Posts Tagged ‘race’

“Play the ball where the monkey throws it.”

19th September 2009 by Catherine Favazza 4 Comments

Just when you think the ridiculous, all-credible-concerns-and-comments-are-just-racist-rants attacks from the Left might slow down, Talking Points Memo, Salon and company choose their next victim: Rep. Roy Blunt, 2010 candidate for Senate in Missouri.
Their issue? Blunt told a story that mentioned monkeys at the Value Voters Summit.
Blunt’s story, according to Salon.com:
Almost from the day the first [...]

A Tale of Two Polls

31st July 2009 by Liz Mair 1 Comment

Over recent days and weeks, I’ve noticed a heightened media focus on two topics that strike me as saying something important and relevant to the question of where the GOP goes from here, and how the party (further) rebuilds and puts itself into a position where it is clearly able to win back voters’ support [...]

Falsely Inflaming the Real Race Debate

28th July 2009 by Ericka Andersen Comments Off

When I first heard about the incident with Professor Henry Lewis Gates, I was skeptical. The headline on The Root, a website I frequent that focuses on cultural, political and social issues from a variety of black perspectives, oozed a questionable tone.
Beneath the headline announcing Gates’ arrest (he is the Editor-in-Chief of the Root) was [...]