black Folks and Everbody Else is STUPID!

Mainstream Media Continues to Focus on Black Women Voters

As I predicted last year, Black women voters will get all the credit or blame for whatever happens in South Carolina... we ought to be used to that. Once again, the racist media apparently believes the only place you can talk to black people about politics is in a beauty shop. This is just lazy reporting. Don't Black people walk on the sidewalk or go to the mall in South Carolina? Are the only places you can find them is the barber shop or beauty shop. Whoever came up with this "barbaer shop-beauty shop" vote should be [something really horrible-let me think about that] They actually interviewed 50 Black women throughout "rural" South Carolina :

Ms. Ramsey, 59, is supporting Senator Barack Obama of Illinois. She likes him, she said, but she is also tired of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and her husband, Bill Clinton, the former president.“Hillary and Bill, we’ve done that,” Ms. Ramsey said. New York Times NY TIMES

Ms. Ramsey is a hoot:

“The tighter the race, a slip of the tongue, they’ll apologize, ‘Oh, we didn’t mean to say it,’ ” Ms. Ramsey said. “One thing, they’re saying Obama smoked the herb. Well, Clinton did, too.”

I should have her on the podcast! Some of the Black women down there weren't feeling Hillary's tears as a certain Black male blogger opined that they would:

Those who said they were undecided rendered a fairly harsh judgment on Mrs. Clinton for the moment in New Hampshire when her eyes briefly went moist and her voice cracked.

“If Hillary is going to be president, she’s got to toughen up,” said Beverly Patrick, 49, the owner of Patrick’s salon in Loris. She shook her head as she buzz-cut the silver dome of Mae Helen Johnson, 70, a home-health nurse.

“You can’t get up there and cry,” Ms. Johnson said....

“She had this breakdown, and if she’s going to break down, you don’t need this burden on you” of being president, Ms. Aiken said. She added that she was surprised by Mrs. Clinton’s quick pivot from tearing up to attacking Mr. Obama. “I don’t know what got her pepped up so quick,” Ms. Aiken said. But she was skeptical about it. NYTIMES

I didn't think about how Hillary's tears would play with a Black women who grew up in the segregated south. Yeah they had a lot more to cry about that losing an election.

Be Black or Be a Woman

As if there is a choice. Here is an interesting piece over at the blog, feministing called "Be Black or be a Woman"

Maybe it is my independent spirit, but I am both. Its not like you can melt me down and separate them out. Although, since I have been blogging, I view sexism as the same scourge as racism. I used to just think men were chauvinist pigs, but seeing the crimes against Black womanhood make sexism appear just as sinister. Its not merely an inconvenience. It can and is killing Black women. But that doesn't mean White feminists are any less racist than their male counterparts either.

Hillary and Barack Call a Truce

Oh what a bunch of wusses. Hillary and Bill finally figured out that they ain't actually our "brotha'" and "sista'"... just play cousins. I blame all you people who have been telling them that they were Black, they upped and believed y'all and went all crazy tap dancing on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Even my belligerent self thinks twice before I mention MLK.

Well Hillary received a less than welcoming response when she spoke in New York, her own backyard before a crowd of African American Union workers at an MLK celebration that she up and invited herself to at the last minute like a good uninvited guest would.

Then Obama had to go be all statesman like and whatnot and call a truce. Good news is that in the realm of international affairs a willingness to do something other than go to war might be useful. For a political junkie who was enjoying the melodrama...not so much:

“Bill and Hillary Clinton have historically and consistently been on the right side of the civil rights movement,” Obama said. Politico

Well you can say a lot about Obama, but the man and his campaign are disciplined. While Hillary's surrogates can't seem to keep their feet out of their mouths. Did you know Bill and Hillary vacation at Bob Johnson's estate in the Caribbean? Uh huh. Oh. Yes. They. Do. A vote for Hilary is a vote for bob Johnson snuggling up in the Lincoln Bedroom...

Folks, just in case... What are our Republican alternatives?

The CRIC Gets Hammered in the WAPO

Oh you have got to read this jab at the Civil Rights Industrial Complex, he lays it all out.

