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Yet, the media treat this as if it were a mainstream event.
Fri, Sep 19, 2008 6:28pm ET
Cavuto suggests Congress should have warned that “[l]oaning to minorities and risky folks is a disaster”
Summary: On September 18, Fox News’ Neil Cavuto conflated giving home mortgages to minorities with risky lending practices, suggesting that there should have been “a clarion call that said, ‘Fannie and Freddie are a disaster. […]
‘Misgivings?’
Are we now so PC that the word ‘prejudice’ is off the table?
Enlightened self-interest and simple observation should have made this race a stroll to a landslide, but the twin curses of stupidity and ignorance are making it a horse race.
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AP | RON FOURNIER and TREVOR TOMPSON | September 20, 2008 08:36 PM
Deep-seated […]
Obama says he opposes slavery reparations, apology
By CHRISTOPHER WILLS, Associated Press Writer 39 minutes ago
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama opposes offering reparations to the descendants of slaves, putting him at odds with some black groups and leaders.
The man with a serious chance to become the nation’s first black president argues that […]
John McCain is a racist
August 1, 2008 - 7:14am.
By DOUG THOMPSON
John McCain, a member of the House of Representatives in the mid-1980s, often held court at a table near the bar at Bullfeathers, a popular Capitol Hill watering hole, telling jokes and matching hangers-on drink by drink.
As a Capitol Hill chief of staff, I often […]
“Grover Norquist is Karen Hughes with a beard.”
–anonymous Viking Edda.
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Images: (Grover) via latimes.com (Karen) image.cbsnews.com
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The Clintons and Jim Crow racism
May 9, 2008 - 7:59am
By DOUG THOMPSON–Capitol Hill Blue
Hillary Clinton Thursday admitted that she is the candidate of dumb whites - no more, no less.
As her campaign continues its slide into the dustbin of political also-rans, she told USA Today that she should be president because ignorant white people want […]
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Boortz: “[P]rimary blame” for Katrina goes to “worthless parasites who lived in New Orleans”Summary: On his nationally syndicated radio show, Neal Boortz made disparaging remarks about Hurricane Katrina victims, stating, “When these Katrina so-called refugees were scattered about the country, it was just a glorified episode of putting out the garbage.” Boortz also described New […]
Coburn puts hold on civil rights cold cases bill.
Think Progress
This summer, “legislation to beef up investigations into unsolved murders from the civil rights era” passed the House by an overwhelming margin of 422-2. But the bill is being held up in the Senate, where Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) has put a hold on the bill […]
Julie Myers
Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Julie Myers, who oversees illegal export investigations as head of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has apologized for condoning a Halloween party costume depicting a black dread locked prisoner.
(Charles Dharapak/AP Photo)
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This AP story is from Think Progress.
Bush official lauded racially offensive Halloween costume.
Julie Myers, head of Homeland Security’s […]