Race

Why are Republican African Americans surprised by this phenomenon?  Do they truly think that the GOP has their interests in mind and that it can relate to their circumstances?  What more proof do we need that the GOP is hostile to the needs of all but the most wealthy Americans, except the record of the last 8 years with the cuts in constitutional rights, the tax benefits for the wealthy and corporations, the record high oil industry profits, a war that was initiatied with false information and no clear plan of action?  I could go on but the evidence is too extensive to record here.  This convention is business as usual for the GOP.  Luckily African Americans have a real alternative this year and I hope they will all flock to the Democratic ticket if they want to see change.

Agreed. Now that the apology has been made all can be forgiven and everyone should be happy. Lets get on with life.

BTW – Slavery wasn’t "just the evil doings of greedy Southern planters." Slavery was a 5,000 year old institution practiced all over the world (and still is in places.)  Perhaps apologies should be demanded from a few of those places?

Yes, good to know that our Congress is focused on such important issues while they completely ignore stupid things like the cost of energy.

$69 bucks for a T-Shirt with those words? And she's the one who's suing? This is just stupid.

Well if she bought the shirt she obviously was intending to antagonize people. I don't know what she expected would happen.

Another rich against the poor propaganda piece. I am poor and I am registered to vote. And I’m in Florida.

If you can’t figure out how to register, you are too stupid to vote.

Well, it's not entirely un-true from a NON-RACIAL standpoint. Obama is as much a 'slave' to what he thinks people want of him as Clinton was (public opinion - he thinks people want 'change,' even if he isn't entirely sure what that change is. Unless maybe it's his mind, which he's shown is quite quick to change!). He's really not an independent entity, except when it comes to things like abortion, where he goes beyond what even many pro-choice supporters are comfortable with, voting against the right of children who SURVIVE abortion to live. In-cred-i-ble.