Taken as a conglomerate, Jackson, Young, Sharpton and Georgia Rep. John Lewis represent a sort of civil rights old boy network -- a black boy network -- that has parlayed its dated activist credentials into cash and jobs. Jackson, a two-time presidential candidate, has become a CNN host; Young was mayor of Atlanta and sits on numerous corporate boards; and Lewis is essentially representative-for-life of the 5th Congressional District in Georgia. Sharpton is younger than the others but a peer in spirit....

As polls show increasing black support for Obama, Jackson, Sharpton and Young begin to look like a once-wealthy family that has lost its fortune but has to keep spending to maintain appearances. Obama's tepid early showing among blacks in the polls had more to do with name recognition and concerns about his viability as a candidate than with Jackson or Sharpton withholding their endorsement. WAPO

Right. Right. I'm loving it.

Economy Tanking

Oh yeah and by the way, the next POTUS is going to inherit a very crappy economy, this is the first of many. Start hiding some spare cash under you mattress.

Dear Obama Stans...HIllary is Doing This ON PURPOSE

I tried to break this down to Shecodes in emails since the Obama stans have driven all discussion about campaign strategy from the blog with their "Y'all just a bunch of race traitorin' Black wimmin." talk just because we question some of his campaign decisions and criticized his silence on crimes against Black women and girls, but I thought I would share this with the rest of my readers despite the high risk of additional Obama stan incursions.

Now I have already told y'all about the lunacy of "racial transcendentalism"- which quite frankly I find insulting. My race is not some impediment to leap over or obstacle to be avoided or held at arms length.

Anty-way, Black bloggers and Obama stans have been in a tizzy chronicling every single utterance by a Clinton supporter or Billary themselves that may have racial overtones.(Jack and Jill Politics: Here's another one for the ' Isolated Incidents' File)

I have read a dozen posts or more by Black bloggers about "A Pattern Developing". Even if there is a pattern, your focusing on the Clinton's racial slights is doing more damage to Obama than Billary.

How Gina? Well folks, the whole point of Obama's ability to "transcend" (ie., "leap over", "avoid", "ignore") race is that White Obama supporters get a "get our of racial tension free" card. You see to many of them, Obama represented not having to deal with irritating charges of racism. Those of you trying to establish a pattern, if you have to establish a pattern, that means the racism isn't glaring and quite frankly, the object of the discrimination or prejudice is far more likely to detect the offense than those who are not the object.

The easiest example is my recent interaction (ie, cyber brawls) with Black male bloggers who are incapable of seeing their own sexism when you hold it up to their faces... White folks just don't pick up "the pattern." At least not the White people who are on the fringes of Obama's support. The more he whines about race, the more he looks like the dreaded Jesse Jackson or my favorite pompadoured preacher... Rev. AL Sharpton. The more y'all beat the drumbeat trying to make Hillary Clinton into George Wallace, the more you shave off votes from Obama.

Watch. Y'all might rile up Black SC voters, but at what cost? I still think he can pound the crap out of Bob Johnson on a number of grounds- not the least of which is that Bob Johnson had a reputation for paying his workers slave wages.

Commence caterwauling!

Am I Going To Have to Get An "Obama" T-shirt? - Bob Johnson is Still The DeviL

Of all the people to attack Barack Obama and defend Billary's racial street cred, tell me WHY? WHY? WHY? did they have to drag out Bob Johnson, multimedia crack cocaine dealer, hater of working class Black people, and exploiter of African American women and children? They are either desperate, stupid, or out of touch to believe that such a reviled figure such as smut peddling Bob Johnson would provide them cover in the Black community. She might as well have grabbed Don Imus to come stump with her in South Carolina.

Oh yes my people, BOB JOHNSON had the audacity to TRY to attack Barack Obama. Now Y'all know that I am no fan of Barack Obama- I don't thin Obama cares anymore about working class Black folks than any of the other candidates. I also find many of his most fervent supporters well... annoying with their "support Barack or ELSE" mentality, but you could have knocked me over with a feather when these comments by Bob "Beelzebub" Johnson started cropping up on the wires.

