NAACP Wanted More “Free Stuff”, Says Romney
by Yvette Carnell Mitt Romney has gone on record, saying that he expected to get booed when he spoke at the NAACP convention. And many pundits now agree that he went into the convention with the intent of needling African-Americans, not engaging them. It was sort of a given that African-Americans, still Obama’s loyalest voting [...]
Chicago Police Sgt. Calls Gang Violence in the City “Tribal Warfare”
Chicago has been plagued with violence, and although the police chief in the city says he’s made several gang related arrests, the violence doesn’t appear to be coming to an end. According to the city’s crime records, 275 people have been killed this year alone in Chicago, and many more have been injured due to [...]
Detroit is a Ghost Town That May Soon Become a Zombie Town
Some folks never miss an opportunity to turn lemons into lemonade. This current recession is devastating the country, but Detroit has been hit exceptionally hard. The city is bankrupt, and made news last month for not being able to afford to pay its light bill. But one creative artist has an idea of what to [...]
City of Sanford Uproots Trayvon Martin Memorial, Infuriating African-American Residents
The city of Sanford’s decision to move a curbside memorial for Trayvon Martin has caused an uproar among many African-American residents. The Sanford city manager said moving a makeshift memorial for Trayvon Martin was done at the request of residents near the townhomes where the shooting took place. “The citizens living in the area had [...]
Did Mitt Romney Get Booed at NAACP Convention on Purpose?
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney went to the NAACP convention to engage the black community, or at least that’s what his people said beforehand: “Mitt Romney is committed to competing in the black community despite the odds,” said Romney senior adviser Tara Wall in an email. “If elected by a majority this November, President Romney [...]
Mitt Romney’s Tax Plan Raises Taxes For Over Two Million African-American Households
Earlier today, Kulture Kritic posted an article entitled “Mitt Romney Courts Black Vote at NAACP”. In that article, Romney’s senior adviser, Tara Wall, said, “If elected by a majority this November, President Romney will be a leader to all. Speaking to members of the nation’s oldest civil rights organization and establishing a dialogue with black voters, communicating his [...]
’99 Problems But Mitt Ain’t One’ – Barack Obama Spoof Goes Viral [Video]
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It’s that season again – the season where people get creative with political campaigns and create spoofs for fun. In this spoof, a fake President Obama riffs on the Jay-Z song ’99 Problems’, and asserts that he’s got ’99 problems, but Mitt ain’t one.’
James Earl Jones Says He ‘Figured Out’ the Tea Party Because He Understands Racism
Actor James Earl Jones was interviewed by Tavis Smiley on Smiley and West, where he discussed his own politics. Jones says that he is a bit of a political junkie, and watches and reads political news whenever he can, especially on MSNBC. “Can’t get enough of it,” he said. “I even venture into the right-wing talk shows sometimes.” [...]
Allen West is Now Saying that He Never Said Social Security was Slavery
Doing some damage control, Congressman Allen West (D-FL) denies having made a comparison between social security and slavery to Fox News over the weekend. “Liberal media reports saying I am equating Social Security of hardworking Americans to a form of slavery is absolutely false,” the Tea Party-backed congressman wrote on his Facebook page. “It seems [...]
I Will “Make Things Better” For Blacks: Mitt Romney Courts Black Vote at NAACP
Making the case for why black Democrats should vote Republican is hard. Making that case while a black Democrat occupies the White House is even harder. But Republican presidential Mitt Romney hopes to do just that today at the NAACP convention. According to a recent Gallup poll, only five percent of blacks support Romney, but [...]
