The American Spectator

Mattled| 1.12.10 @ 6:59AM

Mr. Hyman,
I am a twenty year + media veteran and have never seen such outright lies and omitting of news by the so-called MSM.

My question to you: What do we do to combat the media? The Conservatives don't, and never will, get a fair shake. Somebody needs to come up with a Media Plan to combat ---the Media.

The Media lose---Obama's agenda loses.

Ari Fleischer would be a great addition to such a plan. He to my knowledge has not been invited back to MSNBC because of his manhandling/dismantling of Chrissy Tingles a short time ago. Refusing MSNBC (and NBC) interviews would be a great start with a press release stating why.

Lastly; the Republicans need to come up with a nation-wide plan to go local, as in TV stations. As you know, local TV has a duty and some sense of community to ALL it's viewers. The Networks have no community, no morals, and no shame.

Perhaps Sinclair can start a trend and others will notice. I know the O&O's wouldn't play---but they have competition in their markets (Save NY and LA).

Just imagine the truth coming out (6:00 local news) before the network lies.

Appleby| 1.12.10 @ 7:05AM

One of the main elements of Toddler Liberation is the insistence on being allowed to yell POO POO HEAD! in church.

Until the adults are back in charge of the country, it is futile to try to teach them any manners.

C.K. Amos| 1.12.10 @ 8:30PM

You know, you're right. But I do know some toddlers and grade-schoolers whose manners would put the lamestream minion media to shame.

Seapuss| 1.12.10 @ 7:59AM

I’m less upset by the precise words chosen by Harry Reid (Obama would be a stronger candidate because he’s “light-skinned” and doesn’t speak in a “Negro dialect”) than I am by the overall thrust of what he said. Reid's comments were not simply a politically-incorrect description of Obama’s physical characteristics. Rather, his words were an incredibly cynical and ugly assessment of the moral character of the American people--namely, that we are too bigoted and racist to vote for an African-American whose skin isn't light enough and whose speech isn't white enough.

That Barack Obama forgave Harry Reid for his comments is irrelevant. Harry Reid didn't insult Barack Obama. Harry Reid slandered the American people.

Anthony| 1.12.10 @ 11:05AM

Seapuss is exactly right. This was neither an unfortunate use of a word nor an ackward turn of a phrase, this was pure unadulterated racism and an indictment of the rest of America by a cynical, arrogant and insular Washington pol who has long since ceased to be a representative of the people.
As Mark Levin correctly opined; "who thinks like this"? I concur, I don't know any people who have such thoughts floating in their heads. Reid represents the systemic sickness that has infected the entire Washington political class. A sea change is necessary to rid Washington of this vial class of political hacks.

geekspeak| 1.12.10 @ 8:25PM

seapuss - you nailed it perfectly !

C.K. Amos| 1.12.10 @ 8:34PM

Not only did Harry Reid slander the American people, including blacks or African-Americans, whichever name you chose, but Barack Obama did the same.

In fact, Obama really slandered those blacks--and, again, he's not African-American in the sense that he's descended from the slaves sold into slavery by black Africans and transported here by white Europeans--whose skin color is darker than his.

You wonder: When will the black community grasp how much he's used them, or how much he despises them, just as he does whites and Latinos and Asians, etc.?

len williams| 1.13.10 @ 12:12AM

It is too bad, and rather sad that some Americans see Senator Harry Reid's statement as racist and "slanderist to to the American people."If the American people would look into their heart of hearts, they can only come to one conclusion, and that is that Senator Barack Obama was only one of a very small number of Blacks whom Whites would vote for president. That's a fact, and anyone who states other wise is only fooling themselves or trying to use Senator Reids statements like a political football.

Bill| 1.12.10 @ 8:21AM

Evil and evil people will have their day .. for a while.. but we are coming for them.. Go to you tube and view the video clip America Rising.
Yes indeed we are coming for them and soon.

crookedwren| 1.12.10 @ 2:28PM

Last time I tried to get America Rising on YouTube, it'd been scrubbed.

Take a look at the New Zeal Blog. That guy has some incredible, well-researched, well-supported material that ALL Americans should be seeing and hearing and reading. Only, of course, the MSM won't cover it and FOX only has so much room for truth and reality.

