by Tiya Cunningham-Sumter Sunday night my eyes were glued to the television. Not for any sitcom or reality show, but because of the televised "black agenda" discussion along with being able to witness the historical passing of Health Care Reform. The majority of my focus went to "The Black Agenda" discussion. The panel included Tavis Smiley (Moderator), Minister Louis … [Read more...]
Politics
VIDEO: President Obama’s Health Care Speech Video and Text
VIDEO: null TRANSCRIPT: Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, Members of Congress, and the American people: When I spoke here last winter, this nation was facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. We were losing an average of 700,000 jobs per month. Credit was frozen. And our financial system was on the verge of collapse. As any American who is … [Read more...]
Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina Is a Fool
BMWK salutes John McCain for being straight forward on this one. "totally disrespectful" and that there was "no place for it in that setting or any other." -John McCain To support Joe Wilson's opponent go to www.RobMillerforCongress.com. Help clean the polluted halls of Congress. To contact Joe Wilson's office: 202.225.2452 (DC) 843.521.2530 (Beaufort, … [Read more...]
Video: Iraqi Throws Shoe at President George Bush
CNN's Michael Ware reports on President George Bush's surprise visit to Baghdad and his exciting press conference where an Iraqi reporter took off his shoes and threw them at Bush. Now what was surprising to me was the fact that he got both shoes off and launched before being dragged down. I was under the impression that if you pulled one of these numbers you'd have a slug in … [Read more...]
Is There Anything Wrong With Being a Black Republican?
Over the weekend I posted the video of Colin Powell endorsing Barack Obama for president. Since then we've recieved a good amount of comments on that post that you can check out here. Something I wanted to throw out into the blogsphere after reading them all was this... Is there a problem wth being a black republican? BMWK tell us what you think. Is there a problem with this? … [Read more...]
Video: Colin Powell Endorses Barack Obama on Meet The Press
Video of Colin Powell endorsing Barack Obama on today's Meet The Press: CNN Analysis: What do you think about this? How big is it? Will it make a difference? Were you surprised? … [Read more...]
Joe The Plumber Asks, “Who Won The Third and Final Presidential Debate at Hofstra?”
It's over, the debate process that is and we're coming closer to the real deal election time. In the last of three Presidential debates Barack Obama squared off against John McCain. Who do you think won? We'll be updating this post throughout the day along with adding analysis from CNN and Huffington Post so come back and keep checking us out. Why? Because Joe Da Plumber says … [Read more...]
Thanks For The Chat
Thanks to everyone that came out to be a part of the second Black Bloggers Live Debate Chat. We had fun again as we watched the O-Man duke it out with Angry John McCain LOL. Make sure you don't miss our next live chat. We don't know what it will be yet but if you have any suggestions leave them in the comments section. … [Read more...]
The Black Bloggers “Live” Debate Chat Is Back Tonight!
We had a ball last week and it's even hard to explain how much of a good time it was. Everyone had a great review of their experience and tonight we're back at it again. We're kicking off PT II of the Black Bloggers "Live" Debate Chat where we watch and discuss the Presidential Debate in real time right here at blackandmarriedwithkids.com :-) Last week we watched and took … [Read more...]
Are McCain and Palin Fueling Hate and Racism?
Now that we're getting close to Election Day these McCain/Palin rallys are starting to get a little suspect. They starting to remind me of rallys of another sort. Exhibit A: Exhibit B.1: Exhibit B.2: OK this guy is really a coward because when he saw CBS had the cameras on him he wasn't as bold. LOL Exhibit C: BMWK, what do you think about the recent … [Read more...]
The McCain / Palin Mob – This Is What We’re Up Against
I can guarantee this is the most ignorant stuff you'll see all day. BMWK what's your take on this nonsense? I can't believe how folks just refuse to keep it real, amazing! … [Read more...]
Barack Obama Rally Video
I posted this a few days back but I'm trying out a new video player that's much smoother and much larger so I'm running this again. Enjoy! … [Read more...]
Who Won The Presidential Town Hall Debate? We Think It Was “That One”
Who do you think won last night's Town Hall style Presidential Debate? I think it was Barack Obama's to lose and if you didn't catch it I'm sure you'll be seeing snippets of that one awkward moment when John McCain tried to be witty and failed miserably. From CNN: Immediately after the debate, Obama's campaign highlighted a moment when McCain sought to criticize Obama for … [Read more...]
“Live” Presidential Debate Chat Was A Succcess!
Last night we hosted a live chat session during the Presidential Debate and we had a blast doing it. The two of us plus 80 of our friends as AvgBro puts it went point for point and jab for jab as we all watched the debate. Now I'd be lying if I said the room wasn't heavily leaning towards the "O" man but, oh well. I told TheMom that was the most fun I've ever had watching a … [Read more...]
Recap: BMWK Attends Barack Obama Rally in Newport News, VA
Over the weekend we attended a rally for presedential hopeful Barack Obama. It was the first time doing something like this for either one of us so check out our views, a video package put together by TheDad and our full photo gallery post to see what it was really like. HER VIEW: The Newport News shipyard served as the backdrop for a day I won't soon forget. I was … [Read more...]