http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/liberalracism/ en-us Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:01:02 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2173738/posts What other major eastern big city newspaper would write this except The Bulletin http://www.thebulletin.us/articles/2009/01/28/news/nation/doc4980055dd4a8d734857692.txt The Bulletin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2173738/posts#comment Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:01:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2144021/posts When people criticize Zionists, they mean Jews. You are talking anti-Semitism. --The Rev. Martin Luther King, 1968 The remarks above, which the Rev. King reportedly made at a Harvard University dinner, shortly before his assassination, are quoted in a U.S. State Department report released this past March in response to "rising anti-Semitism worldwide." I came across them while seeking background on a notoriously anti-Semitic United Nations conference held in 2001 in Durban, South Africa. Billed as an effort to fight racism, that Durban conclave focused instead on vilifying Israel--whipping up hatred to such an extreme that then- Secretary of State... Forbes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2144021/posts#comment Sat, 6 Dec 2008 15:41:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2128464/posts I must say I thought this guy's sign was pretty funny: Daniel Ginnes carried a banner declaring: "No More Mr Nice Gay." But some of these other post-Prop 8 ructions are surreal: Unfortunately the "blame the blacks" meme is being commonly accepted by some so-called "progressive" gay activists. A number of Rod 2.0 and Jasmyne Cannick readers report being subjected to taunts, threats and racist abuse... Geoffrey was called the n-word at least twice. It was like being at a klan rally except the klansmen were wearing Abercrombie polos and Birkenstocks. YOU N*GGER, one man shouted at me. If your... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2128464/posts#comment Sat, 8 Nov 2008 05:05:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2001084/posts Obama, speaking to a group of supporters in San Francisco, CA. , recently said: "You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton administration, and the Bush administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not. And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2001084/posts#comment Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:11:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996003/posts      Who Are We? ― I Would Expect We Are Americans April 3, 2008 Not incredibly, in its recent article, Who Are We? New Dialogue on Mixed Race, the New York Times is now pandering to tribalism. Talk about reaping what you sow.... ItÂ’s little wonder why the stock price of the NYT has collapsed by 50% over the last 5 years while the value of the Dow Jones Industrial Average has increased by 50% in the same period. The NYT canÂ’t even understand what being an American really means. When the Times ponders something as idiotic as, “Being accepted. Proving loyalty. (and)... dansargis.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996003/posts#comment Thu, 3 Apr 2008 13:10:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990971/posts Maybe, just maybe, it’s now worth at least asking whether Hillary Clinton might wind up as the Democratic candidate for vice president. When the chatter about a Democratic “dream ticket” began last year, it was easy to dismiss. Either Clinton or Obama would win a clear victory in the primaries and, after what inevitably would be a contentious campaign, each would want as little to do with the other as possible. Clinton, if she emerged victorious, would instead choose some kind of national security graybeard to her political right, a retired general perhaps, or maybe even a Republican. Likewise, Obama... The New York Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990971/posts#comment Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:47:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990865/posts In some ways, Barack Obama's speech on race last week was as brilliant as it was nuanced. But for all its rhetorical beauty, it was also an enormous step backward and, in the end, a rather self-serving call for more discussion about racial grievance in a country that has already done way too much talking. Until last week, so much of Obama's appeal lay in the fact that he was not asking us to talk about the racial divide. Instead, he offered himself as a living and breathing symbol of racial reconciliation; his very origins pointed to the goal of... The Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990865/posts#comment Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:46:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990800/posts When Democrats contemplate the apocalypse these days, they have visions of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton slugging it out à la Ted Kennedy and Jimmy Carter at the 1980 convention. The campaign's current trajectory is, in fact, alarmingly similar to the one that produced that disastrous affair. Back then, Carter had built up a delegate lead with early wins in Iowa, New Hampshire, and several Southern states. But, as the primary season dragged on, Kennedy began pocketing big states and gaining momentum. Once all the voting ended and Kennedy came up short, he eyed the New York convention as a... The New Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990800/posts#comment Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:03:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990521/posts WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Barack Obama's speech last week, hastily prepared to extinguish the firestorm over the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, won critical praise for style and substance but failed politically. By elevating the question of race in America, the front-running Democratic presidential candidate has deepened the dilemma created by his campaign's success against the party establishment's anointed choice, Hillary Clinton. In rejecting the racist views of his longtime spiritual mentor but not disowning him, Obama has unwittingly enhanced his image as the African-American candidate -- not just a remarkable candidate who happens to be black. That poses a racial dilemma for... Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990521/posts#comment Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:33:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990511/posts It is a tribute to Hillary Clinton that even though, rationally, political soothsayers think she can no longer win, irrationally, they wonder how she will pull it off. It's impossible to imagine The Terminator, as a former aide calls her, giving up. Unless every circuit is out, she'll regenerate enough to claw her way out of the grave, crawl through the Rezko Memorial Lawn and up Obama's wall, hurl her torso into the house and brutally haunt his dreams. "It's like one of those movies where you think you know the end, but then you watch with your fingers over... The International Herald Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990511/posts#comment Mon, 24 Mar 2008 06:58:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990174/posts Even though Barack Obama has "moved on" from the messy association that he has recently been forced to explain to man who had been his pastor for 20 years, it is clear - the voters haven't. There are legitimate questions being raised about a relationship that spans a generation and the beliefs of a man who has on multiple dozens of occasions issued some of the most vitriolic, bigoted, racism imaginable in America today. No doubt one of the most infamous video moments recently unearthed was Jeremiah Wright's use of what he cleverly believed to be a cute play on... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990174/posts#comment Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:18:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990143/posts WASHINGTON -It is already easy to imagine the Republican attack ads against Barack Obama. They open with video of his wife, Michelle, saying she was proud of America "for the first time in my adult lifetime" because of her husband's presidential candidacy. Cut to the Illinois Senator explaining that he doesn't wear an American flag lapel pin because it is a "substitute for true patriotism." Then flash a clip of Obama explaining that his Caucasian grandmother was a "typical white person" because she uttered racial epithets and was afraid of black people. Finally, the coup de grace, pictures of Obama's... The National Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990143/posts#comment Sun, 23 Mar 2008 04:14:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989759/posts Watching the “Reverend” Jeremiah Wright gesticulate like a horny peacock and spew out ignorance, hatred, and bitterness towards America truly inspired my religious faith. Once Wright pointed out that he was “still in Bible country,” I began to “love the hell out of” rich, white people just as much as Wright does. How could so many people not understand that white people have caused all the world’s problems? As Wright pointed out to his congregation, the Bible says it’s so. I’m not sure what verse actually says that, but I’m now betting that rich, white people are responsible for my... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989759/posts#comment Sat, 22 Mar 2008 05:53:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989709/posts Sometimes, like a Cinderella team marching through March, Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign seems nothing short of charmed. It helps that while Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has 10 weeks to make Obama totally and entirely unelectable, Obama just has to wait out the clock. But the outside help Obama is getting (some that he asked for, some that he didn't) is the X-factor -- and it means that, even as Obama grapples with perhaps the biggest challenge to his candidacy, he will be the nominee short of something else dramatic happening in the race that's already seen everything. To survey... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989709/posts#comment Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:13:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989532/posts Some 50 delegates were reportedly poised to unite behind Barack Obama if he had won by even 1 point in Texas. He lost the popular vote by 100,000 ballots, and now we learn that 100,000 Republicans voted for Hillary Clinton, probably not because of some change in party allegiance but because they thought she would be the easier candidate to beat. This kind of strategic voting often backfires (think Ralph Nader). The Texas crossovers are winners. By helping to prolong the Democratic race, they can claim credit for weakening the eventual nominee, whoever it turns out to be. Obama has... Newsweek http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989532/posts#comment Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:20:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1989287/posts Mr. Obama’s Philadelphia speech, in spite of its eloquent passages expressing his hope for better racial relations in America, is a mastery example of literary subterfuge, the broadening of the scenery whereby an object of inquiry becomes blurred and lost in the background, or more bluntly, the escaping of a slippery fish from a pond into a lake to hide in a wider expanse of water. His speech is essentially a sophisticated lawyerly defense of Rev Wright’s sin on the basis of self-defense. While Mr. Obama’s understanding on the root causes of America’s racial problems is quite apt, he attempts... The Unreadiness of Barack Obama http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1989287/posts#comment Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:16:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989214/posts WASHINGTON - Even if Hillary Rodham Clinton and her aides do not mention Barack Obama's fiery-tongued spiritual mentor, don't expect the Illinois senator's well-publicized speech Tuesday to make the controversy disappear, political strategists said this week. Reporters, talk-show hosts and others will keep asking about Obama's close and long-standing relationship to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, whose most bombastic comments came to dominate the Democratic presidential contest recently, the strategists predicted in interviews. In video clips playing on Internet sites, Wright can be heard arguing that HIV-AIDS was a U.S. government plot to wipe out "people of color," and that God... Yahoo! News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989214/posts#comment Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:37:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1989205/posts