by Walter Allen Bennett, Jr. on October 11, 2009
Anita Dunn of the The White House’s communication staff has finally stated the obvious with regard to the news worthiness of the Fox Cable News Channel:
“The reality of it is that Fox New often operates almost as either the research arm or the communications arm of the Republican Party. And it is not ideological… What I think is fair to say about Fox, and the way we view it, is that it is more a wing of the Republican Party.”
Though she stated that the President would still make appearances on that network, it would be however, because of the network’s predisposed positions, merely to do debate the issues.
“They are widely viewed as a part of the Republican Party: take their talking points and put it on the air, take their opposition research and put it on the air. And That’s fine. But let’s not pretend they’re a news organization like CNN is.”
Yet the question that begs to be answered is, why should any Democrat continue the charade of appearing on Fox News what so ever? Republicans and conservatives have little use for nor even care if they turn down MSNBC. If Fox News wants to be “fair and balanced” toward the right only, then let it be a place only for them.
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by Walter Allen Bennett, Jr. on September 9, 2009
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
September 9, 2009
Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery
Address to a Joint Session of Congress on Health Care
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
Washington, DC
Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, Members of Congress, and the American people:
When I spoke here last winter, this nation was facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. We were losing an average of 700,000 jobs per month. Credit was frozen. And our financial system was on the verge of collapse.
As any American who is still looking for work or a way to pay their bills will tell you, we are by no means out of the woods. A full and vibrant recovery is many months away. And I will not let up until those Americans who seek jobs can find them; until those businesses that seek capital and credit can thrive; until all responsible homeowners can stay in their homes. That is our ultimate goal. But thanks to the bold and decisive action we have taken since January, I can stand here with confidence and say that we have pulled this economy back from the brink.
I want to thank the members of this body for your efforts and your support in these last several months, and especially those who have taken the difficult votes that have put us on a path to recovery. I also want to thank the American people for their patience and resolve during this trying time for our nation.
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by Rev. Dr. Linda Logan on September 6, 2009
I am a 71 year old African American woman living in Hemet, Ca. In all of these years I have lived through many ugly racially charged events in this country that I call home. I have survived the humiliations that have been heaped upon me, even in my home state of Minnesota.
Lynching’s, assassinations, and the bloody marches in this country have all left me with emotional scars, that I have attempted to heal by believing that surely, surely time would allow humanity to realize that we are here together and that working as one cohesive unit is the only means of our survival. However, today my heart began to bleed again. Here in the year of 2009, my ten year old grandson arrived home from school with a permission slip to be signed by his parents as to whether he would be allowed to listen to the speech next Tuesday being given by the president of the United States, one Barack Obama. I was unable to speak, I felt as though I was being strangled by some unseen hand. The insult was so obvious and painful that I found it difficult to breath. Nothing had changed.
The fact that the Hemet Unified School District or any other, in this country that espouses freedom of speech would exhibit such a blatant disrespect of their president and then by implication channel these same feelings into their students who are 90% Hispanic and a10% blend of Caucasian and African American a feeling of being questionable and/or inferior is reprehensible. I have no recollection of the necessity for students to be given permission as to whether or not to listen to the first President Bush, or any other duly elected head of this country. Read more... (680 words, 2 images, estimated 2:43 mins reading time)
by Walter Allen Bennett, Jr. on March 15, 2009
CHANGE
Update the good ole bookmarks. It’s official. www.digitalpolitic.com has completed its change to:
www.digitalpolitical.com
If you continue to use digitalpolitic.com, you will be seamlessly redirected, however why be redirected when you can have the direct connection. On the horizon, look forward to The Digital Political to continue it’s look at political interests, but also include more on the politics of living… like, the politics of job hunting, house hunting, where the good groceries are and more…
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