Local black leaders, citizens: Charlotte NAACP prez does not speak for us
Local news station WBTV had an excellent report earlier this evening from journalist Steve Crump on how Charlotte NAACP President Kojo Nantambu’s idiotic call for major sports tournaments (and the Democrat National Convention) to boycott the “racist bastion” of Charlotte have backfired big time. Click below to watch.
Big Senate news: Conrad to retire – Lieberman, too?
The Fix blog reports on a potential Senate pick-up opportunity for Republicans in 2012 with the announced retirement of Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND):
Palin tells critics: “I am not going to shut up” – PLUS: Scarborough strikes again
Nice Deb has the video of Sarah Palin’s interview from Sean Hannity’s show last night in which she addressed critics of her “blood libel” accusation in the aftermath of the Tucson tragedy, and AmSpec’s Quin Hillyer has the best recap/description of it I’ve seen. A snippet:
Audio: Hugh Hewitt takes on Politico editor over biased leftward lurch
It’s about time somebody with some influence nationally did it. Glad it was Hugh. He doesn’t just tackle the leftward lurch of Politico but also their biased coverage of the Tucson tragedy, with an emphasis on a piece token “conservative” Joe Scarborough wrote for them just a few days after what happened in Tucson. The interview, with Politico website editor John Harris , is a little over 14 minutes long but well-worth listening to.