"These insults just play into Palin’s hands, burnishing her image as an exemplar of the “real America” battling the snooty powers-that-be. To serve as an Andrew Jackson or perhaps George Wallace for the 21st century, the last thing she wants or needs is gravitas.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Palin as Wallace
Frank Rich editorializes in today's N.Y. Times that critics inside and outside the GOP are helping Sarah Palin grow stronger, comparing her to George Wallace:
...two more photos unearthed.
Early 1970's, the WTC towers rise in Lower Manhattan, one with an ominous tombstone in the forefront.
Second Look
I'm trying to clear some clutter, and came across some old photo albums. In one, I found the photo below. I took it in August, 1970 in Vietnam...but this may be the first time I've actually looked at it closely. I wonder why so many of the boys are hiding their faces?
Taking Rep. Jo Bonner to the woodshed....
...for taking Rep Charlie Rangel to the woodshed.
That's what Salon.com did this week, blasting the North Alabama Congressman for a tirade against the already convicted Rangel.
The column by the site's news editor suggests it is unseemly for a white Alabama Congressman to be attacking a black New York Congressman, especially since Rangel had already been found guilty by the House ethics committee, of which Bonner is the highest ranking Republican.
It's Alabama's racial history at play here, of course.
If he were a House member from New Jersey, Bonners rant probably would not have merited even a mention. But we in Alabama travel wtih some very heavy, very nasty baggage. And unless we manage to become a kind of model state for racial equality and fairness, we'll always be a target, an example for editorial writers.
That's what Salon.com did this week, blasting the North Alabama Congressman for a tirade against the already convicted Rangel.
The column by the site's news editor suggests it is unseemly for a white Alabama Congressman to be attacking a black New York Congressman, especially since Rangel had already been found guilty by the House ethics committee, of which Bonner is the highest ranking Republican.
If he were a House member from New Jersey, Bonners rant probably would not have merited even a mention. But we in Alabama travel wtih some very heavy, very nasty baggage. And unless we manage to become a kind of model state for racial equality and fairness, we'll always be a target, an example for editorial writers.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Soros advises Obama to use forceful measures to override the will of the people
Soros advises Obama to use forceful measures to override the will of the people
Read. Between. The. Lines.
Evil operates subtly, insidiously sometimes, you know.
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