Racism

    The Sordid History of Ed Markey

    By: Matt Vespa (Diary)  |  May 1st at 10:52 AM  | 

    Democratic Congressman Ed Markey won his party’s primary to fill John Kerry’s vacant seat, but there’s a few things you should know about him.  First, he ran for congress in 1976 on a platform against the court-ordered busing of Boston’s schools.  At the time, the public schools in Boston were ordered to desegregate, and white and black students were forcibly bused to each others districts – which | Read More »

    Deciphering Susan Rice Without Being Racist

    By: Matt Vespa (Diary)  |  November 21st at 03:08 AM  | 

    I’m almost at the mark! I’m so excited.  I just have one more jar of Ovaltine to drink before I’m able to send in my application for the James Clyburn Racial Code Word Decipher.  It’s going to be useful – as we all try to make sense of the various racial code wards that have been hurled at Ambassador Susan Rice for her incompetence less than adequate | Read More »

    Slate Writer: White Guys Voting for Romney ‘In Defiance of Normal Americans’

    By: Matt Vespa (Diary)  |  November 5th at 05:01 AM  | 

      Remember when liberals scoffed at the fact that Romney could win more than 60% of the white vote? Not only has Romney successfully tackled that hurdle, and liberals are apparently mad about it. Tom Scocca of Slate Magazine wrote on November 2 about the “tribal appeal” that Mitt Romney has with whites and why “white people think” he’ll be a better president. I’ll give | Read More »

    HuffPost’s Fineman Promotes Biden’s ‘Genetic Political Talent’ and ‘Street Smarts’

    By: Matt Vespa (Diary)  |  October 11th at 11:09 AM  | 

    Howard Fineman, the former Newsweek reporter turned editorial director for The Huffington Post, is excited for the upcoming Vice Presidential debate this Thursday.  You could tell from his column published on October 8, which glorified Joe as the archetypal debater. It’s titled “Obama Needs the Merciless Joe.” To start things off, Fineman threw in a thinly veiled racial remark concerning Biden’s thirst for a political fight saying  “what | Read More »