Comments on: President-Elect Barack Hussein Obama

By: Nquest

Nquest — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:13:09 +0000

Somewhere in that link it says that Rosen has kids from her marriage to her Black husband…

By: Miranda

Miranda — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:14:04 +0000

Yep everyone, it was Eugene Rivers…..I wanted to choke him.

By: JJai

JJai — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:24:41 +0000

yeah, I saw that…. It was nice!

By: JJai

JJai — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:22:39 +0000

thanks!

By: Rhondacoca

Rhondacoca — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:52:37 +0000

Oh you do not know how much I have been waiting to see this!!!

By: rikyrah

rikyrah — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:50:22 +0000

It's a Star Wars Reference.

Check out this Wikipedia:

Palpatine is a fictional character in George Lucas's science fiction saga Star Wars.[1] The character, portrayed by actor Ian McDiarmid in the feature films, is the true main antagonist of the saga; introduced in the original trilogy as the Emperor of the Galactic Empire, an aged, cowled and pale-faced figure, who rises to power in the prequel trilogy through deception and treachery as a middle-aged politician of the Republic. Secretly, Palpatine is Darth Sidious, a Dark Lord of the Sith who initiates and manipulates the Clone Wars to destroy the Jedi and usher in the totalitarian Galactic Empire.

Mentioned by Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977), the Emperor was characterized as a cunning but weak politician under the control of powerful bureaucrats in Lucas's original scripts of Star Wars. However, in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, the prequels, and Star Wars literature, the character is depicted as the personification of evil and heavy-handed authoritarianism. Palpatine was incorporated into the Star Wars merchandising campaigns that corresponded with the theatrical release of Return of the Jedi and the prequel films. The character has since become a symbol of evil and sinister deception in popular culture, particularly in the United States.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palpatine

By: Rhondacoca

Rhondacoca — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:47:22 +0000

I cannot stand Eugene Rivers and I turned the channel when I saw his shufflin behind come on.

By: Rhondacoca

Rhondacoca — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:45:59 +0000

I co-sign with you Nquest. My thoughts exactly!

By: Rhondacoca

Rhondacoca — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:43:28 +0000

“why blacks were not supporting Obama at first “

You mean why Obama was not pulling extremely high numbers?

By: NMP

NMP — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:38:38 +0000

They go way back! So much so that their CLOSE relationship help feed the rumors that Hillary Clinton was gay.

By: NMP

NMP — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:30:33 +0000

That's not surprising. The adoption pool for white gays is limited to black or other minority children that are considered difficult to adopt. I'm not saying that she wouldn't have adopted the black kids if she had a choice, but the reality is that as a gay woman, she doesn't. Please don't read anything into that. In a perfect world, I would rather have more black families open up their homes to black children, but I'm one who thinks that adoptive parents–of any race–are what Senator Obama called his grandmother, quiet heroes.

By: enviro

enviro — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:23:51 +0000

Is it too negative to talk about John McCain's bullshit speech? Did anyone else hear his comments about “no one being able to say this is a country that blah blah blah” as “kwitcherbitchin”?

This is kind of a risky comment but — did it strike anyone as kind of racist how they kept showing Spelman college or what not? Like, look at all those happy black people! It rubbed me the wrong way.

By: NMP

NMP — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:20:47 +0000

Can you believe that Eugene Rivers was short of Black Panther out of Philly back in the day? During the Reverend Wright saga, Joe would put him on daily to criticize Reverend Wright and Black Liberation Theology. Little do white folks know he was Reverend Wright back in the day. He actually attended Harvard for a year or two but left because he said he couldn't deal with the conformist attitude of the other black folks on campus. He had a drug habit and had a baby before he got married from what I understand. He almost lost his church in Boston over charges of a ongoing child rape at the day care center at his church. Oh, but he won't tell that. Let him tell it, Barack was supposed to know Reverend Wright's every thought and words and be held accountable, but he didn't know what was going on inside his church.

No, he won't tell that would lose him his slot on the 'Morning Joe' token rotation along with Jonathan Capehart and John Ridley.

By: enviro

enviro — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:16:46 +0000

Not to be too cheesy, but I think this election is such a great thing for all those folks who are honestly, truly afraid of an Obama presidency simply because he's black. I don't know if everyone heard that woman on NPR saying, with real fear in her voice, that she thinks an Obama win would bring “chaos.” I thought lady, this will be the best thing that ever happened to you.

By: enviro

enviro — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:14:06 +0000

MSNBC just replayed a great clip of Michelle new first lady Obama on why blacks were not supporting Obama at first because they are always told “no — wait.” God bless her and him and their perserverence. How are we so lucky to have people with so much faith and intelligence and perserverence?

By: Nquest

Nquest — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:13:09 +0000

Somewhere in that link it says that Rosen has kids from her marriage to her Black husband…

By: Miranda

Miranda — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:14:04 +0000

Yep everyone, it was Eugene Rivers…..I wanted to choke him.

By: Nquest

Nquest — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:13:09 +0000

Somewhere in that link it says that Rosen has kids from her marriage to her Black husband…

By: Miranda

Miranda — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:14:04 +0000

Yep everyone, it was Eugene Rivers…..I wanted to choke him.

By: JJai

JJai — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:24:41 +0000

yeah, I saw that…. It was nice!