The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

The New O-Phone Is Here!

Many people are excited about Apple’s latest upgrade to the iPhone, but this Obama voter was even more excited about the free phone she got because (she says) of President Obama: Rush Limbaugh says this is the “new model citizen,” and liberals have predictably rushed to condemn this as RAAAAACIST: The Obama Phone video belongs to […]

Raaaaacist Furniture

by Smitty Via Drudge: A Northwest Austin homeowner, who hung a chair from a tree meant to symbolize President Obama, has taken it down. The political blog burntorangereport.com first talked about the display in the Spicewood Estates area Wednesday night. The fold-up chair, with an American flag attached to it, was hung from a tree […]

Obama: An Authentic Phony

Back during the 2008 GOP primary campaign — most of which actually happened in 2007 — I wasn’t yet an independent blogger, but was “a man under authority” at The Washington Times. Working on the news side of the operation, the public expression of my opinions was streng verboten, which of course didn’t mean I […]

Cherokee People, Cherokee Tribe: Elizabeth Warren Can’t Hide Her Lies

Princess Fauxcahantas, the alleged 1/64th Native American, will give a major speech at the Democrat National Convention in North Carolina, ancestral homeland of the Cherokee to whom she implausibly claims kinship. Heap big trouble, Elizabeth Warren: Elizabeth Warren can’t escape her Cherokee heritage controversy even at this gathering of loyal Democrats, as a contingent of […]

Bouie In: ‘Off-Beat Tales Of Racism And The Master Baiter; Wax On, Wax Oft’

by Smitty Via Jim Treacher’s Twitter feed, we have Jamelle Bouie Racism Plays a Big Part in our Politics. Period. This piece is so wretched that I won’t link it directly; you’ll have to swing through Google. And why might that be? Let me help: the Raaaaacism Industrial Complex (RIC) derives too much power from […]

President of a Black Fear

When I glanced at Memeorandum and saw the headline, it was impossible to suppress my groaning weariness with the worn-out theme: Fear of a Black President — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic Monthly, September 2012 Show of hands: Nearly four years into the Age of Obama, is there anybody — anybody — interested in reading a 9,582-word “What It […]

Does Anybody Think @BillMaher Is Funny?

I mean, besides Bill Maher: I keep hearing Ryan as teen drove the weinermobile – it sounds like a euphemism 4 gay While gay-baiting Paul Ryan, Maher also engages in racial stereotyping of President Obama: “In many ways — especially for progressives — [Obama] is too white for them. He plays golf, he’s too cozy with […]

There Are Still 5 A’s in ‘RAAAAACISM!’

At least in English. The Polish translation, I’m not sure: Linda Wertheimer, National Public Radio: So today [Mitt Romney is in] Poland. Why is he stopping in Poland. What does he hope to accomplish with that? Cokie Roberts: Well, I think part of it was a desire to portray President Obama as something of a […]

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