Friday Talking Points [39] -- Republican Elitism Edition
For only the fourth (or fifth, depending on how you count) time in his presidency, George W. Bush had a veto overridden by both houses of Congress thi...
For only the fourth (or fifth, depending on how you count) time in his presidency, George W. Bush had a veto overridden by both houses of Congress thi...
Kevin Marousek | Posted 07.18.2008 | Home
Instead of hearing about the substance of the campaigns, we have to sit through countless political analysts and pundits weighing in on trivial remarks
Huffington Post | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics
In an interview with "Inside Edition" filmed between the first airing of his infamous "cut his nuts off" hot mic tape and the revelation that he did, ...
Ben Cohen | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics
Lecturing the black community is the perfect way to avoid alienating white voters. However, Obama does not share the same history as the African American community he is speaking to.
Huffington Post | Posted 07.17.2008 | Media
Bill O'Reilly discussed with Shepard Smith today why he held back the full tape of Rev. Jesse Jackson caught by Fox News on a hot mic. "I'm not in t...
AP | SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics
CHICAGO — The Rev. Jesse Jackson used the N-word during a break in a TV interview where he criticized presidential candidate Barack Obama, Fox N...
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics
Jackson should immediately apologize to blacks for not only trashing them, but also apologize for his hypocrisy. But that's not all.
Tom Alderman | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics
We value authentic individuality. It's part of our national DNA -- which is why McCain has been so front-and-center all these years. He's nailed authentic -- and it isn't enough.
The Huffington Post | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics
UPDATE JULY 16 9:00 PM EASTERN TVNewser reports that Jesse Jackson did use the n-word in his controversial remarks about Barack Obama, but he did no...
Julia Gorin | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics
Jesse Jackson has a very personal reason which fueled his widely circulated remark that he wants to "cut Obama's nuts off" for "speaking down" to blac...
Eric Boehlert | Posted 07.16.2008 | Media
Rev. Jackson's comments that he wanted to cut off Obama's "nuts" was a huge event for the press. But when McCain said that Social Security is a "disgrace," his proclamation was mostly passed over as being irrelevant.
Kevin Powell | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics
I acknowledge what the Civil Righters have done, but younger African Americans are saying now, the jig is up and it is time for you to go, especially if you have not created hope for our communities.
Alice Singleton | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics
Now you've gone and relegated yourself to the civil rights kiddy table, along with the others in search of that mythical cultural Viagra to make them as relevant with "our" people as they used to be.
Eric Deggans | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics
If tradition civil rights leaders are stuck on the outside when Obama gets elected president, what does that mean for them and for the struggle to free black folks from oppression?
Amanda Michel | Posted 07.14.2008 | Home
FOX got lucky because Jackson slipped inside their recording studio, a place so intimately familiar to broadcast journalists that even ambiguous conventions go unchecked.
Frank Schaeffer | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics
So now we have it: good grades and responsible fatherhood are "white," and speaking foreign languages is suspiciously "European."
Washington Post | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics
Sen. Barack Obama said he would continue to chastise absentee black fathers and deliver tough love speeches to the black community, even if the Rev. J...
Ray Hanania | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics
I can understand Jesse Jackson's jealousy at watching a young, smart black man like Barack Obama do what he has tried and failed to do his entire career.
Andy Ostroy | Posted 07.12.2008 | Politics
To the Stock Market: enough already.
Chris Weigant | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics
Welcome back to Friday Talking Points, after a one-week hiatus! While plenty has happened in the past two weeks which bears close and careful analysis...
Najee Ali | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics
Rev. Jackson, your vulgar tirade caught on tape by Fox News is simply the last straw for me and a growing number of African-Americans. At this point, you are hurting Black America and Obama.
Christopher Ingram | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics
While I am not a prosecutor or law enforcement officer, I believe the threat "Reverend" Jackson made towards Obama was a violation of the law and should be investigated by the Secret Service.
John Ridley | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics
While it's never a shock when operatives of the far, far right have trouble with a person of color achieving stature, what a long strange trip this campaign season has been watching so-called liberals fumble the hot potato that is Barack Obama.
Huffington Post | Posted 07.11.2008 | Media
When it came to reporting Jesse Jackson's comments about Barack Obama, the media tied itself in knots, trying to find ways to avoid saying a simple wo...
LA Times | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics
The news that the Rev. Jesse Jackson took a crude swipe at Sen. Barack Obama this week put renewed scrutiny on the relationship between the veteran ci...
Before the largest crowd of his campaign, Democratic presidential contender Barack...
John McCain's famously cozy relationship with the press is getting a bit testy. Taking questions in...
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There is one more John McCain gaffe that...
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In a flagrant political act, the State Department has...
Major news organizations are drawing...
"Extra" has learned that Heather Mills' publicist, Michele Elyzabeth, has...
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I have a wait problem. I hate to wait. When...
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Chris Weigant | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics