The longtime tradition of the annual REAL State of the Union event was to hoot and holler in counter to the Bush State of the Union message. A chance to reverse the adminstration’s spin. What would it be like when the Bush empire ended? Well, this year's event - held on Tuesday, Feb. 10 - was still a stem-winding good time delivered by AJC columnist Jay Bookman and Rev. Joe Lowery.
Lowery about our role in relation to Obama: "We have to continue to speak truth to power, no matter who holds the reins of power."
Lowery on the first black chairman of the Republican Party: "Michael Steele shows that no one race holds a monopoly on foolishness.” The church was full of Amens.
