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Name: Mwafrika8299
Comment: Relax oprah... You should hv seen residents of obama's dad village here in kenya... May be kenya should b the 53rd or is it 54th state.... Lol
Name: Taurusingr
Comment: All I know is...."yall got BUCKWILD"!! yesterday after I left!! Damn, I missed it!! Oh well...I know those "IGNANT" Sillary lovin mofo's will be back, so ....I'll wait!! LOL!!! (sendin out & Uuuuuuurlly...Good Moanin Peeps)!!! Way to represent yo!!
Name: fanteeking
Comment: I understand Hellary is still holding on to her delegates just in case Obama slips up and she can just rush right in and recover the prize. This strategy goes "hand in hand" with her RFK a.s.s.a.sination statement which she reasons if he's whacked by a WVA., tooth-less hillbilly or if a skeleton comes out of his closet then I'll be ready to step in. Oprah could care less about those conservative, Bush/Clinton loving old biddies who just can't stand the idea of a BLACK FAMILY occupying the BLACK HOUSE eerr, I ....mean White House. I'm still doin' the Holy Dance and my feet ain't got tired yet!! LOL!!
Name: HarrisThomas
Comment: the MSM is ticked off because O-BA-MA!! had a meeting with hellarious and didn't tell them . . . . . folk need to understand that the junior senator from Illinois ain't no lightweight and that he will not be bullied by the clintons, the uber wealthy who own the Dems' party, or MSM . . . . . Oprah knew this from the beginning and she is right to show her delight for her candidate for president
Name: JGGIRL
Comment: THE RNC have started using Hillary's words against OB. They are running commercials showing her during the campaign talking about how OB is not qualified and has no experience but she and McCain do. Now how can you have a person as your running mate who has said such things about you and especially putting the competition above him?
Name: bigchassie
Comment: Go on Oprah and sing praises for our man! this is wonderful! this is history! and we all should be dancing in the streets! and also hats off to LES BROWN too for his views on what he thought about that uncle tom bob johnson. Les stated his views loud and clear on the TJMS this morning how he was not happy and %*$!ed off at uncle bob sending a letter to the congressional black caucus to endorse hillary for vp. he cant stand bob and he definitely let him know that on Tom's show this morning. way to go Les! there should be a national "STFUP LIST" Of folks who talk negitively on this history making thing. and bob johnson should be at the top of the list. anybody else yall can think of, put them on there! GO OBAMA 08!!
Name: HarrisThomas
Comment: JGGIRL, clinton is not suitable as veep on the O-BA-MA!! ticket and most people were aware of that in early March . . . . . the negative clinton campaign messages about O-BA-MA!! now being used by the rethugs adds to her disgrace
Name: adifferentpath
Comment: Unprofessional. a liar. mean. reckless. cavalier. stupid. out of control. Senator Clinton needs to sit down and shut the %*$!( up. She's disgraced herself and frankly, I expected her to conduct herself better than this pile of manure she tried to shovel down our throats. Disgusting. -ok, now, that I've voiced how I REALLY feel, -whew- OBAMA!
Name: Dovelyone
Comment: What I wonder is how Oprah and Maya Angelou getting along, seeing as they supported different candidates. Maybe it isn't that big of a deal.... Yay President Obama!
Name: JGGIRL
Comment: Did anyone see Maya on Larry King last night. She scared me. I thought she was going blind or was falling asleep during the interview. Really weird.
Name: librason
Comment: I heard that Bill Clintons Overseas Business dealings and Prez. library donor list may not pass the vetting smell test. Name: JGGIRL Comment: THE RNC have started using Hillary's words against OB. They are running commercials showing her during the campaign talking about how OB is not qualified and has no experience but she and McCain do...... Well there will be more to come cause ol' girl has givin them a lot to use during this campaign.
Name: lilmocc
Comment: JGGIRL> LOL, yeah she has a tendency to close her eyes when she talks and it looks pretty creepy. LOL, when you mentioned it, I knew exactly what you were talking about. She also talks kind of slow as well. I know she is getting up there in age, so perhaps this is the cause, but it is still quite weird.
Name: Renetta
Comment: She sure did lay low for a while. Hell even Senator Ted Kennedy with a BRAIN TUMOR said when he gets off the operating table he's going to get back to making sure he gets in. I don't understand why black folks are so scary. Oprah has enough money that she could have been vocal throughout - not just certain moments or AFTER he gets in. Fck that - if you gonna be down - be down. Now everybody wants to jump on the bandwagon...
Name: Bad_Kitty
Comment: Renetta: I agree.
Name: HarrisThomas
Comment: an excerpt from Eugene Robinson in the Washington Post(6/6/08): This is a passage from an e-mail I received in April from an Obama volunteer in Pennsylvania: "We've been called 'N-lovers,' Obama's been called the 'Anti-Christ,' our signs have been burned in the streets during a parade, our volunteers have been harassed physically, or with racial slurs -- it's been unreal." . . . . . none of us will likely know the kinds of e-mail and/or voice mail she received after she endorsed O-BA-MA!!
