(ThyBlackMan.com) President Barack Hussein Obama will go down in history, as arguably one of the most successful presidents of the United States. What he has been able to accomplish over his nearly eight years in office is remarkable – especially when you consider the level of obstructionism and racism he ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Every time Donald Trump wins a caucus or a primary, a Hell-bat gets its wings, and responsible Republicans lose their hair. At the beginning of the 2016 nomination race, I joined with many Republicans who rejoiced at our crowded field of diverse and substantive candidates. When Donald Trump descended ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Democrats’ current apoplexy stems from Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, refusing to confirm any of President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominees to replace the late Associate Justice, Antonin Scalia. Ruth Marcus, at The Washington Post, calls the Senate (in)action a “sit-down strike,” in a piece titled “The GOP’s dangerously ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) You won’t beat an “outsider” with an “establishment” candidate in this election cycle. It’ll take an anti-establishment candidate to defeat an anti-establishment candidate in the next 16 primary and caucus states. With the exception of former President Bill Clinton, aka the “comeback kid,” no one has won the White House ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s Simple – Because He Was Fighting For My Rights Before I Was. Bernie Sanders first captured both my attention, and admiration, because he’s a fighter, and his life is symbolic of the American struggle itself. Prior to the founding of this nation, America was a hopeless underdog, yet, it faced-down the mighty forces of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Amid all the media analyses of the prospects of each of the candidates in both political parties, there is remarkably little discussion of the validity — or lack of validity — of the arguments these candidates are using. It is as if what matters this election year is the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) One thing is for sure; Black folks are enjoying this latest political mating dance with Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. Sanders is discovering Black people in South Carolina and Georgia, and Clinton has reopened the “leading Blacks” vault to rediscover their loyalty and willingness to present her to the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last week I had a very long conversation with a major political operative about whether there was a role for Blacks in the Republican Party, on congressional staffs, on campaign staffs, or the various presidential campaigns. The simple response is that the Republican Party is racist; they don’t care ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My wife Mary and I are in Nevada with our Conservative Campaign Committee team campaigning for Ted Cruz. We awoke this morning to snow. Mary asked me to walk several blocks from our hotel to Walgreen’s to pick up a few things. With my headset plugged into my smart ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Hillary Clinton will never admit it, but considering she has the most powerful and well-oiled political machine in America, and Bernie Sanders is only being sustained by a passionate group of grassroots voters, his virtual tie in the Iowa Caucus and his win over her by a historic margin in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On December 28, 2015, The Zambian government deported two Rwandan nationals who included a Lab Technician who was working at the University Teaching Hospital (Zambia) – Mr.Egibe Rwasibo. He was equally a Leader of Former Rwandan Refugee Living in Lusaka. Another Rwandan National who was deported is Mr. Innocent ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “…we have come to our nation’s capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir.” He ...