Showing posts with label 2008 Democratic Convention. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2008 Democratic Convention. Show all posts
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Daughter of Denver 7 Blogger Misses Democratic Convention Due to Serious Injuries From Horrific Car Accident
The youngest daughter of L.N. Rock, aka, African American Political Pundit, was involved in a major auto accident, with serious injuries resulting. Felicia Rock, 19, was a passenger in a car in which the driver fell asleep on Route 495 in Maryland, crossed the divider through the oncoming traffic lanes and flipped over twice to land in a ditch. She had planned to be in Denver this week to provide blogging coverage from an African American youth perspective.
Felicia was credentialed through The Denver 7 blogger to cover the Democratic National Convention, August 25-28, as a youth reporter.
After speaking with his daughter and the driver of the car, L.N. Rock reported that the car landed in a ditch, where Felicia was pinned in and had to be taken out by fire department professionals using the "Jaws of Life."
The young woman was admitted to Suburban Hospital in Bethesda Maryland were there was no indication that alcohol or drugs were involved. The driver, whose name has not been released, was unharmed.
With offers of admission from Howard University in Washington DC and Montgomery College in Maryland. Felicia will begin college this year. She now has a full brace of her back and chest but is expected to fully recover.
In spite of the accident, Felicia had still planned to "struggle to be with her dad, to videograph the Democratic National Convention, and report on the AAPP blog in a planned youth section". Her injuries, however, were deemed to be too serious to make the trip.
"Barack Obama has won my heart and mind and I want to be there to witness history," Felicia said. "I can only read about Martin Luther King, Jr., but I had planned to be there to see Barack Obama nominated for president, even if I had to go in a wheel chair."
Armed only with their laptops, Blackberrys and other electronic gadgets that can fit inside a single carry-on, "The Denver 7” are the first group of black independent “credentialed journalist” bloggers to cover a major political party’s national convention.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
In Embracing Barack, Hillary Waves Goodbye To A Dream Deferred!
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Obama Camp: Clinton-Obama Drama 'BS'
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Malinda Williams and Derrick 'D-Nice' Jones Wed
Serbs Unveil Statue to Bob Marley
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Monday, August 25, 2008
Michelle Robinson Obama: I Come Here As A Sister... With Nails Done And My Hair Looking Fierce!!!
For The Girl from South Chicago, The American Dream EnduresOkay, the older white women in the audience with all the tears at the Denver Democratic National Convention were killing me. And the two cute daughters Sasha and Malia made America face the reality of what's happening in this country. As the group Klymaxx sang back in the day, "There's a Meeting In The Ladies Room."
And the verdict? Black folks are just like everyone else. We deserve that big White House at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue just like every other family who has occupied it, and Michelle and Barack Obama are the real deal. And I'm a Republican!
Speech excerpts:Barack and I were raised similar. We were taught that your word is your bond, treat people with dignity and respect. Barack and I set to build our lives under these set of principles.
We understand that ordinary folks are trying to get by paycheck to paycheck. They're not asking for a handout. We believed that you could make it in America if you try.
Barack Obama feels that we should see the world not as it is but as it should be. Barack Obama reminds us of what the world should look like, because we need to find the strength within ourselves.
Other people have marched, refusing to settle all the while. Because of their will and courage, we celebrate 88 years of a women's right to vote, and the 40 year anniversary of King's dream.
Michelle Obama, Fashion Icon?
I honestly feel we are standing at the cross-current of history. Despite my political differences with Barack, I can not check any box other than that which says Obama. This is not about partisan politics. This is about history, about hope, about changing perceptions, about my two sons who will only understand what this moment truly means when they are fathers.
Sure folks are ticked about Hillary. And Michelle addressed that with grace. That comment about Clinton making 18 million cracks in the glass ceiling who helped little girls and boys see that the future is bright said it all.
We are alike more than you think. The thread that connects us is our children's future and the willingness to work together.
In the end, BO is the same man I fell in love with 19 years ago.
Listening to hopes and dreams, instead of fears Michelle Obama nailed it. The dress, the jewelry, the poise, the delivery. Outstanding!
