The left is all aflutter over the Senate Resolution to apologize for previous Senates doing nothing about lynching. The Raw Story has had a virtual spasm over the resolution, and has gone so far as to label anyone who was not a co-sponsor (it has 80) as objectively pro-lynching:
This is the latest list I have – please feed me updates. Only one Democrat, all the rest are Republicans. What was Howard Dean saying about the GOP being the party of white guys? That would be 27% of the Republican Senators who refused to oppose lynching, vs. 2% of the Democrats. Enough said.
Enough said. Not hardly (via TalkLeft):
With many members straggling back to town from a weekend at home, and only six coming to the floor to vote, the Senate delivered a historic apology Monday night for failing to move against a wave of lynchings that claimed more than 4,700 Americans