A 2007 video has been making its way around the web that shows then Sen. Barack Obama using an “urban” accent to praise his former minister, Rev. Jeremiah Wright. He also goes to great lengths to say any delay in responding to Hurricane Katrina was the result of racism.
But before I go any further you should read this article from The Daily Caller and watch the video.
In fact, there is nothing more I need to say about this video.
If you are seeking your daily dose of political news, chances are you obtain it from television or online media sources before you read your daily newspaper or listen to your favorite radio station, according to an updated Pew survey.
“The transformation of the nation’s news landscape has already taken a heavy toll on print news sources, particularly print newspapers,” says the Pew study. “But there are now signs that television news – which so far has held onto its audience through the rise of the Internet – also is increasingly vulnerable, as it may be losing its hold on the next generation of news consumers.”
Around the time Bill Clinton was running for his first term as president in 1991, 68 percent of Americans got their political news from TV, while 56 percent read daily newspapers and 54 percent tuned into a local radio station. Back then the Internet was restricted to researchers, academics and of course, (the unofficial inventor of the internet) Al Gore.
But now things are different.
A Pew study has found that in 2012, television still leads with way with 55 percent of the people tuning in for political news. However, online and mobile news has leapfrogged into second place with 39 percent using computers or mobile devices for political news. Daily and weekly print newspapers have dropped to 33 percent and only 29 percent of Americans get their political knowledge by listening to the radio.
Still, 60 percent of those 65 and older rely on “traditional” media sources such as television and daily newspapers for their information.
Every once in a while a writer reads something and wishes they had written it themselves. For me, this is one of those times.
After covering the Democratic National Convention last week in Charlotte and writing about God being out and then back in the party platform, I was reminded that God doesn’t care if we put His name in a document. What he cares about is how we worship Him and treat our neighbor.
Yesterday I ran across this column by Greg Stier titled, 10 Reasons I’m More Excited About Jesus Than Politics. I think the list speaks for itself.
1. Jesus doesn’t lie, exaggerate or use a teleprompter.
2. Jesus doesn’t pound us with relentless campaign commercials.
3. Jesus slings love, not mud.
4. Once a person “votes” Jesus in through faith there are no more re-elections! (insert Calvinist joke here.)
5. Jesus doesn’t do robocall surveys about my theological views while I’m eating dinner with my family.
6. Taxes? NO! Grace giving? YES!
7. His air force has wings, real wings, angel wings…and that’s just cool.
8. He cares for the poor, rich and middle class (I prefer income to class).
9. He is the Prince of Peace but is building up his resources for one last war (see the book of Revelation.)
10. He doesn’t bleed his supporters dry but bled for them instead.
You can check out more of Greg’s post at www.dare2share.org
Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/10-reasons-im-more-excited-about-jesus-than-politics-81307/#iOT3tQShthctm6MH.99
You’ve already heard that on Wednesday that after taking severe criticism about removing any reference to God in the party platform, Democrats scurried to reinsert language so they wouldn’t have to defend the issue during the campaign. However, they may have drawn more attention to the issue by the way it was handled.
But what about the boo’s that resonated from the delegates? Where they actually booing God or just mad about having to give in to criticism from the right?
Using a popular, non-partisan slogan that means there is a huge issue looming that no one wants to recognize or talk about it, there is still a very large “elephant in the room” that Democrats are desperately trying to ignore. Maybe we’ll start calling it the “donkey in the room.” On second thought, elephant sounds better.
As I was walking into the convention hall this morning, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz just happened to be entering at the same time (but not through the same entrance press is relegated to).
I asked if she felt the crowd booing the motion to add God and Jerusalem back into the platform would create problems for the party, she looked up, asked me what media organization I was represented. “The Christian Post,” I responded.
“I don’t have time for that stuff,” she said, quickly walking away, in a tone almost as terse as her conversation with CNN’s Anderson Cooper Wednesday night. The only difference is Cooper is a known liberal.
Democrats still have a rather large “elephant in the room” and ignoring the issue will not make it go way. Today I’ll be talking to delegates and asking their opinion on the issue.
More later.
The DNC is reportedly moving President Obama’s Thursday night acceptance speech from the Bank of American stadium to the smaller, more intimate, Time Warner Arena where Tuesday and Wednesday’s speeches will be held. Reporters joked in the media room on Monday that the DNC was “praying” for rain so he would be speaking to a partially empty stadium.
Another reason for the move is DNC operatives were driving as far as Atlanta to recruit people to show up for the Thursday night event in hopes of filling the huge football stadium. They also planned on busing members of several black churches from North and South Carolina into Charlotte and still, they were having trouble getting enough warm bodies to show up.
What will this mean for the millions watching from their home sofas? Nothing really, other than when the cameras pan the audience they will see a large crowd and producers won’t have to worry about accidently airing empty upper deck seats.
First Lady Michelle Obama speaks tonight. Former White House Chief of Staff and current Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel will also address convention delegates this evening.
The 2012 Democratic National Convention is now underway in Charlotte, N.C. and delegates appear ready to hear from a number of senior elected officials and party leaders prior to President Obama accepting his party’s nomination for a second term.
I began the day by attending an event sponsored by the Mecklenburg County Republican Party where Congressman Tim Scott from South Carolina and Georgia Commissioner Ashley Bell formally introduced the Black Leadership Council – an effort to increase black support for Mitt Romney.
It was interesting to note that Commissioner Bell’s wife was an Obama delegate at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver. He was a Romney delegate from Georgia in Tampa last week. I’ll include more details from the event in a separate article.
After arriving at the convention hall, I sat in on the LGBT Caucus meeting where Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told a packed room that if Romney is elected, “a big tide will wash away LGBT rights.” She also said Obamacare was the most significant healthcare program for LGBT Americans.
When another speaker asked the group if they were better off than they were four years ago, they stood in unison and applauded. Even President Obama has said the answer to that question was no.
Rep. Scott said that in his opinion, few Americans were better off than they were four years ago.
There is also a Planned Parenthood protest planned for sometime today, but besides the convention itself, the city appears to be just one huge protest with countless groups occupying the sidewalks around town. Virtually no one is paying attention to them, including the delegates themselves.
More later.
