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The Devil and the D.L.C.
The Devil and the D.L.C.
by Saab Lofton
"We've got to repudiate, you know, the most strident and insulting anti-American voices out there sometimes on our party's left ... We can't have our party identified by Michael Moore and Hollywood as our cultural values."
--Al From, CEO, Democratic Leadership Council
It all started in September of 1946. Paul Robeson -- actor, singer and all-around Renaissance man -- tried to persuade President Harry Truman (a Democrat) to pursue anti-lynching legislation. Truman claimed the time wasn't right for such legislation because it'd offend members of Congress from the Deep South!
Snoop digs Clinton and Obama but only reps 'Gangsta party'
Snoop digs Clinton and Obama but only reps 'Gangsta party'
David Edwards and Muriel Kane - the Raw Story
Published: Monday February 4, 2008
Snoop Dogg, the Susan Lucci of rap artists nominated a ninth time for a Grammy he has never won, spoke with CNN's Larry King about his aspirations for the future and his reaction to the 2008 political campaigns.
"I'd like for my kids to go to college and live prosperous lives," Snoop stated. "It's hard to reach that coming from where I'm from. .. I'm trying to get it to that point."
One Evil Empire Down, One To Go
One Evil Empire Down, One To Go
by Saab Lofton
On 1/31/08, 1:45 p.m., an activist named Steve Chase e-mailed me the following ...
"Some feel we may not even have 'elections' at all. Bush will declare himself king with Cheney as court regent. What do you think? How can we cope?"
... well, once I wrote Chase back, it occured to me that my response to him should be shared with the masses, so here goes:
Now Is the Time to Do the Right Thing
Dear Friend:
I am not in tonight's Presidential debate in South Carolina because, over the weekend, the Federal Communications Commission supported the arbitrary and deliberately exclusionary criteria imposed by CNN and its parent company, Time Warner, Inc., to keep me out. And, because that FCC decision came so late, there was absolutely no time to appeal or to challenge their denial of Americans' right to hear from the one and only candidate who is willing to demand ...
Kucinich forced out of Debate
KucinichDems battle in court, debate and voting booth
Three presidential rivals face off tonight in Las Vegas, but not Kucinich
The Associated Press
updated 5:17 p.m. PT, Tues., Jan. 15, 2008
LAS VEGAS - Democratic presidential rivals and their supporters vied for advantage in the courts, on a debate stage and at the ballot box on Tuesday in an unsettled race for the party's nomination to the White House.
The debate lineup included Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and Barack Obama of Illinois as well as former Sen. John Edwards, but Tuesday evening the Nevada Supreme Court rejected an effort by Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich to join in, too.
Judge grants Kucinich entry to NV Democratic presidential debate
Dennis KucinichJudge grants Kucinich entry to NV Democratic presidential debate
By Ken Ritter
ASSOCIATED PRESS
7:18 p.m. January 14, 2008
LAS VEGAS – NBC News said it will appeal a judge's ruling rather than include Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich in a candidates' debate Tuesday in Nevada.
“We disagree with the judge's decision and are filing an appeal,” said a statement provided for the network by Jeremy Gaines, a communications vice president for MSNBC. He said the network would seek an immediate hearing before the Nevada Supreme Court.
