Chris Matthews: Condi Rice Could Counter Obama’s “Ethnic Excitement”

Crooks and Liars » Chris Matthews: Condi Rice Could Counter Obama’s “Ethnic Excitement”: "Chris Matthews as been sticking his foot in his mouth (more so than usual) a lot this primary season and during MSNBC’s coverage of the State of the Union address tonight, he stepped in it again. Tweety made the suggestion that because Barack Obama has created an ethnic excitement in America, if he doesn’t get the nomination Condi Rice would make a great VP choice for a GOP candidate because black people might still be hopeful of putting an African American in higher government:

Matthews:”…And I have to think given the ethnic, you know, excitement - let’s call it American excitement about Barack Obama. If he doesn’t make it to the nomination a lot of people on the Republican side might say, well why don’t we try do something to offset that and take advantage of the hope of having an African American at a high level of government.”

This is wrong on so many levels, and certainly does nothing to end the media meme that race and gender are driving this primary season. Somehow, I don’t think Condi would motivate a lot of Democrats to vote for a Republican this year. He’s also echoing Robert Novak on this one too."

The Hovey Street Murders- Indianapolis, Indiana

Thank you Ann for this article. This should be a reminder that violence against women and children are at an all-time high in America. Most men have lost the meaning of chivalry when it comes to the most vulnerable people in society.

Also:

Arrests in Hovey Street Murders
Probable Cause in Hovey Street Murders
"I Ain't Kill Them Kids"- Indy Star Article

Hundreds turn out for ‘Free John White’ rally

Hundreds turn out for ‘Free John White’ rally RIVERHEAD, Long Island, N.Y. (FinalCall.com) - Chanting “Free John White!” “Free John White!” hundreds of demonstrators, Black, White and Latino, answered a call from the Rev. Al Sharpton and the National Action Network to show up in front of the Suffolk County courthouse to protest the guilty verdict against John White, 54, of Miller Place, Long Island.

Mr. White faces a maximum of 15 years in jail after being convicted of manslaughter in the second-degree. His sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 21. The father and husband was convicted on Dec. 22 in the “accidental” shooting death of Daniel Cicciaro. He remains free on $100,000 bail; and his defense team is preparing an appeal.

“We come today as one community, because if they are allowed to invade and violate the property of one of us, then they will be allowed to invade and trespass on the property belonging to any of us,” Rev. Sharpton told the Jan. 5 gathering.

Mr. White, a construction foreman, has maintained that the shooting was unintentional, saying the 17-year-old lunged for the handgun, and it went off.

During the three-week trial, Mr. White’s lawyers maintained he felt threatened by five White teens who invaded his property after 11 p.m. on a week night, threatening to harm his son, Aaron, and rape his wife, Sonia. The lawyers told the jury that the drunken youths were reminiscent of southern lynch mobs.

Rev. Sharpton noted that police only focused on the shooting, ignoring the culpability of the “drunken White teens,” who according to testimony used racial epithets. “What amazes me,” said the longtime activist, “is how you start an investigation halfway after the events of the evening was over.” Suffolk County law enforcement officials did not start their investigation at the moment the teens “decided to trespass and menace the White family,” he said.

Lawyer, Jeffrey Schwartz vs Nixzmary Brown 7 year old Killed

A scum of the Earth lawyer in New York City att... (more)
Added: January 17, 2008
A scum of the Earth lawyer in New York City attacks and blames 7 year-old Nixzmary Brown for her own murder.

Iraqi Soldier Screams "White Power!"

YouTube - Iraqi Soldier Screams "White Power!": "A short break for soldiers in Iraq turns tense as an Iraqi-coalition soldier screams 'White Power,' gives the sieg heil salute, and calls an African-American serviceman 'Knee-gar'."

Black Women and the Movie/Music Industrial Complex

Hat tip to Ann.

Hollywood tells us Black women: No need to apply unless you're applying for a two-bit maid/sapphire/prostitute role. This is how Hollywood and the larger society in general sees Black women today.

Ain't nothing changed.

Please sign to help missing black women

Please sign my petition to get black women more coverage on cable news channels. You can sign here
http://www.petitiononline.com/mbw/petition.html

To: CNN, Fox News, MSNBC

While this started as a drive to get cases of missing African American Women and other women of color more air time on cable and news it is now a mission to get missing women of every ethnic group, race, or religion more air time by asking Cable Stations to devote just 30 seconds of air time per hour to the story of a missing woman. That would be 168 woman a week and 8736 women a year that would get at least some coverage on a national level. Please help me do this by signing my petion which wil be sent to CNN, Fox News and MSNBC. The may ignore 1 or 100 but they can't ignore thousands.