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This is McCain’s worst nightmare. And it’s awesome.
The McCain camp is really really hoping that folks on the left spend this cycle pretending racism doesn’t exist. They’re keeping their fingers crossed that we’ll be too squeamish to address the entirely real concern that there are good people … Continue reading
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Palin’s history of racist slurs.
Thanks to Pem for sending me this article – it references a letter written by Anne Kilkenny, which I’ve read and will post more extensively on later, but the biggest revelation here comes from a waitress named Lucille: “So Sambo … Continue reading
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McCain voted against establishing MLK Day.
With all the buzz around today being the 45th anniversary of Dr. King’s “I have a dream” speech and the day of Barack Obama’s acceptance speech, how many in the media will raise the fact that John McCain voted against dedicating Martin Luther King Day as a federal holiday? Or more offensive yet, his long and deep history of supporting policies that are bad for the African American community?
From Color of Change:
In 1983, McCain voted against a motion to suspend the rules and pass a bill to designate the third Monday of every January as a federal holiday in honor of the late civil rights leader, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The motion passed 89-77. [HR 3706, Vote 289, 8/2/83; CQ 1983]
McCain now says he regrets his vote. If he becomes our next president, how many other horrifying things will he do that all of us regret? Continue reading
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