Since the Democratic National Committee announced its state blogger corps two weeks ago, critics have been charging that the selection process is flawed. The group of 55 bloggers, they contend, is overly white. While the DNC denies it, the Washington Post reports that some aren't satisfied. L.N. Rock, a Silver Spring-based information technology professional and founder of the African American Political Pundit blog, likens this "black shut-out" in the State Corps to an "I'm sick-and-tired-of-being-sick-and-tired" Fannie Lou Hamer moment. The civil rights activist and Mississippian challenged her state's all-white delegation at the 1964 Democratic convention.
"This is all very puzzling to me -- and to a lot of black bloggers," says Rock, who didn't apply for the State Corps because he blogs about national issues. "The Democratic National Committee says it wants to be inclusive. It wants to have a big tent. And then this? Source
Don't tell me you're actually surprised. I heard the exact same thing four years ago about John Kerry's presidential campaign. In fact, this was during the same period when I decided that it was time for something new. I've been a Republican ever since and haven't looked back.
Oh, I'm rolling with Obama. But trust, everyone else on the line-up will only get my vote if they are blazing that elephant symbol.
You down with GOP? Yeah, you know me!!!