What a tribute to her father's past and her daughters future. You the man Barack. And your women makes you look good black man.
Sure folks are ticked about Hillary. And Michelle addressed that with grace. That comment about Clinton making 18 million cracks in the glass ceiling who helped little girls and boys see that the future is bright said it all.
We are alike more than you think. The thread that connects us is our children's future and the willingness to work together.
In the end, BO is the same man I fell in love with 19 years ago.
Listening to hopes and dreams, instead of fears Michelle Obama nailed it. The dress, the jewelry, the poise, the delivery. Outstanding!
What a tribute to her father's past and her daughters future. You the man Barack. And your women makes you look good black man. Meet The Denver 7's Pam Spaulding, as Featured In The New York Times
The Year of the Political Blogger Has Arrived
When Pam Spaulding of The Denver 7 heard from two contributors to her blog, Pam’s House Blend, that they couldn’t afford to attend the Democratic National Convention, she knew that historic times called for creative measures.
Getting convention credentials for her blog, a news site for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, was the easy part. As air fare, lodging and incidentals began piling up, paying for the trip to Denver became the bigger obstacle.
For Ms. Spaulding, 45, who works full time as an IT manager at Duke University Press in Durham, N.C., blogging is her passion, an unpaid hobby she pursues at nights and on weekends. So she called on her 5,500 daily readers to help raise funds: “Send the Blend to Denver” reads the ChipIn widget on her blog’s home page that tracks donations from readers; so far they have pledged more than $5,000 to transport Ms. Spaulding and three other bloggers to the convention.
Beginning Monday, hundreds of bloggers will descend on Denver to see Barack Obama accept his party’s nomination. Next week, hundreds more will travel to St. Paul to witness John McCain’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention. But now these online partisans, many of whom are self-financed, must contend with all the logistical and financial hurdles just to get there — not to mention the party politics happening behind the scenes.
This year, both parties understand the need to have greater numbers of bloggers attend. While many Americans may watch only prime-time television broadcasts of the convention speeches, party officials also recognize the ability of bloggers to deliver minute-by-minute coverage of each day’s events to a niche online audience.
“The goal is to bring down the walls of the convention and invite in an audience that’s as large as possible,” said Aaron Myers, the director of online communications for the Democratic National Convention Committee. “Credentialing more bloggers opens up all sorts of new audiences.”
“The goal is to bring down the walls of the convention and invite in an audience that’s as large as possible,” said Aaron Myers, the director of online communications for the Democratic National Convention Committee. “Credentialing more bloggers opens up all sorts of new audiences.”
MEET THE OTHER BLACK BLOGGERS WHO MAKE UP THE DENVER 7
But some bloggers see the procurement of credentials as less of a privilege and more of a right, in recognition of their grass-roots influence. “This is stuff we deserve — we helped the party get people elected,” said Matt Stoller, a political consultant and a contributor to the blog Open Left, who worked as the volunteer in charge of getting credentials for bloggers at the Democratic convention four years ago.
“Maybe in 2004 it was about being accommodating and innovative — but this time around there’s a real fight for power in the party.” The major political parties first gave credentials to bloggers in 2004. The Republicans allowed a dozen bloggers to attend their convention in New York, while the Democrats gave bloggers 35 seats in the nosebleed section of the Fleet Center in Boston.
This year, the R.N.C. gave credentials to 200 bloggers as a means to “get Senator McCain’s message out to more people,” said Joanna Burgos, the press secretary of the convention.
For bloggers attending the Democratic convention at the Pepsi Center in Denver, two types of credentials are offered. The first is a national credential, which offers the same access granted to members of traditional news media organizations.
The second, more coveted credential is the state blogger credential. It allows one blogger per state to cover the convention alongside its state delegation, with unlimited floor access. Inspired by the strategy of Howard Dean, the D.N.C. chairman, to organize in all 50 states, the state-blogging credential was highly sought after, with as many as 14 blogs vying to represent a single state.
