(Video) Why does the GOP keeps bringing up black people?
From The Ed Show on Friday, featuring your humble editor and Ari Melber of The Nation, talking Republicans and race:
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ICYMI: Angry Black Lady takes down a middle aged white guy (who is not a poor black kid)
If you've never been a "poor, black kid," you probably shouldn't write about what you'd do if you were.
… who wrote a really dumb article. Read more
5 Questions on ‘n—erheadgate’ (or if you prefer, ‘Ranchgate’)
"Y'all come on down to N--gerhead, hear?"
It takes a lot to shock this cynical political junkie, but I’ve got to admit, I was floored by “N–gerhead.” If you’ve been too busy watching football this weekend to pay attention, that’s the name of the ranch Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s family leases for hunting parties and such. Perry says his father changed the name decades ago when they bought the place. About a dozen people who talked to the Washington Post beg to differ. It’s a pretty ugly scandal, which is worse for Perry because of its simplicity. It’s his ranch. It’s called “N–gerhead.” Any questions?
So here are my five questions about what happens next… Read more
N**gerhead???
Rick Perry's family ranch went by a really unfortunate name...
When you push a fifth generation southerner to run for president, stuff that makes people uncomfortable just might pop out… Read more
Just an observation: equating Melissa Harris-Perry to the KKK is a bridge way too far
Melissa Harris-Perry
The left is pleased with the president right now, because his rhetoric is affirming to liberalism (and mocking and condemning of Republicans), and contains sufficiently high voltage language to constitute a rhetorical “fight” against the right — this despite the fact that legislatively, his plan is probably dead on arrival in the House, barring some huge chane in fortune, and would even be iffy with skittish Senate Democrats. Read more
Correcting Tom Coburn
Barack Obama and his mom.
Tom Coburn messed up, but not in the way you think. Read more
Oh, sweet Jesus. Bachmann signed a pledge saying black kids were better off as slaves??? UPDATE: Santorum signed it too
Come on, Michele. Come … on… Read more
(Video) Caught in the act of racism: Fox’s Eric Bolling
Apparently, any time President Obama goes near a black person, it has a meaning. At least on Fox News:
And who caught Fox in this pretty despicable act of racism? Read more
Another Breitbart media boomlet, another black target … coincidence?
Is it just me, or do Breitbart-generated media scandals more often than not target black people? Read more
(Audio flashback) Herman Cain: voice of the ‘don’t snuff my seed,’ ‘ho’ ad
I wish this was a joke. It is NOT a joke. Watch:
Now let me reiterate: this is NOT a joke … Read more
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