The Obama-Biden campaign ran a 30-minute TV ad, which was shown simultaneously on various broadcast and cable networks Wednesday night. The video is above, in case you missed it.
NAACP SUES OVER VA ELECTION PREP
The Virginia NAACP sued Gov. Tim Kaine and state election officials, claiming the state is “inadequately prepared” for the record number of voters expected to turn out next week.
The suit says state officials have not set up enough polling places: “The allocation of polling place resources is plainly irrational, non-uniform and likely discriminatory.” Additionally, the suit cites the 2004 presidential election in which there were too few polling places which led to long lines and some voters being turned away.
PALIN KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE ISSUES
Nicolle Wallace, a senior McCain aide, said there is an ‘organized campaign to lay blame’ at her for the recent back-and-forth between McCain aides and those of Sarah Palin. Wallace, however, has kept quiet about a few things that other McCain top aides have leaked to GQ correspondent Robert Draper.
I’m sympathetic to Eskew and Wallace, and not just because they’re decent people. They’ve held their tongue from leaking what a couple of McCain higher-ups have told me–namely, that Palin simply knew nothing about national and international issues. Which meant, as one such adviser said to me: “Letting Sarah be Sarah may not be such a good thing.” It’s a grim binary choice, but apparently it came down to whether to make Palin look like a scripted robot or an unscripted ignoramus. I was told that Palin chafed at being defined by her discomfiting performances in the Couric, Charlie Gibson, and Sean Hannity interviews. She wanted to get back out there and do more. Well, if you’re Eskew and Wallace, what do you say to that? Your responsibility isn’t the care and feeding of Sarah Palin’s ego; it’s the furtherance of John McCain’s quest for the presidency.
McCain and Palin sat down for their first joint interview, following reports that Palin is going “rogue”. Check out the full interview below:
Following Maria Bartiromo’s statement that she’d like to ask how their partnership is going and how unified they are, the live segment was cut and Mark Haines and Erin Burnett had to explain that the campaign stipulated that the live portion of the interview be five minutes.
When you get past all of the mud slinging and spin… what have McCain or Palin really laid out as their economic plan? nothing. They have floated a hodge podge of suggestions (from a spending freeze, to earmarking 300 billion for mortgage buyouts*socialism*, to not taxing anyone? to taxing health benefits). Their ticket is grasping at straws without one solid stitch of a concrete way to pay for it. McCain has not yet said the word poverty. Much less given any specific examples of how he would combat it. He has NO… understand me NO economic knowledge. My tenth grade son understands the free market system better than he does. Trickle down hasn’t worked since Reagan *and if we are honest, for the middle class it didn’t work then*. Please go back and do a little research.. 1987 stock market crash cause by Regan/Bush failed deregulatory policies. Now please believe we are not in this just for lip service. Obama has proven that he is willing to take sound counsel and will gather intelligence before making decision. We need steady/sound leadership like that…. not that shoot from the hip and hope people buy it crap that McCain is selling. He and Palin can’t even stay on the same message as each other. I definitely don’t want them in-fighting in the white house.
The Infomercial was well done, We need to get out an vote people, this is not going to happen any other way. Now, there are obviously allot of Black folks on this board, we especially need to continue the trend of record turnounts against us, on November 4th.
Its amazing, I was listening to THIS AMERICAN LIFE Podcast this morning and you know in Pennsylvania there are actually Black “Democrats for McCain” that are going around from house to house convincing prejudice white voters that they don’t have to vote for Obama, because McCain is a better choice.
There is something to be said about any African American person who can look at this African American man trying to break the highest, hardest glass ceiling in this country, in the face of subtly coded racism and all-out blatant racism — and support the other candidate.
What’s interesting about Blacks that aren’t supporting Obama, is that they will no-doubt reap the benefits of his Presidency should he be elected to office.