D.N.C. organizers said the recipients of these credentials were chosen by looking at the posts and mission statements of the competing blogs, and at the traffic these sites generated. But controversy soon arose in the blogosphere about whether political favoritism played a role.
“It’s a recognition from the D.N.C. of the work that you’ve done, of your import, your significance,” said Phillip Anderson, 38, whose blog, the Albany Project, has covered New York State politics since 2006. “We were the site the D.N.C. was talking about — we just assumed we would get it,” said Mr. Anderson, who received a national credential instead of the state honor.
Mr. Myers of the Democratic National Convention Committee conceded that tough calls had to be made. “Nobody here, certainly not I, believes there’s only one good blog in every state,” he said. “It’s just not true.” In the last week, the D.N.C. released an additional 100 credentials that will allow multiple contributors from the same blog to cover the convention in tandem.
But the last-minute disbursement of credentials has only exacerbated many bloggers’ frustrations.
“It’s unprecedented access for bloggers, yes, but it’s certainly not equal access,” said Ms. Spaulding, who learned last week that Pam’s House Blend would receive two extra credentials. “What, pray tell, is the big secret?”
The annoyance felt by many bloggers is familiar to those who previously attended conventions as correspondents for smaller print publications. “This is very reminiscent of being at the low end of the totem pole,” said Micah Sifry, the co-founder of the group blog Techpresident.com, who formerly wrote for The Nation magazine and attended his first convention in 1984. “They can’t buy a sky box, they’re scrambling.”
One perk that bloggers will have access to in Denver is the Big Tent, an 8,000-square-foot two-story structure adjacent to where the convention is being held. For a $100 entrance fee, 400 credentialed bloggers will be allowed to enter the air-conditioned space, hosted by a coalition of progressive blogs and organizations and sponsored by the Web sites Google and Digg, where they can eat meals and find work spaces with Wi-Fi.
“I’m telling everyone to meet me at the Big Tent,” said Fred Gooltz, 30, an online strategist with Advomatic, a Web development and strategy firm. “That’s where I’ll be meeting everyone else who’s like me, folks that I’ve only met online or blogged and e-mailed with.” Mr. Gooltz sees the $100 fee as a bargain, especially since he would rather network “with movementarians, who see themselves as a progressive movement, separate from the Democratic Party hierarchy.”
Markos Moulitsas, whose Web site, the Daily Kos, is one of the Big Tent’s organizers, said he would probably remain in the tent for much, if not all, of the convention. “I have no interest in going to the convention hall and chances are I will not,” he said. “There’s nothing happening in the convention hall that would justify braving the long security lines and crowds.”
For bloggers who do not wield as much influence as Mr. Moulitsas, paying for the trip to Denver meant appealing directly to their readers for contributions — an uneasy bargain for many writers who value their independence.
This summer marked the first time that Mr. Anderson of the Albany Project asked readers for donations on his own behalf. “I would never go to my readers and say, I really need a vacation,” said Mr. Anderson, who makes his living as a consultant, and earns a few thousand dollars a year from the advertising revenue his blog generates. “It’s kind of humbling that people value what we’re doing to the point where they’re willing to give us $20.”
Through contributions as small as $5 or $10, Mr. Anderson said, he was able to raise about $1,500 for his Denver trip.
John Odum, 40, the lead author of the political blog Green Mountain Daily, felt similarly conflicted. Though his readers did supply him with a new laptop computer on his 40th birthday, Mr. Odum, who lives in Montpelier, Vt., and works for a local environmental nonprofit, was reluctant to ask them for further acts of generosity. In an election year, he said, “People ought to be giving it to a candidate, not giving me their spare money.”
Now a yellow “donate” icon on his site links to a separate PayPal account, where readers can contribute toward Mr. Odum’s estimated $1,000 travel costs. He said he had received enough support to pay for the $400 air fare.
“It takes me back to my hippie-ish youth, thrown in a situation with very little to fall back on and not 100 percent certain where I’ll be sleeping,” Mr. Odum said. He said he might have to unfurl his sleeping bag on someone’s hotel room floor if the housing space he reserved on Craigslist does not pan out.
