Wisconsin Democrats are gearing up to toll the bell for Gov. Scott Walker’s recall effort. Here’s what they are up against: Wisconsin’s recall law requires that officials have held office for at least one year before being recalled. Since Walker was just elected in 2010, that means the petitions cannot be turned in until early …
Cain Still Unable: Occupy This Space
The unrelenting awesome factory of awesome that is the Herman Cain Experience Featuring Rampant Denial is now saying the fact that he exists means racism isn’t holding minorities back. It’s all in your head. When asked by CNN Chief Political Correspondent Candy Crowley if he thought African Americans had a level playing field, Cain said …
Kings Of Wishful Thinking
Not only does our old friend Iowa GOP Rep. Steve King think it’s a bad idea to allow the poor to vote and have a voice in government, his friend New York Republican Rep. Peter King thinks it’s a bad idea to allow the poor to have a voice period and has an issue with …
Spectator Off The Sidelines
And speaking of Occupy Together protests in other cities besides the Big Apple, it seems at least one conservative magazine editor has admitted to joining Occupy DC as a mole with the intent of causing problems…and was at the incident where protesters were pepper-sprayed at the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum. An assistant editor with …
Half And Half Again: Race, Privilege, And Discourse
Yesterday ABL kindly linked to my piece about Laura Ingraham, race and privilege in discussion of one Herman Cain. I’ve decided to post that here, updated with with observations on Lawrence O’ Donnell’s interview with Cain that aired Thursday night and the reaction to that interview on Friday. Right wing radio host Laura Ingraham actually …
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Classless Warfare
When Tea Party conservatives protest? The voice of Real America that all must obey. When Occupy Wall Street protests? Violent class warfare that pits “American versus American”. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor took to the stage at the 2011 Voter Values Summit in Washington to do a little fear-mongering about the growing Occupy Wall Street …
Brought To You By The Letters “F” And “U”, Apparently
National Review’s Julie Gunlock takes great umbrage with the notion of the latest puppet character on Sesame Street: Lily, a little girl who sometimes goes hungry. Although Lily is just the latest politically charged plot to come out of Sesame Street, the problem with this storyline is that it is absolutely false. In fact, Lily’s …
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