An interesting photo has surfaced (h/t Drudge): That's the Rev. Jeremiah Wright grippin' and grinnin' with President Bill Clinton on September 11th, 1998, at a meeting of various clerics where Clinton gave his "I have sinned" speech following the Lewinsky affair. I guess Rev. Wright didn't consider an invitation to the White House as "being treated the same way Clinton treated Lewinsky", to quote the good Reverend. The same day this photo popped up, the story leaked out that the Clintons are shopping the Rev. Wright controversy around to superdelegates in the hopes of getting them to abandon Obama While... Holy Coast http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1989205/posts#comment Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:09:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988622/posts "We, African American citizens of the United States, declare and assert: Whereas in the early 1600's 20 African men and women were landed in Virginia from a Dutch ship as slaves and from that tiny seed grew the poisoned fruit of plantation slavery which shaped the course of American development, Whereas reconciliation and healing always begin with an apology and an effort to repay those who have been wronged, Whereas the Democratic Party has never apologized for their horrific atrocities and racist practices committed against African Americans during the past two hundred years, nor for the residual impact that those... Lincoln Heritage Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988622/posts#comment Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:13:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988958/posts WASHINGTON (AFP) - Democrat Barack Obama suffered in the polls Thursday after a much-acclaimed speech on race that, pundits said, had failed to defuse voters' anger over rage-filled sermons by his former pastor. Waging an acrimonious battle against Hillary Clinton for the Democrats' White House nomination, Obama confessed to being bruised by the controversy surrounding his longtime Chicago preacher, Reverend Jeremiah Wright. "In some ways this controversy has actually shaken me up a little bit and gotten me back into remembering that, you know, the odds of me getting elected have always been lower than some of the other conventional... AFP/Yahoo! News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988958/posts#comment Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:36:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988951/posts For most white folks, indignation just doesn't wear well. Once affected or conjured up, it reminds one of a pudgy man, wearing a tie that may well have fit him when he was fifty pounds lighter, but which now cuts off somewhere above his navel and makes him look like an idiot. Indignation doesn't work for most whites, because having remained sanguine about, silent during, indeed often supportive of so much injustice over the years in this country--the theft of native land and genocide of indigenous persons, and the enslavement of Africans being only two of the best examples--we are... Lip http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988951/posts#comment Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:17:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988484/posts Remember Me By Salena Zito Time punishes war. The war in Iraq is no exception; as each moment passes, public resolve, politics and passion erode its mission. Collectively, many Americans tend to remember the mistakes and politics that led us there, rather than the faces of the men and women who serve and defend us. Seven months ago, Lizzie Palmer, a young lady from Columbus, Ohio, barely over the threshold of childhood, felt compelled to do her part to remind people of those faces. The result is a stunning video that was showcased on Chris Wallace's Fox News Sunday last... RealClearPolitics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988484/posts#comment Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:31:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988487/posts There was a time when patriotism and an outsize love of country was a given in anyone running for president of the United States. Not any more. Barack Obama and his wife have demonstrated that being black means never having to say you’re sorry about your — or your fellow blacks’ — conditional love for America. At two Wisconsin rallies last month, Michelle Obama declared, “For the first time in my adult lifetime, I’m really proud of my country.” For such transparent civic disdain, a white candidate’s wife would have been made to crawl over broken glass to beg forgiveness,... The National Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988487/posts#comment Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:36:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988409/posts THROW GRANDMA UNDER THE BUSMarch 19, 2008 Obama gave a nice speech, except for everything he said about race. He apparently believes we're not talking enough about race. This is like hearing Britney Spears say we're not talking enough about pop-tarts with substance-abuse problems. By now, the country has spent more time talking about race than John Kerry has talked about Vietnam, John McCain has talked about being a POW, John Edwards has talked about his dead son, and Al Franken has talked about his USO tours. But the "post-racial candidate" thinks we need to talk yet more about race.... AnnCoulter.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988409/posts#comment Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:13:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988414/posts Obama gave a nice speech, except for everything he said about race. He apparently believes we're not talking enough about race. This is like hearing Britney Spears say we're not talking enough about pop-tarts with substance-abuse problems. By now, the country has spent more time talking about race than John Kerry has talked about Vietnam, John McCain has talked about being a POW, John Edwards has talked about his dead son, and Al Franken has talked about his USO tours. But the "post-racial candidate" thinks we need to talk yet more about race. How much more? I had had my... Ann Coulter.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988414/posts#comment Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:21:15 GMT