I missed this fascinating article by David Sirota when it came out a couple of weeks ago, explaining why and how race matters in Hillary Clinton’s primary campaign against Barrack Obama. (View full size image.) Since at least the South Carolina primary, the Clinton campaign’s message has been stripped of its poll-tested nuance and become [...]
Hillary Clinton Exploits the Race Chasm
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 16. Apr, 2008 in election, politics, race and racism
More Reasons to Vote for Obama
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 05. Feb, 2008 in children, education, election, labor movement, politics, Weblogs
(Via P6.)
Vote!
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 05. Feb, 2008 in boston, election, politics, race and racism
If you are like me, and you struggle to find full throated enthusiasm for any of the Democratic candidates, I want to encourage you vote and to vote for Barack Obama. In my most cynical moments I fear that there is little difference between Obama and Clinton and that neither will be a progressive President. [...]
Stevie Wonder for President
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 04. Feb, 2008 in election, Music, race and racism, Weblogs
I mean Barack Obama … h/t to Brandon.
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Folks I've got them hungry blues
And nothin' in this to lose
People tellin' me to choose
Between dyin' and lyin' and
keep on cryin'
Tired of them hungry blues
Listen ain't you heard the news
There's another thing to choose
A brand new world
clean and fine
Where nobody's hungry
And there's no color line
A thing like that's worth
anybody dyin'
I ain't got a thing to lose
But them doggone hungry blues
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