Posts Tagged ‘ku-klux-klan’

Byrd and Thurmond, only Adam Clymer can tell them apart.

July 6th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Strom Thurmond, Foe of Integration, Dies at 100 And: Robert C. Byrd, a Pillar of the Senate, Dies at 92 Both opposed civil rights initially.  Both converted to support civil rights.  One was an outspoken member of the Ku Klux Klan.  One was not.  Wanna guess which was which? Oh, and one died a Democrat, [...]

Linda Sanchez sees white supremists

June 3rd, 2010 | 3 Comments

Accusing the Arizona immigration law of leading to the slippery slope of racial profiling has apparently worn thin.  Linda Sanchez decided to up it a notch: “There’s a concerted effort behind promoting these kinds of laws on a state-by-state basis by people who have ties to white supremacy groups”,”It’s been documented. It’s not mainstream politics.” [...]

Harry Reid muddles history

December 9th, 2009 | No Comments

“You think you’ve heard these same excuses before? You’re right.  In this country there were those who dug in their heels and said, ‘Slow down, it’s too early. Let’s wait. Things aren’t bad enough’ — about slavery. When women wanted to vote,  ‘Slow down, there will be a better day to do that — the [...]

Healing that polarization problem

December 8th, 2009 | No Comments

Sometime in 2007 or so, some people decided the US was too polarized.  I’m not terribly sure that’s a bad thing.  But, it became a political issue that the Democrats used to some success I suppose.  Obama was going to fix that polarization problem.  It was change you could believe in. His people didn’t listen.  [...]

Joy Behar has the Klan on her mind

September 20th, 2007 | No Comments

Every time I think The View has sunk to the lowest it can possibly get, a new character drags it even lower.  We had the Rosie blaming Bush for 9/11 crap, citing metal doesn’t melt due to fire.  Then we had Whoopi.  Now we’ve got Joy Behar comparing the Republican Presidential candidates to members of [...]