Franklin| 1.12.10 @ 6:23PM

America Rising is back on YouTube.

Just watched it and I'm pumped!

Derek Leaberry| 1.12.10 @ 8:55AM

Had Michael Barone, America's foremost political savant, explained Obama's success in the way that Senator Reid did, his analysis would have been considered wise. It is true- Obama's style is acceptable to white people in a way that Maxine Waters' and most of the Congressional Black Caucus' is not even though President Obama and Maxine Waters are probably in agreement on 98 % of the political issues of our day. There are many reasons to despise Harry Reid, and he is a man deserving of much bile, but it is a little rich for Republicans to pile upon him for his politically incorrect analysis. What Reid said is not much different from what Joseph Biden remarked in early 2008 when explaining Obama's electoral succeess amongst white liberals.

cuban pete| 1.12.10 @ 1:08PM

Maxine Water's "style" should not be acceptible to any one with an IQ above room temperature.
Hence I'm sure she is OK with Joe Biden.

MTB| 1.13.10 @ 4:27PM

I'm a white person and I don't accept Obama's style at all, and it has nothing to do with his color or manner of speaking. I could tell that he was lying throughout the election. I could tell he would do and say whatever he had to to get elected. He fooled a lot of people, but as one of his mentor's once stated, "The chickens are coming home to roost."
It's true that I don't like Maxine Waters and others in the BCC, but it's not because of how they speak or the color of their skin. It's what they stand for and what they say (or don't say). I also don't like Chris Dodd, Harry Reid, Waxman, Leahy, Gore, Spector, Frank and many, many other democrats without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender or national origin.
I don't think Harry Reid is a racist, I really don't, but his comments were inappropriate and he should be held to account just like the entire Democrat apparati would hold a non-Democrat to account. I'm sick and tired of the Democrat double-standard, but I expect nothing less from an entire organization of professional liars, frauds and cheats.

Majito Querido| 1.12.10 @ 9:11AM

I echo the sentiment that we should stop this 'if so and so had said that, the media would...' come on, lets stop giving them such a place of importance...do i care what cnn, abc, nbc or cbs politcal talking heads or ignorant broadcast faces say or opine? not a bit...who gives a hoot what they say? likewise with the late night talk shows...after carson left, so did class...who cares what their political or philosophical musings are? also, while i'm at it, who gives a rat about the NYT?? if it were not for FNC who seems to quote its writings ad nauseum, the paper would have been closed long ago...and that is the crux of this lengthy comment...the more we cry about how unfair, the more life we give them...ignore them...who cares about couric (does cbs stills fog the lenses when she's on?) i mean this lady would not even show her true skin in the HD TV era because she thinks she still attractive (colonscopy an all)...lets move on

Eric Damon| 1.12.10 @ 11:13AM

You may not care what the NYT, CNN, CBS, et al say and you may not think they hold any great sway in formulating public opinion, but the fact is that they do. Think of it this way, even with dwindling viewership the three networks absolutely dwarf the ratings and access to viewers that FNC gets. Never forget that CBS, NBC, PBS, and ABC are all on free television, whereas FNC is avialable on cable/satellite services...with some cable services not offering the network. Viewers and readers still get much more of their news from the Legacy Media than they do from New Media sources, so it is imperative that we stay vigilant in holding the Legacy Media and their cohorts accountable for their actions. Just because conservatives don't take the Legacy Media particularly seriously doesn't mean that they lack influnce in our society.

Majito Querido| 1.12.10 @ 12:13PM

Eric:

Not only me but millions of citizens that make up most of the right of center (and now centrists) do not care about these outlets and certainly their opinions aren't swayed by what they say...the vast majority of folks that watch these broadcasts will never care if reid and the rest are weasels nor they'll vote conservative any time soon...in the past mainstream media meant something positive...today they're viewed as liars, leftist partisans and are not trusted by most of the citizens...so why waste time hearing what they say? more to the point, why do FNC spend endless hours repeating what these say or the NYT writers write? How many subscribe to this newspaper? and that's my main point...don't keep on repeating what these folks say...the only ones that appear to care are the ones repeating and repeating and complaining...so go ahead and spend your time as you see fit, me i rather pet my mutts...and wrong more folks get their news from the net...got your insight wrong...

Eric Damon| 1.12.10 @ 7:41PM

And where exactly do these people who get their news from the net get it from? Even if you go to a news outlet like Fox or even Town Hall, a great many of their pieces are going to come from the AP...so getting news from the net doesn't allow you to escape the reach of the Legacy Media.

Furthermore, the reason that FNC continues to cite the NYT and the WaPo are because they are the ones that are supplying news and covering the breaking stuff; electronic outlets simply do not have the capacity to gather and deliver news like the newspapers do.

As for my having my insight wrong, I must beg to differ. According to a Pew poll taken in late 2008 (the most recent I found doing a quick search) while 40% polled said they get their news primarily from the internet, a whopping 70% responded that for international and national news they turn to television to inform them, with 59% of respondents under 30 years old saying they get THEIR news from television sources! So as much as you would like to proclaim that television news is dead and has no influence, that would be a dead wrong assessment. Also, on the NYT, love it or hate it they still hold a great deal of influence in the news world. If you read an issue of the NYT in the morning, you don't need to watch the news because what is in there is what is going to be on the news tonight! The television side still bases much of their coverage on what is in the Times, so the paper cannot be ignored.

Just remember, just because you don't give it any weight does not mean that it does not carry any weight. Ignoring the way the news is reported is done at our own risk.

Margie| 1.12.10 @ 9:06PM

I agree with what you say about the media and I am glad I no longer have television because I'd go crazy watching the liars lie and the distorters distort. Bad enough in here, sometimes :^) but I get what Mr. Damon is saying too.. I think we can all feel his pain! The Lame Stream Media is despicable and yes there are those who still like zombies get their news there but like you said, they are the ones who won't likely vote conservative anytime soon! (you never know though as God still changes hearts and minds!)
But as for the Harry Reid bigoted statement~ I think it is right for the Republicans to give it to him good. He did after all say we are all racists like he is! They are doing the right thing so we should back them. IMHO.

C.K. Amos| 1.12.10 @ 8:38PM

"Absolutely dwarf the ratings and success" of FNC?

Ease up on the Kool-Aid, fella.

Regrettably, though, the lamestream minion media you mentioned do influence those 20-30 million Americans who apparently haven't figured out how biased those outlets are.

MTB| 1.13.10 @ 4:36PM

I agree, I'm sick of it too. But the knife has to cut both ways. If they're (media) going to do it to Republicans, they need to do it to the Democrats as well. It does make a difference. No, Dems are probably not going to vote Republican, but it does have an effect on the number of Dems who exercise their vote and energizes base Republicans/Conservatives as well.

GeorgieGirl| 1.12.10 @ 9:40AM

To Majito:

Are you suggesting that we just stand there and take this crap? Not on my watch!! We've been doing enough of that for the past years. You may want to move on and continue to be spat upon ....as for me... I'll do enough fighting for the both of us.

Majito Querido| 1.12.10 @ 11:59AM

GeorgieGirl:

Heck i'm not suggesting not fighting...i'm suggesting quit whining and actually do something other than complain along the lines 'if such and such had done/said such things...'...for example, there are plenty of outlets outside the oft quoted media that can be used to expose all items for certain individuals...no need to keep the same old...whine, whine, whine, not fair, whine, whine, whine, we don't get a fair shot, whine, whine and then do nothing...you're fighting? doing what dear? jumping on my posts??

mark| 1.12.10 @ 1:35PM

Majito,
How about reading what GeorgieGirl said? She said she is "fighting back". You on the other hand suggested that we ignore what they say.

ncatty| 1.12.10 @ 9:48AM

Harry Reid is just following Eric Holder's advice to have an "honest" discussion about race. Just don't you try it.

WRTolkas| 1.12.10 @ 9:55AM

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

This is a war which words are the weapons. So far we have been turning the other cheek. What has this wrought but failure for conservatives. This is war folks. You don't win a war by rolling over (read Patrick Henry's "Give Me Liberty" speech). No More - Repeat No More. We need to start firing back with the same vigor as liberals. They scream, we SCREAM! No more turning the other cheek. From now on WE FIGHT! Place Reid on the target. Get active.

We need big wins in November.

