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  • Why Obama doesn't get Glenn Beck

    08/31/2010 12:04:51 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 57 replies · 1+ views
    The Washington Post's Post Partisan ^ | August 31, 2010 | Charles M. Lane
    Not every American who marches behind a hateful crackpot is a hateful crackpot. The peaceful, thoughtful throng that assembled for Louis Farrakhan at the Million Man March in 1995 -- including a young Barack Obama -- proved that point. Notwithstanding some commentary, I tend to feel the same way about the much different (and rather smaller) assemblage that gathered at the behest of Glenn Beck in Washington last Saturday. Certainly, if you’re president of the United States, the most prudent course is to draw a distinction between the leader and the anonymous masses and treat the latter with at least...
  • One Reason Why America Needs a New President.....

    08/28/2010 6:41:38 PM PDT · by Dallas59 · 115 replies
    Internets ^ | 8/27/2010 | Internets
  • Official: No White House pressure on (Shirley) Sherrod

    07/20/2010 2:54:54 PM PDT · by Qbert · 76 replies · 5+ views
    Politico ^ | 7/20/2010 | Ben Smith
    Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack this afternoon took responsibility for firing an official, Shirley Sherrod, whose appearance on video recalling her behavior toward a white farmer drew charges of racism, and whose immediate firing drew suggestions that the administration had over-reacted to an edited video clip. A White House official told me just now that the White House backs Vilsack's decision -- but that it was Vilsack's alone. The official said the White House -- contrary to the Sherrod's charge -- did not pressure the Department to fire her. Vilsack's statement: Yesterday, I asked for and accepted Ms. Sherrod’s resignation for...