"To me, as an African American, I am frankly insulted the Obama campaign would imply that we are so stupid that we would think Hillary and Bill Clinton, who have been deeply and emotionally involved in black issues — when Barack Obama was doing something in the neighborhood; I won't say what he was doing, but he said it in his book — when they have been involved," Johnson said. SOURCE

Oh the VIDEO is worse!

“to say these two people would denigrate the accomplishments of civil rights marchers… and to expect us to now say we are attacking a black man? I mean, that kind of campaign behavior does not resonate with me, for a guy who says ‘I wanna be a reasonable, likeable, Sidney Portier ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner’?’ I’m thinking to myself, ‘this ain’t a movie Sydney, this is real life!’” SOURCE

Well Bobby J. To me as an African American woman, i am insulted that you think working class Black people and their children, their daughters in particular, are stupid and disposable. If Bill and Hillary are so DEEPLY and emotionally involved in Black issues, then how emotional are they about the degradation of Black woman and girls by YOU?

Your reputation cannot be redeemed. You are what you have always been: A Parasite!

Here is a letter I drafted in response. Feel free to spread it around. This is ridiculous!

Today Bob Johnson, founder of (BET)Black Exploitation Television, made comments about Senator Barack Obama while campaigning with Senator Hillary Clinton in South Carolina, in her quest to become President of the United States. Of all the people she could have stood side by side with today, why Bob Johnson? On the eve of the possibility of electing the first African American or woman as President of the United States, why on earth would Hillary Clinton associate herself with a man that has spent his life’s work trying to profit of the exploitation of African Americans, African American women and girls in particular?

Bob Johnson stands for everything Hillary Clinton OUGHT to be against. This man single-handedly set the cause of African Americans back hundreds of years. His exploitation of Black women and girls is particularly morally repugnant. Hillary Clinton is supposed to be a defender of the American worker, yet Bob Johnson made his billions at Black Entertainment Television by notoriously paying his on air talent slave wages.

To be sitting up in a the pulpit of a Black church grinning and laughing side by side with this multimedia crack cocaine dealer and pimp is the slap in the face of every Black woman and girl in this country.

Instead of repeating Bob Johnson’s comments on Senator Obama wholesale, reporters should be asking him about the circumstances under which his wife and BET cofounder left the company. They should ask him about his “relations” with the female executives at his company. They should ask him why his own sister allegedly sued him and whether Johnson properly paid his taxes. All of these issues are raised in Johnson’s biography, The Billion-Dollar Bet. Bob Johnson is not an African American leader, he is a bottom feeder.

Let us not forget that for SIX YEARS Bob Johnson skirting broadcasting rules to broadcast some of the most vile disgusting depictions of African American women in cable television history. BET’s “ Uncut “ featured such cultural gems as:

“What That Thing Smell Like”, by Black Jesus
Shake It Like a Pitbull, by Cold Cannons
F@#king, by David Banner feat. Jazze Pha -
“P#$$y Licker“, DJ Slim -
“I Got That Drank“, Frayser Boy feat. Mike Jones and Paul Wall -
“Let Me See You’re @$$ Drop“, Joker the Bailbondsman -
“P#$$y Poppin'“, by Ludacris feat. Shawnna and Lil Fate

This is not okay. Would Hillary Clinton sit in a church pulpit with Larry Flint or Hugh Hefner? Then why is she sitting in a pulpit with Bob Johnson? Or is she only concerned about the degradation and exploitation of White women? Does her brand of feminism extend to Black women and girls too?

When Hillary Clinton sits side by side in an African American church with a noted misogynist and smut peddler she sends a clear message: she’s not overly concerned about the damage this man has caused African American girls and women. Does Senator Clinton care about our daughters? I don’t know. The Senator should seriously reconsider the company she is keeping. Bob Johnson is no friend of Black America or Black women and children!