Name: Winn30344
Comment: Bigchassie..I heard Les Brown..he was too mad and I loved it as did Tom and J. Anthony. I was wondering why Oprah was laying low too Renetta until I realized it probably had something to do with that "elitist" 'ish and she would have been used against Obama. I think Oprah can help bring some of those yt bitter women to the right side though and I think we'll see that now. Bigchassie..please add Stephanie Tubbs-Jones to the list..i'm so flucking tired of seeing her smiling black azz everytime I see a story on HillBill and her VP push! There has already been a big movement to oust her azz as has been with Rangel and the rest of the HillBill's lapdogs! There next elections are going to be an uphill battle!!
Name: Mas90
Comment: GO OPHRAH!!!!
Name: bigchassie
Comment: HARRISTOMAS>you know sad to say, i'm not surprised. there are stupid and narrow-minded people in the world that revel in showing their stupidity but victory revel over stupidity. an email should be sent back to the Obama volonteers giving them encouragement and to let them know they are not alone we are all pushing for this dream to happen. keep on doing what you are doing. we are going to be victorious in the end.
Name: bigchassie
Comment: WINN>stephanie tubbs jones..added to the STFUP list. NEXT??!
Name: realuvbaby
Comment: I'm so full right about now. I saw the Oprah when she asked Obama to run and made him promise that if he did, he'd announce on her show. Congrats to the entire Obama camp. They have been running a tight and very successful campaign. As far as the voters Obama hasn't been able to reach, a delay is not as denial of that vote; by the time Mr. President gets finished with them, they will come around. Say yes to new leadership. We are now down to two choices and the choice is clear. THE STATUS QUO HAS GOTS TO GO.
Name: deedeeVon
Comment: Some of you all are just ignant. Oprah has been there from the very beginning both personally and equally important, finacially. They are close and personal friends and she has continued to support him. How many of you have attend his rallies or donated money to his campagin. Sit the FVck down and STFU!
Name: NYCsoul
Comment: Winn> If you think you are sick of seeing this Stephane Tubbs person skinnin and grinnin, you should have seen Ol' Charlie Rangel this morning. He looked like he wanted to kick somebody a$$ because his candidate loss. He was at City Hall and he came with a whole gang of Hillary supporters who said they will support Obama once Hillary endorses him. Ain't that about nothing! Those of the old guard are running scared because they are afraid of losing whatever little power or influence they thought they once had over the black community. It's not about doing what is best for their communities; it's about powerplays and promoting their own personal agenda.
Name: realuvbaby
Comment: An Obama-Clinton ticket at this point in time would give them each SERIOUS credibility issues: You want change, yet you are hanging on to someone who had been part of the problem on the one hand; You said he was unelectable, but if he's so unelectable, why are you running on his ticket. The so-called Dream Ticket should have been proposed initially, but instead, we had to play politix and got a surprise ending; now everybody up in arms because of the obvious. It was bound to happen sometime, nothing lasts forever. Everything we see is subject to change; even people's minds when it comes to Obama. I have every faith that it's time for things to change; heck, Mr. President is already in effect. "LAY OFF MY WIFE" or how 'bout "EVERYBODY NEED TO CALM DOWN, THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION I WILL HAVE TO MAKE, AND I INTEND TO DO IT RIGHT, DELIBERATE AND WILL NOT BOW TO PRESSURE OF ANY KIND. Now, if ya can't get with that, have a cup of STF UP and take a seat and watch history being made, not because of you, in spite of you [haters, non-believers and hangers-on of the status quo]. He's the nominee. Things have already changed.
Name: realuvbaby
Comment: Yes, NYCSoul, it's that loyalty that's eating him up. Now I'm loyal, but I tell you right now, I'm following NO ONE to the point of destruction. And if you were smart, you'd get the heck out, too! And for their loyalty, look at how the game played out. She had to be taken out kicking and screaming. It's all they know. Hang in there and when your person comes into power, it's party time, but they call it "loyalty."
Name: bigchassie
Comment: *writing new name on list* Charlie Rangel on the STFUP List...next??
Name: NYCsoul
Comment: realuvbaby> That might be what was eating Ol' Charlie up because he was literally glaring into the camera. I think that folks like Charlie that supported Clinton were hoping to get some type of position in the administration if Clinton had won. If I recall, I think that how Charlie got to be head of the Ways and Means Committee, if I'm not mistaken. Now, what's he gonna do now that BO has the nomination?
Name: gingerg
Comment: NYCSoul, you know Julian Bond is feeling the same way.
Name: bigchassie
Comment: deedee>Uh i sent him a donation and sent out emails to friends to do the same as well and entend to become a volenteer in his campagin as well.
