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I do not remember another time when an American president was so unpatriotically maligned by Americans and the millions of Joe and Judy plumbers who would disown Jesus if they knew he was African, and Obama if he were the Second Coming.........Apostle Paul wrote, " ... there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God." Hence, Obama is the U.S. president and leader of the Free World because he was appointed by God..The far right and its right-wing brethren's most recent ... attacks against President .. Hussein Obama has led me to conclude...

Open season on black politiciansBy ELINOR TATUM Publisher and Editor in Chief Published: Thursday, September 10, 2009 1:20 PM EDT It seems as though hunting season has begun, and it seems that politicians of color are the main targets. Or maybe they always have been. But the reactionary and repressive forces in our society seem to be unleashing aggressive attacks on African-Americans—particularly men—who have amassed unprecedented political power and influence at state and national levels. Suddenly, we are seeing an America for the first time with a number of black men with real political power. It is not just the...