Best regards,
WRTolkas

Psalm 109:8, "May his days be few; may another take his office!"

crookedwren| 1.12.10 @ 2:49PM

I know that -- although I think Dirty Harry should be removed from office for shredding the Constitution through the legislation he's cramming down our throats and for the obvious, outrageous "purchasing" of Senate votes via egregious misuse of his power -- to some extent an outraged GOP response may be necessary.

The reality is that had any GOP member said the same thing, under the same circumstances, the MSM would have made sure that everyone in the civilized world would be calling on a resignation.

That truth is that conservatives do get treated differently. There IS a double standard.

How many feminists voted for that Poster Boy for Sexual Harrassment on the Job -- Pres. Bill Clinton? Where was the outrage we heard when Clarence Thomas was being "Borked" by Joe Biden and Anita Hill?

There are so many instances of this, I have trouble reducing them down to recount. Read Donkey Cons. Read Ann Coulter. All footnoted. All true.

If we're to reeducate this America -- which has, for generations, been indoctrinated by Progressives in Education and so-called Journalism & Broadcasting -- we're going to need to speak the truth.

Too many, my own sons included, think that the FatCats are evil and hate Democratic Administrations and Congresses. WRONG. They LOVE them. They FUND them.

Big Government benefits Big Business and Big Labor. But we've got to "out" them -- first by getting the word out and reeducating the American people.

As much as I loathe all this response to Dirty Harry's words (and Obama's propitiatory name for what Reid said -- note that the word "racist" was missing from the President's admiration for Reid's "heart"), I have to admit that telling the truth about this double-standard just may be -- educationally speaking -- necessary.

For the good of us all.

Louis Jenkins| 1.12.10 @ 11:29AM

“Bigots give themselves a free pass.” That says it all. The only answer is to join the Democrat party, the party of Two Standards that is, if you desire to make racist remarks. No room for Conservatives, so go get yourself a cup of coffee and shut up. Those people get a green flag and yet roasted T. Lott on a spit. Jessie Jackson got a free pass for saying he “wanted to cut off” a particular part of Obama, no problem there. No public outcry of rage, at least from the statist media, or Obama supporters. If you disagreed with the golden health care reform bill you where labeled as ‘in favor of slavery.’ Just another case in point- “Do as I say, not as I do.” Welcome to the new Amerika, land of Hope and Change, well, for a select few, Sen. Dirty Harry Reid particularly.

Rmm| 1.12.10 @ 12:33PM

The lefties and the MSM, i.e. a subsidiary of the Democratic Party, have been allowed to get away with this double-standard for far too long. They are rotten to the core with this ' identity politics' bull dung. No conservative ever gets a fair shake from this bunch and never will. So we do what we have to do. They can GFT.

ATLmedia| 1.12.10 @ 1:35PM

AS readers must sense this is a false comparison.
I think Mr.Hyman knows what Trent Lott meant-
promoting segregation would have made the USA
a better place.
Harry Reid observed light skinned blacks are more successful (likeable among whites & blacks)
& had he used the word 'Urban' instead of 'Negro'
it would be hard to fault him.
When George Will called out Liz Cheney on this 'racist comment' nonsense, she should have respected his much more thoughtful position.

Craig| 1.12.10 @ 6:09PM

Did you actually read the article? Mr. Hyman did not compare Trent Lott and Harry Reid. Nor did he even take a position on what Reid said. I mean, c'mon man, can you read?

Margie| 1.12.10 @ 8:22PM

Craig,
FYI~ ALT Media guy is a opportunist Leftist in the likes of "Bob" the Lefty and does nothing but spout the Lefty view of reality. Which "ain't sayin' much".

Red Phillips| 1.12.10 @ 2:23PM

What Derek said.

All this "I'm more PC than thou" pandering by "conservatives" all in a lather over Reid's rather benign observation is sickening. Memo to conservatives: you will never win a PC indignation battle with leftists so why try? This “conservative” hysteria contributes to an already highly charged atmosphere of suffocating political correctness. Why on earth would we want to do this? We need to be challenging political correctness, not reinforcing it. What Reid said wasn’t offensive (other than maybe the choice of words) and was certainly true. Does ANYONE not believe that white people were more comfortable with Obama because he is half white and was largely raised by whites in a white setting. I recall this being openly speculated about during the campaign. As well as it was openly speculated initially when he was trailing Hillary badly with black voters, that blacks were not taking to him because he wasn't black enough and didn't share their background. (Recall that Obama's early support was from liberal whites who as Derek points out hadn't supported Jesse Jackson. And recall that Oprah endorsing Obama and traveling with him to South Carolina was seen as a significant factor in changing this.) So it’s true but you just can’t say it? This is silly and profoundly counter-productive. Again, we should be bucking oppressive PC thought policing, not doing it ourselves. We need less sensitivity and prickliness, not more.

