Holiday News| More...
 

Obama Racism

Studs for Obama

Edward Lifson | Posted 11.23.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Civil Rights, Barack Obama, Studs Terkel, Obama Racism, Obama Saul Alinsky, Sara Palin, Ayers Obama, Studs Terkel Books, Obama Community Organizer, Obama Ayers, Sarah Palin Drag, Palin Mccarthy, Studs Terkel Obama, Joseph McCarthy, Bill Ayers, Sarah Palin, Studs Terkel Ayers, Racism, Huac, Community Organizing, Saul Alinsky, Alan Greenspan, Chicago News
Edward Lifson

I asked Studs Terkel, if he were to interview Obama, what would he ask him? That got him going.

Read Post

How Pundits Get The Bradley Effect Wrong: Not Just About Race

Washington Independent | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bradley Effect, Obama Bradley, Tom Bradley, Barack Obama, Obama Racism, Obama Tom Bradley Effect, Obama Bradley Effect, Obama Race, Politics News

Political pundits are hyperventilating over the possibility that Sen. Barack Obama's lead in presidential polls is overstated and that the so-called "...

Read Whole Story

Racist Obama Effigy Hung In Ohio (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Effigy, Barack Obama, Obama Effigy Hung, Obama Racism, Racist Ghost Effigy, Ohio, Obama Ghost Hung, Mike Lunsford, Video, Politics News

A local station runs a disturbing story about a Ohio resident named Mike Lunsford who has hung an effigy of Barack Obama in his front yard. Lunsford f...

Read Whole Story

Next President Must Show Support For Muslim Americans

Paula B. Mays | Posted 11.23.2008 | Home

Read More: Islam, Christians Mccain, Obama McCain, Obama Racism, Obama Muslim, Politics Religion, Barack Obama, Mccain Racism, McCain Obama, McCain Christians, Politics Race, Muslim Americans, American Muslims, Muslims, Election 2008, Campaign 2008, John McCain, Home News
Paula B. Mays

A show called Little Mosque on the Prairie will soon appear on television in America. The show hopefully educates the public that to be Arab or Muslim does not equal being a terrorist, or being primitive or subversive. The recent events of the campaign reveal that we need such a series.

Read Post

We Should Embrace Obama's Middle Name

Jane Devin | Posted 11.15.2008 | Home

Read More: Obama's Middle Name, Racism, Barack Obama, Hussein, McCain Obama, Obama Muslim, Obama Racism, Obama McCain, Muslims, Politics Religion, Barack Hussein Obama, Election 2008, Home News
Jane Devin

When are we -- as progressives and liberals -- going to stop pandering to the obvious racism of others and stand up in defense of our candidate's full name? When are we going to be able to say Barack Obama's full name with pride, and not with trepidation?

Read Post

Hey John McCain -- Is Your Daughter "Decent" Too?

Marissa Moss | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Racism, Islam, John McCain, Bridget McCain, Race, Barack Obama Muslim Smear, Bangladesh, Barack Obama, Politics News
Marissa Moss

Whether it's from McCain's lips or his scary campaign mouthpieces, it doesn't matter much: he's simply not doing enough to stop these lies.

Read Post

International Bloggers: "Arab" Is America's New Political Weapon

Jillian York | Posted 11.13.2008 | Home

Read More: Palestine, Arabs, John McCain, Obama Arab World, Morocco, Barack Obama, Obama Racism, Election 2008, Offthebus, Home News
Jillian York

One second Obama is Arab, the next he's Muslim. These words are thrown around and serve as an insult. So basically, in the United States, instead of telling someone his mama is a whore, telling him that his mama is an Arab will now suffice.

Read Post

Mavericks, Mobs and the Cameras That Love Them

Steven Weber | Posted 11.11.2008 | Media

Read More: Obama Racism, John McCain, Racism, Racist Supporters, Mccain Attacks, Barack Obama, Media News
Steven Weber

The media is purposefully setting up a political Armageddon in the form of the cultural showdown between Obama and his Hopers and McCain and his Haters. Potentially sky high drama, sky high ratings and sky high casualties.

Read Post

How the Coming Obama Landslide Will Trump the Bradley Effect

Steve Kettmann | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Landslide, John McCain, Attack Politics, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Bradley Effect, Obama Racism, Racism, 2008 Election, Politics News
Steve Kettmann

The Bradley Effect should be understood as one factor among many on Election Day, and we can probably assume that in the 26 years since Bradley lost that race, we have made some progress.

Read Post

Black Congressmen: Palin's Rhetoric Racist

The Observer | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Palin, Mccain-Palin Racism, Mccain Racism, Barack Obama, Obama Racism, Obama McCain, Palin Racism, Politics News

As the McCain campaign ratchets up the intensity of its attacks on Barack Obama, some black elected officials are calling the tactics desperate, unsee...

Read Whole Story

Harold and Barack: Emotional Wisdom From 1983

Paul Engleman | Posted 11.08.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Racism, Harold Washington, Chicago Cubs, Barack Obama, Chicago Politcs, Bill Ayers, Obama Racism, Lakefront Liberals, Cubs Fans, Washington Epton, Bernard Epton, David Axelrod, Ed Vrdolyak, Joe Six Pack, Bill Ayers Obama, Lincoln Park, Jane Byrne, Chicago News
Paul Engleman

The 1983 Chicago mayoral election has one obvious similarity to this year's presidential race. With only a few weeks left, there is a real possibility that something which until recently seemed unthinkable will happen: An African-American could be elected president.

