Search
About This Blog
Resources
Blog Roll
- Captain's Quarters
- Cliff Schecter
- CNN's Political Ticker
- Conservative Grapevine
- Crooks & Liars
- Daily Kos
- Drudge
- FactCheck.org
- Huffington Post
- Instapundit
- Little Green Footballs
- News Bloggers
- Political-Buzz
- Power Line
- RedState
- Slate - Trailhead
- Swampland
- Talking Points Memo
- The Daily Dish
- The Plank
- The Young Turks
- Wonkette
McCain Goes to the NAACP
Well even though John McCain will absolutely not get the black vote this year (as if!), the NAACP convention is in Cincinnati, a must-win state, so it's a two-fer. The free media coverage alone makes it worth the trip, even if he doesn't get a single black vote. From the Columbus Dispatch:
Another high-ranking Democrat, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that appearing before a predominantly black audience from which the Republican presidential candidate has a scant chance of getting votes is designed to earn McCain points with moderate white voters.
McCain dismissed such conjecture: "I know why I'm going," he told The Dispatch last week. "I'm going to tell them that I will be president of all the people."
McCain said it is important for him to "go to places where there may not be a lot of Republican votes," and he rejected notions that black voters can't be swayed because of Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, soon to be the first black presidential nominee, in the race.
Whoever this high ranking Democrat is, he's absolutely right. Whatever this is, it's not about the black vote. As Republicans have demonstrated through the last two presidential elections, they do not need the black vote. But McCain can score some free media coverage, make some points by saying "well I tried!" and appear open-minded, reasonable and sensitive on racial issues. These last things won't hurt him with the majority of white voters, who think of themselves as having all of those attributes.
I've long thought that the NAACP would be better served by splitting their support more into both parties, with the result that both parties would take them more seriously. The NRA should be a model for them, as the Democratic governor Strickland is an NRA member and won their support. But with Obama on the ticket, there's a snowballs chance in hell of that happening this year.
Recent Comments
(Page 1 of 1)Please Help Me Understand This (*_*)10:57AMJul 14th 2008
John McCain has been in the senate for over 26 years.
Barack Hussein Obama is a black first term senator with a funny Arabic name.
Hillary has all that experience and that great honorable AMERICAN name.
Why the hell is McCain, the best that the Republican Party could do, not wiping this inexperienced black kids butt?
Maybe the American people are sick of politics as usual?
Clinton4McCain11:38AMJul 14th 2008
Go McCain go......all the way to the WH!
WILL SMITH11:46AMJul 14th 2008
ATHEISM: A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE
http://www.evolutionfacts.blogspot.com
Henry12:17PMJul 14th 2008
Good, demonstrates if he is elected president. He will be president of all. Good.
jpgoodrow1:05PMJul 14th 2008
FLIP-FLOP-BARACK is the "change" candidate all right. He has changed 20-MILLION DEMS TO VOTE FOR MCCAIN because he has never taken a position he is not willing to 'change' for votes... So much for all those promises he made while battling Sen. Clinton for the nomination. SUCKERS!
20-MILLION Dems for Mccain... Now that's CHANGE you can believe in! lol
Anna1:40PMJul 14th 2008
It does seem to me that if Obama loses this bid for president it will because of Hillary. Most of the time when a black man becomes involved with a white woman that spells TROUBLE. Hillary and Billy boy are talking out of both sides of their mouths.
Frances2:14PMJul 14th 2008
where do we get a copy of that magazine? normally there is a picture on the net, wonder why it isn't there! also, if we should teach our children spainsh, does obama's children speak spanish,better yet does he or his (just like Jackie Kennedy) wife speak any other languange other than english? when oboma goes to germany, will he be embarssed of himself for not speaking the german language? JUST WONDERING.
NOOBAMA2:16PMJul 14th 2008
Reply to Anna:Blaming
As a a life long Democrat we've heard them all throughout history, they blame-shift each time. They blame the people for just being "uneducated," they blame evangelicals, they blame "biased media," they blame "the rich" they blame "big business" they blame "vote fraud" they blame "right-wing talk radio" they blame "faux news" they make all these excuses in advance, so they can later say these excuses with a straight face and get you to believe them. This time? The excuse in advance for Obama losing is "racism." It's never about ideas, it's never really about "change" it's never about the fact that the PEOPLE simply reject extremist leftist socialism, it's always about blame shifting and total lack of ideas and total disconnect with intelligent Americans.
David S.4:29PMJul 14th 2008
Well, good for McCain. Bush snubbed the NAACP for years before finally speaking at one of their events. As to Obama winning all the black votes, so what? If you were African-American, wouldn't you at least be proud that a candidate who looks like you actually had a shot at being president? If Mitt Romney had been the GOP nominee, chances are he would win almost 100% of the Mormon vote. That is just how people are.
Besides, it is the Republican party leaders that are always going around claiming to be the "party of inclusion." But - let's be blunt - they don't look like the party of inclusion. And they have no one but themselves to blame for that.
Matt Richards10:40PMJul 14th 2008
Barrack Obama just says what the people want to hear rather than what he truly believes. This man has no honor.
WHO IS OBAMA?12:12AMJul 15th 2008
Obama is not 'black'. He is bi-racial. Why doesn't he say so? He wants to help the people of Africa. We need a president who will help the people of America.
He has told too many lies.
He scares me. I do not trust him.
I'm voting for McCain in November.
WHO IS OBAMA?12:28AMJul 15th 2008
"The New Yorker Magazine" got it right this week. The cover says what a lot of Americans are thinking and have been thinking for a long time.
BHO is a question mark. We really don't know who he is, what he believes or what he plans to do. His "change" is unknown.
