Contrary to popular belief, Barack Obama is not the first “black” presidential candidate. In fact, if he is elected, he will not even be the first black president. There were in fact five presidents that were of African American ancestory.
Leroy Vaughn, a historian and author, has a book that describes the many U.S. presidents who had parents or other blood reletives that were black. The book is called “Black People and their Place in World History”. Chapter five has all the details of the presidents. They included Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, Harding and Coolidge.
InTrade seems to show Joe Biden as the clear favorite for a Barack Huisein Obama running mate. I find it amazing that Obama could be picking a guy who was absent for over 30% of the votes last session.
Oftentimes, it is difficult to find officially sanctioned blog buttons, widgets, etc that support your particular political candidate. As you can guess, this is a major marketing loss for the candidate. Without all those free, grassroots ads, it is much harder to get their name out there.
This is all the more true with third party candidates. Not only must the third party candidate carve out a base for himself, but he must also show people where he stands while fighting an uphill battle for any media coverage.
When a really good candidate comes along (like Bob Barr), you can be sure that there are many people who would love to post links, banners, widgets and more on their Facebook, MySpace, or blog.
Bob Barr’s campaign has made this as harmless as possible. He has a page dedicated for just that purpose. It can be found here:
Over the past few weeks Bob has been traveling from city to city and meeting with supporters and groups who share our message of liberty.
Additionally, the strong media coverage continues with Bob being interviewed by the Washington Post, Fox News, the Christian Broadcasting Network, Time Magazine, NPR, Alan Colmes and many local radio and television stations.
On top of that, Bob’s running mate, Wayne Allyn Root, has been hitting the radio waves several times a day to promote our ticket.
Our staff is coming together strongly as our web team has relocated from California to our campaign hub in Atlanta. I’ve also made the move from Virginia along with the Libertarian Party’s media coordinator, Andrew Davis.
We are working around the clock to get this campaign moving at full speed for our outstanding presidential ticket.
A few days ago, you heard from Russ Verney regarding our need for ballot access funding.
I need to reinforce this need to you.
Money is our number one need right now. We have the media; Bob is climbing in the polls; and our grassroots efforts are exploding – we’ve picked up 2,000 Meetup members in a week!
On top of our ballot access needs, Russ has instructed me to immediately raise $31,000 to move into our permanent campaign headquarters. We need to rent and install “bullpen” desk setups for our staffers. To start, we’ll have 30 dedicated, Barr/Root staffers and volunteers which will cost us $200 for setup and takedown plus $125 per month for each staffer.
To get rolling and cover the first month we need to raise $40,750.
Right now, we’re completely out of space in our temporary location (as I type this, I’m literally back to back with six others in a single office) and can’t fit in any more workers.
The location that we need to secure – if we can raise the funds – is an old AT&T call center. Russ loves it because it’s a very big open room with only two, small windows.
It really is a perfect space for our campaign team that is sprinting into what has been a two-party contest.
If you have not done so recently, please take a minute right now and donate what you can. We need $31,000 to sign this lease plus $325 to setup and cover a staffer for a month.
P.S. We’ll have a campaign store launched early next week! I’ll send you a note when we launch but don’t forget to donate today so that we can take this campaign to the next level! Click here to donate.
In a very unanticipated turn of events, our most popular post on Tundra Politics has been one on Chris Baker taking the morning show spot.
It seems that there is a lot of pent up anger against Chris for him being the “replacement” for Dan Conry. I would like to point out that Chris did not chase Dan away. In fact, they seemed very similar. While I wish KTLK would have left Dan on the air, I understand that show business is tough.
I thought that the following would help our readers understand Chris Baker. This is from his website on KTLKFM.com.
So who are you Chris Baker and why are you on my radio station?
Who is Chris Baker: Let me give you the basics:
I am an independent conservative with 3 small children and a wife who I love more than anything I could have ever imagine.
Politically I don’t see one qualified person running for the office of President nor do I think that it matters at this point. I see politicians as nothing more than puppets and gangsters and that is regardless of party. Mexico owns this election.
