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Saturday, May 31, 2008

African American Political Pundit Credentialed and will Blog LIVE at the Democratic National Convention


OK, my email box has been on full blast over he past few days. Thank you everyone for the congratulatory emails.


I'm a man of faith, and my mother taught me to always thank God for the blessings you receive. So today I want to thank God for the blessing I received. I am appreciative and proud of the fact that the Democratic National Convention staff have chosen me and other members of the AfroSpear (black blogger think tank) and the larger Afrosphere (black bloggers around the United States & World) to cover one of the most significant events in over 400 years of African American history.


A special congratulations and shout out to
Jack and Jill Politics, Pam's House Blend, What About Our Daughters?, culturekitchen, Dallas South blog, Oliver Willis, RaceWire who are also credentialed and will also blog at the convention. Like you I commit myself to providing the best coverage possible.

Factoid: In 2004, the DNCC credentialed about 30 blogs to cover the Convention in Boston - the first Convention to credential bloggers. Recently, the DNCC announced that 55 blogs focused on state and local politics were selected to be members of the DemConvention State Blogger Corps.

AAPP: I'm still concerned about the lack of
diversity in the State Blogger Corps, and will discuss it (giving my own opinion and not the opinion of the afrospear black bloggers think tank) in an upcoming post.

Again, I'm proud to have been selected, with afrospear bloggers and the over
120 bloggers for this historic event. I believe the DNC still has some work to do in order to truly make things right with the larger black bloggers community, and larger black democratic constituency. I will talk about possible constructive corrective action in my upcoming post. I'm sure black bloggers attending the convention and those activist interested in a constructive conversation about diversity, we will keep the lines of communication open. We can meet and resolve this issue, as America works to take back the White House.

NOTE: Altogether, the DNCC will credential more than 120 blogs for the Convention and many more individuals will blog the Convention via credentials issued through the U.S. Congressional Press Galleries.

The complete list of blogs credentialed blogs are listed at:
DemConvention.com/credentialed-blogs or check it out below:

To all the bloggers selected congratulations.


2008 Democratic Convention Watch http://demconwatch.blogspot.com
43rdStateBlues.com http://43rdstateblues.com
AFL-CIO NOW Blog http://blog.aflcio.org
African American Political Pundit http://aapoliticalpundit.blogspot.com
AMERICAblog.com http://americablog.com
Asian American Action Fund Blog http://aaa-fund.com
Badlands Blue http://badlandsblue.com
Bagnews Notes http://bagnewsnotes.com
Beliefnet http://beliefnet.com
Bitch Ph.D. http://bitchphd.blogspot.com
Blogger News Network http://bloggernews.net
Blogging For Michigan http://bloggingformichigan.com
BlogHer http://blogher.com
Blue Hampshire http://bluehampshire.com
Blue Indiana http://blueindiana.net
Blue Jersey http://bluejersey.com
Blue Mass. Group http://bluemassgroup.com
BlueGrassRoots http://bluegrassroots.org
BlueNC.com http://bluenc.com
BlueOregon http://blueoregon.com
Buckeye State Blog http://buckeyestateblog.com
Burnt Orange Report http://BurntOrangeReport.com
Calitics http://Calitics.com
Campus Progress http://campusprogress.org
Celtic Diva’s Blue Oasis http://divasblueoasis.blogspot.com
Change to Win http://changetowin.org
Colorado Confidential http://coloradoconfidential.com
Cotton Mouth Blog http://cottonmouthblog.blogspot.com
CracktheBell.com http://crackthebell.com
Crooks and Liars http://crooksandliars.com
culturekitchen http://culturekitchen.com
Daily Kingfish http://dailykingfish.com
Daily Kos http://dailykos.com
Dallas South Blog http://dallassouthblog.com
DCist.com http://dcist.com
Democracy Arsenal http://democracyarsenal.org
Democracy for New Mexico http://DemocracyForNewMexico.com
Democratic Party of the U.S. Virgin Islands http://groups.yahoo.com/group/democratvi
Democratic Underground http://democraticunderground.com
Democrats Abroad Argentina http://yanquimike.com.ar
DemoOkie http://DemoOkie.com
Digby’s Hullabaloo http://digbysblog.blogspot.com
Disaboom.com http://disaboom.com
Doc’s Political Parlor http://politicalparlor.net
DoubleSpeak http://doublespeakshow.com
Eschaton http://atrios.blogspot.com
EverydayCitizen.com http://everydaycitizen.com
Fired Up! http://firedupmissouri.com
Firedoglake http://firedoglake.com
Florida Progressive Coalition http://flaprogressives.org
Future Majority http://futuremajority.com
Georgia Politics Unfiltered http://georgiaunfiltered.blogspot.com
Green Mountain Daily http://greenmountaindaily.com
Grist Magazine http://grist.org/
Group News Blog http://groupnewsblog.net
HispanicTips.com http://hispanictips.com
HorsesAss.org http://horsesass.org
HummingbirdMinds Blog http://hummingbirdminds.blogspot.com
iLind.net http://ilind.net
Indianz.com http://indianz.com
Jack and Jill Politics http://jackandjillpolitics.com
Jusiper http://jusiper.blogspot.com
Keystone Politics http://keystonepolitics.com
KnoxViews http://knoxviews.com
Las Vegas Gleaner http://lasvegasgleaner.com
Left In Alabama http://leftinalabama.com
Left in the West http://leftinthewest.com
Michigan Liberal http://michiganliberal.com
Minnesota Monitor http://minnesotamonitor.com
MOMocrats http://momocrats.typepad.com
My Left Nutmeg http://myleftnutmeg.com
MyDD http://mydd.com
New Nebraska Network http://NewNebraska.net
NewsOne.com http://newsone.com
No Rest for the Awake http://minagahet.blogspot.com
NorthDecoder.com http://northdecoder.com
Obsidian Wings http://obsidianwings.blogs.com
Ohio Daily Blog http://ohiodailyblog.com
OliverWillis.com http://oliverwillis.com
Open Left http://openleft.com
Pam’s House Blend http://pamshouseblend.com
Political Base http://politicalbase.com
Political Wire http://politicalwire.com
PoliticalLunch.com http://PoliticalLunch.com
PolitickerNJ.com http://politickernj.com
PoliticsOnline http://politicsonline.com
Pop and Politics http://popandpolitics.com
Prairie State Blue http://PrairieStateBlue.com
RaceWire http://racewire.org
Raising Kaine http://raisingkaine.com
Raw Story http://rawstory.com
Rhode Island’s Future http://rifuture.org
Room 8 http://r8ny.com
Rum, Romanism and Rebellion http://rumromanismrebellion.net
RuralVotes http://ruralvotes.com/thefield
Scholars & Rogues http://scholarsandrogues.com
Seeing the Forest http://seeingtheforest.com
Sepia Mutiny http://sepiamutiny.com
SquareState.net http://squarestate.net
Talking Points Memo http://talkingpointsmemo.com
TalkLeft http://talkleft.com
Taylor Marsh http://taylormarsh.com
The Albany Project http://thealbanyproject.com
The Center for Emerging Media http://centerforemergingmedia.com
The Iowa Independent http://iowaindependent.com
The Natchez Blog http://natchezms.blogspot.com
The Seminal http://theseminal.com
The UpTake http://theuptake.org
The Utah Amicus http://utahamicus.com
The Washington Independent http://washingtonindependent.com
Think Youth http://thinkyouth.org
Thought Theater http://thoughttheater.com
TommyWonk http://tommywonk.blogspot.com/
Tondee’s Tavern http://tondeestavern.com
Towleroad http://towleroad.com
Turn Maine Blue http://turnmaineblue.com
Under The Dome.com http://underthedome.com
Uppity Wisconsin http://uppitywis.org
USAmerica Vota ‘08 http://usamericavota08.blogspot.com
VivirLatino.com http://vivirlatino.com
West Virginia Blue http://wvablue.com
What About Our Daughters? Blog http://whataboutourdaughters.com
Working Life http://workinglife.org
Zennie’s Zeitgeist http://zennie2005.blogspot.com