Read Post

McCain's New Strategy Incites Violent, Racist Reaction

Eric Schmeltzer | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Racism, 2008 Elections, John McCain, Smears, Sarah Palin, Racism, William Ayers, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Obama Smears, Rally, Palin Rally Florida, Racist at Mccain Rallies, Politics News
Eric Schmeltzer

Are you proud, McCain? In your quest for power, you threw out your morals, your principle, your past disdain for low-ball gutter smears. And now we know the reaction it has incited.

Read Post

I Challenge You to a Fight, Bobby Lee May

Ben Cohen | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Racism, Elitism, Obama Muslim, Barack Obama, Obama Bobby May, Politics News
Ben Cohen

Perhaps it was an attempt at humor to insinuate that Obama is a terrorist-loving, communist ghetto drug thug, but it will go down as perhaps the lamest right wing column in modern history.

Read Post

The Heels Are on and the Gloves Are Off

Rose Ann DeMoro | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sarah Palin Attacks, Obama Racism, John McCain, George W. Bush, Bill Ayers, Sarah Palin, Pit Bull, Barack Obama, Politics News
Rose Ann DeMoro

In many ways, Palin bears a strong resemblance to the current President with her managed syntax, intellectual incuriosity, and abuse of her executive powers.

Read Post

Virginia GOPer Writes Racist Anti-Obama Column

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Bobby May Obama Column, Barack Obama Racism, Obama Racism, Racist Obama Column, Obama Ludacris, Obama Bobby May, Politics News

The LA Times reports: A local newspaper columnist, in a spoof of Obama's platform, wrote in one recent piece that the Democrat would hire the rapper...

Read Whole Story

"C.H.A.N.G.E. -- Come Help A N----r Get Elected."

Bart Motes | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Racism, Florida Teacher, Barack Obama, Politics News
Bart Motes

A seventh grade civics teacher in Marianna, Florida decided to illustrate the concept of "change" by writing this on the white board in front of his class.

Read Post

Racist Anti-Obama Fliers Distributed In New Jersey

AP | SAMANTHA HENRY | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Racist Fliers, Barack Obama Racism, Obama Racism, Anti-Obama Racist Fliers, Barack Obama, Obama Racists, Obama New Jersey, Obama White Supremacists, Anti-Obama Fliers, Politics News

TRENTON, N.J. — Some residents of a northwestern New Jersey town received fliers last weekend that criticized the prospect of Democrat Barack Ob...

Read Whole Story

Dukakis: McCain Using Same Race Tactics As "Willie Horton" Ad

Politicker MA | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain Franklin Raines Ad, John McCain, Mccain Raines Ad, Obama Racism, Mccain Ad Racist, John Mccain Raines Ad, Michael Dukakis, Obama Raines, Dukakis Mccain Ad, Mccain Race Card, Mccain Willie Horton Ad, John Mccain Willie Horton Ad, Politics News

Former Gov. Michael Dukakis said Monday that John McCain's presidential campaign is using the same race-based tactics that were used against him in hi...

Read Whole Story

Bush Insider Advises McCain: Paint Obama As "Uppity"

Politico | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Obama Uppity, Obama Racism, Obama Race, Bush Insider Obama Uppity, Bush Insider Advice for Mccain, Bush Insider Advice Uppity, Politics News

...

Read Whole Story

Racism Hurts Obama In Michigan

AP | KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Michigan, Obama Racism, Barack Obama Michigan, Barack Obama Racism, Obama Race Michigan, Obama Racism Michigan, Obama Kwame Kilpatrick, Politics News

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. — Michigan's history of racial tensions is tugging against its Democratic tendencies, giving Barack Obama fits in a state w...

Read Whole Story

TNR: GOP Convention Will Get Racist

Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: GOP Racism, Republican Convention, Rnc St Paul, Rnc, Barack Obama Racism, Obama Racism, GOP Convention, Republicans Obama, Obama Racists, Politics News

All the reporters in Denver were predicting that the GOP convention promises to be boring. I'm not so sure. One reason: There's no way thousands of co...

Read Whole Story

Rahm Emanuel: McCain Camp Did Good Job Making Race A Factor

The Politico | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain Campaign Race, Rahm Emanuel Race Card, Rahm Emanuel, Obama Racism, Obama Race Card, Obama Mccain Race Card, Mccain Race Card, Mccain Campaign Racism, Race Card, Politics News

Paying Republicans a backhanded compliment, House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel said on Wednesday that the McCain campaign had succeeded in ...

Read Whole Story

NY Mag: Why Obama Isn't Doing Better In The Polls -- He's Black

New York Magazine | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Post-Racial, Obama Post-Racial Campaign, Barack Obama Race, Barack Obama Racism, Obama Racism, Obama Race, Politics News

From the eleventh-floor headquarters of Barack Obama's campaign on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, 2008 looks a lot like 1980--with the ideological polari...

Read Whole Story

White Supremacists Look Forward To Obama Backlash

Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: White Supremacists Obama, White Supremacists for Obama, Obama Racism, Obama Kkk, Obama David Duke, Obama Assassination, Obama Assassination Threats, Obama White Supremacy, Politics News

...

Read Whole Story

Obama: "I'm Not Afraid To Lose"

Essence | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Afraid to Lose, Obama Racism, Obama Essence Interview, Obama Interviews, Obama Magazine Interview, Obama Losing, Obama Race, Politics News

Flying into a small airport in New Hampshire's Lakes Region, Obama has attracted a crowd, as usual. Today, in tiny Laconia, it is only a couple hundre...

Read Whole Story