The candidates I supported were Fred Thompson and Ron Paul.
I believe in the concept of the individual. We are all individuals to start and we join groups as we grow but it is the concept and acknowledgment that we are individuals that is supposed to keep us on the right path. When our group goes down the wrong path then it is up to us as individuals to make a decision as an individual to leave the group and walk a path of righteousness.
I believe in killing terrorist before they kill someone I love.
I believe that illegal immigration will destroy this country and that supporters of illegal immigration have no argument, they can’t honestly debate because their entire position is based on a lie.
Global warming is a scam. Anyone who thinks that we can control nature is delusional.
Talk radio is my job and my dream come true. Talk radio is one of many entertainment mediums. It’s the most important entertainment medium because it is the only real time, interactive medium where politicians are held accountable for their actions. It’s the only medium where the people who really make America work (you) gather to exchange ideas and opinions. Where they find out they are not alone in their beliefs, get some information and have a laugh at themselves and their neighbors. It’s where true free speech is exercised on a daily basis.
Today was a milestone in my life. Today, gas prices hit four dollars a gallon. I had hoped that this day was not coming in the near future. In fact, it shouldn’t have.
If gas prices kept even with inflation, we should see a four percent growth in prices from year to year. Instead, we have seen 36% increases in single years.
What makes this so infuriating is that it was preventable. Most of us are on a shoestring budget after the latest round of energy price increases. The sad part is that idiots like John McCain and Barack Obama still don’t get it. They are pushing for more legislation that breaks the backs of normal Americans. I guess that’s easy to do when the feds give senators a blank check for their gas expenditures.
For my house, gas prices have been cutting into our savings in a major way. Its getting to the point where we are seriously having to cut back on driving.
It should have been different. We are sitting on more energy than most countries can imagine. Yet we do nothing. Nancy Pelosi is playing the fiddle while our economy tanks. Are there any good politicians out there?
This is no longer a political issue. It is a moral issue. I don’t say this lightly, but forget about your stupid tree hugger legislation. Tree hugging is not something we can afford right now. People are losing their lives, their liberty, and their ability to pursue happiness.
Our congress has failed us. It is time to elect new ones. Lets begin to ask for their resignations! Many republicans and democrats alike should be fired for their gross negligence. If they were running a business, they would be thrown in jail for their misuse of funds. Perhaps we should give congress a taste of their own medicine. They hold “trials” on the house floor, maybe we should put them on trial as well.
In victory for Ten Commandments posted in Kentucky, court criticizes ACLU for misusing concept that is outside of the Constitution Tuesday, December 20, 2005, 1:20 PM (MST) |
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CINCINNATI - In a ruling handed down today affirming as constitutional a Ten Commandments display in Mercer County, Ken., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit declared, “The First Amendment does not demand a wall of separation between church and state.” The court also criticized the ACLU’s repeated reference to the construct, calling it “tiresome” and “extra-constitutional.”
“For years, the Alliance Defense Fund has argued against claims by the ACLU and its allies that their interpretation of the Establishment Clause is a correct interpretation. The good news for Americans is that today’s ruling says the ACLU’s interpretation is outside the Constitution. This is a dramatic rollback of the far-left’s misguided legal agenda,” said ADF Senior Counsel Gary McCaleb.
In American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky v. Mercer County, the court wrote that “the ACLU makes repeated reference to ‘the separation of church and state.’ This extra-constitutional construct has grown tiresome. The First Amendment does not demand a wall of separation between church and state.”
The court went on to note that the ACLU’s argument that the Ten Commandments are religious does not answer the question of whether the display actually endorses religion. The court stated that the ACLU “erroneously-though perhaps intentionally” equates merely recognizing religion as government endorsement of religion. “To endorse is necessarily to recognize, but the converse does not follow,” the court wrote.
The full text of the court’s opinion can be read at www.telladf.org/UserDocs/ACLUvMCopinion.pdf. ADF attorneys had no role in the appeal, but attorney and ally Frank Manion, with the assistance of a friend-of-the-court brief funded by ADF, was successful in his efforts to have the lawsuit dismissed prior to the ACLU’s appeal of the dismissal to the 6th Circuit.
