Category: Harold FordBy LisaB on Jul 3, 2008 in Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Democrats, Foreign affairs, Harold Ford, Iran, Iraq, general election | 249 Comments
1) Now THIS is interesting. Apparently the schism in the Democratic party continues. First it was Hillary supporters, dead-enders, who didn’t know the game was up and that Obama was going to bring sweetness and light to the progressive world.
Now it’s the left’s turn under the bus. Quoting from the WSJ, [...]
By Bud White on Mar 31, 2008 in Bamboozling, Barack Obama, Colin Powell, Harold Ford, Hillary Clinton, Martin Luther King, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., Sheila Jackson Lee | 29 Comments
The code words are different this time around. Instead of appealing to whites’ fears of forced integration by mentioning busing, Obama has elicited black prejudice by using terms like like hoodwinked, bamboozled, and okie-doke.
Can you imagine another prominent African American politician using this language? Can you see the dignified Colin Powell using this dog-whistle? [...]
