Andrew Klavan tackles one of the great mysteries of our age
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‘Experts’: Racism is at the core of the birther issue
After the attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the MSM and shamelessly opportunistic liberals shifted their focus from accusing opponents of President Obama’s agenda of being “racists” to trying to paint conservatives from coast to coast as “guilty by association” via “promoting an atmosphere of violence” – in spite of the fact that Giffords’ mentally unstable shooter, Jared Lee Loughner, didn’t fit the carelessly constructed MSM narrative of “right wing extremist.” Well, now that the Congresswoman is well on her way to recovery – and now that we’re headed full steam into Campaign 2012 mode – opportunistic liberals and MSM types are bringing back the “any criticism of Obama = racism” meme, as exemplified by this piece from the Yahoo! News Ticket blog (via):
New Tone: Videos show “tolerant” left wingers hurling racist and sexist slurs at Tea Party rally
If this doesn’t make your blood boil, I don’t know what will (via Breitbart by way of Memeorandum):
Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) shows again she is a bigoted dimwit
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Jalen Rose: I hate Duke because they only recruit well-off black kids or something
I’m a bit late to the game on this story but it’s still making waves around the Intertubes (hat tip to Jon Ham) and I wanted to comment. First, the remarks – via NBC Sports:
Despicable “post-racial President”: Race is a primary motivator behind Tea Party
Oh, he’s done what any slick politician would do in public when it comes to answering controversial questions – he’s left it to his underlings and minions to insinuate or outright suggest that racism is a major factor in opposition to his policies. But behind the scenes to faithful devotees, our “post racial” (not) President clearly doesn’t mind giving a wink and nod to the suggestion that his political opposition is motivated mostly by racism. From author Kenneth T. Walsh’s Family of Freedom: Presidents and African Americans in the White House book (published February 1, 2011),as excerpted by US News (bolded emphasis added by me):