CAN YOU SAY O-BAMA?!
by A.man.I
Take a deep breath and enjoy this moment in history. Sure, we the media may seem out of control at times with the spin and over analysis of the political events we’re witnessing, but what do you expect?
Sen. Barack Obama is poised to become the Democratic nominee, and it seems to be all but a done deal. The drama has been fantastic from the “controversy” surrounding his former pastor, to winning in states like Iowa, but what matters is that he leads Clinton in the pledged delegates.
Can he take McCain? That story is yet to be written, but this is history in the making.
That being said there are reminders that this country is going through some growing pains. The PeachPundit provides commentary about a local newspaper in the Atlanta region called the Roswell Beacon that is now taking some heat because of a picture published of Barack Obama in crosshairs. The headline is “White Fright.”
I still don’t understand why anyone would fear Obama. Do I need to remind you that he’s black and white… vanilla swirl? He brings the best of both worlds to the table.
It looks like blogs as wells as the mainstream are giving the issue some much needed attention.
I support freedom of press, but what about journalistic responsibility?
Here’s the contact info for the paper:
Beacon Media Companies, Inc.
515 East Crossville Road
Suite 350-360
Roswell, GA 30075
John Fredericks – Publisher
jfredericks@beaconcast.com
Tim Altork – Senior Editor
taltork@beaconcast.com
Alan Sverdlik – Senior Correspondent
asverdlik@beaconcast.com
Bless your heart, A. Only you can make all flavors of folk laugh within such tense, ummm, topics. “Vanilla Swirl” Gotta love it. And now let’s all take a deep, cleansing breath… and, as you say, remember some key basic facts.
(I hope some Baskins-Robbins exec is reading this.)
The story has been taken down but I found a copy on a white supremacist message board (I still feel dirty). I feel like it’s my duty as a patriotic libruhl to circulate it:
http://rptrcub.blogspot.com/2008/05/article-that-corresponds-to-image-of.html
this is to be expected, especially after Hillary opened up Pandora’s box of racial hate, and we all know that the media is over polarizing the issues because hate brings rating, just like CNN & the rest keep saying “hard working whites” are going for Hillary, well I know many hard working whites who aren’t voting her, but the media “never” brings this up
Amani, I can’t even catch my breath after reading that Roswell article. Thanks for the eye opener. I mean, I know what time it is…but to see it so close up. whew.
when i read about this in the AJC… i was aghast! i quickly found the roswell beacon on-line, but couldn’t find the picture nor article. i have since found both and posted a link to the store in the Beacon on plezWorld!
it is disturbing that in 2008, we still have right-wing wacko’s who are as hell bent on turning back the clock on progress as they were 40 years ago when Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy were assassinated! these people are SICK.
One measure of how far we have to go to reach the color blind society Brother Martin spoke of is as follows: the fact that if someone has a black and a white parent they are still automatically defined as black.
Back in the day it just took one drop of black blood to make you black. The only thing that seems to have changed regarding this peculiarity is the proportion required.
[...] And you want the truth? Â People are scared for Sen. Obama. Â I am. Â I don’t deny it. Â I don’t have any reason to deny that I’m afraid that Obama might be harmed. Â And not long after Huckabee’s foolishness while speaking to the NRA, we have this from Sen. Clinton. Â Not long after a paper irresponsibly publishes a picture of Sen. Obama in crosshairs… [...]