Afro-Netizen

This Week in Blackness celebrates Obama's historic win

[Big H/T to comedian Elon James White and the whole TWiB crew! Y'all gonna be real busy over the next four to eight years!]

What would a McCain-Palin "Hail Mary" TV ad look like?

Hat tip (H/T) to Marc Maron & Sam Seder of Air America Radio's Maron v. Seder Show for this hilarious and easily believable parody peeking into the skull of the Maverick & Co.

Obama camp fights the prospect of voter complacency with viral humor

Subtle, it's not. That said, this kitchy, unpolished web video is in fact produced by the Obama campaign to remind complacent voters to avoid doing what lurks in the battered, collective psyche of Democrats who are still licking their wounds from Al Gore's (electoral) "loss" in 2000.

So, enjoy this cringe-inducing video and think of it on November 5th with a dismissive smirk or an incredulous gape.

So, who's the elitist?

Source: Unknown

(Hat tip to Oliver Willis)

Is NBC News' Washington Bureau chief the answer to the network's Olbermann "problem"?

Fact #1: MSNBC's rise in ratings is overwhelmingly due to the meteoric success of Keith Olbermann deftly skewering right-wingers, their surrogates and minions.

Fact #2: NBC (and pseudo-objective/quasi-crypto-conservative Tom Brokaw, in particular) aren't in love with the tone and authencity of the Olbermann/Chris Matthews duo as election news co-anchors and have "reassigned them" to other duties.

Fact #3: NBC loves money more than it loves shutting out token on-air liberal or progressive personalities (as evinced by a simultaneous pay bump for Olbermann).

Fact #4: It appears NBC News is using the successor to the late Tim Russert, NBC News Washington Bureau Chief Mark Whitaker, to hedge against the prospect of Fact #3 becoming untrue if Olbermann (and now -- gratefully -- Rachel Maddow) fans somehow die off or turn into raving Bill O'Reilly fans in the foreseeable future.

Fact #5: The now ubiquitous Mark Whitaker actually said this -- in public, no less! . . .

I have always been under the impression that the three major networks along with the big cable "news" channels have some bearing on what drives (their own) news cycles.

But what do I know? I suppose I'm like Gov. Palin in that I'm not part of the "media elite" -- not having ever been on any of the Sunday morning political TV shows.

I guess if we want to know whose in charge of the news cycle these days, we really should ask John McCain since he's been on "Meet the Press" almost as much as the late Tim Russert.

Ex-Republican Turkish American pundit roils two Black GOP bloggers at the RNC Convention

GOP: We've got our own articulate, biracial Negro from Hawaii

FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THIS VERY ARTICULATE, MOIST COLORED NATURAL ATHLETE:
(Courtesy of the RNC)

Aloha and good evening.

I am proud to be a gold medal winner representing the United States of America.

But my proudest accomplishment is being a dad to Jacob and Katherine.

For me, family values are the most important thing.

My priorities are: God first, family second, and track third. I can tell you that without my faith -- in God, the support of my family and friends, and my strong work ethic -- I would not be standing before you today with a Gold medal hanging around my neck.

Politicians and athletes have a lot in common.

Both are competitors -- challenging one another.

And neither wins on his or her own.

Some of the best support I've received has come from one of my fiercest competitors, Roman Sebrele.

Roman is from the Czech Republic and is the current decathlon world record holder and 2004 Olympic gold medalist.

We were in Beijing on the second day of competition. I was exhausted. I walked over to Roman, who was not in a position to medal.

We began to chat about the next event, which was the dreaded 1500m run.

Roman said to me in his broken English, "I don't run." And I said, "You have to run.

You are the world record holder and a gold medalist - you have to run and finish.

I was with you in Athens and I want you to be with me when I win tonight."

And he said "ok fine I run, but not fast."

Roman helped pace me through the race.

After I crossed the finish line, it was Roman who walked over and held my arm up to celebrate this victory.

I'm the one competing in those 10 events, but I'm never alone.

My coaches, mentors, and most importantly, God and my family are a big part of my success, on and off the field.

Now, the big difference between the decathlon and politics is that when my race ends, I go back home and start training for the next Olympics.

But when the election ends, that's when the real work begins.

And whether your platform is -- a classroom, a conference room, a track or the White House, we all must stay true to our principles.

Whether you're a decathlete or a politician, we must stand together and believe in each other, and this great nation.

Mahalo. God Bless you and may God Bless America.

"Clean & articulate" Obama picks gaffe-prone & verbose Biden

Presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama has chosen as his running-mate, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman, senior senator from Delaware, Democrat Joe Biden.

Afro-Netizen received the highly anticipated text message at 3:10am.

When the first text message arrived at just after midnight stating that Obama had picked Rev. John Hagee, we thought just maybe it was spam.

Then, after the official word came, we confirmed that Obama had indeed selected for his running-mate the sage senator from Delaware -- one of the few politicos in America who could make Jesse Jackson look taciturn.

The gaffe-prone, foreign policy wonk Biden will be a great asset to Obama as long as he assiduously avoids misspeaking.

It is rumored that Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes who is Obama's chief web architect has developed a patent pending technology that has been engineered for Biden's use that will keep the verbose senator's feet away from his mouth.

When reached about this, Hughes would not elaborate other than stating that the technology would be tested on Biden shortly, but not in time for today's announcement in Springfield, Illinois.

Anonymous sources have tipped off Afro-Netizen to look for a bulge on the back of the senator's suit. If all goes well, the technology will be licensed for use by Obama surrogates after the Democratic convention is over in Denver next week.

If testing is successful, the campaign will make a formal announcement about this innovation via Twitter next Friday.

 

When asked about this prospect, Biden said, "What the hell is a twitter?! It sounds like . . . --never mind. No comment."

 

WaPo's editorial cartoonist Toles deftly lampoons The New Yorker's choice of Obama cover art

H/T (i.e. Hat Tip) to Washington Post editorial cartoonist Tom Toles for so vividly affirming the obvious about The New Yorker's utter lack of cultural competency (or base-level judgment).

Web-based cartoon inspired by China's anti-Darfur activities & the Beijing Olympics

This powerful parody speaks for itself.

Please share it widely!