by Henry Burton. The ride. Very sparse. Why you walking so fast, John Lewis? John Legend does his thing. Irony, much? Jimmy Carter In the house. Mitt Romney (McCain’s running mate?) chatters. Greeting Hillary Clinton. HRC goes in.
by Henry Burton Some Democratic Convention Sightings: Gayle King in da house doing her talk show thing. Dirk Nowitzki lookin’ mad tall in windbreakers and roaming the Pepsi Center. John Legend giving an amazing sound check. His girl is here, too. Niiiiice. Update: Spizike. Sheryl Lee Ralph. Tatayna M. Ali Some models that I seen Read More
(by bitchphd, cross-posted from Bitch Ph.D.) Dateline: downtown Denver. NOTHING IS HAPPENING. There are a lot of cops standing around looking bored. There are a few people with press credentials and Really Big Cameras wandering around looking for something to take pictures of. There are occasional people with some kind of badge around their necks Read More
Yah boy “The G.D.” asked me to be a guest blogger person (if that’s the correct term, I dunno) for the 2008 Democratic Convention. Lemme tell you who I am and who I was: For the sake of this blog I am “Henry Burton”: ~I am from New York. I was a campaign director for Read More
(crossposted from US of J) In the City Journal, Myron Magnet argues that among a large number of African-Americans, we’re seeing the “awakening” of black conservatism and the rejection of the traditional “victim” paradigm. Unfortunately, his essay is filled to the brim hoary cliche’s, misrepresentations, and faulty assumptions, and eventually collapses under the weight of Read More
by publius over at Obsidian Wings. cross-posted with permission. I keep hearing that Nutsgate is a “Sister Souljah moment” for Obama. Frankly, it’s annoying me. First – it’s not a Sister Souljah moment at all. Second – I’m sick of that term. It’s time to retire the Sister Souljah label altogether. It’s inaccurate, and even Read More
Crossposted from shanio over at the neo. Brother Charlie Rangel, bless him, is renting not one, not two, not three… but four rent-stabilized apartments in one uptown building, for a fraction of what they would normally cost on the market. According to the Times: Mr. Rangel, who was first elected to Congress in 1970 and Read More
(image from the Guardian) (Crossposted From Bitch, Ph.D) Remember the girls in Massachusetts who supposedly had a “pregnancy pact”? By now everyone’s probably heard that the scandal has turned out to be bullshit. Quel surprise. Anyone with half a brain suspected all along that the real deal was that some young women who were unintentionally Read More
from guest contributor hilzoy at Obsidian Wings. Crossposted with permission. I haven’t written anything about Jesse Helms’ death, since I don’t like speaking ill of the dead. However: every so often, conservatives wonder: why oh why do people think that the Republican party, and/or the conservative movement, is bigoted? I think that the conservative response Read More
