Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon AlterNet: Election 2008. March 27, 2008. Clearly it’s nonsense to suggest that black individual Americans are sort of faced with this existential choice—here or Africa?
Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report AlterNet: PEEK. March 27, 2008. But it's the personal impressions of Clinton that should be of the greatest concern.
Bruce Wilson, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. March 26, 2008. If Obama's pastor said what white Christian leaders often do, Obama '08 would be over. Frank Schaeffer suggests it's racist and hypocritical.
Ari Melber, The Nation AlterNet: Election 2008. March 26, 2008. About 3.8 million people have now watched Obama's "race speech" through the campaign's official YouTube channel, which has over 40,000 subscribers.
Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. March 26, 2008. Some of the most vocal critics of the minister's statements about HIV are also proponents of our dangerous, backwards international AIDS policy.
Sam Stein, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. March 26, 2008. "The Reverend Jeremiah Wright is an outstanding church leader whom I have heard speak a number of times," Dean Snyder wrote.
Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report AlterNet: PEEK. March 26, 2008. A national conversation on race would be far more encouraging if conservative media personalities had intelligent things to say.
Steven Reynolds, The All Spin Zone AlterNet: PEEK. March 24, 2008. We hear about Rev. Wright’s racism 24/7, but there's nary a peep about Clinton's former pastor who's been convicted for sexual child abuse.
Jason Linkins, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. March 24, 2008. Turner: "I can tell you from my firsthand, personal experience that Sean Hannity does, in fact, agree with many of my political and social views."
Erikka, Brave New Films AlterNet: Election 2008. March 24, 2008. I heard him build up a congregation hungry for knowledge, and inspiration, but I never heard him say the things Fox News found.
Pam Spaulding, Pam's House Blend AlterNet: Election 2008. March 24, 2008. How could Buchanan listen to the Obama speech and walk away with this level of vitriol in his heart and purposeful ignorance of history?
Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report AlterNet: PEEK. March 23, 2008. It seems pretty clear that Barack Obama’s speech on race in America has helped the senator rebound a bit.
Manila Ryce, The Largest Minority AlterNet: Election 2008. March 22, 2008. Colbert on McCain: "The man is such a maverick, he's even independent of his own feelings."
David Neiwert, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. March 21, 2008. You don't get to watch Moon's "hateful" and "anti-American" remarks being replayed endlessly on CNN and Fox.
Sam Stein, Huffington Post AlterNet: Video. March 21, 2008. In largely unnoticed speeches, Rev. Rod Parsely has compared Planned Parenthood to the KKK and Nazis, claiming it targeted blacks.
Chris Bowers, Open Left AlterNet: PEEK. March 21, 2008. The story has obviously hurt Obama in the polls on at least a temporary basis, and even may have hurt his chances of ever becoming President.
Rachel Sklar, Huffington Post AlterNet: Election 2008. March 20, 2008. Stewart's had easier targets of mockery than Obama delivering one of the most warmly received speeches of the campaign, but he gave it his best shot.
Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report AlterNet: PEEK. March 19, 2008. The speech served a valuable political purpose, which, barring widespread media malpractice, will ultimately help Obama's chances.
Blue Texan, Firedoglake AlterNet: Election 2008. March 18, 2008. As the wingnut chorus predictably disses Obama's eloquent speech, it's important to remember how manufactured this whole Wright "controversy" is.
Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report AlterNet: PEEK. March 18, 2008. From where I sat, I found Obama’s speech rather extraordinary. Indeed, it’s the kind of speech politicians just don’t give anymore.
Pam Spaulding, Pam's House Blend AlterNet: PEEK. March 18, 2008. A larger question I have is why either campaign, or the GOP need to bring religion into any of this -- they aren't running to be a spiritual leader.
Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. March 17, 2008. A failure to do so may find us looking at a resurgent GOP this fall no matter who the Democratic nominee is.