Among the devoted readers who believe Mr. Odum deserves their donations is Nate Freeman, one of two Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor of Vermont. Mr. Freeman, 40, gave about $100 to Mr. Odum’s laptop fund, and said he would contribute $50 for Mr. Odum’s convention trip.
“Barack doesn’t need my 50 bucks,” Mr. Freeman said, “but John does.”
By NY Times Writer AMANDA M. FAIRBANKS
“Maybe in 2004 it was about being accommodating and innovative — but this time around there’s a real fight for power in the party.” The major political parties first gave credentials to bloggers in 2004. The Republicans allowed a dozen bloggers to attend their convention in New York, while the Democrats gave bloggers 35 seats in the nosebleed section of the Fleet Center in Boston.
This year, the R.N.C. gave credentials to 200 bloggers as a means to “get Senator McCain’s message out to more people,” said Joanna Burgos, the press secretary of the convention.
For bloggers attending the Democratic convention at the Pepsi Center in Denver, two types of credentials are offered. The first is a national credential, which offers the same access granted to members of traditional news media organizations.
The second, more coveted credential is the state blogger credential. It allows one blogger per state to cover the convention alongside its state delegation, with unlimited floor access. Inspired by the strategy of Howard Dean, the D.N.C. chairman, to organize in all 50 states, the state-blogging credential was highly sought after, with as many as 14 blogs vying to represent a single state.
D.N.C. organizers said the recipients of these credentials were chosen by looking at the posts and mission statements of the competing blogs, and at the traffic these sites generated. But controversy soon arose in the blogosphere about whether political favoritism played a role.
“It’s a recognition from the D.N.C. of the work that you’ve done, of your import, your significance,” said Phillip Anderson, 38, whose blog, the Albany Project, has covered New York State politics since 2006. “We were the site the D.N.C. was talking about — we just assumed we would get it,” said Mr. Anderson, who received a national credential instead of the state honor.
Mr. Myers of the Democratic National Convention Committee conceded that tough calls had to be made. “Nobody here, certainly not I, believes there’s only one good blog in every state,” he said. “It’s just not true.” In the last week, the D.N.C. released an additional 100 credentials that will allow multiple contributors from the same blog to cover the convention in tandem.
But the last-minute disbursement of credentials has only exacerbated many bloggers’ frustrations.
“It’s unprecedented access for bloggers, yes, but it’s certainly not equal access,” said Ms. Spaulding, who learned last week that Pam’s House Blend would receive two extra credentials. “What, pray tell, is the big secret?”
The annoyance felt by many bloggers is familiar to those who previously attended conventions as correspondents for smaller print publications. “This is very reminiscent of being at the low end of the totem pole,” said Micah Sifry, the co-founder of the group blog Techpresident.com, who formerly wrote for The Nation magazine and attended his first convention in 1984. “They can’t buy a sky box, they’re scrambling.”
One perk that bloggers will have access to in Denver is the Big Tent, an 8,000-square-foot two-story structure adjacent to where the convention is being held. For a $100 entrance fee, 400 credentialed bloggers will be allowed to enter the air-conditioned space, hosted by a coalition of progressive blogs and organizations and sponsored by the Web sites Google and Digg, where they can eat meals and find work spaces with Wi-Fi.
“I’m telling everyone to meet me at the Big Tent,” said Fred Gooltz, 30, an online strategist with Advomatic, a Web development and strategy firm. “That’s where I’ll be meeting everyone else who’s like me, folks that I’ve only met online or blogged and e-mailed with.” Mr. Gooltz sees the $100 fee as a bargain, especially since he would rather network “with movementarians, who see themselves as a progressive movement, separate from the Democratic Party hierarchy.”
Markos Moulitsas, whose Web site, the Daily Kos, is one of the Big Tent’s organizers, said he would probably remain in the tent for much, if not all, of the convention. “I have no interest in going to the convention hall and chances are I will not,” he said. “There’s nothing happening in the convention hall that would justify braving the long security lines and crowds.”
