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Michelle Obama "Whitie" Lies?

SMEAR: Michelle Obama Says “Whitey” On a Tape

LIE: Rush Limbaugh says a tape exists of Michelle Obama using the word “whitey” from the pulpit of Trinity United

LIE: Blogger Larry Johnson writes “New and dramatic developments. This is a heads up. I'll post the news Monday morning by 0900 hours.”

LIE: Proven GOP sleazemeister Roger Stone says he has “credible evidence that some indelible record exists” of a tape of Michelle Obama using the term “whitey.”

LIE: Blogger: “Tape was filmed between June 26th - July 1st 2004 in Chicago, IL at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Conference at Trinity United Church: specifically the Women's Event.”

If you are truly interested in the truth: http://www.FightTheSmears.com

It Seems To Me, Her Beauty And Intelligence Speaks For Itself.

This May Help You Understand Where The Notion Of  The Angry Black Woman Comes From And Why The Obama Fear Mongers Are Using It To Demonize Michelle Obama.

Obama On Patriotism: Are Blacks, Hispanics Less Patriotic?

Obama has been put on the defensive by those who think the word white is synonymous with patriotism. These are the flag pin wearing right wingers who believe that they are the true American's. They don't operate on facts or fairness. They believe that they represent in image and thought the true Americans and anyone that's different is second class and taking up space. They are also reluctant to acknowledge that Black and Hispanic Americans have served valiantly in all of America's wars despite being mistreated at home.

POLL FINDS WHITES USE STEREOTYPES

AP

 

Whites still cling to stereotypes of Black and Hispanic people, a survey has found.

Three of four whites believe Black and Hispanic people are more likely than whites to prefer living on welfare, the General Social Survey by the National Opinion Research Center found in a survey made public Tuesday. Most whites also believe Black and Hispanic people are more likely than whites to be lazy, violence-prone, less intelligent and less patriotic, the survey found.

The survey was one in a series on social issues sponsored by the National Science Foundation over the last two decades. The research center, a nonprofit institution at the University of Chicago, conducted face-to-face interviews with 1,372 adults nationwide last February through April. The margin of sampling error was plus or minus four percentage points.

Despite their proclivity toward stereotypes, the survey found that a growing number of white people support racial equality. White support for busing to achieve school balance rose to 29 percent last year from 14 percent in 1972, and white disapproval of laws against interracial marriage rose to 76 percent from 48 percent. Six Characteristics Rated

Respondents were asked to rate white, Black, Hispanic, Asian, Jewish and Southern white people on a scale of one to seven on six characteristics: rich or poor, hard-working or lazy, prone to violence or not, intelligent or not, self-supporting or on welfare and patriotic or not.

The survey found these attitudes among whites:

*Seventy-eight percent thought blacks more likely to prefer living on welfare, and 74 percent thought Hispanics more likely to prefer welfare.

*Sixty-two percent thought Blacks less likely to be hard-working; 56 percent thought blacks more violence-prone; 53 percent thought Blacks less intelligent, and 51 percent thought them less patriotic.

*Fifty-six percent thought Hispanic people more likely to be lazy; 50 percent thought them more likely to be violence-prone; 55 percent thought them less likely to be intelligent, and 61 percent thought them to be less patriotic.

Obama's Speech On Partiotism sets the record straght:

                                    Jessie Jackson's Negative Obama Comments Exemplifies "Crabs In A Barrel."

The fact that Obama talked about personal responsibility, most recently when it comes to our responsibility as Black men to our children, I believe, has nothing to do with talking down to us, as Jackson insinuates. It has everything to do with our survial as a people. As men, we must be the leaders and the backbone of our families. Raising children is not about what we say, its all about what we do. Racism has nothing to do with the personal relationhips a Black father has with his children. The greater conversation our Black churches should be having is what we can do to change our spending patterns as a people with the companies and products we support, to begin to empower ourselves.  The goal of this site is to be a distributor of empowering information that will change the future of Black people in particular and humanity in general. In all due respect, Rev. Jackson, we thank you for the work you have done, but it truly is time for a change. Obama is not running as 'The Black President,' he's running as President of the United States. Our future depends on it.

 

More Crab Comments.

