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Barack Obama Is Silas Lynch, Part One: The Color Of Fear

March 8th, 2010 · No Comments · News, Political Fringe, Politics, Racism, Republicans, america

For those who haven’t seen the seminal film The Birth of a Nation, it remains to this day revered by some as a significant cinematic achievement– because of its usage of technical innovation– the usage of lighting, editing and close-ups was ahead of its time.  It’s also despised for its graphically stereotypical portrayals of Black [...]

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Maureen Reed Speaks To Delegates In Sauk Rapids, Minnesota

March 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Democracy, Democrats, Elections, Politics, america

wrightandleftreport’s candidate for the sixth congressional district in Minnesota, Dr. Maureen Reed, speaks at the Senate District 14 Convention. Dr. Reed is challenging incumbent Republican congresswoman Michele Bachmann.

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Wednesday’s Link Round-Up

February 24th, 2010 · No Comments · News, america

The senate passes a jobs bill.  Some republicans who initially tried to fillibuster it, vote for it.  How does that work?
Joe Wilson says America has the “best health care in the world.” Dylan Ratigan does not agree.
What the hell does Robert Pattison mean by this?
The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that the stimulus bill has [...]

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Republicans Had Stimulus Envy

February 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · News, Politics, Republicans

Bloomberg’s got it:

Alabama Republicans Jo Bonner and Robert Aderholt took to the U.S. House floor in July, denouncing the Obama administration’s stimulus plan for failing to boost employment. “Where are the jobs?” each of them asked.
Over the next three months, Bonner and Aderholt tried at least five times to steer stimulus-funded transportation grants to Alabama [...]

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Black Men Must Never Put Their Feet On America’s Property

February 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Political Fringe, Racism, Republicans, america

The nerve of this man!  How dare he show any level of comfort around these white men?  He’s clearly asserting his uppity-ness.   And in the people’s house no less!  Here’s more real down-home American invective from the above email:

Here, here sir!  Who does this ebon-skinned Kenyan think he is?  President?  What American leader would [...]

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Maybe Democrats Can Govern After All…

February 17th, 2010 · No Comments · Democrats, Politics

Well what do you know?
The New York Times looks at the economic stimulus bill passed a year ago and notes that despite the bad publicity and political grandstanding, it actually worked.
“Perhaps the best-known economic research firms are IHS Global Insight, Macroeconomic Advisers and Moody’s Economy.com. They all estimate that the bill has added 1.6 million [...]

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GOP Rail Against Policies They Supported Just To Spite The President

February 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Democracy, Democrats, News, Politics, Republicans

Let me be perfectly clear here.  REPUBLICANS DO NOT WANT TO SUPPORT ANY POLICIES THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION COMES UP WITH, even when those policies are ones that they actually supported before.  They only believe in obstruction, and obstinance. There is no bi-partisanship.  There is only hypocrisy.
Watch Rachel Maddow eviscerate GOP members of congress for taking [...]

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The Tea Party Convention Part II: Birthers, Homophobia, And Black Sharpies

February 9th, 2010 · 2 Comments · 2012 Presidential Election, Elections, News, Politics, Racism, Republicans, america

The National Tea Party Convention concluded this past weekend, and  If you’ve already read part one, then you know that the tone of the convention was set very early on.  Racial paranoia wafted heavily in the air over the weekend, dampening the intended message of anti-tax, and anti-government intervention the movement was trying to focus [...]

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wrightandleftreport Gives You Your Daily Briefing

February 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · News, Politics

Here’s a little link love to get you through your day.  Or bore you.  You make the call.

Republicans are up in arms about the Christmas bomber being read his Miranda rights.  The Bush administration did the same with the shoe bomber, and he was the most safest president ever!
Uh-oh!  The president is planning to raise [...]

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Why Intelligent Governance Is The New Cool In The White House

February 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Democracy, Democrats, Politics, america

If you watched or heard anything from Friday’s monumental meeting between President Barack Obama and House Republicans, then you may have come away  impressed.  In today’s heavily covered political landscape, pure political gamesmanship is going the way of the dodo and the brontosaurus.  The art of deftly pointing and counter-pointing your political rival doesn’t make [...]

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