Oliver Willis

David Letterman shows the world John McCain's latest shameless lie http://ping.fm/mWzu2 (h/t Oliver Willis) (via Twitter)

September 24, 2008 by admin

DNC 2008 - AAPP's DNC Convention Picture Gallery, Part I

September 14, 2008 by AfricanAmerican...

I have been taking care of my daughter, so I have not had the time to upload the many pictures and interviews from the DNC Conventiion. Here are a few of the many pictures from the DNC convention more to come.  I will be uploading videos on Youtube shortly.

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Gov. Martin Omalley and AAPP at the DNC Convention. Is Gov. Martin Omalley tall or is it me who is just a tad short (LOL).

 

I had the opportunity to talk for a few with DNC Chairman Howard Dean, while at one of the DNC sponsored bloggers event.

 

Tale of Two Conventions One Black One White. Only 36 of the 2,380 delegates seated at RNC are Black

September 4, 2008 by AfricanAmerican...

Republican Party Still Segregated 

I like a number of black bloggers had the opportunity to attend the Democratic National Convention last week in Denver. I also had the opportunity to watch the Republican National Convention last night. Talk about tales of two conventions. At the Democratic National convention in was a sea of black folks, from all walks of life, people with disabilities, rich, economically challenged and the middle class. Candidly, thought I was at a NAACP, or Urban League convention there was so many black folks. At the Republic Convention that I watched last night, all I saw was a sea of white faces. Blogger Shay of the blog, Booker Rising,  reported about this earlier in the week. 

RNC08: I See Black People

September 2, 2008 by Jack and Jill P...

But not very many though. According to Booker Rising, which is doing a good job covering the RNC Convention, she’s seen 2 black bloggers (herself and Hip Hop Republicans) out of 200 or so invited to cover the convention. You’d think in an historic year, and one in which the Republicans have created a celebratory Lincoln video, that they’d make an effort to showcase the diversity of their support. There are actually quite a few conservative black bloggers such as and .

A New Breed of Black Media on our way to the DNC Convention

August 24, 2008 by AfricanAmerican...

Yes, finally I'm on my way. I will be joining a hundred or so bloggers, including seven + African-American bloggers at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

Yes, Seven African-American bloggers representing varying views of the “Afrosphere” are gearing up for what promises to be an experience of a lifetime. But we are not traveling to Colorado with an entourage of producers or company vehicles filled with expensive equipment.

We are armed with only our laptops, Blackberrys and other electronic gadgets (I have a iphone courtesy of onecast.com) that can fit inside a single carry-on, 7+ African American bloggers 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, Liza Sabater, Shawn P. Williams, adrianne George and me different is we represent a new breed of “black media” that will be attending the 2008 Democratic National Convention August 25-28.