I find it interesting that for weeks we heard the media talk about Obama not wearing an American Flag pin, and Michelle Obama being supposedly angry and all of the trivial nonsense to distract us from the real issues of this campaign. A day after Senator Obama's tremendous speech about responsibility to the NAACP, we have heard very little from the media at large and more importantly his critics. We are hearing nothing because the facts Obama outlines speak for themselves. Hypocrites and bigots run from the facts because the facts reveal the truth.

Barack Obama hasn't won the presidency yet, but he's already having an impact on music in the Caribbean.

Now one artist is about to begin a "Reggae for Obama World Tour," according to CNN. In a catchy music video called "Barack Obama" by Cocoa Tea, the artist sings "it's not about class" and touts the black and white support for the Democratic presidential candidate.

"People really are crying out. They need to see a change in Washington," the artist told CNN. Meanwhile, a calypso artist named Mighty Sparrow sings about the Iraq War on America's reputation and promotes Obama as the man to fix the problem. "The respect of the world that we now lack. If you want it back, then vote Barack," he sings.

I find it prophetic that Senator Barack Obama gave his acceptance speech as the first African American to be nominated for President of the United States on the very day 45 years later of Dr. King's "I Have A Dream" masterpiece. God truly works in mysterious ways. Having grown up during the Civil Rights Movement, last night's Democratic Convention truly shows me how far we have come as a country. I made sure my children sat down and watched every single moment of this historic event and we were glued to the TVeach night, watching history being made. Let us all look back and listen carefully to King's Dream. I believe it was God speaking through man. He did it with Jesus, with King and God will spoke again through Barack Obama.

For those of us who do a lot of talking about what others aren't doing, if you haven't already , its time for us not only to contribute to Barack's campaign, but also to the King Memorial. Freedom Is Not Free!

Barack Obama spoke to an audience of 84,000 at Mile High Stadium, on August 28, 2008 in Denver, CO.

As you watch the Republican Convention what strikes me in contrast to last weeks Democratic National Convention, is the total lack of diversity. You see a sea of all white faces. This looks nothing like the real America. But it is clearly an America that some 40 Black Republicans attendies are very confortable with.

Since the 1930s, most African Americans have cast their ballots for the Democratic Party. But the party of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass offers a platform that some black voters find appealing.

For more listen to NPR's Tony Cox speaks with Ron Christie — former special assistant in the Bush-Cheney administration — and Renee Amoore, deputy chairman of Pennsylvania's Republican Party.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday it was "unacceptable" that there were so few black people like herself in the US diplomatic corps.

"I want to see a Foreign Service that looks as if black Americans are part of this great country," Rice told a gathering of black colleges and universities in Washington.

"I have lamented that I can go into a meeting at the Department of State," said Rice, the second black person to become secretary of state after her predecessor Colin Powell.

"And, as a matter of fact, I can go into a whole day of meetings at the Department of State and actually rarely see somebody who looks like me, and that's just not acceptable," she added.

She said she has been working with black Congressman Charles Rangel to target students at schools with large numbers of blacks, according to a State Department transcript of her speech.

"I've been working hard to double the number of Rangel Fellows... to interest them in foreign affairs when they are young, to give them the training and support to learn languages and to learn about the world, and then to go out into that world to be a part of the great global debate, challenge and difficulty, too, that we face in the international system," she said.

This question is typed into the internet over 50,000 times a month. Rather that evaluating the man based on his ability and character,  some whites, recent surveys show, say they  won't vote for Barack Obama solely because he's black. Some of these same people call themselves fine upstanding Christians.  So despite the dying economy, 600,00 loss jobs,  6% unemployment, mounting federal debt, no health insurance and shrinking incomes, what they fear most is a Harvard educated Black man, who has risen against the odds to become a US Senator and Presidential nominee. I guess these same people would turn against Jesus if they knew the truth. But maybe like Obama, they know the truth, but still refuse to accept it.

(CBS/AP) How America votes could come down to the economy, and that could be especially true in many of the so-called battleground states where voters have been hit hard economically.

But a new AP-Yahoo News poll shows that race could also play a big role in how some voters make their choice - and this may not bode well for Barack Obama.

According to the poll released Saturday, a little over one-third of white Democrats and independents agreed with at least one negative adjective about blacks, and they are less likely to vote for Obama than those who don't hold such views.