6 comments:

George Malik Abdul-Mahdi said...

Hey bro, congratulations! As far as I'm concerned, when you're blessed, I'm blessed, also. Keep up the great work, and enjoy the fruits of your labor!

Plain and simply put, good people deserve to have good things happen to them. And through your actions and tireless activism, you've shown yourself to be worthy of many great things.

George Malik Abdul-Mahdi

Kala Nation said...

Congratulations Captain!You are the mothership for the Black blogger movement.Please take the time to link the kala nation to your blogroll
www.kalanation.blogspot.com

Regina said...

I posted a congratulatory post in the Spear but just in case you missed it...CONGRATS!! I look forward to the coverage and reading your take on things! This should be interesting!!
I agree with George, if you are blessed than I feel blessed also!
Enjoy your victory and then get to work!!

Peace & Love

Francis L. Holland Blog said...

Congratulations, AAPP. This is of the utmost importance to me, that you will be my eyes and ears in Denver, perhaps even having a radio call-in hour at some point wherein we can discuss what you observed.

I know the many Black delegates from Maryland and elsewhere will be very proud and comforted to see a strong, credible Black voice from their community covering the news and reporting it back in a medium that they know and trust.

Martin Luther King, Jr. said everything that worthwhile is something you'll have to fight for, and if they give it to you without a fight, then it probably wasn't worth much to begin with. Well, this is something that I know you've fought for and continue to fight, because it's worth so much to you and to me and to Black people throughout the afrosphere and the Diaspora.

Your readers are proud of you, they say above, for the fight you made on their behalf, so that they would get information from someone whom they know and trust.

And with your continued leadership, maybe states like Mississippi and Illinois (Obama's home state) that don't yet have any Black bloggers in Denver, can have the same benefit that Maryland will have, with you there.

I look forward to your following articles on the Democratic National Committee's efforts to reach out to the constituencies of the Democratic Party through afrosphere blogs. It's going to be a much more meaningful and successful strategy than spreading around money on the street a couple of days before the election.

AAPP said...

Brother George Malik Abdul-Mahdi, Thank You for your kind words and support. I will make you proud!

AAPP

Brother Kala Nation, I also thank you for your kind words. I will also take the time to link the kala nation to my blogroll.


sister Regina, thank you for your kind congratulatory post both on here and on the spear. I will enjoy our victory and then get to work!! (smile)

Francis my brother, you are truly one great brother to me. Your comments are also of the utmost importance to me too.

I will truly be your eyes and ears in Denver. i will make all of you proud that brother AAPP is in he house reporting it the way it truly is.

Peace and blessing you all.

AAPP

AgentX said...

what's the old saying? The squeaky wheel gets the grease?

Bring a webcam and leave it running so we can watch live- until the riots happen and you're getting hit around like Dan Rather in 1968.
http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=TrlYRWD_tnA
Take your hands off me unless you plan to arrest me