Posted by: elledub08 on: November 25, 2008
So I just recently saw the following throught Yahoo! News via HuffPo and I almost spit out my Green Tea Ginger Ale (yum):
President-Elect Barack Obama’s transition team is reported to be deeply divided over whether to offer a post to Monica Lewinsky, the former White House Intern whose intimate relationship with President Bill Clinton led [...]
Posted by: elledub08 on: November 21, 2008
I’m going to make this as short as possible because there’s already been so much said. Hopefully, I don’t repeat so many other bloggers on this issue and if I do, I apologize.
I lead with the video of Wanda Sykes, who just recent came out as a lesbian and spoke out [...]
Posted by: elledub08 on: November 10, 2008
i have no other comments except that the coat–and the boots–are BAD (meaning good). thanks to my buddy mike for passing this along via gtalk.
Posted by: elledub08 on: November 6, 2008
Two days ago, we elected our first Black President. Here is a roundup of what Black folks are saying around the Blogosphere:
Average Bro gives some random thoughts the day after the election, including why all Barack would have to do is do a good job and it would be better for Black people.
Stereohyped says what [...]
Posted by: elledub08 on: November 5, 2008
I’m not even sure where to begin or even if I should be writing.
I’m still at a lost for words. I held it in all day. Unlike some people, like Rosetta had mentioned, were crying at the polls, I didn’t feel that way at all. Yes, it surreal. Yes, I felt proud. But I [...]
Posted by: elledub08 on: November 4, 2008
Okay guys, one last post before I get ready to go out and hit up some election night parties. According to Future Majority, a series of fake emails and text messages have been going out to young voters, particularly on college campuses:
A George Mason University student forwards over a pair of emails that went out [...]
Posted by: elledub08 on: November 4, 2008
Not really about the election, but, pretty amusing. Obama does not support laws that criminalize sagging pants, but he thinks it’s not a good look on brothas.
From The New York Times:
“We should be focused on creating jobs, improving our schools, health care, dealing with the war in Iraq, and anybody, any public official, that is [...]
Posted by: elledub08 on: November 4, 2008
Rashid Darden of Old Gold Soul also voted today, and this is a pic he took right after coming from the polls. I think a lot of Black men out there will hold this sentiment.
Posted by: elledub08 on: November 4, 2008
Rosetta Thurman is one of my girlfriends and the writer at Perspectives From the Pipeline. Today she talks about how it felt to vote for Obama:
I made it all the way into the voting booth before it really hit me. The white screen staring back at me really bore the name of a black [...]
Posted by: elledub08 on: November 4, 2008
From FiveThirtyEight via Mark Blumenthal:
1. Exit polls have a much larger intrinsic margin for error than regular polls. This is because of what are known as cluster sampling techniques. Exit polls are not conducted at all precincts, but only at some fraction thereof. Although these precincts are selected at random and are supposed to be [...]
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