"There are a lot fewer bigots than there were 50 years ago, but that doesn't mean there's only a few bigots," said Stanford University political scientist Paul Sniderman, who helped analyze the exhaustive survey.

The pollsters set out to determine why Obama is locked in such a close race with Republican presidential candidate John McCain even as the political landscape seems to favor Democrats; President George W. Bush's unpopularity, the Iraq war, and a national sense of economic hard times cut against Republican candidates, as does the fact that Democratic voters outnumber Republicans.

Lots of Republicans harbor prejudices, too, but the survey found they weren't voting against Obama because of his race. Most Republicans wouldn't vote for any Democrat for president - white, black or brown.

The survey also focused on the racial attitudes of independent voters because they are likely to decide the election.

The poll does show that many whites who see blacks in a negative light are still willing (or even eager) to vote for Obama. But statistical models derived from the poll suggest that Obama's support would be as much as 6 percentage points higher if there were no white racial prejudice.

However, a CBS/New York Times poll released earlier this week showed that Obama holds a two point edge over McCain among all white women, making a 21-percentage point swing in Obama's favor from the previous week.

On the other side of the racial question, the poll shows the Illinois Democrat is drawing almost unanimous support from blacks.

But a sign that the economy may trump prejudice comes in the telling result from the question, "Would you say things in this country are heading in the right direction, or are they off on the wrong track?" Among ALL voters, 72 percent said the country was on the wrong track; only 27 percent said the U.S. was headed in the right direction.

Other findings in the polls, among ALL voters: 54 percent had "very favorable" or "somewhat favorable" impressions of Obama, compared to 50 percent for McCain. The "very favorable" response for Obama (30) was more than twice that of his rival (13).

Favorable impressions for the Democratic Party were also generally higher than for the Republicans.

And how do voters characterize the candidates? When offered a list of adjectives describing each candidate, those most frequently chosen for Obama were "Intelligent" (61%), "Popular" (58%), "Will bring about change" (51%), "Inexperienced" (47%), and "Honest" (36%).

For McCain the most frequently picked adjectives were "Experienced" (58%), "Strong military leader" (49%), "Intelligent" (47%), "Courageous" (44%), and "Past his prime" (36%).


Methodology

The poll used a methodology developed by Knowledge Networks, a Menlo Park, Calif., firm that interviews people online after randomly selecting and screening them over the telephone. (Numerous studies have shown that people are more likely to report embarrassing behavior and unpopular opinions when answering questions on a computer rather than talking to a stranger.)

Other techniques used in the poll included recording people's responses to black or white faces flashed on a computer screen; asking participants to rate how well certain adjectives apply to blacks; measuring whether people believe blacks' troubles are their own fault; and simply asking people how much they like or dislike blacks.

The poll sought to measure latent prejudices among whites by asking about factors contributing to the state of black America. One finding: More than a quarter of white Democrats agreed that "if blacks would only try harder, they could be just as well off as whites."

Those who agreed with that statement were much less likely to back Obama than those who didn't.

Among white independents, racial stereotyping is not uncommon. For example, while about 20 percent of independent voters called blacks "intelligent" or "smart," more than one third latched on the adjective "complaining," and 24 percent said blacks were "violent."

Nearly four in 10 white independents agreed that blacks would be better off if they "try harder."

Researchers used mathematical modeling to sort out the relative impact of a huge swath of variables that might have an impact on people's votes - including race, ideology, party identification, the hunger for change, and the sentiments of Sen. Hillary Clinton's backers.

Just 59 percent of her white Democratic supporters said they wanted Obama to be president. Nearly 17 percent of Clinton's white backers said plan to vote for McCain.

The survey of 2,227 adults was conducted Aug. 27 to Sept. 5. It has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 2.1 percentage points.

Pollster Frank Luntz said that race can affect what voters tell polltakers, as was evident in exit polling during the primaries.

"In the states that were north of the Mason-Dixon line and east of the Mississippi River, states like Ohio and Pennsylvania, they got the exit polling numbers wrong because people said 'I voted for Barack Obama,' but, in fact, they voted for Hillary Clinton,' Luntz told Early Show anchor Erica Hill.

Luntz said, in fact, voters in the South were more likely to be honest with poll takers about whom they voted for when race was part of the mix.

