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By: California Conservative » In Defense of Rosie O’Donnell

California Conservative » In Defense of Rosie O’Donnell — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 00:21:18 +0000

[...] In 2006, some of the highlights we covered included: Muslims demanding “further apology” from the Pope, Muslims killing people after being offended by some cartoons (Christians don’t riot), Mel Gibson apologizing for a drunken rant, and Michael Richards apologizing for his onstage tirade — and Al Sharpton, predictably, said it’s “not enough”. Before all that, the S.F. Giants fired their PR director because some special interests took offense to a (internal, not-made-for-the-public) training video, KNBR sports radio host gets fired because a black coach took offense to some remarks about the players, and a political campaign manager gets fired because some people took offense to his remarks about black and white. [...]

By: California Conservative » Are Conservatives Inherently Racist?

California Conservative » Are Conservatives Inherently Racist? — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:58:32 +0000

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By: Jeremiah

Jeremiah — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 22:05:01 +0000

I welcome this rebuttal to Malkin’s take. If Seif had said “Quote rich white guy quote”, he might still have his job today, The previous commenter’s statement makes a lot of sense, though. Better yet had Seif talked substance, not surface, about portraying Scranton as an oustider or innovator.

By: This isnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t writing, itÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s typing.

This isnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t writing, itÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s typing. — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 19:46:00 +0000

Rich white guy sings the blues

Bill Scranton can’t seem to catch a break. A member of the founding family of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and the son of a popular governor, Bill was tailor-made for politics: handsome, Yale-educated, articulate and quick witted. He was a shoo-in for the…

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 03:23:35 +0000

I agree that the intent is the thing but I think, for a candidate, the intelligent thing is to limit the casual flippant remarks that can easily be misinterpreted. In a conversation on the street, these things can be explained away….usually. In a campaign, with high political stakes, it’s not so easy. Furthermore, I’d argue that you not only run the risk of losing Republican voters who might misread your sense of humor, you definitely risk losing swing voters whom you are trying to court.
Preaching to the choir is one thing, trying to convert the heathens is another. ;-)