Michelle Obama on The View

Michelle Obama showed grace and beauty on The View this morning. She address every question about her husband's campaign, her relationship with her children and how the media is treating her. POWERFUL!!!

GO HEAD MICHELLE !!!

John McCain's Proposed Energy Policy

Presidential contender Senator John McCain is in Houston, TX today mending fences with the oil industry. He is calling for a diverse energy policy. This includes the end to offshore drilling ban. McCain wants to lift the federal ban of offshore drilling in much of the oceanic coasts and the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

McCain also calls on being more energy sufficient by using alternative clean fuels to reserve energy.....

Obama calls on Black Fathers To Be Accountable

Today in Chicago, Obama called on African American men to be more responsible and active in their children's lives. He used his experience as growing up in a single parent home where his mother raised him and his sister. He also reflected on how he is there for his two daughters.

He discussed the challenges facing the African American community but he also challenged the Black community to take responsibility.

Is McCain best choice for the Economy?

Please review the article and express your thoughts on which candidate is better for the economy.

Reuters -
By Jennifer Ablan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain's tax policies have given him an edge as the better man for the economy, various Wall Street experts said at this week's Reuters Investment Outlook Summit........

Michelle Obama is No Ones Baby's Mama, She is Malia and Sasha Mother

Yesterday, FOX News made a bad call when they referred and labeled Michelle Obama's as "Obama's baby mama." FOX News apologized for the label, however; what is sad is the ongoing stereotypes of African American women in mainstream media.

It is especially disturbing how media organizations attack on Black women continues as if we do not exist.

The ongoing debate on the news this week is whether presidential candidates wives, especially Michelle Obama is fair game on attacks. I wonder if this would have been the case if a white Democratic candidate held the nomination. I do not remember this in 2000 or 2004. No one said anything like this about Laura Bush. How dare someone say that? It would be consider blasphemy. What about Cynthia McCain? They have already stated that she is no ones baby mama.

So why is it okay to do that to Black women? Why do the media feel as if it is okay to say that about Black women?

Whatever your political position, the attack on Black women must cease. It seems that the media can "carry" us without thinking. It is not okay to do that. It is downright outrageous and insulting.

It is also an attack on Black love and the Black family.

This country has not seen a real life Black couple who actually loves and cares for each other. Their relationship is not the stereotypical one that is blasted on primetime tv, cable and movies. It is not a political marriage. It is a real marriage, a real partnership. And this society can not handle it. It can not handle it at all.

Review of Op-Ed Piece on Michelle Obama by NYT Columnist Maureen Dowd

New York Times Columnist Maureen Dowd cause a stir yesterday in her op-ed piece on Michelle Obama. Dowd suggest that Republicans may turn their attention to Michelle Obama negatively.

Read the article and provide your insights. Do you think Dowd is right? If so, why? Will race play a role?

Mincing Up Michelle

OK People

So now Clinton endorsed Obama and we are now finally on our way to a historical presidential campaign. Like CNN says, "Something is happening here" and I am happy to be alive to see it all and be a part of it. Never in my wildest dream I thought that I would see something like this.

But we must give credit where credit is due.

Let us all remember Shirley Chisolm. She was the first African American and first woman who ran for president in 1972, she set the foundation. She was the first woman to received most convention votes for a female candidate in U.S. history.

Of course, there is Rev. Jesse Jackson in his two presidential bids in 1984 and 1988 that paved the way for more Black elected officials and open the door for African Americans in important political decision-making positions.

We also had sister Lenora Fulani. She ran for president in 1988 and 1992.

There was also Alan Keyes. He ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 1996 and 2000. And finally Carol Moseley Braun and Rev. Al Sharpton in 2004.

Black people, continue to make history, American History.......