Luntz did say, however, that pocketbook issues may trump prejudice, saying he believes Obama will take Pennsylvania, a state he lost to Clinton, despite heavy spending there by the Republicans.

"Barack Obama has proven he does well in the suburban vote, and the suburbs of Philadelphia and the suburbs of Pittsburgh, I think, will put Obama over the top," Luntz said.

And perhaps most telling that prejudice - or even long-held party loyalty - may not trump the economy for voters: In Indiana, which has been a safe state for Republicans for years (George W. Bush beat John Kerry 60 percent to 39 percent), McCain leads Obama by only six points, according to a CNN/Time poll.

AFL-CIO's Richard Trumka on Racism and Obama

The phrase 'Black Racism" is typed into the search engines over 50,000 times a month. Periodically you hear from some whites that black people are racist. When you hear this statement you immediately know that the person stating this doesn't know the definition of racism.

By definition, racism is the capacity/power to translate prejudice/bigotry into custom, policy or law. Black people have not had the predisposition or the power to oppress white people in this country. Hence the notion of "Black racism" is a contradiction in terms.

When Barack Obama spoke in Philadelphia, PA at Constitution Center, on matters not just of race but on the fundamental path by which Americas can work together to pursue a better future, you shouldn't have been surprised to see some on the right and in the corporate media continue to focus on what divides us as is shown in this video.

Jessie Jackson Makes Negative Obama Comments

                                    Jessie Jackson's Negative Obama Comments Exemplifies "Crabs In A Barrel."

The fact that Obama talked about personal responsibility, most recently when it comes to our responsibility as Black men to our children, I believe, has nothing to do with talking down to us, as Jackson insinuates. It has everything to do with our survial as a people. As men, we must be the leaders and the backbone of our families. Raising children is not about what we say, its all about what we do. Racism has nothing to do with the personal relationhips a Black father has with his children. The greater conversation our Black churches should be having is what we can do to change our spending patterns as a people with the companies and products we support, to begin to empower ourselves.  The goal of this site is to be a distributor of empowering information that will change the future of Black people in particular and humanity in general. In all due respect, Rev. Jackson, we thank you for the work you have done, but it truly is time for a change. Obama is not running as 'The Black President,' he's running as President of the United States. Our future depends on it.

 

More Crab Comments.

Barack Obama Speaks To The NAACP 2008 Convention About Responsibility

I find it interesting that for weeks we heard the media talk about Obama not wearing an American Flag pin, and Michelle Obama being supposedly angry and all of the trivial nonsense to distract us from the real issues of this campaign. A day after Senator Obama's tremendous speech about responsibility to the NAACP, we have heard very little from the media at large and more importantly his critics. We are hearing nothing because the facts Obama outlines speak for themselves. Hypocrites and bigots run from the facts because the facts reveal the truth.

Obama Inspires Caribbean Music Video

Barack Obama hasn't won the presidency yet, but he's already having an impact on music in the Caribbean.

Now one artist is about to begin a "Reggae for Obama World Tour," according to CNN. In a catchy music video called "Barack Obama" by Cocoa Tea, the artist sings "it's not about class" and touts the black and white support for the Democratic presidential candidate.

"People really are crying out. They need to see a change in Washington," the artist told CNN. Meanwhile, a calypso artist named Mighty Sparrow sings about the Iraq War on America's reputation and promotes Obama as the man to fix the problem. "The respect of the world that we now lack. If you want it back, then vote Barack," he sings.

Martin Luther King's 45th Anniversary Of His Historic Speech is Today

I find it prophetic that Senator Barack Obama gave his acceptance speech as the first African American to be nominated for President of the United States on the very day 45 years later of Dr. King's "I Have A Dream" masterpiece. God truly works in mysterious ways. Having grown up during the Civil Rights Movement, last night's Democratic Convention truly shows me how far we have come as a country. I made sure my children sat down and watched every single moment of this historic event and we were glued to the TVeach night, watching history being made. Let us all look back and listen carefully to King's Dream. I believe it was God speaking through man. He did it with Jesus, with King and God will spoke again through Barack Obama.

For those of us who do a lot of talking about what others aren't doing, if you haven't already , its time for us not only to contribute to Barack's campaign, but also to the King Memorial. Freedom Is Not Free!

