Politics
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Michelle Obama Gets Down on iCarly
Apparently, one of Malia’s and Sasha’s friends didn’t believe the first lady had the clout to get a guest spot on the hit kids’ show iCarly when the topic came up recently at Camp David (“I’ve stayed at Buckingham Palace!” Mrs. Obama says she told her). This clip of her appearance in a “random dancing”…
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Take Politics Off the Playground
“Timmy” Kaine? Really? Up until then, the conference-call conversation had been politics as usual. It was rough, for sure, but about what you’d expect. In their preview of President Obama’s bus tour through Southern swing states, you didn’t expect Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, North Carolina GOP Chair Robin Hayes and his Virginia counterpart…
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Mike Tyson Plays Cain in 'Campaign Promises'
On Tuesday Funny or Die announced its 2012 Republican nominee hopefuls. There’s also this full-length spoof video of a Herman Cain ad, starring Mike Tyson as the former Godfather’s Pizza CEO. What’s the mock candidate’s explanation for his lead in the polls? “Because the Tea Party loves crazy more than they hate black.” Even those…
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Obama's Reefer Madness
Here’s some change you can believe in: The Obama administration is more interested in breaking bread with UFO spotters than with people who understand that it’s ridiculous to treat pot as an illegal substance. It’s bad enough that the administration is blithely continuing its quest to eradicate medical-marijuana dispensaries even in states that have declared…
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What's Next for Duane Buck on Death Row?
While his presidential campaign is a disaster — and great fodder for late-night jokesters — Texas Gov. Rick Perry still receives hearty ovations when he brags about the number of executions he has presided over during his tenure: 235 and counting. He is probably salivating at the chance to add Duane Buck to his body…
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Your Take: Our Ability to Vote Is in Peril
Today Americans are going to the polls to vote in state and local elections. But one year from now, millions of black Americans could find themselves shut out of that essential democratic right. Larry Butler, a longtime voter, may be one of those denied. Butler was born in 1926 in South Carolina. He remembers well the…
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Fourth Herman Cain Accuser Speaks Out
A fourth woman stepped forward today to say that Republican presidential contender Herman Cain sexually harassed her when he was the chief executive of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s. Sharon Bialek, accompanied by her attorney, Gloria Allred, detailed the allegations about Cain’s conduct in a news conference this afternoon. According to a transcript…
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Dear Camp Cain: Stop Calling It a Lynching
The Negro was unsexed and made to eat a portion of his anatomy which had been cut away. Another portion was sent by parcel post to Governor Dorsey, whom the people of this section hate bitterly. —lynching of “Negro” Williams, Moultrie, Ga., Washington Eagle, July 16, 1921 Four young women from the crowd pushed their…
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Is Herman Cain Done?
How many more cases of alleged sexual harassment have to surface before Herman Cain becomes known as the Tiger Woods of the Tea Party? To quote the soon-to-be-former presidential candidate’s reprise of one of his father’s favorite quips, “I does not care.” Cain never was and never will be more than a minstrel act in…