@19…..SO WHAT!!…CL IS NOT BIAS, THEIR EXPOSING THE TRUTH, ITS UGLY BUT NEVERTHELESS ITS THE TRUTH. AND SO WHAT!! IF CL WERE BIAS…LIKE US THEY WANT OBAMA 2 WIN AND 4 THAT SIMPLE FACT, THEY GOTTA DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WHICH IS TO SWAY THE UNDECIDED AND TO SWITCH THE REPUBLICAN VOTE.
AS FAR AS OBAMA’s AD…WELL DONE MY BROTHA!!…IF NOTHING ELSE, I THINK THAT PUT HIM OVER THE TOP….I WAS TRYING NOT 2 JINX IT AND I KNOW WE’RE NOT DONE VOTING YET (PLEASE VOTE!!!) BUT I THINK WE GOT THIS ONE IN THE BAG BUT IM STILL PRAYING AND STILL URGING AND PLEADING TO PPL TO VOTE.
OH FUNNY STORY…ITS NOT REALLY FUNNY BUT ALL MY JAMAICANS WILL UNDERSTAND…ANYWAY MY MOM WAS TELLING ME THAT IN JAMAICA THIS MAN WAS WALKING AROUND IN KINGSTON WITH A McCAIN SHIRT ON. AND THEY BEAT HIM TO DEATH. NOW ITS REALLY NOT FUNNY LIKE I SAID BUT YO WHEN I TELL U IF JAMAICAN PPL WERE ABLE TO VOTE FOR OBAMA, HE WOULD WIN BY A PERFECT LANDSLIDE! AND THIS MAN LOOK LIKE HE WANTED TO COMMIT SUICIDE AND DIDNT KNOW HOW TO. HEY JAMAICANS ARE SERIOUS ABOUT THEIR POLITICS AND EVEN MORE SERIOUS WHEN IT COMES TO A BLACK MAN RUNNING 4 PRESIDENT! WE DON’T NEED TO KILL PPL THO BUT WE DEFINITELY NEED TO BE ENTHUSIATIC ABOUT CHANGE AND VOTING IS THE WAY TO DO IT!!
OBAMA 08
@36…DONT EVEN GO THERE…IF U WERE PAYING ATTENTION THERE WAS NOT ONLY A BLACK COUPLE IN THE AD BUT THERE WAS A VARIETY OF CULTURES SO DONT START POINTIN THE FINGER OR PULLIN OUT THE RACE CARD….THE PPL ARE NOT GOIN TO BUY IT
#19
Let me get this straight: you are accusing CL for being biased for supporting Barack Obama?
Any smart publication, blog etc. will pay very close attention to its base. Angel has to ask herself a question in order to keep this website’s viewership high. That one question is “what do my readers want to see/read?”
It is clear that there is a bias here. There is a bias to black culture, hip-hop news, black history & yes, black politics.
99.9% of CL’s vistors are supporting Barack Obama, so then why would you expect the site to shoot themselves in the foot by reporting news that their readers aren’t interested in?
The McCain Palin campaign has been extremely negative lately, tNO NEWS OUTLET has been reporting any GOOD news on McCain’s campaign lately.
He had me from day one, but my admiration and respect for him was taken to a new level while watching the video.
Obama 08 all day he is the right man 4 president
Mccain needs to drop out cuz he already no he gonna LOSE
i can’t stand driving around and seeing those Mccain signs… i just don’t c y people wanna vote 4 him
I had my entire family watch the Obama informercial. I have nothing but praise for it! It was very enlightening and if you are one that has not kept up with the issues, this piece certainly got you up to speed on the Democratic views.
I voted two weeks ago and I’m ready for this election to HAPPEN! I just think America has waited a very, very long time for change and it is just over the HORIZON!
If you guys haven’t seen it yet, there’s an email floating around with a huge billboard stating “Even Rednecks Can’t take it anymore, Vote Obama 2008!” Man, that ish was HYSTERICAL! I mean c’mon, even THEY know what time it is! LOL
Obama/Biden 2008 baby!
Tasha I think he is more Malcolm X-esque in his speeches, but of course Malcolm brought more fire.
