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Obama to Hillary Supporters: Get Over It! »

You gotta admit, Obama has class. For a snob that is. Or maybe he has created a whole new class of snobs. And he is definitely at the head of the class. At a recent meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus things didn’t go as peachy for Obama as he would would have liked them. [...]

Is Barack Obama the George Wallace of the Left? »

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? [...]

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Booed by Pro-Obama Constituents »

Here’s the description provided by the YouTube video-maker:
U.S. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee from Texas (D-Houston) gets booed at Texas Senate District 13 Democratic Convention on March 29, 2008. Though her congressional district is overwhelmingly in support of Senator Barack Obama for President, Congresswoman Jackson Lee is a superdelegate and supporter of Senator Hillary [...]

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