Convention Update
Monday, August 18, 2008 3:56pm 45 views
Posted under: Democrat
Perhaps Dean had a freudian slip -and was referring to his own party – or at least confused by the cues from the credentialed DNC Convention bloggers regarding the ‘white’ party:
Jim Crow blogging at the DNC:
I’m concerned that virtually all of the state blogs selected by the Democratic National Committee to cover Denver are white. Of course, it remains possibly that one of these white blogs will bring a Black person along as a blogger. But, Black bloggers and voters are not willing to wait until we arrive in Denver to find out whether a group of virtually all-white blogs will also send a group of all-white bloggers to Denver.
I honestly do not know what to make of this. These are the 20 liberal bloggers that met with Bill Clinton in Harlem. As you can see, not one of them is black or latino. Bill in Harlem Blogger Photo
I don’t believe there is any way to change the State Blogger process for this year. At this point, the best the DNC can do is acknowledge their selection criteria was clumsy and make sure there are extensive and diverse POC voices in the General Blogger Pool.
There are two major complaints about the selections made: the lack of diversity and the apparent fact that some blogs were chosen over more qualified competitors based on questionable criteria or insider “vetoes.” The overwhelming majority of the 54 state/territory blogs are run by straight white males.
Folks, the case being made here and on African American Political Pundit is that if a group picture of the state bloggers credentialed by the DNCC were taken today, you’d see a photograph with a bunch of white boys and maybe one or two blacks. That, my friends, does not reflect the diversity of the Democratic Party.
Just a quick preview of the Mini-Gitmo being set up outside the Pepsi Center. As far as I know, the inmates at Mini-Gitmo will not be given meals that respect cultural and religious sensitivities, prayer time, medical and dental care or free legal representation. Enjoy!
And which party openly condemned slavery? To Which party did both Booker T. Washington and Martin Luther King, Jr. belong?
The Republican Party, thank you.
The republican party is the WHITE party?????
I think former Rep. JC Watts of OK and General Colin Powell would have a different take on that!!!!
So do the credentialed DNC bloggers, Paul!
What a bunch of imbeciles. Could they have found any more obvious liberal “children” to interview for this?
If they don’t want to go to these makeshift holding cells for (civil disobedience)rioters, there is a very good remedy. Don’t be idiots and protest like animals, at your own stupid convention.
I hope that at the Republican convention, they prepare even more facilities for this purpose, and if anyone protests there, the perps are made to stay incarcerated until the election is over! (there’s no voting from prison?)
i did notice a few “interns” i that picture with Bill though.
If I had known they were going to use stun guns on Code pinks that are captured I would have volunteered and brought my own stun gun.
Hey, Trish, you echoed my thought when I watched those idiots. I would not be afraid of those detention cells b/c I wouldn’t do anything to get arrested. They pride themselves on getting arrested so that they can scream civil liberty violations, constitutional rights violations, and every other excuse to justify their bad, ugly, stupid behaviors. All they have to do is act civilized….oh…wait…they don’t know what that means. I had to laugh and shake my head, thinking, that this is their own party they are going to make look stupid, and stupider b/c they are locked up. Republicans don’t have to do anything, they are imploding all on their own…but finding ways to blame us. Figures.