Goldberg’s take on Republican strategy: Black people have lost the desire to perform a day’s work. Black people rely on food stamps provided to them by white taxpayers. Black people, including Barack and Michelle Obama, believe that the U.S. owes them something because they are black. Black children should work as janitors in their high schools [...]
Tags: 2012 presidential election·black people·Food Stamps·Republican candidates for President·Republicans running for president
(This was originally published January 17th, 2011) We have waited for more than 340 years for our constitutional and God-given rights. The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward gaining political independence, but we stiff creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward gaining a cup of coffee at a lunch counter. Perhaps it [...]
Tags: American History·Civil rights movement·Martin Luther King·Martin Luther King and the Dream·Martin Luther King Holiday
This speaks for itself: Even needing to ask the question provides the answer. It matters not where he was born; this man is deeply and fiercely alien to the American tradition. He thinks ordinary Americans “cling” to Gods and guns because we are “bitter.” He believes we should “redistribute the wealth.” He thinks cops are [...]
Tags: 2012 presidential election·Barack Obama·Barack Obama Birth Certificate·President of the United States
There may be a price to pay for intransigence. Because of a deliberate attempt at self-sabotage by congressional republicans, an inability of Speaker Boehner to reign in tea party freshmen, and the likelihood of a substantial tax increase on more than 160 million Americans–something conservatives would normally consider anathema–they find themselves on the wrong end [...]
Tags: American economy·Congressional Polls·Congressional Republicans·Payroll Tax·Politics·president obama·Speaker John Boehner
A portend of things to come? Jeffrey Toobin weighs in: In 1964, Republican insurgents seized control of the party. They recognized that their views were not held by a majority of Americans—at least not yet. As Rick Perlstein wrote in “Before the Storm,” his fascinating history of the Barry Goldwater campaign, the Republican Party was [...]
Tags: Barry Goldwater·presidential elections·republican party·republican politics
With the hyper partisan climate choking the life out of Washington elected officials, Congress’ approval ratings have shrunk to unprecedented depths. Their ability to conduct the people’s business as diminished significantly as their approval hovers around the nine percent range. With many American citizens wary of the anemic efforts coming from the Capital No Labels, a bipartisan [...]
Tags: Bipartisanship·Congress Approval Rating·Get Congress Working·No Labels·Political Organizations·United States Congress·Washington
It’s one thing to disagree on a particularly divisive issue–it’s entirely something different to engage in haughty, disreputable politics. Mitt Romney’s shameful display not only reinforced his strained attempts at humanizing his candidacy–it showcased an utter lack of political savvy and genuine compassion. At an event that was meant to highlight the endorsement of Romney [...]
Tags: 2012 presidential election·gay marriage·Gay Rights·Mitt Romney·Republican candidates
A reader on the Dish writes: I thought I’d write to you with our own experiences taking part in the Occupy LA protests. I’m in my early 40s, at a well-paying job as a web developer for a large hospital in Los Angeles. My wife and I have no children. We’re very fortunate – we [...]
Tags: American economy·capitalism·Occupy Wall Street·Wall Street Protests
Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 economic plan continues to get panned (pizza pun intended) by economists and even conservatives. On the surface it seems like a blatant hosing of the poor, by shifting the tax burden more heavily upon their shoulders in order to create tax equity. Cutting beneath the surface, Cain’s plan is simply a nod [...]
Tags: 999 plan·Consumption tax·Economists·Elderly Voters·Herman Cain·Herman Cain's economic plan·middle class·taxes
The dilemma surrounding discussions of race has less to do with conflict between black and white. It has more to do with the intrinsic value systems inherited by many over generations. Witness a white southern woman discussing race relations and integration in her small Texas county: Jan Gannaway, a Haskell native who is white, said [...]
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