Hullabaloo (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Hire The Hitman by digby Evidently Michael Steele has been miffed that he didn't get enough credit for the GOPs sweeping takeover of American politics in the November elections (well, except for the congressional seats which all went to Democrats)so he forced out the RNC spokesman for some reason. But the spokesman has been replaced by a heavyweight: The Republican National Committee has hired Alex...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
The Republican National Committee has hired Alex Castellanos, a long-time political strategist and GOP consultant, as an adviser. Castellanos has been described (according to his National Media biography) as the "father of the attack ad." He's best known for a racially-charged ad he made in 1990 for racist former Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) . The ad, called "Hands," featured a pair...
Bob Cesca's Awesome Blog! Go! (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Former CNN contributor, former Jesse Helms adviser, insurance cartel shill...
headsup: the blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Through the miracle of the Intertubes (at Wonkette , via Talking Points , crediting FishBowlDC ) comes news that certain practices are going to have to stop at certain fair 'n' balanced networks. Specifically, that'll be errors -- which, as the document says, "can fall through the cracks on any day" but do draw unwelcome attention when they start to pile up, as they have been at Fox of late:...
Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Scholars and Rogues » Climategate? Not likely. Second, it might be unpolitical to say that you’ll be happy when someone died, or that Steve McIntyre and Anthony Watts are pricks and assholes, but that doesn’t make the statements a scandal. I personally was happy when former Senator Jesse Helms died, and I will probably enjoy a drink of expensive scotch when Marc Morano, James Inhofe,...
Alterdestiny (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
James Meredith is famous for integrating the University of Mississippi in 1962. But he was always seen as an odd duck by other members of the civil rights movement. He wasn't really affiliated with any particular group. Instead, he just sort of did random things. His March Against Fear in 1966 was totally unorganized. He just decided to start walking down rural Mississippi roads. He was shot and wounded...
Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Ah, it's pathetically ignorant, perpetually re-elected NC U.S. Congresscritter Virginia Foxx opening her trap again to contribute batsh*ttery to the public discourse and historical record with the ludicrous claim on the House floor that the Republican party had a progressive record on civil rights and Congress passed legislation in the 1960s without much help from Dems. ( Think Progress ): During...
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
I would have said Foxx (R-NC) made an ass of herself, but we won't malign that noble beast here. Watch it : FOXX: ... and actually the GOP has been the leader in starting good environmental programs in this, in this country, uh, just as we were the people who passed the Civil Right bills back in the '60's, without very much help from our colleagues across the aisle. They love to engage in revisionist...
Zandar Versus The Stupid (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
I speak tonight of GOP Rep. Virginia Foxx AGAIN, after this time she tried to pass off the GOP as being the party of civil rights legislation . Luckily, she was rather forcefully corrected by Democratic Rep. Dennis Cardoza of California: CARDOZA: Today, what I’m hearing on the floor really takes the cake. The gentlelady from North Carolina, in her statement just now, indicated that the Republican...
Underbelly (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
There's a curious case of memory loss that seems to be afflicting both left and right this morning over the history of civil rights legislation. Link , ( link ). Start with Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx of North Carolina: Just as we were the people who passed the civil rights bills back in the '60s without very much help from our colleagues across the aisle," said Fox. "They love to engage...
Charlotte Observer: Breaking News (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
(By Barbara Barrett, Washington correspondent) More than 100 of U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms' family members, friends and associates gathered Wednesday night to see the senator's portrait unveiled in one of congressional Republicans' most distinguished enclaves, the private Capitol Hill Club. As attendees sipped wine at an evening reception, artist René Dickerson, his heart pounding, fumbled with the...
Charlotte Observer: Breaking News (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
(By Barbara Barrett, Washington Correspondent) In René Dickerson's usual artwork, his abstract, brilliantly colored paintings depict joyful scenes of African-American culture. He paints jazz, Motown, beautiful women and scenes of love. Last spring, a friend in Washington invited him for lunch at the Capitol Hill Club, a social enclave for Republican lawmakers. The friend asked, Would you like...
Bradenton.com: Politics (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Rene Dickerson's abstract, brilliantly colored paintings depict joyful scenes of African-American culture. He paints jazz, Motown, beautiful women and scenes of love.
Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
If you couldn't be there, this is the next best thing. Armed with my trusty video cam (and help from the Equality NC folks to get a place to set up the cam at the last minute), I recorded the main program of the Equality NC Gala. Video One : Opening remarks... Video Two: ENC's Executive Director Ian Palmquist receives a surprise honor for his 10 years of service with the organization (around 12:45)....
Truth Out (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Here we go again. Whenever conservative stalwart Jesse Helms didn't like something in a bill, he would pull out an abortion amendment to slow things down. Helms is dead and gone but the tactic is alive and well and may just kill health care reform. On the Senate side, the hurdle is the public option. For 30 years, Jesse Helms, the former senator from North Carolina, was the biggest thorn in the Democrats'...
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