Isn't it amazing how the only black person at a Bush rally always sits

[Swede]

behind him,on camera? Check out CNN right now!

[Don_G]

1. You Sure It's Not Al Jolsen?

:shrug:

[Sparkle]

2. Yup. And they probaby paid him to be there. LOL!

[qanda]

3. I am black. My sister, who is a journalist in Ohio

Had to cover a Bush* event, as soon as she got there someone asked her to be on the stage. Of course, she told them she was a journalist and that ended that. But the moral of the story is if you want to a chance to be on stage with Bush*, paint your face black.

[West Coast Democrat]

4. I assumed that was how it worked....

I can just imagine.

[shanti]

5. yes

it's been noticed. same thing in every photo op.

[Jane Austin]

6. You suppose he's on the campaign bus to make sure they have

a black at every event?

[skypilot]

7. The very first photo...

...I ever saw of George Bush was of him kissing a little black girl on the lips. It was very creepy. That's about the only thing he'll do for black folks--have his picture taken with them.

[jdsmith]

9. Elvis Costello lyric about loathsome political creatures kissing kids

from "Tramp the Dirt Down." About Thatcher, but appropriate if you consider GWB kissing some poor innocent child.


I saw a newspaper picture from the political campaign
A woman was kissing a child, who was obviously in pain
She spills with compassion, as that young child's
Face in her hands she grips
Can you imagine all that greed and avarice
Coming down on that child's lips

Well I hope I don't die too soon
I pray the lord my soul to save
Oh I'll be a good boy, I'm trying so hard to behave
Because there's one thing I know, I'd like to live
Long enough to savour
That's when they finally put you in the ground
I'll stand on your grave and tramp the dirt down

[jdsmith]

8. Black people are not screened before they're allowed on stage?

Wow. Someone with an agenda could occupy a VERY prominent place in the camera's gaze and effect quite a nasty example of ratfucking. Of course, I'm not advocating; I'm just saying.

[progressivebydesign]

10. Most political campaigns do that.. and I hate it.

I volunteered at Howard Dean event. I'm a HUGE Dean fan. When it was almost time to assemble onstage.. the State Dean people handpicked people to stand on the stage with Dean. I heard them talking amongst themselves, they said that they were rewarding the volunteers by letting asking them onto the stage.. BUT they also said that the group HAD to represent "America". They walked from volunteer to volunteer, handpicking the ones to be "rewarded". I left the event when I realized that only a handful of people specifically were NOT asked to be onstage with Dean. We were all 40 something, blonde - blue eyed women. Even though we volunteered, we were not allowed up there. AND.. some of the people they recruited for this honor, were people who had just walked in the door, who were not volunteering at all.

You think that Bush and the Republicans are the only ones that do that photo op stuff? True, a Dean event would be more diverse, but when even they start handpicking people based on their ethnicity, age, and gender, then they're no better. They should have simply allowed all volunteers on stage... it would have reflected "America" because we're all Americans.

[KC21304]

11. I noticed this in the 2000 campaign. And wait until the convention.

Every single black person in the hall will be front and center. All 10 of them.