Louis Jenkins| 1.12.10 @ 2:51PM

Mr. Phillips:

You are correct. We can all quibble and call for equal standards, but it just won't happen. Beating a dead horse.

Margie| 1.12.10 @ 4:37PM

"Does ANYONE not believe that white people were more comfortable with Obama because he is half white and was largely raised by whites in a white setting."
~Count me out of yours and Mr. Reid's bigotry. And I'm sure the majority of people in this country are not what you say.

Red Phillips| 1.12.10 @ 6:24PM

The question is not what offends your supposedly pristine color-blind sensibilities. The question is is what Reid said true. That Obama's background made him more palatable to whites is hardly arguable any more than that his background caused many blacks to not consider him "authentic" enough until he caught on.

Margie| 1.12.10 @ 6:49PM

You reveal the rascist low life that you are by your own words.

Red Phillips| 1.12.10 @ 6:55PM

Margie you are completely incapable of a nuanced thought.

Margie| 1.12.10 @ 6:56PM

You need to scroll up and read Seapuss' and Anthony's posts, above, Mr. Phillips. You put yourself in with Harry Reid the bigot. And then you insist on it some more in your comment to me personally. And you obviously have no shame.

Red Phillips| 1.12.10 @ 7:22PM

Margie, read this. Maybe you will have an easier time understanding him than you are me.

http://www.amconmag.com/blog/2.....#more-2595

Professor Gottfried wrote a book on political correctness. He knows his stuff. And his reaction is the same as mine. This was openly discussed during the campaign. I recall it being openly discussed that Obama turned on and off an accent depending on the nature of the crowd he was addressing. Politicians do this all the time. The so-called conservatives who are getting worked up are coming off like clownish cartoon characters in their slavish attempt to seem more PC than thou about a remark that wasn't really offensive. This empowers the PC beast. We should be fighting the though police, not playing enforcer.

Margie| 1.12.10 @ 7:39PM

Did you read Seapuss' and Anthony's posts, Mr. Phillips? The issue is not about the Republicans being PC in their response. The issue is what Reid said. It was his bigoted statement revealing what his own heart believes and was a pronouncement upon the American people that we must think the same way. He revealed his bigotry and so do you in saying that what he said was true. It isn't about my or anyone's "supposed pristine colorblind sensibilities"~ which was a cut. It is always the case that all bigots and racists just cannot believe that we don't actually think like you do.

Margie| 1.12.10 @ 7:51PM

Go here to read what Rush had to say today about this. He agrees with me, and not you, Mr. Phillips. You are on the bigot's side, as your posts show.
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/ho.....guest.html

Derek Leaberry| 1.13.10 @ 9:47AM

Thank you for bringing sanity to the subject of Senator Reid's "racism." If Michael Barone, Charlie Cook, Jack Germond, Johnny Apple or David Broder had written what Reid spoke, there would be no gnashing of the teeth but only praise for wise political analysis. Margie just shows herself as immature and overly emotional, a good reason why women were not allowed the franchise by the wise men of the past rather than the cowards of the modern age.

Margie| 1.13.10 @ 11:59AM

Another of Toddard's pals here. Your personal attacks hold no water amongst anyone who has eyes to see. Why are you defending the bigot Harry Reid is the real question here. You are no conservative, just as your pal Toddard is not. You defend the practices of the Left every chance you get.
And what a liar you are as well.. if Michael Barone said such a racsist comment you say it'd be just fine? You are a joke dear sir. Bit attack as you must. You have no other way, you are a Leftist liar.