For bloggers who do not wield as much influence as Mr. Moulitsas, paying for the trip to Denver meant appealing directly to their readers for contributions — an uneasy bargain for many writers who value their independence.
This summer marked the first time that Mr. Anderson of the Albany Project asked readers for donations on his own behalf. “I would never go to my readers and say, I really need a vacation,” said Mr. Anderson, who makes his living as a consultant, and earns a few thousand dollars a year from the advertising revenue his blog generates. “It’s kind of humbling that people value what we’re doing to the point where they’re willing to give us $20.”
Through contributions as small as $5 or $10, Mr. Anderson said, he was able to raise about $1,500 for his Denver trip.
John Odum, 40, the lead author of the political blog Green Mountain Daily, felt similarly conflicted. Though his readers did supply him with a new laptop computer on his 40th birthday, Mr. Odum, who lives in Montpelier, Vt., and works for a local environmental nonprofit, was reluctant to ask them for further acts of generosity. In an election year, he said, “People ought to be giving it to a candidate, not giving me their spare money.”
Now a yellow “donate” icon on his site links to a separate PayPal account, where readers can contribute toward Mr. Odum’s estimated $1,000 travel costs. He said he had received enough support to pay for the $400 air fare.
“It takes me back to my hippie-ish youth, thrown in a situation with very little to fall back on and not 100 percent certain where I’ll be sleeping,” Mr. Odum said. He said he might have to unfurl his sleeping bag on someone’s hotel room floor if the housing space he reserved on Craigslist does not pan out.
Among the devoted readers who believe Mr. Odum deserves their donations is Nate Freeman, one of two Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor of Vermont. Mr. Freeman, 40, gave about $100 to Mr. Odum’s laptop fund, and said he would contribute $50 for Mr. Odum’s convention trip.
“Barack doesn’t need my 50 bucks,” Mr. Freeman said, “but John does.”
By NY Times Writer AMANDA M. FAIRBANKS
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Sunday, August 24, 2008
BLACK WRITERS KNOWN AS THE “DENVER 7” MAKE HISTORIC DEBUT COVERING DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
Independent, Tech-Savvy Trailblazers Demonstrate That Minorities Have Officially Crossed the “Digital Divide”
Seven African-American bloggers representing varying views of the “Afrosphere” are gearing up for what promises to be an experience of a lifetime. But they’re not traveling to Colorado with an entourage of producers or company vehicles filled with expensive equipment.
Dubbed “The Denver 7”, these pioneers, armed only with their laptops, Blackberrys and other electronic gadgets that can fit inside a single carry-on, are preparing to become the first group of black independent “credentialed journalist” bloggers to cover a major political party’s national convention.
While Black writers and reporters from Newsweek, CNN, or even minority media powerhouses such as Ebony or Black Entertainment Television will be present, what makes Pamela Spaulding, Baratunde Thurston, Oliver Willis, Gina McCauley, L.N. Rock, Liza Sabater and Shawn P. Williams different is they represent a new breed of “black media” that will be attending the 2008 Democratic National Convention August 25-28.
Last year, as reported by the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE), newsrooms suffered through the biggest loss of jobs in three decades, while doing little to increase their percentage of minorities. Daily newsrooms shrank by 2,400 journalists in the past year, and there were nearly 300 fewer journalists of color working in those newsrooms. Blacks made up only 5.3 percent of the workforce, according to the National Association of Black Journalists.
And that’s why blogs such as Oliver Willis and Jack and Jill Politics, recently featured in the New York Times Magazine article “Is Barack Obama the End of Black Politics” by Matt Bai, are thriving. As Bai correctly pointed out in the piece, “after lagging for a time, college-educated African-Americans are now organizing online in the same way as their mostly white counterparts at Daily Kos and MoveOn.org started doing several years ago.”
“I’m a black lesbian living in the South, blogging since 2004, about political and social issues who now gets to represent the Gay, Lesbian, Bi-Sexual, and Transgender community at my party’s convention. It’s pretty heady stuff,” said Pam Spaulding, an I.T. manager whose blog Pam’s House Blend is one of the most successful Black sites on the Internet. Currently, Spaulding’s site ranks 2129 out of the millions of blogs all over the world, according to tracking website Technorati.
