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Raymond Roker's A-Z Election Countdown :: URB's publisher tackles the most important election of a lifetime, one letter at a time

By Raymond Leon Roker

10/20/08 :: URB web

Out of sheer ambition and a dose of chutzpah, URB founder Raymond Roker has been posting every day (well, almost) beginning on October 9th, 26 days before this historic election. Each post is tied to a letter of the alphabet. All the posts—in order, from A to Z—will be election and politics oriented. Roker also blogs for the Huffington Post.

A


A is for African American
Personally, I'm not down. I prefer the word "black." It just says it better, without trying, uncomfortably, to be polite or PC. As a Bahamian-born American citizen, I'm not even technically African American. In fact, usually when I hear somebody use the term, I assume 1) That they don't have (many) black friends or 2) They're in some politically correct industry such as advertising or media and they've been trained well. No offense, just say I'm black. And proud. Read more

B


B is for Bill Clinton
Bill, we knew you when—and really liked you better then too. Yes, some will find it hard to ever forgive you for those cynical words in South Carolina. And Chris Rock hardly thinks you've been redeemed. Author Toni Morrison may now even regret actually calling you our "First Black President." But your speech in Denver was vintage Bill. And you're still, by far, my favorite president, if only for another month. Read more

C


C is for Children
A father stood up at a John McCain rally yesterday and told the candidate he was scared of raising his soon-to-be-born child under an Obama administration. McCain, in a rare maverick-y departure from the recent ugliness of his campaign, told the man he had nothing to fear from a president Obama. That McCain supporter's newborn may not be voting until 2030, but slightly older children are part of the expanding demographic that modern candidates need to converse with and understand. Read more

D


D is for Diebold
The name Diebold hasn't come up as much during this campaign, but it refers to the troublesome brand of electronic voting machines that caused a ton of controversy in recent years. A 2006 Princeton University test uncovered just how easily the Diebold software could be hacked with a few simple steps. Read more

E


E is for EdgeofSports.com
Yes, sports. Anybody who knows me is scratching his head, thinking, "Raymond Roker going on the record about sports!?!" But I don't intend to embarrass myself with clumsy analogies or scrambled historic dates. Instead, I'm interested in the one element of sport that commands my attention: politics. Read more

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