For the first time in two decades, gay voters find themselves in an unusual, if happy, predicament. The three leading Democrats have staked out similar positions on issues that resonate with gay men and lesbians. Although none of the three candidates back gay marriage, they all support same-sex civil unions and say they would fight to repeal the military's 'don't ask, don't tell' policy. And each of them says he or she would champion a federal anti-discrimination law that would protect lesbians and gay men.

If you're a White man interested in dating Black women, this book shows you how to make it happen. Learn how Black women think, what they like and don't like to see in White men, and where and how to go about meeting them. Find out how to cope with public reaction to interracial couples, learn how to counteract the psychological inhibitions that can hold you back from getting involved and understand why those who oppose interracial relationships feel compelled to think and act the way they do.

I was meeting people and didn't care whether they found me attractive, because I wasn't going to sleep with them anyway. And I was connecting with new people that I probably wouldn't have gotten to know because a big part of the gay bar environment and party scene was about hooking up and that wasn't where my head was. It was great.

"More than two years after this problem was first discovered by White House staff," Waxman said, "the White House still has not identified the cause of the problem, determined the volume of emails lost, or developed a plan for restoring those emails that were lost."

In a related controversy, House investigators have determined that hundreds of thousands of e-mails from former presidential adviser Karl Rove and other White House aides are missing because they were sent using external accounts set up by the Republican National Committee.

Despite his denials, rumors and e-mails circulating on the Internet continue to allege that Obama (D-Ill.) is a Muslim, a "Muslim plant" in a conspiracy against America, and that, if elected president, he would take the oath of office using a Koran, rather than a Bible, as did Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), the only Muslim in Congress, when he was sworn in earlier this year.

A friend of mine stated last week that if Obama wins the Democratic nomination, his GOP rival will do everything in his power to associate Obama's name (Obama Bin Laden, for example) with extreme Muslim terrorists -- resorting to the same old worn-out scare tactics Bush used in 2004. And because Americans are gullible, they'll fall for it.

Even Democratic women with no intention of voting for Clinton found themselves drawn into the debate and shaken by what briefly seemed like a humiliating end to the most promising female candidacy in U.S. history. The process seems to have changed a few minds.

We paid too much attention to the size of the crowds turning out for Obama. It is true that he got larger and generally more enthusiastic crowds than Clinton, but that did not translate into more votes. A significant minority of the people (perhaps 30-40 percent) who attended Obama rallies were undecided voters. (We know this because he usually asked for a show of hands at the beginning of the rally.) It is now clear that he did not always make the sale.

This is a defining moment in American history. To see if we can grow up from "bitch" to "strength," while appreciating that an infuriated woman standing up for herself and her record is a sign of real heart, passion of conviction and determination. It all depends if America likes the look of feminine power when it's released through a flash of fire in a potential commander in chief's eye.

Acceptably black means being nonthreatening to white people inclined to feeling threatened by black people. It means standard English, clean-cut appearance (or, as Joe Biden fumbled, "clean") and the most Caucasian features possible. These obviously are not objective measures of character or worth; just as obviously, they are measures of what sells to the vast, white audience. Halle Berry and Denzel Washington are acceptably black. Your local news anchors are acceptably black. Tupac was not.

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