Some racist douche bag moonlighting as a state senator posted this on his website.

His response for putting up this hate-fueled picture is even more appalling than the picture itself:

“It was meant tongue in cheek. I’ve got some questions about Senator Obama’s ties to — such as his comment that we should negotiate with Iran. Iran’s a country that would like to destroy Israel, that bothers me. But is this picture appropriate? I don’t know.”

“You know, blogs are for satire and whatnot and, um, that’s why it’s up. It’s similar to the New Yorker picture. Maybe that’s why this has gotten so much attention, because of that thing that came out a couple days ago.”

Do Republicans not see that this sort of fear mongering will backfire in the fall?

I’ll spare you the anti-Jesse Jackson rant, seeing as my brothers from another mother khal and Enigmatik have already done a fine job of putting Uncle Jesse in his place.

For the uninitiated, I’m referring to Jesse Jackson’s remarks that he’d like to castrate Obama, because the brother was “talking down to black people” with his faith-based program suggestions. Jackson was probably reacting to Obama’s Father’s Day admonition to fathers, in which he charged them to take care of the seeds.

“See, Barack’s been talking down to black people on this faith-based—,” Jackson said off air on Fox News. “I want to cut his nuts off.”

As a black man who grew up without a father in the house, I’d like to cut Jackson’s nuts off, but that’s beside the point.

Suddenly everyone thinks that Jackson’s statements will somehow alter the way people view Obama and thus hurt his campaign. Question is, how many people do you know that still take the Jesse Jacksons and the Al Sharptons seriously? I’d rather take advice from Michael Eric Dyson than from Jesse-Sharpton.

Calm down, people. Let grumpy old men be grumpy old men. I’m sure he’s made worse off-the-cuff remarks behind the scenes. He’s apologized. His son apologized. Obama has accepted his apology.

We could get into all the reasons why Uncle Jesse wants to neuter Obama. But seriously, who even cares?

Barack Obama and John McCain grace this month’s Fortune magazine double-cover.

Who looked more presidential?

Even though the AP called it for Obama as early as 2:00 pm yesterday, I waited to see if anything would change overnight. You never know with the Clinton Machine. But it looks like Obama has the nomination locked down for sure this time. His 2,156 delegate tally puts him well above the 2,118 required to win the nomination.
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Esco says he’s still on the fence, but would love an Obama presidency:

“I’d love to see Barack Obama become the president. He’s the face of America, hands down,” the rapper said. “There’s no two ways to look at it, man. The man’s got what it takes. He’s serious. As a kid, you always think, ‘We’ll never see a black president,’ you know? ‘There’ll never be a black president.’ And you always feel that way. Everybody’s always grew up that way, black and white. So I think now, with Obama having a great chance of winning, I think [with] black and white, there’s been something lifted off their shoulders. It’s like, ‘This can happen. This can be great.’ And it’s about time.” …

New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, who served under Bill Clinton as Secretary of Energy, has chosen unity over loyalty. The country’s sole Hispanic governor plans to endorse Obama’s candidacy.

In an e-mail to supporters, Richardson said Obama will be a “historic and a great president, who can bring us the change we so desperately need by bringing us together as a nation here at home and with our allies abroad.”

Richardson also said in the e-mail that he was touched by Obama’s recent speech on race in America, saying he “understands clearly that only by bringing people together, only by bridging our differences can we all succeed together as Americans.”[via: CNN]

What took him so long? Do I smell an Obama-Richardson ticket on the horizon?

P.S: When I first heard about Richardson’s endorsement, this story came to mind.

Thoughtful. Straightforward. Sensational.

[Props to Enigmatik for the heads up]

XXLmag.com recently caught up with Crack Man X to discuss music,
life, and politics.

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