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Conyers to Obama: You won’t shut me up

When last we left you, House Judiciary Committee Chair John Conyers was openly complaining about having to always save Obama’s “can” on the healthcare “reform” issue even though, in Conyers’ eyes, President Obama wasn’t giving true “reform-minded” folks like him much in return. Well, apparently word got back to the President about Conyers’ remarks and as a result, the President personally called Conyers in an attempt to shut -, er, um, talk through some of their disagreements. How did Conyers respond to the gesture? Blabbing about it to The Hill:.....   [Read More]

How Obama’s election has NOT helped “race relations”

Many of us predicted it would happen way before he was elected President: Barack Obama has not helped race relations. Before he was elected, scrutiny of him by opponents was treated as “racist” in nature. And not just from conservative opponents. Hillary and Billy Clinton were on the receiving end of the “racist” accusations at the start of the primaries in January 2008, and those accusations were fostered by none other than Obama himself and higher-ups in his campaign staff. The accusations continued throughout the primary and general election campaign seasons, especially once it the sunlight shone a little brighter on Obama’s 20 year relationship with his racist “spiritual mentor” the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. .....   [Read More]