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Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 17, 2010 4 Comments

Mea Culpa -- The second incident referred to below was by Kelly O'Donnell, not Norah O'Donnell. My mistake, corrected below. The point remains the same.-----------------------------------This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:Tonight is a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 03, 2010 17 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:As those of you who follow this blog know, almost every Saturday I highlight the use of the race card for political purposes.The use of the race card for...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 13, 2010 1 Comment

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:On February 25, 2010, the People for Change group in Prince George's County Maryland held a town hall forum to discuss the impacts of illegal immigration on local communities....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 06, 2010 5 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:Craig Crawford announced on his blog that he is leaving MSNBC because he is sick and tired of being a "cartoon player for lefty games" demanded of him by...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 27, 2010 10 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:This is the first post in this series to focus on the use of the race card by both sides of a dispute, call it "race card v. counter-race...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 20, 2010 8 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:This post originally was going to be a reaction to a post at Jack & Jill Politics regarding Amy Bishop, titled Sometimes White Privilege Just Comes Along and SMACKS...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 13, 2010 11 Comments

This is the latest in the Saturday Night Card Game series on the use of the race card for political gain:Charles Ogletree is a Professor at Harvard Law School. Ogletree who is black, has decided that to call Barack Obama "professor" has racist connotations: Speaking...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 06, 2010 3 Comments

This is the latest in the Saturday Night Card Game series on the use of the race card for political gain:Max Blumenthal at Salon.com declared James O'Keefe to have a "race problem," which are just code words for being a racist.Blumenthal's story was based on...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 30, 2010 1 Comment

This is the latest in the Saturday Night Card Game series on the use of the race card for political gain:Tonight's post proves that the use of the race card does not stop at our shores, and does not depend upon the race of the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 23, 2010 2 Comments

This is the latest in the Saturday Night Card Game series on the use of the race card for political gain:A follow up to the "technology is racist" twist explored in the last of the series, HP Face Tracking Software Racist? Now, it's Nikon's photo...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 02, 2010 1 Comment

This is the latest in the Saturday Night Card Game series on the use of the race card for political gain:Tonight a slight twist on the use of the race card.Two people, one white and one black, ran a test of HP face tracking software,...

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 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 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 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...

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