Name: bigchassie
Comment: NYC>Wasn't andrew young a hillary supporter too?
Name: HarrisThomas
Comment: as JGGirl mentioned in her above post, the rethugs are using the clintons against O-BA-MA!! in their ads . . . . . there is absolutely no way that hellarious can excuse her contributions to the rethugs . . . . . . check this link: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/39811.html
Name: realuvbaby
Comment: bigchassie, NYC, yes Andy was a supporter. Almost all of the movers and shakers from the civil rights movement were behind Clinton because the Clintons had been very good to us kneegroes and we owe them our loyalty [because when my peeps come in power, we come in power]. Problem is, at this historic time, there were two minorities running. The Ole Gee's stuck to "experience" what they knew, and like many of us, underestimated the power and force with which Mr Obama's message resonated. Hillary just wasn't ready; she ran like a Republican, because that was her "experience", but the new kid came in saying, I ain't even going there. That was cool, historical, fine and dandy, but we need to change from those ways and look at things a different way, with new eyes and perspectives because he believes like most of us, that our futures were being hijacked by the war, skyrocketing costs of living, deregulation which resulted in crises for practically every family in America.
Name: realuvbaby
Comment: I'm curious to know how many people who bought homes during the Clinton bonanza who are now in trouble? However, they were purchased by the policies that had been laid out by the Reagan Bush years. It seems now that for all the good it was, it now seems like an illusion. GWB ate up the surplus and took us to war and we've been spiralling downward ever since. Anybody notice that when Dems are in office, we all enjoy good living, but when Rethuglicans are in office, it's strictly for them and those who aspire to be like them? I'm still troubled by the fact that the South went Republican when the Democrat Lyndon Johnson signed Civil Rights into law. These people don't want change, but guess what? A change is gonna come . . . ready or not here it comes! Anything has got to be better than where we've been during the last 8 years. THE STATUS QUO HAS GOTS TA GO!!
Name: McNasty
Comment: Over the past few weeks I have gotten home early enough to catch parts of her shows. I have never watched regularly but if you could see the content now you would realize she's losing older white women to 20 something drivel. She had timberfake and reba mcintyre singing a duet the other day and one day she had the unbelievable - like the grandmother with a 20 inch waist line. Nobody tunes in in large numbers to see shat like that.
Name: McNasty
Comment: Realuv scads of those folks are standing near the curb too! I was listening to a business report and those that felt safe under the clinton administration stretching out to larger homes began selling them when the market was good. The hardheaded ones stayed too long in too much house and, well like I said the curb is crowded.
Name: bigchassie
Comment: MCNASTY>whaaat? uh uh!
Name: bigchassie
Comment: MCNASTY>yeah those are the ones that brought those "McMansions". sad, sad thing.
Name: McNasty
Comment: NYC Rangel was given the ways and means under clinton and felt obligated to support sillary. He should be mad - mad at his damnself because being appointed to anything doesn't mean lifetime blind loyalty. It means do a good job no matter who is in office and remain an independent thinker. All of the darkies that followed sillary are certainly looking and smelling different to their districts now!
Name: dcdouglass01
Comment: I saw some white women on TV this morning who were rabid and slobbering at the mouth while shouting their disdain for Obama, and how they'd never vote for him. It was kinda scary. I'd say to Obama's security staff to keep their eyes open for crazy-looking, middle-age-plus white women because it may be one of them who might go jihad on Brother O.
Name: McNasty
Comment: Bigchassie if you can't eat what's left you don't need it. White folks under clinton were living hood rich.
Name: HarrisThomas
Comment: http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/06/06/ obamas_ex_pastor_dominated_primary_coverage/?page=full _____ Obama's ex-pastor dominated primary coverage _____ By Brian C. Mooney _____ Globe Staff / June 6, 2008 _____ In effectively clinching the Democratic presidential nomination, Barack Obama survived late firestorms of news coverage about his relationship with his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, which was by far the dominant media story of the entire campaign, according to an independent research organization. The story of Wright and his race-based rants against United States policies surfaced in March and received four times more coverage than any other theme or event throughout the campaign, according to data compiled by the Project for Excellence in Journalism, an arm of the Pew Research Center in Washington. The issue undercut Obama with working-class white voters in the later primaries, most analysts have said.
Name: bigchassie
Comment: MCNASTY>gurl i love you! lol! you just made me make up my mind about lunch! lol!! but yeah gurl i know that's right. they were living good. but now? the rug is yanked from under them.
Name: bigchassie
Comment: HARRISTHOMAS>so why do they keep harping on this. it's old news. they can't find nothing else. they need to move right along.
Name: ladybyrd
Comment: Renetta> Oprah did exactly what her friend Barack asked of her. She endorsed and she stomped when he needed her to. Remember at times they tried to use Oprah's endorsement as a distraction. The media taughted as "Oprah is all about girl power and she had a chance to endorse Hillary and she did not". Remember they can support their own, but when we are involved the rules change. I'm glad that she laid low and she was probably asked to do so. Barack has surrounded himself with great strategist. I'm sure everything was carefully thought through as was Teddie Kennedy's endorsement on a day when Hillary has a BIG win. She held a dinner that earned millions for Obama, she stumped, she when on the town hall meetings in support and she told "WHY" she chose Obama. Layoff "O" she's doing exactly what they want her to do. Peace
Name: yasmine1
Comment: listen to the interview Obama did on ABC this week.. He will not be bullied into choosing Hillary for VP.. Go Obama!
Name: 4462DG
Comment: dcdouglass01, you're right about those old azz white women being a problem, I sincerely hope the younger (yt) women get a clue and don't follow what their mamas do, because if McCain gets in the young women are the ones that need to worry about who McCain puts into that supreme court that will mess with their reproductive rights. I'm not necessarily talking about abortion rights either.
Name: realuvbaby
Comment: White men have always protected the honor of their women. I guess with Obama, he's almost white, and almost doesn't count <<lol>>. But seriously, I'm not voting for Barack for his color, this man is the only one of two candidates I'd ever consider. One, however, lost me after South Carolina. I'd never vote anything that even remotely looks or feels Republican, mostly because they come off like supremacists. They are full of crap, to me. Say one thing in the light, then go home and do opposite in the dark. At least, I know Liberals are loose, but at least liberals respects differences and want to include the difference. Conservatives say be like me because I'm right and I was sent here to take care of you, but you gotta look like me, talk like me because I am the right way to go because I've got my bible in my hand. Republican party may be the party of Lincoln, et al., but growing up, I remember it as the party of Nixon, Reagan and Bush and none of them is a Lincoln, et al.
Name: realuvbaby
Comment: Hey, y'all, CNN says that 60% of women want Hillary to be Obama's VP, asking the question WHAT DO WOMEN WANT? For all the women on the board, did anybody ask you? Are they talking about all women? Obama, take your time and think this through. It's like the marriage and the ceremony. Sure the women could pressure you now, but if you put Hillary, Chelsea and Billy back in that white house and they were previous tenants, it's going to be a very unhappy marriage indeed. You need someone who will respect you and your family. The Clintons have shown who they really are and I don't think you two are compatible. Why don't these women run as Democrats and we already have a nominee that's ready, willing and able to make his own decision.
Name: 1love
Comment: To Renetta: Oprah was the first celeb to voice her support for Obama. Before ANYONE else. She had him and Michelle on her show a long time ago. Im just sayin.....
Name: 1love
Comment: Also Renetta, she had a huge fundraiser at her home in Cali for the brotha many months ago.
Name: 4462DG
Comment: I guess Renetta needs to realize that Oprah has a life, a TV show and a magazine to run!!!!!!! She showed support before many others did and she hasn't waivered either, I suspect she didn't want to shove anything down anybody's throat-that would have been counterproductive for him in the long run!!!!! And with the latest hoopla regarding her choice of religion that would have been used against Obama as well, since it appears they can't find much else besides the religion angle.
Name: Taurusingr
Comment: Het peeps!!...Has anyone but me heard that Obama & Clinton have met in private, (without their aides present)?? Also...Sillary might run as an INDEPENDANT, which is why she hasn't conceded!!! If this is true...again I say...this fat lady needs to listen to the OTHER fat lady who is definitely "singing" for HER AS-S!!! Also...is it just me but does anyone else notice how they STILL are putting Sillary b4 Obama when they speak of the two together!!?? I hope it's out of manners & shyt! You know...(ladies 1st & all!!) But I don't think they 've ever practiced that b4! Not with news anchors,TV talkshow host ( ex...Regis & Kelly) or ever!! And even after Obama won???, They STILL were mostly talking about Sillary's as-s & what SHE was gonna do!!!!They STILL don't want to give this man...the RESPECT he deserves!!! One!!
Name: Taurusingr
Comment: Harris Thomas:...That's what makes this such a damn JOKE!! Like in the case of Bob Johnson!! You gonna send THAT mo fo, who was talking all kinds of crap about Obama,to get a damn FAVOR FROM Obama!!??? And now...they wanna throw this "B" on the ticket with Obama, after SHE has talked all kinds of crap ABOUT Obama!!?? Again....what Sillary did during this campaign was FAR BEYOND politics & simply "running" for president! SHE GOT PERSONAL & RACIST!! plan & simple!! This is just another example of how much of a damn HYPOCRITE this bytch really is & can't be trust to "stay on track", no matter WHAT track we're talking about!!!
Name: Taurusingr
Comment: Should be...."HEY" peeps!!! (don't worry, I'm signing up tomorrow)!!! LOL!!
Name: javone77
Comment: Chassie: girl you are slipping. you HAVE to add Terry Mcauliffe to the damn list! Tuesday night AFTER Obama had clinched he introduced Hillary as the next POTUS! wtf?!?!? that's what got her supporters %*$!ed off!
Name: javone77
Comment: and bill o'reilly!!!!! and sean Hannity!
Name: bigchassie
Comment: TAURUS>i'll bet they'll give him respect when he becomes president!
Name: javone77
Comment: some hillary supporter just said that someone in hillary's campaign called him and said they were outlining a plan to win jewish voters by exploiting racial tension between jews and blacks. I'm like no %*$! sherlock....what else is new? NEXT!
Name: Taurusingr
Comment: realuvbaby::...Hey there lady!!sml!! To answer your question, lets go even further! Did they ask the damn question..."what do African Americans want!!! See, I've said b4...Sillary has been allowed to use the VIRGINA CARD, but Obama can't go anywhere near using his BLACK card!! And now, the demographic they have NEVER giving a damn thought to b4, they wanna give a shyt about NOW!!??? "THEY" have always said that women are NOT intelligent enough to be involved in politics!! I bet if Sillary DID get the nod & she "F'd" up in some way, they're not gonna blame her GENDER for that shyt!!! And she'll just be left alone to "F up again!!(just like she has been doing all the long, & WITHOUT any GENDER criticism! So why bring gender into this now??? I guess the RACE card has been DECLINED so much, they "can't buy shyt with it" so, they have to pull another card out from their F'd up wallets!! See how YT's contradicting,lying,RULES CHANGING as-s ways just keep....shown the "F" up!!???
Name: Taurusingr
Comment: bigchassie:...No, I think Obama's gonna have to get rid of ALL those mo fo's (at least in Washington) who don't want to "bow down" to the new Commander & Chief!! That way...the OTHERS (media) won't have any "insiders" feeding them B.S. & will be FORCED to deal with the reality that....Those days of old are GONE!!!!! Holla!!!
Name: javone77
Comment: hey taurus
Name: bigchassie
Comment: TAURUS>Ya got that right! for sho!
Name: Taurusingr
Comment: javone77:...Hello lady! Are you enjoying your..."freedom"!!??? LOL!!... BTW, I never got "that"! sml!!
Name: Taurusingr
Comment: You know what ladys....I want to apologize for my "colorful" words!! It isn't how I would speak if a woman was in my presence "physically", & I know we're all "adults" but STILL, I'm gonna stop OR really "tone it down" ,alright!?? sml!! Just wanna let yall know that I DO consider yall "ladys"...(unless otherwise shown!!) LOL!! So again, please except my apology for days gone by! sml!! (Holla if you hear/feel me!!)
Name: javone77
Comment: Taurus: I responded to you lol chassie: hey lady bug!!!! did you get my addition to your list? LOL
Name: NYCsoul
Comment: gingerg> You mean, that Julian Bond actually spoke against some of his comrades about supporting Hillary? I knew that not everyone from the civil rights movement supported Hillary but Julian Bond surprises me. realluv> I do remember Andy making those stupid comments about Bill being a 'black man' or some other nonsense. There are mature folks who are progressive and see something in having new blood but most older folks are scared of change or feel threaten. McNasty> Thanks for refreshing my memory because I wasn't really sure if that was the committee that Ol' Charlie chaired. Ol' Charlie has sold his community again with this whole rezoning of Harlem, driving out mom and pop and small businesses out. For years, Harlem has been neglected under his watch and now because of the Clintons, real estate prices in Harlem has skyrocketed and they want to accompnay these new "professionals" who are moving in. The Clintons were good for Charlie to bring new business and people but it is to the detriment of residents who have been there for years. Now, you can't even think about buying a brownstone in Harlem or even places like Bed Stuy. There seems to be a concerted effort to push out working class people and the politicians don't seem to give a damn. I'm hoping that a new adminstration can do something to change the tide.
Name: Taurusingr
Comment: javone77: It must've been the wrong address, cause I got....NATHAN!! LOL!!!
Name: McNasty
Comment: Sillary has the same chance as a snowball in hell of even being invited to be Veep. Obama might look and act stoopid but he ain't for real. He's looking and Tim Kane and Jim Webb of Virginia who he does have chemistry with and can trust. No thinking man black or white willing brings an uncaged snake in the house.
Name: McNasty
Comment: Taurusingr don't take the color out of your posts on my account!lol Kidding - we all use that language so don't sweat it.
Name: McNasty
Comment: NYC Charlie is one darkie to watch - he's too close to the clintons like he depends on them for his very air. I just hope and pray that all of them that supported sillary stand up and behind Obama and do what's right and I pray that bob johnson gets the verbal as.s whipping that he so richly deserves when the dust settles.
Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: Obama, Clinton hold talks in Feinstein's living room WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton met privately Thursday night at the Washington home of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a key supporter of Clinton's presidential campaign, Feinstein said Friday. She left them in her living room with nothing other than water and comfortable chairs for what she called a positive meeting. No one else was in the room, and no one is giving details of what was discussed. "They talked. I went upstairs and did my work," Feinstein said Friday. "They called me when it was over. I came down and said, 'Good night, everybody, I hope you had a good meeting.' "They were laughing and that was it." The meeting began at 9 p.m. and lasted about an hour, Feinstein said. "I think the opportunity to sit down, just the two of them, was positive," she said. It was the two Democratic candidates' first meeting since Obama became the party's presumptive nominee on Tuesday. "They talked about how to come together and how to unify this party and move forward because what we have at stake in November is so important," Robert Gibbs, the Obama campaign's communication director, said Friday on CNN's "American Morning." Watch Gibbs explain the secret meeting » "And what unites us as a party far exceeds what might divide either of these two candidates." A joint statement from the candidates said only, "Sen. Clinton and Sen. Obama met tonight and had a productive discussion about the important work that needs to be done to succeed in November." Gibbs would not say whether the senators discussed the possibility of Clinton becoming Obama's running mate. Watch as panelists weigh in on the best choices for the candidates » Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democratic superdelegate from Nevada, said Friday that he told Clinton he intended to support Obama. But he didn't shed any light on whether Clinton would have a place on the ticket. Watch Reid press superdelegates to make up their minds » "Hillary is going to endorse Barack tomorrow [Saturday]," Reid said on "American Morning." "She's a very good woman. She's been a great senator. And she's going to be a great help to us in this [election], no matter what role she has in the campaign." On Thursday, reporters on Obama's press plane learned the candidate was not aboard when it departed Virginia, where he had been campaigning. Aides said staff members had "scheduled him some meetings" in Washington. The meeting originally was believed to be at Clinton's Washington home. "It wasn't at her house, and it was not at Dick Cheney's undisclosed location," Gibbs said jokingly.
Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: In the excitement of the past few days, there's some news you may have missed. John McCain and the Republican National Committee released their fundraising numbers for May, and we've got our work cut out for us. The McCain campaign raised $21 million, which will be combined with $23.7 million raised in partnership with the Republican National Committee. That's nearly $45 million dollars in one month -- money that will be used to attack Barack Obama and support John McCain's effort to extend the policies of George W. Bush for another four years. We need to respond quickly and show that we are ready to take on Senator McCain in the general election. Now is the time to take the next step and own a piece of this campaign. If you make a $25 donation today, your gift will be matched by a previous donor who has agreed to give again. You can even choose to exchange a note with them about why you support Barack. Help reach the goal of 10,000 first-time donors and build our movement to take on John McCain: https://donate.barackobama.com/match Even more disturbing than the amount of money John McCain and the RNC have raised is the way they raised it. They depend on donations from Washington lobbyists and special interest PACs. And top officials in McCain's campaign have been asking these donors to write checks and raise money from their clients to the tune of $50,000 each. Barack is doing things differently. This campaign has never accepted donations from Washington lobbyists or special interest PACs. And yesterday the Democratic National Committee announced that they will follow the same restriction. We are going to compete in the general election the same way we have all along -- by depending on a movement of more than 1.5 million people giving only what they can afford. Make your first $25 donation today and double your impact: https://donate.barackobama.com/match I'm sure you've heard that Hillary Clinton is suspending her campaign and announcing her support for Barack. We all owe Senator Clinton -- and her supporters -- a great deal of respect for running an incredible campaign and strengthening our party in all 50 states. But John McCain and his allies are not missing a beat in their campaign to continue the Bush agenda. As the presumptive nominee, John McCain had a three-month head start to build his party and raise money. But we can't afford to let him have the advantage. For all his talk of reform, John McCain is willing to rely on huge donations from Washington lobbyists and special interest PACs. We have a historic opportunity to run a new kind of campaign and elect a new kind of leader. Thank you for your support and for being a part of this movement,
Name: bigchassie
Comment: CALIRED>I made my 25.00 donation last night and sent out emails to everybody else to do so too. that article about Obama and hillary together, alone, in a room reminds me of this crazy song that came out back in the seventies called "SUPERFLY MEETS SHAFT" theres a knock on the door: "MR PRESIDENT! MR PRESIDENT! WHAT ARE YOU AND SHAFT DOING IN THERE?" (piece from song, "Me and Mrs Jones") HOLDING HANDS...MAKING ALL KINDS OF PLANS..." LOL! i don't know why that song came to my mind! lol!
Name: bigchassie
Comment: CHICAGO - For young voters, Rosa Parks' refusal to sit at the back of a bus in Montgomery, Ala., in 1955 is schoolbook history. Even the racially charged 1992 riots in Los Angeles are a distant memory. ADVERTISEMENT The United States is far from a blueprint for racial harmony, but for today's young adults — all born after segregation was outlawed in the mid-1960s — race is not the issue it once was. They have grown up with Oprah Winfrey and Michael Jordan among their highest-profile and wealthiest role models. And in their everyday lives, they are much more likely than their elders to have friends of another race, studies show. Is it any wonder, then, that young adults have been the most willing age group to support a black man for president? Primary exit polls conducted for The Associated Press illustrate the generational shift that has helped Barack Obama secure the Democratic presidential nomination. About 56 percent of Democrats younger than age 30 supported Obama. That number dropped steadily with each age bracket to a low of 30 percent for voters 65 and older.
Name: bigchassie
Comment: Many young voters say a diverse background is an %*$et for a candidate. "Rather than just being tolerant of race, we embrace and accept our differences," says Alisha Thomas Morgan, a 29-year-old black state lawmaker in Georgia. "We all recognize that racism still exists. But I think younger people are much more willing to get over it." They also are more accustomed to seeing people of color in positions of power. The country has, for instance, had a black secretary of state for the past seven-plus years. "I shouldn't say we're taking it for granted. But it's not especially strange to us," says Tobin Van Ostern, a junior at George Washington University who is spending his summer in Chicago as a leader for Students for Barack Obama. Van Ostern, who is white, says he understands that Obama's victory is historic. "But it's one that seems appropriate for the direction the country is going," he says. "In numerous ways, it presents a new image of the United States to the world — and not just because of the color of his skin." Throughout the primary season, Obama supporters endured jabs from pundits and Hillary Rodham Clinton backers who called them "latte drinkers," among other labels. To them, it seemed to suggest elitism and the notion that young adults were taken with the Illinois senator because it was trendy. Certainly, the chance to vote for a black man is part of the appeal, Morgan says. "It's fine if they vote for him because he's African-American, as long as they don't stop there," she says. "But I would be voting for Obama whether he was white or whatever. The fact that he is African-American is a plus."
Name: bigchassie
Comment: The way Patricia Turner sees it, Obama's race is just one factor that makes him more accessible to younger voters. Turner is a professor of African-American studies at the University of California, Davis, a diverse campus where she says no one racial or ethnic group is the majority. She recalls a conversation at a recent university dinner where her table included a few Asian-American students and a white woman in her 30s who was married to a man of mixed race. Asked what struck them about Obama, they listed everything from his age and rearing by a single mother to the fact that he is biracial. "There's something about the sophisticated and complex ethnic identity that resonates with younger voters as well," says Turner, who is black. "Younger people are able to say 'we' — and that 'we' includes Barack Obama." But exit polls also show that young Hispanics were more likely to vote for Clinton, as Hispanics were in general. Many people believe the complicated racial history between blacks and Hispanics has played a role in that outcome. Some wonder if the welcoming attitude toward a black president has its limits, even among the most racially open young Obama supporters. Young Han, 25, said race played little role in his decision to vote for Obama in the Washington state caucuses. But he wonders if his peers would be uncomfortable if Obama were a different type of black candidate. "A person who talks in a black English, engages in 'identity politics,' and comes out of a marching, yelling-out-of-a-megaphone background might be considered 'really' black, whereas a Harvard-educated lawyer who looks non-threatening may be just a guy who happens to be black," says Han, a Korean-American who recently worked for a Washington, D.C., civic education foundation teaching students about government. "Whether this is a valid way by which to judge someone's competence or legitimacy is whole other question. But I think that's how things work."
Name: bigchassie
Comment: Like many others, he saw attempts to link Obama to his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, as a way to play on that dynamic. Yet the Wright controversy did not seem to resonate much with young people, even at predominantly white, relatively conservative Clemson University, where political science professor Joseph Stewart Jr. monitored the reaction. That is striking, says Stewart, a white Southerner who came of age during the civil rights movement. "I did not think I'd live long enough to see a black candidate who was taken this seriously," he says. "I thought racism was just too deeply ingrained." He sees desegregation as "one of those subtle changes" that have influenced younger generations. He also has found that many of the youngest voters have little sense of relatively recent incidents of racial strife — for example, the Los Angeles riots that followed the acquittal of the white police officers who beat Rodney King. "So a lot of the acceptance and the lack of relevance of race is simply a lack of history," Stewart says. "We usually think that's a bad thing — but there may be some positives, too." For Turner, the progress made is notable and moving. At age 52, she has vivid memories of the %*$assination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. So Obama's candidacy is a reminder of how far the nation has come. "There have been times in the Obama campaign when I think, 'I wish Dad could've seen that' or 'I wish my mother were here' to just see him holding his own," Turner says of her parents, who are no longer living. "They would have been proud."
Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: Chass' I stopped by the website as well this morning, made a donation and picked up some Obama gear!!! My husband cant wait to rock his Obama Shirt and Hat!!!!... oh they' lookin' for you on the F4A
Name: bigchassie
Comment: CALIRED>oh yeah? well let me check them out then. uh, JAVONNE>where is 12HUEY? what chu done with him, gul?? lol
Name: bigchassie
Comment: i want a Barack Obama Screensaver. it's time for me to get rid of this tired jamie foxx screensaver on my computer.