Message to Obama/Clinton Stans Visiting the Site for the First Time
For all of the Obama supporters coming to read this post, we ain't fans of his either in fact we find his most ardent supporters insufferable, yet we tolerate them anyway for entertainment purposes only. We mainly are unhappy with him for his complete and utter silence about a case in West Palm Beach, Florida- Dunbar Village. Obama has no problem speaking out on behalf of young Black male criminals like the Jena 6 and Genarlow Wilson- Black women who are victims of crime...not so much. He, Hillary Clinton, and John Edwards all know about Dunbar Village and have been radio silent about this horrific crime. THEIR SILENCE IS IMMORAL- If you get the chance ask Edwards, Clinton and Obama about Dunbar Village.

The point of the post is that as disappointed as I am in Obama, Bob Johnson is the Devil. Satan. Beelzebub. A living embodiment of evil. I hold Bob Johnson indirectly responsible for the Dunbar Villages of this world because he built a business by dehumanizing Black women for profit and promoting a pro pimp, pro prison, pro violence, pro drug, anti woman, anti education, anti social culture.

You can read most of our Obama-Clinton posts here. The posts from last November were particularly interesting as we had a brawl with some Obamacolytes.

Colin Powell On Barack Obama:Enjoy The Ride

I like Colin Powell. Always have. I have elected to block out a certain speech at the UN about WMDs. This was a GRACEFUL, CLASSY and MAGNANIMOUS interview Powell gave to Tavis Smiley about Barack Obama. It is notable because it is in stark contrast to the old soldiers of the CRIC. Are you watching Andrew Young? Did you see that Rev. Al?

I have consistently rejected the argument by MANY of y'all who have said Black folks will be better off in an Obama administration than they will be in any of the other candidate's administrations. I don't think we will, but I am not going to lie and say this isn't fun to watch. From Oprah to Colin Powell, the cute Christmas commercial with the weeMichelles. Michelle out there representing. It is fun to watch.

I guess there is a part of me that wonders LOUDLY what an Obama administration is going to look like when an undercurrent to his campaign has been lauding his ability to keep Black folks and our "issues" (*cough* Black on Black crime *cough*)at arms length. As if by too closely embracing US, he will repel White voters. This may be a political reality, but that doesn't mean that it is any less hurtful. You have to remember that the people running his campaign will be running an Obama administration and will believe that his survival and success is predicated on his ability to move as far away from US as possible without alienating US. What does that mean for Black America on the day after Obama's inauguration? I know a lot of y'all are racial transcendentalists - You believe that we can transcend race if we just have enough hope. Maybe growing up surrounded by "sunset" towns is jading my ability to buy into the whole racial transcendentalist movement. Race still matters, even if not in the ways it has in the past.

I was a little Black girl whose idol was Barbara Jordan and I have donated money to candidates for no other reason than I wanted to support an African American seeking a statewide or national office for the first time. Because I knew that if seeing Barbara Jordan could change the course of my life, then seeing other African American people seek high office might cause some other little Black girl to believe that anything was possible. I get that. So like Colin Powell, I am enjoying watching all of this play out...from a distance. I would be enjoying it far more if I didn't feel like Delilah Johnson in the movie "Imitation of Life".

So while I may be offended by the Obama campaign's celebrated stiff-arm of the African American community and our "special interests", nobody is going to die as a result of being offended.


What people HAVE died from is the United States Senate abdicating its constitutional obligation to check the power of the executive branch and issue a blank check to wage war. The President has the power to wage war, but it is the Congress which must declare that there is a war to wage. I don't care what their reasons were. I have no doubt that many members of the US Senate at the time- Hillary Clinton and John Edwards made a political calculation imperiling the lives of people's sons, daughters, mothers and fathers. Not just of soldiers, but the civilians in Iraq. The decision to send someone else's child to die is the most weighty decision an elected official will ever have to make and should be exercised judiciously- reluctantly.

This isn't a commentary on whether or not we should have gone to war with Iraq, we can fight about that, but a commentary on US Senators neglecting the role that the Constitution says they must play in order to maintain the balance of powers between the three branches. So it isn't the fact that they issued a check authorizing a war, it is the fact that the check was BLANK. I don't care about what people knew or intelligence estimates. The problem isn't that they got it wrong, nobody has a crystal ball, but they got it wrong in the wrong way. In 2002-2003 Senators failed to preserve, protect, and defend the United States Constitution-for that I will always question the judgment of Hillary Clinton and John Edwards.

