This coming week is Hillary Clinton’s last stand. She says she’ll fight right till the Denver convention should she get beaten in Texas and Ohio by Barack Obama; but, I suspect she won’t and close ranks for Democratic Party unity.
According to one late poll–Reuters/C-SPAN/Houston Chronicle, Obama now holds a slight lead in the Lone Star [...]
29 Feb
Posted by charles as Journalism, commentary
It’s been whispered about for weeks, but now it is out in the open: Is Barack Obama too far to the political left to win a general election for President?
Bill Clinton understood a truth not understood by many politicians, which is why he managed to win two terms in office.
He had to move to the [...]
I got a chuckle the other day when I happened to catch some well know black politician on television deny that African-Americans are supporting Barack Obama simply because he is black.
Oh no, said the politician, race has nothing to do with this.
Well my friend (as John McCain would say) race has everything to do [...]
28 Feb
Posted by charles as Journalism, commentary
Ever wonder why so many famous actors through the years who happened to be Jewish ended up with very non-Jewish sounding names?
Basically, the Hollywood studios worried that Jewish names would hurt box office and pressure was applied on young actors to come up with names that hid any trace of their ethnic background. Think [...]
28 Feb
Posted by charles as commentary
Money. Is it all coming down to that? To cold cash? Crisp Greenbacks?
Well, for a presidential campaign that is supposed to be about “change” and about doing things in a new way (at least that is what Barack Obama says)-seems like the old root of all evil is taking center stage.
Come now. You’re not really [...]
27 Feb
Posted by charles as commentary
You know the old saying : “With friends like these, who needs enemies?”
A Georgia Democratic representative and civil rights leader who says he has a “deep and abiding love for both Sen. Clinton and President Clinton” has decided to turn his back on his “loved one” and throw his support to Barack Obama.
Rep. John Lewis [...]