Name: librason
Comment: whew- what up FAM? The yahoo page was talking about Barack and Michelle's fist pound. Man People are iggggnant. I had to come home to some rational critical thinkers........Damn!
Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: LOL... librason, amerikka' is about to be 'exposed' to a whole lot new thangs...LOL... fist pounds, husbands patting their wives butts, 'boo'... why did I have to explain to one of my co-workers what a boo' is?? yes, he's yt'
Name: bigchassie
Comment: oooh i found a really nice screensaver of Barack Obama. very pretty.
Name: bigchassie
Comment: CALIRED>LOL!! that reminds me of CNN when Donna Brazille called Anderson Cooper her boo. lol!
Name: librason
Comment: A Prez. with a little cool factor. Cali> I know awhile back i called one one of my female co-worker Shawty... she was like i'm 5'9" thats tall for a woman.
Name: bigchassie
Comment: MORE HOT OBAMA NEWS COMMIN THROUGH....
Name: bigchassie
Comment: CHICAGO - Barack Obama says if Chicago is chosen to host the 2016 Olympics, he's hoping there will be a hometown president to kick off the games. ADVERTISEMENT "In 2016, I'll be wrapping up my second term as president," Obama said. "So I can't think of a better way than to be marching into Washington Park ... as president of the United States and announcing to the world, 'Let the games begin!'" The Illinois senator, spending a weekend at home after clinching the Democratic presidential nomination, made a surprise appearance at a downtown rally Friday to promote the city's bid. He drew loud cheers from the crowd and gawkers pressed up to windows from the high rise office buildings surrounding the rally. Obama joked that his home is only a couple blocks from Washington Park, the proposed site of the games, so he's thinking about how much he could get for renting it out. He's hoping to be living in the White House any way. Chicago is competing to host the games along with Tokyo; Madrid, Spain; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Obama was joined at the rally by other elected officials and dignitaries from the city and athletes including track and field gold medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee. "It is a great time to be in Chicago," Obama said. "White Sox are winning. Cubs are winning. And Chicago's going to win the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics. And your senator, he's winning, too." ___
Name: librason
Comment: one of my female co-workers...the crackberry strikes again
Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: Chass' thats it!! from Anderson Cooper and Donna Brazile!!! LOL, I told my boss that when you hear "boo" on CNN, you know our world is changing!
Name: bigchassie
Comment: CALIRED>LOL! And it was so cute the way he said it. he said to Donna, "but i want to be your boo?" lol!
Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: CHASS' gurllll, and then she said 'are we still on the air'...LOL I knew that was gonna a lil' topic the next day...smh
Name: javone77
Comment: LOL I hadn't heard fromhim chassie :) I was at the beauty shop getting my wig split for my nephew's graduation :)
Name: bigchassie
Comment: CALIRED>ummhumm. chile you know ole Anderson Coop like him some chocolate! lol!
Name: bigchassie
Comment: JAVONNE>oh well, i'm sure he'll be on here monday morning. i know you miss your pookie poo. lol!
Name: bigchassie
Comment: you know i was thinking...that tired uncle tom bob johnson wants her to be vice president, why can't he help her pay off her debts then?
Name: CaliRedbone
Comment: Yeah! what chass' said!
Name: javone77
Comment: pookie poo? lol
Name: naulaj
Comment: HOLE ON OPHRAH, THEY'S GWON KNOWED YOU'S BLACK!!(Said in the runaway slave voice)
Name: mamamay
Comment: Hello folks. I am so happy. In my life time, I am going to see a Black Pres. Oh yes, Obama is going to win. All of us are going to come out in the snow and vote him in in NOV. Now, Did you know that if it wasn't for CR,Hil would have still been holding out? CR got teed off when Hil did not readily concede. Next AM,He went on MSNBC and spoke to Andrea Mitchell... He went after HIL big time..Next thing,CR and the rest of those senators and Hil's delegates had a meeting with Hil; and OOPS, with an ultimatum,She replied. She said she would do things privately on Fri, and on Sat she will come out on MSNBC and endorse Obama. Let's see. I am glad Oprah didn't give up on Obama because her ratings went way down. We have come a long way, but we saw that since there wasn't a prescident for comparing a blk man in this race, Obama caught much hell, re his minister, his church and his friends. What other Presidential candidate has endured this? That's okay. God is good all the time, ATTGIG. Carry on young people...
Name: BigBlackRod
Comment: Anderson Cooper might want chocolate, but it would have to be a CHOCOLATE BAR! And, if he put his hands on Donna Brazile, I'se gotta cut him. I think Ms. Brazile has the sexiest eyes...PEACE.
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