For all of you about to hop in the comments condemning the Republicans for all things Iraq, any time the Democrats want to end the war, THEY CAN. They don't have to pass legislation, just NOT pass legislation funding the war. I'm not saying whether they should or they shouldn't. I think we'll be in Iraq for 100 years , but know that the Constitution has provided the legislative branch with any and all tools to end any war they do not support in the same way the Constitution provided tools(even to the minority party) to prevent starting the war in the first place. For those of you saying a minority party can't still wield power in Washington, just look at what the Republicans are doing right now. They are giving Harry Reid HELL and somebody in the House can't figure out how to count high enough to realize that they don't have a veto-proof majority before engaging the President in repeated high stakes games of "Chicken." Shouldering your constitutional burdens isn't easy, but it is a requirement of the job.

You might want to read this post over at the AfroSpear Think Tank, "Obama's Win Doesn't Mean Racism Lost." I think folks need to start to ponder what life looks like for all the rest of us during an Obama administration. Whoever the next President is, I fear our country is on a perilous path and there has to be a change in trajectory. Once you get past the heart warming symbolism and the excitement, what then? Or is the symbolism enough?

For local show times of the Powell Interview, Go to KECT.

Special Edition of the Podcast Tonight: Pontificate 2008 -7:30 CST

All of your favorites and more will be back tonight to give live news and analysis of the New Hampshire primary results. You can listen live by going to blogtalkradio.com/blackwomen.

We're moving the time up by 30 minutes so it is at 7:30CST.

Baroprah Mania Part Deaux: Oprah Hits it Out of the Park on Behalf of Obama...Civil Rights Industrial Complex Attacks Obama Again (Andrew Young )

This blog is about African American women in popular culture so we couldn't ignore Oprah basically taking over the airwaves today with her speech on behalf of Barack Obama. Part I


Part II She Throws It Down!(watch for the Billary digs)


She accomplished an amazing feat, she got me to sit through an Obama Speech in its entirety. I am beginning to wonder if Obama's Democratic National Convention Speech was one of those rare occasions when a politician is "in the zone" that can never be repeated. As far as I am concerned this was bigger than a keynote at the Democratic National Convention and Obama, took probably 10 minutes to hit his stride. Oprah is gifted and her speech was great , but when Obama hit the stage he literally took a bucket of cold water and threw it on the fire Oprah lit. I was about to turn away from his speech when someone in the audience passed out. He ended up getting it together, but seriously, he needs to bring it tomorrow in SC.

CNN's Candy Crowley declares that Oprah has a future as a campaign speech writer:

There were a couple of signs, but no fireworks, no hang gliders, just Oprah and Obama and thousands of their closest friends packed into a cavernous arena in downtown Des Moines. Gayle King (Oprah's BFF) told one of the women seated next to her that Oprah was up until three in the morning writing her speech introducing Obama. She told people backstage she was nervous.I asked one of his advisers if the campaign had any input. "Nope," he said. "All the Big O."

If that's true, Winfrey has a future. It was a great speech, and she is a gifted speaker.CNN.COM

I agree Candy.

If you want to review the throw down we had two weeks ago regarding my response to the article called "Michelle Obama Urges Black Women to Vote for Her Husband", you can go here.

• Michelle Obama Urges Black Women to Vote For Her Husband: Um, Why the Heck Should We?


• WAOD invites Barack Obama to the Black Women’s Roundtable(knock down drag out fight in the comments)


• Are We “Picking” On Obama?- The Barack Obama Omarosa Society (BOOS) – aka How to DEMONIZE Black Women Voters 101


• OH Lord: We Do Not HATE Barack Obama... We Just Ain't Enraptured

Note to Sherri Shepard, I hope you were taking notes.

Speaking of National Embarrassments...Andrew Young Pans Obama and Says Bill Clinton is "just as Black as Obama."

Isn't it time for him to go away to the home? The CRIC(civil rights industrial complex) is seriously losing it. Between bloggers and Obama, they are being driven mad right in front of our very eyes.Just STOP already.