Washington Post writes about Rush’s statements on MJ Fox ad, but doesn’t note that he apologized “bigly” for his remarks later in the show
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Rep. Harold Ford admits to being at Playboy party, and his dad calls white man a “cracker” (Update: It was “tracker” not “cracker”)
Last week’s loser of the week Rep. Harold Ford, Jr., who is in a tight race with Republican Bob Corker for Bill Frist’s Senate seat, stepped in it again today with the admission that he did indeed attend a Playboy party – something he had previously denied. All of this makes this Corker ad all the more humorous – and right on target. Ford’s defense? He said “I like football and I like girls” (I think it was a SuperBowl party). That’s all well and good, of course, but when you’re a Representative in the US Congress, you’re supposed to act like one.
Sister Souljah in North Carolina today
Hah! Jon Ham’s a humorous guy 😉 He noted at the John Lohn Locke Foundation’s Right Angles blog that Sister Souljah, the rapper/activist whose name gave me the idea for my own, will be speaking tonight at NC Central (which is in Durham) at 7.
Obsessed banned poster watch
(Warning: some strong language ahead. Not safe to read around the kids)
MSM continues to lay the groundwork for excuses in case Dems lose next month
Yesterday, I posted about an ABC News story that reported on how electronic voting machines could ‘skew’ the elections. In response to that story, I wrote:
True to form, the Lamont-supporting NYT prints hit piece on Lieberman two weeks before the election
With the polls consistently showing Lieberman with a double digit lead over Nutroots candidate Ned Lamont, the NYT, which endorsed Lamont back in July, had to do something to help ‘the cause.’