Tag: President Obama
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More Than 1/4 of America are Birthers?
On President Obama’s birthday today, CNN released a poll which indicated more than 25% of Americans doubt whether the president is an American citizen. Full poll HERE. According to a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey, more than a quarter of the public have doubts about Obama’s citizenship, with 11 percent saying Obama was definitely not born…
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From Politico – Obama “not Listening” (to Black Lawmakers)
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0310/34239.html Members of the Congressional Black Caucus are headed to the White House for a meeting on jobs Thursday, and they’ll have a few words to say about how President Barack Obama is doing his. The 43-member caucus is fighting through one of the most difficult periods in its 39-year history, and some members and…
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Smiley/Sharpton Debate Goes International
From the UK Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/mar/02/barack-obama-black-america Over the past week, the recording of an on-air argument between Reverend Al Sharpton, the prominent civil rights leader, and Tavis Smiley, a well-known African-American media personality, has been circulating in the black US media. Sharpton and Smiley’s public fight has brought to the fore a significant issue that has…
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Rod Blagojevich Says He’s “Blacker” Than President Obama
From Yahoo News: CHICAGO – Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he’s “blacker than Barack Obama” and tells Esquire magazine that he was a real person in a political arena dominated by phonies. Blagojevich, referring to the president as “this guy,” says Obama was elected based simply on hope. “What the (expletive)? Everything he’s saying’s…