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Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 26, 2009 4 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) took to the floor of the Senate earlier this week and delivered a speech which would have made Alan Grayson and Keith Olbermann blush. Following...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 19, 2009 2 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:Vice-President/Executive Editor Tim King writing at Salem News.com plays the "Rush-O'Reilly-Beck inspire white supremacist killers" hand, while slipping in the Godwin's Law card from the bottom of the deck,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 12, 2009 2 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:Although I commented on this incident earlier, it warrants bringing out the videotape, for Harry Reid's now classic card play, in which Reid compared those who oppose his health...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 09, 2009 2 Comments

In recent days Democrats started floating the idea of a "Medicare Buy-In" proposal, and as of last night, there appears to be a deal, although the details are not fully known. I addressed the lack of merits in a prior post.What is critical is that...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 07, 2009 10 Comments

Unbelievable. Harry Reid compares those opposed to Democratic health restructuring proposals to people who opposed freeing the slaves, granting women the right to vote, and expanding civil rights:"Instead of joining us on the right side of history, all the Republicans can come up with is,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 06, 2009 9 Comments

Interesting article by AP, on reaction in the black community to Tiger Woods' extra-marital problems:When three white women were said to be romantically involved with Woods in addition to his blonde, Swedish wife, blogs, airwaves and barbershops started humming, and Woods' already tenuous standing among...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 05, 2009 6 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:Tonight's entry is borderline "race card" but it is too good to pass up. Since someone is watching these posts very carefully, and checking things twice, I want to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 01, 2009 11 Comments

Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs says he's parting ways with the right because people who disagree with him are fascist, racist, homophobic, white supremacists. And he names names.In fact, this is just another attention getting ploy to get back at people who have criticized...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 28, 2009 3 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:Matt Taibbi in explaining the many and varied reasons why he hates Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin, WWE Star:Palin — and there’s just no way to deny this — is...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 27, 2009 4 Comments

Scott Eric Kaufman, at the Lawyers, Guns and Money blog, thought counting non-white people at Sarah Palin book signings was a cool way to prove that Palin and her supporters were racist because there were so few non-whites pictured in available photos.In fact, all Kaufman...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 25, 2009 5 Comments

Another post by Matthew Yglesias engaging in gross generalizations and stereotypes of the politically acceptable kind, Stuff White People Like: Disapproving of Barack Obama:The diversity issues that you see at the elite level of most of American life are, in my opinion, particularly egregious in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 25, 2009 11 Comments

Does playing the race card never grow old? Apparently not when Palin Derangement Syndrome is at work.At Lawyers, Guns and Money blog, Scott Eric Kaufman is counting non-white people at Sarah Palin book signings, with smoking gun photos such as the photo (right) of white...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 23, 2009 5 Comments

Great post by Michelle Malkin pointing out that MSNBC, whose commentators routinely lash out at conservatives and Republicans as being all-white, is in fact all white:--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter and Facebook...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 21, 2009 0 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:I almost had forgotten about Jesse Jackson. But he's still out there, and still the master race card player:“We even have blacks voting against the healthcare bill,” Jackson said...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 17, 2009 9 Comments

See Update below-------------------------------------------Politico is one of the class acts in internet news to which I link frequently, and Ben Smith is a justifiably respected commentator at Politico.Which is why it pains me to have to point out that yesterday Smith unfairly smeared Robert Stacy McCain...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 15, 2009 12 Comments

The Bow controversy will not stop. Jake Tapper at his blog has some comments by an expert on Japanese cultural norms arguing that Obama's close inspection of the Emperor's shoes was neither protocol nor culturally appropriate: "The bow as he performed did not just display weakness...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 14, 2009 3 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:Tonight is a two-fer. Extremely ironic post title, with the race card thrown in no extra charge. From John Cole at Balloon Juice, An Object Lesson on Not Being...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 07, 2009 5 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:Complaining about the fact that even MSNBC could not spin Democratic losses in Virginia and New Jersey as a victory for Obama in last Tuesday's election, Digby at Hullabaloo...

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