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Santorum Puts a Black Church to Sleep [Photo]
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The image above is part of a great “Florida Primary” photo essay put together by the New York Times. The picture above is of Santorum addressing the congregation at the Worldwide Christian Center in Pompano Beach on Jan. 22. The look on the face of the kids in the back is priceless.
And another picture that’s actually disturbing is the one below. “Punching puppets of Mr. Romney and Mr. Obama on the Romney campaign bus. Mr. Gingrich had stressed that he was the best Republican candidate to challenge Mr. Obama in debates, but Mr. Romney challenged that notion with his strong showings in Florida.”
(h/t HuffPost)
Gingrich’s Rick Tyler Says Democrats "Abort Black Babies" [Video]
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Rick Tyler, Newt Gingrich’s former communications director who now runs his Sheldon Adelson-funded SuperPac, was a guest on “The Rachel Maddow Show” yesterday and claimed Democrats “abort black babies” and that African Americans children need the movie “Red Tails” because they don’t have any positive role models in their lives.
Gingrich has for decades been the GOP standard bearer in using racial caricatures to demonize poor people. Colorlines.com’s Seth Freed Wessler wrote a piece entitled “Gingrich Surges With Old, Familiar Ploy: Racist Attacks on Poor People” that looks at the history.
Jan Brewer Uses Wagging Finger Incident to Raise Money
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Arizona Governor Jan Brewer’s book sales skyrocketed last week after the famous wagging finger incident and this past weekend she used the same incident to raise political campaign contributions. And she’s switched up to story to make her sound like a maverick.
Last week, Brewer said that, despite the widely circulated photo
of her with her finger a few inches from Obama’s face, said she
“really wasn’t pointing at him.”
“We could have been talking about a lot of different things,”
Brewer explained then, saying she respects the office of the
president. “And I would never be disrespectful in that manner.”
Indiana’s ‘Right-to-Work’ Final Vote to Take Place Wednesday
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Right-to-work legislation in Indiana cleared one of its final steps Monday with a state Senate committee passing the bill 6-1. Supporters of right-to-work, led by Indiana’s Republican Governor Mitch Daniels, say it is needed to bring business and jobs to the state. But opponents call it “union busting” and say it will hurt workers with lower wages.
If the bill gets final approval Wednesday it will allow workers to opt out of paying union dues, even when a workplace is unionized.
Local 150 International Union of Operating Engineers representative Todd Vandermyde told the Sun Times the bill goes against a protection found in the state Constitution restricting services from being demanded without just compensation.
“This bill forces my local and many others to render representation to people who choose not to be a member and pay any fees,” Vandermyde said.
Indiana would join 22 other states with right-to-work laws, most of them in the South and West, according to Reuters. Indiana’s action has stirred a national debate because no state has approved right-to-work legislation since Oklahoma a decade ago.
The bill now moves to the full Senate with the potential for amendments Tuesday and a final vote Wednesday.
New Yorker Cover Shows Obama Enjoying Super Bowl of Romney vs. Gingrich
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On newsstands today is the latest “New Yorker” magazine with a cover depicting Obama enjoying a Super Bowl of epic proportions with Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich battling out.
Barry Blitt, the artist responsible for this week’s cover, also illustrated the controversial image of Obama in a turban and robe fist-bumping the First Lady depicted with an afro.
Gov. Brewer and Her Wagging Finger: Your Best Captions
01 week ago
That famous picture of President Barack Obama being welcomed “intensely” by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer earlier this week made big headlines. And we knew Colorlines.com’s clever readers would have some good caption suggestions.
About 35 of you sent in submissions and below are some of the highlights. Thanks for participating!
“That better be a birth certificate in your hand or I’m calling Sherriff Joe to arrest you for criminal trespass!”
“Petrificus Totalus!” (Spell in Harry Potter that renders a victim completely immobile)
“Put the finger down and step slowly away from the President. Keep your racist hands where I can see them.”
“Don’t be taking cues on how to interact with Black people from Gangsta rap…”
”now you lesson here Boy”…..
“Does this smell funny to you?”
Joe Biden Mocks Indian Accents During Outsourcing Speech
01 week ago
During a speech in New Hampshire on Thursday, vice president Joe Biden slipped into an “Indian” accent when talking about “hundreds of thousands” of call center jobs going overseas.
At the 00:11 second mark you see Biden catch himself and stop the accent.
The New York Times ‘India Ink’ blog provides a bit more context:
The accent was so badly done that some commentators immediately speculated that it was supposed to be Russian – but still it brought to mind Mr. Biden’s 2006 Indian-American gaffe,
when he was caught on microphone saying: “In Delaware, the largest
growth in population is Indian-Americans moving from India. You cannot
go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian
accent. I’m not joking.”
Biden is no stranger to sticking his foot in his mouth. In 2007, an LA Times columnist said Biden had “uncontrollable verbosity” and called him a gaffe machine.
Obama Says Brewer Wagging Finger ‘No Big Deal’
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A tense airport exchange with Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, in which she wagged her finger in his face, was blown out of proportion, President Barack Obama said in an ABC News interview on Thursday.
“I think it’s always good publicity for a Republican if they’re in an argument with me. … But this was really not a big deal,” Obama said. “Last time we met, she wasn’t fully satisfied. But, you know, I think this is a classic example of things getting blown out of proportion.”
According to Brewer, Obama “turned that conversation immediately to my book ‘Scorpions for Breakfast’ and was immediately somewhat distraught, disappointed about the way that he was portrayed in that book,” she told CNN Thursday.
“Let me say that I respect the office of president, and when I went to meet him at the tarmac, I went with a happy heart,” Brewer went on to say.
Looks like Brewer ends up winning in this one though.
Brewer’s book on Thursday skyrocketed up to become the 8th best seller on Amazon and #1 in three different political categories. The book, released in November, ranked 276,665th in sales on Amazon.com before the airport showdown
Caption Contest: What Did Brewer and Her Wagging Finger Tell Obama?
01 week ago
The picture of President Barack Obama being welcomed “intensely” by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer yesterday has gone viral. And it’s begging for a good caption.
And if the New Yorker can have their caption contests, so can we. Comment below (or via Facebook or Twitter) and we’ll post the best captions tomorrow.
PS: Keep it classy! (That means don’t post any misogynist captions because your comments will likely disappear.)
Univision to Obama: Explain to Latinos Why You Didn’t Keep Immigration Promise [Video]
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Univision’s María Elena Salinas asked President Obama yesterday to explain to Latinos why he didn’t keep his immigration promise to them.
“It’s very simple. We couldn’t get any republican votes. Zero. None.”
Even though he couldn’t keep his promise, Obama says he’ll win the Latino vote no matter who he runs against because of his stance on issues that matter to Latino like the economy, healthcare and the DREAM Act.
“On a whole range of issues, whether it’s Mr. Romney, Mr. Gingrich, Mr. Santorum or wherever else they might decide to select they represent a fundamentally different vision of America and it’s not the bold, generous forward-looking optimistic America that I think built this country,” Obama said.
Latinos still favor President Obama over all the Republican candidates by a wide margin, according to a new poll conducted by Latino Decisions for Univision News and ABC News.
While some Latinos have complained about Obama’s failed promise to take up immigration reform and bring down the country’s unemployment rate -53 percent say they are less excited about Obama than they were three years ago — for the most part they remain supportive of the president.