Barack Obama spoke to an audience of 84,000 at Mile High Stadium, on August 28, 2008 in Denver, CO.

Black Republicans: Where Are They At National Republican Convention?

As you watch the Republican Convention what strikes me in contrast to last weeks Democratic National Convention, is the total lack of diversity. You see a sea of all white faces. This looks nothing like the real America. But it is clearly an America that some 40 Black Republicans attendies are very confortable with.

Since the 1930s, most African Americans have cast their ballots for the Democratic Party. But the party of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass offers a platform that some black voters find appealing.

For more listen to NPR's Tony Cox speaks with Ron Christie — former special assistant in the Bush-Cheney administration — and Renee Amoore, deputy chairman of Pennsylvania's Republican Party.

Condoleezza (Condoeeza) Rice Time Line For A Lack Of Black Diplomats

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday it was "unacceptable" that there were so few black people like herself in the US diplomatic corps.

"I want to see a Foreign Service that looks as if black Americans are part of this great country," Rice told a gathering of black colleges and universities in Washington.

"I have lamented that I can go into a meeting at the Department of State," said Rice, the second black person to become secretary of state after her predecessor Colin Powell.

"And, as a matter of fact, I can go into a whole day of meetings at the Department of State and actually rarely see somebody who looks like me, and that's just not acceptable," she added.

She said she has been working with black Congressman Charles Rangel to target students at schools with large numbers of blacks, according to a State Department transcript of her speech.

"I've been working hard to double the number of Rangel Fellows... to interest them in foreign affairs when they are young, to give them the training and support to learn languages and to learn about the world, and then to go out into that world to be a part of the great global debate, challenge and difficulty, too, that we face in the international system," she said.

What Nationality (Race) Is Barack Obama's?

This question is typed into the internet over 50,000 times a month. Rather that evaluating the man based on his ability and character,  some whites, recent surveys show, say they  won't vote for Barack Obama solely because he's black. Some of these same people call themselves fine upstanding Christians.  So despite the dying economy, 600,00 loss jobs,  6% unemployment, mounting federal debt, no health insurance and shrinking incomes, what they fear most is a Harvard educated Black man, who has risen against the odds to become a US Senator and Presidential nominee. I guess these same people would turn against Jesus if they knew the truth. But maybe like Obama, they know the truth, but still refuse to accept it.

(CBS/AP) How America votes could come down to the economy, and that could be especially true in many of the so-called battleground states where voters have been hit hard economically.

But a new AP-Yahoo News poll shows that race could also play a big role in how some voters make their choice - and this may not bode well for Barack Obama.

According to the poll released Saturday, a little over one-third of white Democrats and independents agreed with at least one negative adjective about blacks, and they are less likely to vote for Obama than those who don't hold such views.

"There are a lot fewer bigots than there were 50 years ago, but that doesn't mean there's only a few bigots," said Stanford University political scientist Paul Sniderman, who helped analyze the exhaustive survey.

The pollsters set out to determine why Obama is locked in such a close race with Republican presidential candidate John McCain even as the political landscape seems to favor Democrats; President George W. Bush's unpopularity, the Iraq war, and a national sense of economic hard times cut against Republican candidates, as does the fact that Democratic voters outnumber Republicans.

Lots of Republicans harbor prejudices, too, but the survey found they weren't voting against Obama because of his race. Most Republicans wouldn't vote for any Democrat for president - white, black or brown.

The survey also focused on the racial attitudes of independent voters because they are likely to decide the election.

The poll does show that many whites who see blacks in a negative light are still willing (or even eager) to vote for Obama. But statistical models derived from the poll suggest that Obama's support would be as much as 6 percentage points higher if there were no white racial prejudice.

However, a CBS/New York Times poll released earlier this week showed that Obama holds a two point edge over McCain among all white women, making a 21-percentage point swing in Obama's favor from the previous week.

On the other side of the racial question, the poll shows the Illinois Democrat is drawing almost unanimous support from blacks.

But a sign that the economy may trump prejudice comes in the telling result from the question, "Would you say things in this country are heading in the right direction, or are they off on the wrong track?" Among ALL voters, 72 percent said the country was on the wrong track; only 27 percent said the U.S. was headed in the right direction.