Competing with some 400 applicants, each of these bloggers were required to submit daily audience information and provide examples of posts that made their blogs stand out as an effective online organizing tool or agent of change.
One of only a handful of black bloggers who actually ventured down to Jena, Louisiana for the Jena 6 controversy, Shawn P. Williams of Dallas South Blog remembers the process well. “We had to demonstrate both the reach and impact our blog has had and continues to have on the 2008 election. It’s incredible that I’ve gone from being a local pharmaceutical sales representative posting my personal musings on a blog, to becoming a credentialed media journalist covering this incredible moment.”
Another Texas native, Gina McCauley of the popular blogs What About Our Daughters and Michelle Obama Watch, has seen her talent recognized by being named as one of Essence Magazine’s “25 Most Influential African Americans of 2007” The civil attorney turned woman’s advocate was also instrumental in organizing a successful Blogging While Brown Conference recently held in Atlanta.
“None of us started doing this for fortune or fame,” said Liza Sabater of Culture Kitchen, a married mother of two who is part Latina. “We just wanted to have our voices heard. And now, look where we are.”
The DNCC previously announced an expansion of the credentialed blogger pool from past Conventions and the addition of a state blogger credentialing program. As part of the new DemConvention State Blogger Corps, designed for bloggers covering state and local politics, bloggers will receive unparalleled access to state delegations and the floor of the Convention hall.
"The Internet has played a critical role in connecting Americans to elected officials and candidates seeking office. The DemConvention State Blogger Corps will continue to foster this dialogue - in all 50 of our states and our territories too - as we head towards this year's historic election and elect a Democrat to the White House," said DNC Chairman Howard Dean.
This election year, both the Democratic and Republican parties have come to recognize the exponential growth of blogs and the permanent role the Internet now plays in American politics.
Like the others, Baratunde Thurston – “Jack” of Jack and Jill Politics - is not averse to sponsors and contributors providing financial and in-kind assistance. "Having resources available just makes it easier for all of us to do what we do.”
L.N. Rock of African American Political Pundit agrees. “I think it might take a few years before folks truly understand that we were at the forefront of what a fellow black blogger has coined the Digital Renaissance Movement. I’m just glad to be living in this moment and time doing what it is I do.”
Highlights from these blogs will be featured on the party’s website in the lead up to and during the Convention. For a complete list of selected bloggers, go to DemConvention.com.
Friday, August 8, 2008
John Edwards Love Child: The Confession, Live Tonight On Television
Former Senator and presidential hopeful John Edwards will appear live on ABC Television's NIGHT LINE tonight, were he will confess or not, to having an affair and love child with alleged mistress, Reille Hunter. It is learned Democratic Party leaders have pressured him into making a full disclosure as they fill speaker slots for their August national convention, and question what role he, Edwards, should play if any.
And we here at 3BAAS have to give credit for the original scoop on this story to the National Enquirer, who weeks ago, caught Edwards coming out of a Beverly Hills hotel after visiting his mistress and the alleged baby they have together. Read below where Edwards has talked to other ABC news persons and denied the child but between now and NIGHT LINE tonight let's see if the story changes. Check your local listings for show time in your area.
Monday, July 7, 2008
OBAMA TO ACCEPT DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION BEFORE 80,000
NEW YORK (AP) — In a break with tradition, Barack Obama will accept the Democratic presidential nomination in Denver at Invesco Field at Mile High, a 76,000-seat stadium, instead of the Pepsi Center, site of the party's national convention."For us to be able to do it in Invesco Field is an opportunity for 80,000 people who might otherwise not have been able to participate to get involved," Obama said in St. Louis.
With the move, Obama will emulate John F. Kennedy, the last candidate in either party to deliver an acceptance speech in a large outdoor stadium before a crowd of tens of thousands. Kennedy spoke at the Los Angeles Coliseum in 1960.
For more, visit the Associated Press.
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