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April 29, 2008

Tell Two Superdelegates How To Vote

Two people I'm glad to call friends are Lauren Wolfe and Awais Khaleel. They are the president and vice president, respectively, of the College Democrats of America and are superdelegates to the DNC National Convention in Denver.

If you'd like a shot at influencing their decision, check out the video below and follow their instructions.

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April 28, 2008

What do Al Sharpton and Pat Robertson have in common?

I've been anticipating the 'unlikely pair' ads by the We campaign. So, I was happy to finally see the following ad air on TV. I've also seen the version with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and former Speaker Newt Gingrich.

These pairings were a good start. I only wish they could get Ron Littlefield and Billy Blades to appear together.

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April 08, 2008

This week on "As the Fords Turn"

So last week I read about what independent U.S. House candidate Jake Ford had to say regarding race and the TN-09 seat, which is a minority majority district. First thing I wondered was whether Jake Ford's brother, former Rep. Harold Ford, Jr., would have anything to say about his comments.

Well, yesterday's Hotline had a summary of the events, including comments from just about every member of the Ford family.

Ex-Rep. Harold Ford Jr. (D) and father/ex-Rep. Harold Ford Sr. (D) "say they don't agree with racially charged comments" made by brother/son/'06 candidate Jake Ford (I), who is seeking to unseat Rep. Steve Cohen (D). J. Ford "said Tennessee deserves at least one black congressman." H. Ford Jr. "called his brother's comments" an "insult," and he and his father said J. Ford should publicly apologize.

While "filing his qualifying paperwork," J. Ford and brother Isaac Ford "rehashed a theme" from the '06 race -- that Cohen isn't fit to hold the seat because he's white. I. Ford: "Jake Ford is a black candidate, it's a black district and we need black representation." J. Ford said 4/5 "that some of the published comments may have been taken out of context and that they were not meant to be racially disparaging."

J. Ford: "My brother and I were not saying we have to have a black representative in this district. We said in the state of Tennessee, the western district was created as a predominately black district so we would have black representation in Congress. ... Everyone makes it seem like I'm creating the race issue. As for my dad and my brother, they're not running for Congress. I am."

H. Ford Jr.: "I want to make clear my brothers' comments are not mine. I reject them. ... I don't believe any candidate's fitness for office should be measured or determined by race or gender" (AP, 4/7).

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April 07, 2008

So Does the Government Finally Get His Guns?

News of Charlton Heston's came a little late to me.

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April 05, 2008

NKOTB... OMG!

Alright, I'm now very well aware I don't read enough 'entertainment' news. Why this realization you ask? Because I just now figured out that 80's boy band New Kids on the Block is reuniting, releasing an new album and going on a world tour. This was apparently big news this time last month, but somehow I missed it.

I wasn't a fan per se, because I was probably 6 or 7 at the time, but I have vivid memories of NKOTB (and no, not because of the short-lived cartoon). The truth is, at the height of NKOTB mania, I had one teenage sister and one pre-teen sister. EVERYTHING was about NKOTB at my house. And being the youngest of the bunch, I had to go along with whatever they wanted to watch on TV, play on the radio, etc.

So, I was an innocent by standard throughout the whole thing. And as embarrassing as it might be (according to a lot of people), my first concert was a NKOTB concert at the former Starwood Amphitheater. Again, I was 6 or 7, my sisters' Girl Scout troop went to the concert. My mother was a troop leader and my dad happened to be out of town so I couldn't stay home (that's my excuse anyway).

It was a memorable evening. Some pathological liar friend of my sister said she had back stage passes and could get some of them back stage too. So they wondered off from the group, parents were mad, and scolding ensued once they showed back up. Needless to say they never got back stage.

Oh and then the NKOTB were playing basketball outside at the back of the amphitheater at some point, and there was a high fence, but everyone was trying to crawl over. But one of my sisters was held up and an unidentified NKOTB touched her hand.

Oh well, good times. That's about enough of a post on NKOTB.

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