The NAACP & The White House: ‘Snoockered’ By Breitbart & Fox News

If you’ve been following the latest political news, you would know that Shirley Sherrod, a black USDA official from Georgia, was forced to resign a few days ago after ‘edited’ video surfaced on the web which purported to show that she had unfairly discriminated against a white farmer seeking assistance. When the full video was released we learned that not only did she [...]

Tea Party Express Leader Mark Williams Booted For Racist ‘Satire’

Dear Mr. Lincoln
We Coloreds have taken a vote and decided that we don’t cotton to that whole emancipation thing. Freedom means having to work for real, think for ourselves, and take consequences along with the rewards. That is just far too much to ask of us Colored People and we demand that it stop!
In fact [...]

Meet Alvin Greene: The Sarah Palin Of The Democratic Party (video)

Alvin Greene (D-SC) on why he feels he won the Democratic Primary for U.S. Senate:
“I think that, uh, you know, that they , you know, they heard of my name when I was campaigning across the state , you know, and uh, by word of mouth, uh, I got the word around…you know, [...]

Glenn Beck Thinks He’s Martin Luther King, Jr.

We are on the side of individual freedoms and liberties, and damn it we will reclaim the civil rights moment. We will take that movement because we were the people that did it in the first place…
Glenn Beck is planning a big organized rally on the anniversary of Dr. King’s 1963 March on [...]

Detroit Ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Sentenced To Prison

In his 2002 inaugural address, Kilpatrick said:
“ I stand before you as a son of the city of Detroit and all that it represents. I was born here in the city of Detroit, I was raised here in the city of Detroit, I went to these Detroit Public Schools. I understand this city. … This [...]

Anti-Gay Baptist Minister Hires Male Escort

(CNN) — The anti-gay rights activist who recently toured Europe with a male escort has resigned from a group that promotes counseling for people who “struggle with unwanted homosexuality,” though the man insists that he is not gay.
George Rekers resigned from the board of the National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality, the group’s [...]

Meet Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan

There’s been a rumor floating around the political blogosphere that Elena Kagan, Obama’s Supreme Court Justice nominee, is a lesbian.
The story originated from former Bush administration aide and Republican Senate Staffer Ben Domenech. He’s a conservative blogger on CBS  where the story first broke and was subsequently slammed by the White House in response.  In the article, Domenech indicated that [...]

Obama Inspires Black Republicans To Seek Office

The House has not had a black Republican since 2003, when J. C. Watts of Oklahoma left after eight years.
But now black Republicans are running across the country — from a largely white swath of beach communities in Florida to the suburbs of Phoenix, where an African-American candidate has raised more money than all but [...]

The Tea Party: A Misguided Movement

When a political movement takes off as quickly as the Tea Party, there is no doubt that the phrase “we don’t believe you, you need more people” no longer applies. What counts is having the ability to articulate your beliefs in a way that makes sense to a broad base of biased and unbiased onlookers.  They almost had me believing that they were really [...]

Pissed Off Republicans And The Audacity Of The Tea Party

I bet you never thought you’d see the day when protesting was not only encouraged, but downright cool with conservatives and Republicans.
The more progressive the Tea Party movement appears to be, the more steam it will pick up along the way. And if you’re anything like me, you’ve probably asked yourself more than once, what exactly does [...]