ADF is a legal alliance defending America’s first liberty–religious freedom–through strategy, training, funding, and litigation. ADF President Alan Sears is co-author with Craig Osten of the new book The ACLU vs. America (www.acluvsamerica.com).
Mark Buesgens (R) 35B introduced this amendment, instisted it be handed out to all members, and then immediately withdrew it.
It reads:
1.1 Notwithstanding the Creator of the universe, the
1.2 Minnesota Legislature
1.3 hereby condemns all smokers to eternal
1.4 damnation.
1.5
1.6 EFFECTIVE: This section is effective immediately
1.7 upon lighting up.
It has also been reported that he proposed to change the term “Per Diem” to “Walking around spending money” so the average person doesn’t have to figure out what a “Fancy Latin word means”
McCain’s latest comments about implementing tariffs against China and other countries for their “carbon footprint” should be a warning flag for the nation’s true conservatives.
Liberal Democrats and Republicans have participated in live-for-the-moment economic policies that rival the “money handout” campaigns by Juan and Eva Peron Those policies eventually crippled the Argentinian economy. McCain’s economic and foreign policies are just as foolish, and will destroy our hurting economy.
Did you know that the Nazi party was the “less” liberal of the parties in Germany in pre world war II? They were very much a liberal party, just not as much as the communists. The problem is that the conservatives in Germany put Hitler into office because he was less liberal than the other guys.
Before you invoke Godwin’s Law, let me explain. McCain represents the less liberal of the choices for president. While he might not be “Nazi” material, he certainly represents the unraveling and the destruction of almost everything conservatives have worked on for the past fifteen years.
Conservatives are in a pickle right now. While McCain is a bad candidate, Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton are far worse.
And this is where Bob Barr comes in. Conservatives have generally sacrificed some principles for the greater good of conservatism. However, a vote for McCain may very well put a stake though the heart of the conservative movement. Former Republican Congressman Bob Barr will be taking on the other big contenders while flying the Libertarian Party flag.
Bob Barr is really the last conservative who has a chance of energizing the conservative base.
The only way conservatives win this election is by losing the presidency. Here is how: If Bob Barr is effective in energizing the conservative base, he will send many voters to the polls that would normally stay home. This will help conservative Republican candidates win seats in the senate and house and will further help state and local elections turn to the conservative favor.
However, Republicans will likely split their vote and lose the presidential election. This is not as bad as it seems. Four years of a conservative congress with a liberal president is much better than eight years of a sort-of conservative president and a liberal congress.
Those running for state and local offices should go out of their way to support Bob Barr, it will energize the base, and will send a ripple effect through Republican party. With or without them, the conservatives will thrive.
Why do people follow Obama? Is it because of his “role model” status?
A man who openly admits he was a drug user, admires a racist pastor’s, and can’t get over his cigarette addiction does not sound like a role model to me.
This is exactly the man that Democrats want running the country. Barack Obama is not someone that you should admire. I could go on and on with his character flaws, but you probably know what they are.
From the liberal perspective, a Barack Obama presidency could be disastrous for their invasive anti freedom to smoke agenda. They could very likely see a reversal on the entire project. Once people think they want to be cool like the president and pick up the dirty habit, who knows what will happen.
Think of all the kids who will see this man smoking. Could they say, “what’s good for the president is good for me.”?
Just for the record, I hate the smell of smoke, and think it is a disgusting habit. I hope that my kids never smoke, and I really do fear that Barack Obama would make a bad role model. However, I believe that the government should not be interfering with private businesses and their internal rules. Smoking bans are not necessary and infringe on the property rights of individuals.
Contrary to popular belief, Barack Obama is not the first “black” presidential candidate. In fact, if he is elected, he will not even be the first black president. There were in fact five presidents that were of African American ancestory.
Why do people follow Obama? Is it because of his “role model” status?
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