Does that mean that if he is president he will be the first black president? That is change? What does he mean? Some people just find that scary. And if he does make it to the oval office, this legacy will follow him throughout his term. There will always be doubts of his intentions. Basically, the democrats have the wrong person running. The DNC is pushing a man who just recently started wearing a flag pin just to get the photo op. I'm not voting for him. No way.
McCAIN IN NOVEMBER.
FOREIGN MONEY?3:09PMJul 15th 2008
Here's an article you might find INTERESTING if you have an open mind and are not just a hard-headed Obama supporter:
OBAMA'S TROUBLING INTERNET FUND RAISING
Certainly the most interesting and potentially devastating phone call I have received during this election cycle came this week from one of the Obama's campaign internet geeks.
These are the staffers who devised Obama's internet fund raising campaign which raised in the neighborhood of $200 million so far. That is more then twice the total funds raised by any candidate in history - and this was all from the internet campaign.
What I learned from this insider was shocking but I guess we shouldn't be surprised that when it comes to fund raising there simply are no rules that can't be broken and no ethics that prevail.
Obama's internet campaign started out innocently enough with basic e-mail networking, lists saved from previous party campaigns and from supporters who visited any of the Obama campaign web sites.
Small contributions came in from these sources and the internet campaign staff were more than pleased by the results.
Then, about two months into the campaign the daily contribution intake multiplied.
Where was it coming from?
One of the web site security monitors began to notice the bulk of the contributions were clearly coming in from overseas internet service providers and at the rate and frequency of transmission it was clear these donations were "programmed" by a very sophisticated user.
While the security people were not able to track most of the sources due to firewalls and other blocking devices put on these contributions they were able to collate the number of contributions that were coming in seemingly from individuals but the funds were from only a few credit card accounts and bank electronic funds transfers.
The internet service providers (ISP) they were able to trace were from Saudi Arabia, Iran, and other Middle Eastern countries. One of the banks used for fund transfers was also located in Saudi Arabia.
Another concentrated group of donations was traced to a Chinese ISP with a similar pattern of limited credit card charges.
It became clear that these donations were very likely coming from sources other than American voters. This was discussed at length within the campaign and the decision was made that none of these donations violated campaign financing laws.
It was also decided that it was not the responsibility of the campaign to audit these millions of contributions as to the actual source (specific credit card number or bank transfer account numbers) to insure that none of these internet contributors exceeded the legal maximum donation on a
cumulative basis of many small donations. They also found the record keeping was not complete enough to do it anyway.
This is a shocking revelation.
We have been concerned about the legality of "bundling" contributions after the recent exposure of illegal bundlers but now it appears we may have an even greater problem.
I guess we should have been somewhat suspicious when the numbers started to come out. We were told (no proof offered) that the Obama internet
contributions were from $10.00 to $25.00 or so.
If the $200,000,000 is right, and the average contribution was $15.00, that would mean over 13 million individuals made contributions? That would
also be 13 million contributions would need to be processed. How did all that happen?
I believe the Obama campaign's internet fund raising needs a serious, in depth investigation and audit. It also appears the whole question of internet fund raising needs investigation by the legislature and perhaps new laws to insure it complies not only with the letter of these laws but the spirit as well.
===================================================
You notice that the author of this article said that the Obama campaign just decided that they didn't need to try to figure out where all those overseas funds were coming from.
Well, excuse me, but it is illegal to accept donations from anybody except United States citizens!
Why isn't this being investigated?
Sounds like it is time for more emails to Dean and Obama --- Demanding that Obama release his donor lists with names, and how much each one contributed and when! NOW! BEFORE DENVER!!!
Latest Elections News Headlines
Latest Politics Headlines
Most Commented On Posts
Most Recent Comments
Politics Video
Will.I.Am on Obama's Internet EmpireWill.I.Am ponders on how Obama and the internet have changed politics forever. (Oct. 3) | |
Mo Rocca 180: Dolly vs. AbeDolly Parton or Abe Lincoln? You must choose! | |
Reid: Presidential Politics Harming Bailout PlanSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Friday that the time has come for presidential politics to leave the negotiating table as lawmakers work to reach an agreement on a financial bailout plan. (Sept. 26) | |
Dems Blame McCain for Bailout Deal BreakdownSen. John McCain's self-portrait as a bold leader willing to set politics aside to save an endangered financial bailout plan took a pounding Thursday from top Democrats and even some fellow Republicans. (Sept. 25) | |
Street Team '08: Pigskin PoliticsA football game is the last place you'd expect to find political proselytizing, but this year Democrats are ready to make a hail mary pass in Idaho. Produced by Brian Rich of Idaho for MTV's Choose or Lose Streat Team '08 at chooseorlose.com. (Sept. 25) | |
| « See More Politics Video | |
Declare Yourself is a campaign that encourages young Americans to register and vote.
REGISTER TO VOTE NOW AT:www.declareyourself.org
One Vote For Obama10:31AMJul 14th 2008
Do you ever wonder why so many people are supporting Barack Hussein Obama?
Could it be that this nation is becoming colorblind and does not care if a good person is black, white, red or tan?
Could it be that the American people don’t care if a person worships as a Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu, or Jew?
Could it be that people remember the scandals of the Clinton And Bush years?
Could it be that the American people know that if it was not for the Clinton’s filth and scandals that Al Gore would be completing his second term in office.
Could it be that the American people remember Bush and McCain looking into our eyes and saying, believe me there are weapons of mass destruction?
Could it be that the American people are shell shocked that over 4,000 precious lives have been lost fighting the wrong war in the wrong country against the wrong enemy?
Could it be that the American people realize that Carl Rove politics brought our nation to where it is today?