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It's Good the Reverend Won't Deliver Inauguration Benediction
In his Washington Post column, Jonathan Capehart celebrates the Rev. Louie Giglio’s decision to withdraw his acceptance of the invitation to deliver the benediction at the presidential inauguration. In light of Giglio’s past anti-gay remarks, Capehart says, the president should not have to share the stage with him. Controversy over an anti-gay sermon by Louie Giglio of…
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Richard Armey's Loathsome Gun Show
In the aftermath of mass shootings across the nation, Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart issues a strong rebuke to Dick Armey, the former House majority leader, for allowing an aide to brandish a handgun while Armey seized control of a Tea Party group. We have endured a couple of weeks of terrifying gun violence. There…
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The Ignoble Hounding of Susan Rice
In his Washington Post column, Jonathan Capehart sums up Susan Rice’s withdrawal from consideration for nomination as secretary of state as yet another sorry episode in the politics of personal destruction in Washington, D.C. Somewhere on Capitol Hill, Sens. John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Kelly Ayotte must be smiling now that UN Ambassador Susan Rice has…
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Obama Defied History With Win
The Washington Post’s Jonathan Capehart says President Obama “wasn’t supposed to win,” but, thanks in part to Romney’s empty campaign, he did. No president had won with an economy so bad. No president had won with the country in a mood so funky. But as is his wont, Obama defied history. The man with the funny…
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John Sununu: Race-Baiting Buffoon
In a blog entry at the Washington Post, Jonathan Capehart excoriates Gov. Mitt Romney surrogate John Sununu for his recent racially inflammatory commentary about Gen. Colin Powell’s endorsement of President Barack Obama. During an appearance on CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight, Sununu implied that Powell supports the president only because of his race. Of course there is…
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DOMA Is on the Chopping Block
Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart writes that this week’s decision in Windsor v. United States overturning the Defense of Marriage Act signals a large-scale shift in discrimination against the LGBT community. Capehart argues that DOMA, which doesn’t recognize same-sex marriage, is plain discrimination and the victory could create ripples that reach states like California, where…
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DNC: What Lack of Enthusiasm?
Reflecting on the first day of the Democratic National Convention, the Washington Post‘s Jonathan Capehart says that Democrats are as excited now as they were in 2008. … This theme of standing up for a president who has stood up for “us” was a thread in other speeches. But Strickland’s robust delivery pulled the delegates…
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Is Obama's August Curse Over?
According to the Washington Post‘s Jonathan Capehart, President Obama and the month of August have been sparring partners for the last three years. But this August was relatively uneventful — and that might be a good omen leading into the Democratic National Convention. August 2010 was relatively light on calamity. But the hangover from the…
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Obama Is 'Akin' to Prolong the GOP's Agony
President Barack Obama touched on a number of topics during a recent White House press briefing, but it was his remarks on the “legitimate rape” comment by Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) that will continue to dominate the national conversation, to the dismay of Republicans, Jonathan Capehart writes in his Washington Post column. “The views expressed were…
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Joe Biden Is Fine by Me
On the campaign trail, candidates makes mistakes, but Vice President Joe Biden has made so many that the media have begun floating the idea that he may need replacing. Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart tackles this notion and the rumor that Hillary Clinton may have been offered Biden’s position, characterizing both as highly improbable. Clinton…
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