Colorado is currently considering a major piece of legislation to improve the state’s voting laws by implementing Election Day Registration, automatically sending mail ballots to every voter, and creating a real-time voter database to detect and prevent fraud. It passed the House last week and will now be taken up by the Democratic-controlled Senate. It's a good law and makes sense. It's … Read More
Shorter Rand Paul
Shorter Rand Paul: I was NEVER against the Civil Rights Act. I just think the whole desegregating lunch counters went a bit far. His attempt to snow the people at Howard University was a disaster. TPM covers it: Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), a proponent of civil liberties, told a professor on Wednesday that he never opposed the Civil Rights Act … Read More
GOP Minority Outreach Hits “”Wetback” Wall
Congressman Don Young (R-AK) used the term “wetbacks” during an interview with a local Alaska radio station yesterday. Young also believes that Americans need to bring industry back to this country rather than relying on imports. Doing so would increase jobs, although he understands that automation has reduced the number of labor positions available. “My father had a ranch; we used to have … Read More
Report From The Conservative Front
From TPM political reporter Benjy Sarlin: OK, CPAC event on racial tolerance has gone nuts, there are neo-Confederates asking why whites are being systematically disenfranchised — Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) March 15, 2013 To be fair, they are getting some pushback look like they came here to make a scene, but damn — Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) March 15, 2013 This is … Read More
Quote Of The Day
During U.S. Supreme Court oral argument on the constitutionality of a key section of the Voting Rights Act this morning, several justices expressed extreme hostility to the civil rights statute, according to early reports from the courthouse. Justice Antonin Scalia called it “perpetuation of racial entitlement.” That's right. Why should black people be entitled to vote, and why perpatuate it? … Read More
It’s Official: Mississippi Finally Ratifies The Ban On Slavery
Yes, it took that long. Full story here.
Watch a Colorado GOP Poll Watcher Report a ‘High Concentration of People of Color’
Why the GOP doesn't get it…
Been Busy…
I've been out of the loop for the past couple days. I'm sure I didn't miss much, because the debates are over, and now it's the home stretch. The candidates will be covering the country coast to coast — er, I mean Ohio coast to coast, as they sprint through these last two weeks of the election. So there's probably not … Read More
The Tea Party Is Racist? Nooooooo……
They only produce ads like this….
Quote Of The Day
So yesterday, the Drudge Report, the Daily Caller and Sean Hannity tease everyone, saying that they have a "bombshell video" of Obama in 2007 making racially-charged comments. And then they revealed the video last night. It was a speech Obama delivered in 2007, as a presidential candidate, not at some secret fundraiser, but in front of a large audience at … Read More
More Racism At The RNC
They’re not just chucking peanuts at black people at the RNC: An unscripted moment happened late this afternoon that caused the assembled mainstream media to turn away in the hope that it would disappear. As I was standing in line for a sandwich next to an Italian and a Puerto Rican correspondent, a controversy was unfolding on the floor. The RonPaulites, whose … Read More
Exposing Aaron Worthing’s Race Problem
Aaron Worthing has a race problem. He's got many other problems too, but he chose to write about race, so that's what the focus will be here. And please know understand what I am saying. It's not that Aaron Worthing has a problem with other people's racism; he himself has an actual problem with race, which he projects upon others. In his bubbilisicious … Read More
Fake Black Democrats
Danny Tarkanian is the Republican nominee in a newly created congressional district in Nevada. He also seems to think his opponent has a very good makeup artist. During a speech to a GOP club earlier this week, Tarkanian went into a lengthy rant about how “all these black Democrats” have accused him of making a racist comment. He then levied … Read More
“”Revolution’s in the Air, 9mm in my hand.”
Lyrics from a song recorded by Definite Hate, one of many hardcare white supremist bands in which the Sikh temple killer played. You can hear some of the music here.
Zimmerman Judge Re-Sets Bail At $1,000,000
In the eyes of a Florida judge, George Zimmerman is a liar and manipulator who was likely planning to flee from prosecution earlier this year. Zimmerman's previous bond was revoked last month after prosecutors alleged that he and his wife conspired to hide a huge amount of money from authorities and the judge. Prosecutors ended up charging the wife, Shellie Zimmerman, with perjury after … Read More