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Showing posts with label Grits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grits. Show all posts

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Barack Obama...Joe Biden. Salt & Pepper team to appear at rally!

Did you want honey on those grits?


The dailies are now on the uptake and reporting that Joe Biden has been selected as the Vice Presidential hopeful for the Democrats in the upcoming fall election.

In my own post last night, I gave my own nod of approval.

Excellent choice, considering the meager offerings, eh?

Voters can catch the "Salt & Pepper" team in action later today when the dynamic duo make a first-time appearance together at an upbeat rally in Springfield (Illinois) at the Old State Capitol.

Shortly after the formalities, it is expected the top dems will make a handful of strident appearances in key states, before the running mates descend on the Democratic throngs in Denver on Wednesday.

Pundits will be watching to see how the two personalities gel.

I anticipate that at some point on the campaign trail - as each candidate has splintered off to glad-hand prior to the big day - a few delightfully entertaining - "Good Cop" "Bad Cop" - scenarios may go down.

Can't be avoided, given the character traits of each hopeful.

In fact, as Americans head into the final stretch of the presidential elections, I predict that the landscape will get downright intriguing.

May you live in interesting times, Barack!

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Barack Obama...the first "Black Experience"; say what?


In Barack Obama's recent autobiography, he allegedly recalls the days of his youth on campus at Occidental and - lo and behold - his first "Black Experience".

Say, what?

Just what does he mean exactly?

A little rappin' in the hood? Or maybe it just amounts to...a handful of rousing Gospel moments at the local House of Worship, with the Brothers and the Sisters, in tow?

Maybe, it means just kickin' back in a sloppy undershirt and jeans, under a ripe old moon, chomping on some grits, fried chicken, and black-eyed peas?

I'm baffled...

So, with a nod and a grin to Mort's Delicatessen in San Francisco (Post; 02/17/08), I am offering a tasty bag of fresh chocolate chip cookies to the person who can best describe in - "colorful, insightful, and glorious detail" - just what, pray tell, a "Black Experience" is.

Contest Rules: be authentic!

Enthusiastic participants may either post 'em here or e mail 'em privately to:

i.julian@yahoo.com

 
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