Tag: Sharpton
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Plenty of Stupidity to Go Around in Arrest of Gates
It took President Obama five days to speak out critically about the brutal suppression in Iran. He said he didn’t want to be “seen as meddling.” Law enforcement officials around the country are no doubt wishing today that the president had shown the same courtesy to the Cambridge Police Department. Strictly on the basis of […]
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Murdoch Apologizes for Cartoon But Says it Was Not Meant to be Racist
I’m not a big Rupert fan, but I think he got it exactly right. I’ve been involved in a lively debate over this at Conservative Black Woman’s site, btw, if anyone is interested… check the comments.
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Al "Thug" Sharpton Takes His Incendiary Show on the Road
Al Sharpton, and the logos of some of his extortion victims It is POSSIBLE, of course, to construe the NY Post “chimp” cartoon as a racist slam at President Obama — even though neither Obama nor his administration “wrote” the porkulus bill. That’s why I said in my previous post that the cartoon was “stupid” […]
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How NOT To Talk About Race
This week brings two reminders of the fact that it is possible to make statements that are both a) intellectually defensible, and b) really, really stupid. Reasonable people can disagree about whether Americans focus too much on race, or not enough. Attorney General Eric Holder believes that to make progress in race relations, “we must […]
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Next Up: Obama Derangement Syndrome
As I was writing yesterday about Bush Derangement Syndrome, Pajamas Media was preparing to post an article by Neo-neocon entitled “Avoiding the Clutches of Obama Derangement Syndrome.” Sage advice, as usual: Yes, there are reasons to fear that Obama has a far left agenda, based on his history, some of his own statements, and his […]
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A McCain Voter Finds Silver Linings
Differences on policy issues should not, on this day, obscure the marvel that has occurred. A man who in his early childhood could not use certain public restrooms has just been elected to the most powerful office in the world. The 109-year-old daughter of a slave lived long enough to help elect a black president. […]