MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell: 'Dancing' Michael Steele Mindful of His GO
Update: O'Donnell issued a heartfelt apology on his show Wednesday night. Video below the fold. Did Lawrence O'Donnell, MSNBC's newest prime time talker, effectively call RNC chairman Michael Steele a black minstrel dancer? It sure seems that way.I, like Mark Hemingway, am not a fan of "reading racial tea leaves just for political gain," but O'Donnell's statement, made Tuesday night, leaves very…
Katrina Vanden Heuvel: 'Wonder Bread' Beck Rally 'Shamed' MLK's Speech
Nation magazine editor Katrina vanden Heuvel made some truly disgusting remarks on MSNBC Monday.Chatting with Ed Schultz about Saturday's "One Nation" rally, vanden Heuvel first offered a despicable racial comparison between the makeup of that crowd and the one at the "Restoring Honor" rally in August.Next, the unapologetic liberal said Glenn Beck and Fox News "shamed Martin Luther King's great…
AP Howler: Organizers Claim 'One Nation' Rally Was Planned Before Beck
There are so many problematic items in the establishment press's treatment of yesterday's "One Nation" rally in Washington that it's difficult to know where to begin. So let's start at the very beginning. Among the many howlers in the coverage is a claim the Associated Press's Philip Elliott pass without response towards the end of his 12:21 p.m Saturday report (saved here at my web host for…
CNN's Sanchez Lashes Out at All His Perceived Enemies in Radio Intervi
CNN's Rick Sanchez lashed out at multiple groups left and right during an interview on satellite radio with comedian Pete Dominick. During the interview, Sanchez slammed Jon Stewart, who has regularly made fun of the anchor, as a "bigot," and stated that the media is run by Jews. But the anchor also went into detail about his hatred of Fox News and falsely claimed that he doesn't smear people…
O'Reilly Smacks Down Maher for Claiming Anti-Obama Sentiment is Racist
Bill O'Reilly on Wednesday smacked down Bill Maher when the comedian blamed Barack Obama's bad poll numbers on racism.In the first part of his much-anticipated interview with the "Real Time" host, O'Reilly asked Maher's opinion on why the public seems to have soured on the President. After blaming Obama's woes on everyone but Obama himself, Maher said, "Of course a lot of it is racially..."Maher…
Village Voice Writer, Fmr. Obama Organizer: 'White People Have Simply
Want to see what sort of rationalizations the scary anti-conservative elements of the media use to justify why they hold any opponents of President Barack Obama’s policies in contempt? Check out the treatise on the state of “white America” from the Village Voice’s Steven Thrasher. In a long-winded Sep. 29 piece full of invective, Thrasher contends that the “white brain, beset with worries,…
‘Glory’ and Col. Shaw: What a Real ‘Post-Racial’ Man Was All A
"It is time for stronger remedies to be applied," said abolitionist Wendell Phillips of the Union's effort during the Civil War, "in the form of hot lead and cold steel duly administered by 100,000 black doctors." His vision became a reality as over 180,000 African-Americans (free men and escaped slaves) joined the Union Army to fight against the slave-holding Confederacy.The story of the first…
Tina Brown: Glenn Beck Is 'The White Malcolm X...It's White Racial Pol
Tina Brown, the founder and editor of the online publication the "Daily Beast," said Sunday that conservative talk show host Glenn Beck "has become sort of the white Malcolm X."Chatting with Howard Kurtz on CNN's "Reliable Sources," Brown said of Beck, "I think that he's a fascinating demagogue, actually."She continued, "It's white racial politics, in a sense, because he's really saying -- a lot…
Bill Maher: Obama Would Be A Better President 'If He Was Fully Black
Bill Maher on Friday said Barack Obama's problem is "he's only half black." He'd be a better president "if he was fully black."In the season premiere of HBO's "Real Time," while chatting with former Clinton labor secretary Robert Reich, the host said, "Isn't Obama's big problem is that he does everything half-assed? Maybe it's because he's only half black."Maher continued, "If he was fully black…
Erick Erickson Smacks Down CNN's Bash for Calling Voter Anger Racist
Are you getting tired of hearing liberal media members claim the voter anger around the country is all because Barack Obama is black?RedState Editor and CNN contributor Erick Erickson is, for on Wednesday's "John King USA," he let Dana Bash have it for reiterating this insulting accusation."Talking to Democrats, I know you have, privately, will say some of the anger they hear in their districts…
Amazing: AP Writers Obsess Over Negative Electoral Impact Of Upcoming
It seems reasonable from their coverage in anticipation of the Census Bureua's release of income and poverty statistics this week that Hope Yen and Liz Sidoti of the Associated Press have a roof over their heads and aren't particularly worried about where their next meal is coming from. If so, good for them; may those circumstances continue. What's remarkable, though, is how a government report…
Will Texas Taxpayers Reward Racist, Anti-American ‘Machete
Do the math. Instead of someone with the last name Rodriguez telling the tale of noble, sympathetic Hispanics victimized by white American southern rednecks - all of whom are portrayed as murderous racists, what if we had a white filmmaker telling the tale of noble and sympathetic Texas border ranchers victimized by marauding, racist, gold-toothed unwashed Mexicans out to steal their land? Oh,…
Cynthia Tucker: Voter Anger Is About Racism - 'Fear of a White Minorit
Are you sick and tired of being called a racist because you don't agree with Barack Obama's policies?If you are, you shouldn't read any further, for Cynthia Tucker this weekend claimed the voter anger that threatens the Democrat majorities in the House and the Senate is all a function of racism.With the opening segment of the syndicated program "The Chris Matthews Show" focusing on the strong…
Monica Crowley Smacks Down Eleanor Clift Over Racism in the Tea Party
Conservative radio host Monica Crowley on Friday smacked down Newsweek's Eleanor Clift over racism in the Tea Party.In the second segment of "The McLaughlin Group," the host addressed July's controversial resolution by the NAACP condemning so-called racist elements within the Tea Party.Liberals Clift and Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune predictably supported the NAACP while bashing the…
