SuperSpade Quick Notes Summary for 2008-06-27
- Captain Obvious says 3 in 10 Americans Admit to Race Bias http://tinyurl.com/48za2z #
- @urbanreporter Nice work on NPR fam. #
SuperSpade Quick Notes Summary for 2008-06-26
- Does Barack Obama owe Clarence Thomas? http://www.theroot.com/id/47016/ #
SuperSpade Quick Notes Summary for 2008-06-25
- New post at The SuperSpade: The SuperSpade on NPR\’s \’Day to Day\’ Thursday ( http://tinyurl.com/55rb75 ) #
SuperSpade Quick Notes Summary for 2008-06-24
- New post at The SuperSpade: Obama\’s victory and its implications ( http://tinyurl.com/6oagyj ) #
SuperSpade Quick Notes Summary for 2008-06-20
- New post at The SuperSpade: Obama does the right thing ( http://tinyurl.com/6k3wgv ) #
- New post at The SuperSpade: What Middle Ground? ( http://tinyurl.com/5z45tf ) #
- Did an interview with Youth Radio for NPR’s Day to Day show about Barack & Michelle Obama’s Terrorist Fist Bump. Should air late next week. #
What Middle Ground?
There is a disturbing trend happening in politics & political discussion today. In the name of compromise or searching for the “middle ground,” people doing nothing more than diluting their positions to the point where they are actually not positions at all.
What I’m saying is this: for the larger issues we face, there is no middle ground. That’s right. Most issues in today’s political discourse are simple binary, yes or no, support or no support questions. Read More…
SuperSpade Quick Notes Summary for 2008-06-19
- Does the nonexistent response to the flooding in the Midwest mean that BushCo is not only racist and classist, but criminally negligent? #
- New post at The SuperSpade: How you win matters ( http://tinyurl.com/555lqe ) #
- Should Obama have accepted public financing? He said he would before , but he didn’t. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25259863/ #
- Should Obama have accepted public financing? He said he would before , but he didn’t. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25259863/ #
- When Democrats say compromise, what they really mean is “I do what Republicans want.” http://tinyurl.com/3trjdh #
- Great Electronic Fronteir Foundation site about NSA wiretapping issues: http://www.stopthespying.org/ #
Obama does the right thing
Breaking News: “Sen. Barack Obama on Thursday called and apologized to the two Muslim women who say they were told they could not stand behind the candidate at a rally in Detroit on Monday because they were wearing traditional hijab.”
Just yesterday, I wrote that Obama’s campaign wrong and that he needed to call these two women (one of whom I know incidentally) and apologize, so I will take some satisfaction in helping put pressure on Obama to do the right thing.
This is a teachable moment because for starters, how you campaign is a good indication of how you will govern. If Obama, through his campaign is willing to take the low road by offending the Arab-American community, then what would prevent him from doing so once he got elected? And contrary to popular belief, holding Obama’s feet to the fire will not cause him to lose the election.
In his stump speech, Obama tells people that he is a better candidate after going against Clinton in all fifty states (save MI and FL). In the same way, Obama will be a better candidate for making those two calls. Not for nothin’ we are talking about making two phone calls and I know Obama is busy but he ain’t THAT busy. And now, his campaign will be much more sensitive to offending various constituency groups not just during the campaign but translate these lessons into governing the country.
Why is it so outrageous for people to think that Obama should be held accountable to a higher and dare I say progressive standard?
Stay up fam,
Brandon Q.