Other findings in the polls, among ALL voters: 54 percent had "very favorable" or "somewhat favorable" impressions of Obama, compared to 50 percent for McCain. The "very favorable" response for Obama (30) was more than twice that of his rival (13).

Favorable impressions for the Democratic Party were also generally higher than for the Republicans.

And how do voters characterize the candidates? When offered a list of adjectives describing each candidate, those most frequently chosen for Obama were "Intelligent" (61%), "Popular" (58%), "Will bring about change" (51%), "Inexperienced" (47%), and "Honest" (36%).

For McCain the most frequently picked adjectives were "Experienced" (58%), "Strong military leader" (49%), "Intelligent" (47%), "Courageous" (44%), and "Past his prime" (36%).


Methodology

The poll used a methodology developed by Knowledge Networks, a Menlo Park, Calif., firm that interviews people online after randomly selecting and screening them over the telephone. (Numerous studies have shown that people are more likely to report embarrassing behavior and unpopular opinions when answering questions on a computer rather than talking to a stranger.)

Other techniques used in the poll included recording people's responses to black or white faces flashed on a computer screen; asking participants to rate how well certain adjectives apply to blacks; measuring whether people believe blacks' troubles are their own fault; and simply asking people how much they like or dislike blacks.

The poll sought to measure latent prejudices among whites by asking about factors contributing to the state of black America. One finding: More than a quarter of white Democrats agreed that "if blacks would only try harder, they could be just as well off as whites."

Those who agreed with that statement were much less likely to back Obama than those who didn't.

Among white independents, racial stereotyping is not uncommon. For example, while about 20 percent of independent voters called blacks "intelligent" or "smart," more than one third latched on the adjective "complaining," and 24 percent said blacks were "violent."

Nearly four in 10 white independents agreed that blacks would be better off if they "try harder."

Researchers used mathematical modeling to sort out the relative impact of a huge swath of variables that might have an impact on people's votes - including race, ideology, party identification, the hunger for change, and the sentiments of Sen. Hillary Clinton's backers.

Just 59 percent of her white Democratic supporters said they wanted Obama to be president. Nearly 17 percent of Clinton's white backers said plan to vote for McCain.

The survey of 2,227 adults was conducted Aug. 27 to Sept. 5. It has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 2.1 percentage points.

Pollster Frank Luntz said that race can affect what voters tell polltakers, as was evident in exit polling during the primaries.

"In the states that were north of the Mason-Dixon line and east of the Mississippi River, states like Ohio and Pennsylvania, they got the exit polling numbers wrong because people said 'I voted for Barack Obama,' but, in fact, they voted for Hillary Clinton,' Luntz told Early Show anchor Erica Hill.

Luntz said, in fact, voters in the South were more likely to be honest with poll takers about whom they voted for when race was part of the mix.

Luntz did say, however, that pocketbook issues may trump prejudice, saying he believes Obama will take Pennsylvania, a state he lost to Clinton, despite heavy spending there by the Republicans.

"Barack Obama has proven he does well in the suburban vote, and the suburbs of Philadelphia and the suburbs of Pittsburgh, I think, will put Obama over the top," Luntz said.

And perhaps most telling that prejudice - or even long-held party loyalty - may not trump the economy for voters: In Indiana, which has been a safe state for Republicans for years (George W. Bush beat John Kerry 60 percent to 39 percent), McCain leads Obama by only six points, according to a CNN/Time poll.

AFL-CIO's Richard Trumka on Racism and Obama

Black Racism? White America Victimized by Black Anger About Racism?

The phrase 'Black Racism" is typed into the search engines over 50,000 times a month. Periodically you hear from some whites that black people are racist. When you hear this statement you immediately know that the person stating this doesn't know the definition of racism.

By definition, racism is the capacity/power to translate prejudice/bigotry into custom, policy or law. Black people have not had the predisposition or the power to oppress white people in this country. Hence the notion of "Black racism" is a contradiction in terms.

When Barack Obama spoke in Philadelphia, PA at Constitution Center, on matters not just of race but on the fundamental path by which Americas can work together to pursue a better future, you shouldn't have been surprised to see some on the right and in the corporate media continue to focus on what divides us as is shown in this video.