Urmother
Did you watch the special last night or are you just going by what other people told you? You said something to the premise that there were no black people in Obama’s video. Are you serious? If you watched the video you would know that the old couple where the woman who said she has arthritis and her husband, though retired, still has to work at Wal-Mart to cover her medical bills. If you did not notice, they were black. Next time know the facts before you go out on limb that again.
I’ll be gald when Nov 4 is over and done with ! Im so sick of seeing Obama and those black ass lips .
@ Judas
—–No, he will materialize money out of thin air, he is going to raise the taxes on the
—–people who make 250K or more and he will bring the troops home from Iraq
—–which will ultimately save $10bn per month. I mean, you just disregard everything
—–the man’s been telling you because feel justified in your hate leaning on your own
—–own misuderstanding. We do have a chioce, either raise taxes on the wealthy or
—–borrow more money from China. America will not love and respect Black people
—–because Black people do not love and respect themselves. Look at all the
—–aspersions you have cast against your own. If you want to know what self hate
—–looks like, look in the mirror.
——-@72
——-He is not my own so I have no idea what you’re talking about and neither do you.
——-I don’t think that you grasp the fact that this paper money is monopoly money.
——-There is only one way for America to even act like they are going to try to reform
——-the economic problems, and that is through war. The problem with you idiotic
——-black people is that you believe everything that you see on TV. You get what
——-you deserve. Note that the economic problems in America resulted in the same
——-problems WORLDWIDE. That is becaus the economy and the government of the
——-world is GLOBAL. Thusly, how can America “borrow” money from China when
——-China is using paper currency as well? All nations that use paper currency are
——-under the thumb of the Federal Reserve. Pawns like Obama are put on TV to
——-soothe the fears of the average sheep so that you won’t be ready when that
——-sword comes across your neck. Go back to thinking like one of these women.
——-They love Obama because they believe that he will enable them to get closer to
——-the white man and get more power in this fictitious world that the white man has
——-created. You, like a true simpleton, follow on the coattails of this nonsense.
@Daisy
—–Obama is Malcolm X-esque, LMAO? That shows and reveals alot about how
—–bugged out of your mind you are. I agree with the sisters who said that he is like
—–”Dr.” King. They are/were both 1) hom*sexuals 2) pawns for the socialists 3)
—–pawns for globalization 4) absolutely full of B.S.
Judah aka Terrence:
You have to be kidding me, thats an extreme claim even coming from you. Man I like your songs and some of your other writing, but your political perspective is a bit skewed.
You are not prepared to accuse Barack Obama and Dr. King of being homosexuals? That is a completely unfounded statement. There is nothing wrong with homosexuality — if that is someone’s choice — but I mean, they were/are both married men.
And in case you need to be briefed on King’s indescretions: he was a womanizer, not a closet homosexual.
And if you’ve determined that Obama is gay off the outlandish and now, publicly discredited claims made on Youtube by “Larry Sinclair” then you should research his polygraph results on that story.
Folks, lets get a grip!
Lol @ not being a homosexual because you are married . Wow .
@JUDAH #73
It is very apparent that you don’t know what you are talking about. I will just say you must be uneducated and/or stupid. But I will give you the benefit of the doubt that you are only playing devil advocate to stimulate conversation. Just in case you are as dumb as you sound I will give you a short education so you can gain some knowledge.
When the war started, the Bush administration said it would cost no more than $60 billion to finance. But the U.S. budget was already in deficit, so the administration had to borrow money to finance the invasion. About 40 percent of the money to finance the war have be borrowed from CHINA and other international investors. The eventual total cost of the war is estimated to be about 3 trillion dollars before the next president and US congress can agree to bring the troops home. Guess who will repay this loan for the financing of the war in Iraq, you, me, every person in American who have earn a dollar and pay taxes, our kids, grand kids and great grand children, we all will repay these loans to CHINA and other international investors. The reason is because when a country owes over a TRILLION Dollars to other countries one day the repo man wants his money back.
iT WAS A GOOD 30MiNS i WAS TOUCHED CAUSE THE STORiES WERE REAL & HEART FELT. i LiKED iT!
OBAMA 08!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DO U SMEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL WHAT BARACK IS COOKIN?
Judah believes in the FEMA camps
divainva STFU.
THAS EXACTLY WHY YOU’LL SEE HIM MOR SINCE YOU THINK THAT.
UR A FUCKIN’ IDIOT.
HAHA!
ANYWHO,
THAT VID WAS AWESOME.!!!!!
TAKE THAT MC-CANDY.!!!!
—–@77 Overseas Messenger
—–Look partner, let me establish something very quickly. You can believe what you
—–want to believe, but as soon as you start to cite the Bush Administration as a
—–credible source for information, even prognostically, you lose all validity as any
—–type of intelligent person. You’re such an idiot that you did not even get the crux
—–of what I was speaking about. America is in debt, was in debt, and will always be
—–in debt because that is what this economic system is designed to be with
—–America as it’s axle. Do you understand the relevance of paper currency and the
—–effect that it has had on the world? This is the only way that you can globalize
—–an economy, is if you can seduce or force all races into believing that a piece of
—–paper with a man’s picture on it has value. This is the power of the white man’s
—–capitalism, perception. Your troops are not coming home. Something tells me
—–that you’re either a cracka or one of these buffonish, patriotic coon-ass blacks
—–who hope to “save America”. America CAN NOT repay this money. Do you grasp
—–this? They will raise taxes and make the people think that they are in hardships
—–regarding natural resources like oil and finances so that they can get the people
—–to slowly relent the few rights and beliefs they think they have until they can get
—–them to submit to complete, overt globalization. Again though, your troops are not
—–coming home. They will die in the different wars that the white man will instigate
—–in the Middle East in his series of little proxy battles against Russia until the
—–European powers finally get pissed off enough to launch nukes on this place.
—–@ Lyin’ Zion
—–Yo man, that crystal meth or whatever you’re doing is affecting what little brain
—–you have left. I don’t write songs and my name is not “Terrence”, lmao. Are you
—–aware that the real “Lion of Zion” is Christ? You should change your name if you
—–believe that there is nothing wrong with hom*sexuality. If you agree with or don’t
—–find anything abominable about that lifestyle, that is your right, but you are
—–misrepresenting the Most High and his Son with that ridiculous name you give
—–yourself. Both Obama and King are/were hom*sexuals because you have to be
—–that in the upper echelons of this society. It has nothing to do with what their
—–sexual proclivity might be. MLK was Boule and Obama is a member of the CFR,
—–as is his wife. You just don’t come out of nowhere and generate 230+ million
—–dollars for your campaign if you have not been anointed by the unseen forces that
—–are truly in power. This thread is not about MLK, but do some research before you
—–speak. He was a tool to be used to bring blacks into the fold of the white man in
—–what is called the “civil rights movement”. When he lost his usefulness, he was
—–killed. He was not just a cavorter; he was a sexual deviant, meaning he would
—–sleep with anything: men, women, and children. Research his cabinet. Men like
—–Abernathy and Bayard Rustin. Birds of a feather flock together.
—–@So What
—–You are so obsessed with what you think you know about me it is ridiculous, lol.
—–I don’t have or need a representative, but when I do, you’ll be the first one I call
—–because you already do it for free. Sis, be grown. If you want to ask me a
—–question or debate, do so and stop being juvenile.
@JUDAH…OR SHOULD I SAY JUDAS
KEEP YA 5 PERCENT VIEWS TO YASELF PLEASE!!
Lol @ 81 spazzing out Some of you people on here are beyond ignorant .
—–i just take it that judah is not voting…lol…angry aren’t you?
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Already falling apart lol McBland you mad doggie?
*starts to warm up vocal cords*
AND I KKKKNNNNNNOOOOWWWW, change gon come, AAAAHHHHH yes it is!!