MTB| 1.13.10 @ 4:50PM

If Michael Barone, Charlie Cook, et al had said what Harry Reid said, the MSM would be all over it and Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson would be calling for boycotts against their news outlets until the violator was terminated.
Harry Reid is an elected official, and his comments did reveal his mindset: that a dark-skinned person who doesn't speak proper English cannot get elected to high office in this country. His words are disrespectful and demeaning to Americans in general and shouldn't have been said in any context. As I said earilier in reply to one of your earlier posts, I do not believe Harry Reid is racist, but his comments were wrong and he should be held to the same standard that he and his fellow dems held Trent Lott to. Trent Lott didn't even mention race. What he said was stretched and assumed to be the worst, but his resignation was demanded by the dems, and they got it. Harry Reid should do the same.
For those who asked if Harry Reid was right. I say NO! I think we've gotten to the point in this great nation that we will elect someone based on values, principals, views, and leadership. I believe that's why Obama was elected. He made a lot of promises, but he lied, except for one. He is going to try to change America. What many of his supporters didn't know was when he said "change," he meant "destroy."

Charlene| 1.12.10 @ 4:59PM

Does ANYONE not believe that white people were more comfortable with Obama because he is half white and was largely raised by whites in a white setting.

Yea, me. But, I was raised by color blind parents who happened to both be conservative. Children learn what they live. Your comment answers the question of why racism will never end; ignorance.

MTB| 1.13.10 @ 4:51PM

Hear! Hear!

Louis Jenkins| 1.12.10 @ 2:32PM

Does Senator Reid deign to make a separation of tones of a color? Then that is racist. The darker color is left out from his comment. Why should light skinned blacks be more successful or perceived as so? Does Providence smile upon the lighter and frown on the darker? Does the tone of one’s skin determine the individual’s desire, or accomplishment, of success? Was a time the nation looked down on the Irish. Are they not white and capable of acceptance and success? Was that atitude not bigoted? How about the Italians? Granted, T. Lott should have figured out another way to deliver Strom’s praise, but to propose that success is awarded, or deserved, on hues and tonality of the epidermis is incorrect.

MTB| 1.13.10 @ 4:53PM

Yes, Louis! You're spot on. I would vote for Condolezza Rice, J.C. Watts and other Conservative men or women of color before I'd vote for say, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Al Gore, Joe Biden, etc. Great comment.

Katie| 1.12.10 @ 2:45PM

I must ask: You went to great pains to include Byrd's racist quotes, but you left out all of Thurmond's, especially the quotes that are directly relevant to what Lott was talking about. Why? You wouldn't be biased, would you?

You want to compare Byrd to Thurmond? Fine, at least do it honestly.

This was Thurmond's 1948 State's Rights Party Platform:

“And I want to tell you, ladies and gentlemen, that there’s not enough troops in the Army to force the Southern people to break down segregation and admit the nigger race into our theatres, into our swimming pools, into our homes and into our churches.”

While you deeply desire to claim that Lott's reference was ambiguous, no one else saw it that way, including President Bush, who joined the chorus for Lott to step down.

Thurmond also conducted the longest filibuster in US history hoping to defeat the 1957 Civil Rights Bill, over 24 hours.

While he modified his earlier views on race, he never fully renounced them, as Byrd did.

You could also talk about the biracial child Thurmond fathered, and never publicly acknowledged, his entire life. The woman only came forward after Thurmond died, and Thurmond's family confirmed her identity.

You could also mention that while Byrd's vote against Marshall was undeniably wrong, nearly all Democrats, if not all, voted against Thomas on ideological grounds. You won't find too many African Americans today who support Thomas. That has nothing to do with race; it's Thomas's ideology that everyone except the far-right finds reprehensible.

Or you could leave out all of those things, and present a lopsided, slanted, misleading view of the issue, in order to rally your base, and make yourselves feel better by saying liberals are hypocritical, and the MSM is biased when it points out the facts, something it so rarely does.

Craig| 1.12.10 @ 6:19PM

My reply to ATLMedia applies to you, too. Did you bother to even read the article? Are you incapable of 6th grade level reading comprehension?

Why do you try to hold Thurmond accountable for comments he made more than 50 years earlier as if they still had value today but give a free pass to present-day comments made by Byrd? As Mr. Hyman noted, Thurmond went a long way to making amends for his attitude from decades ago but accomplishing several "firsts" while Byrd did not. (I wouldn't be surprised if Byrd NEVER had a black work for him!)

You can attempt to divine what Lott may have meant all day long but you cannot really know what he meant. On the other hand, the quote from Dodd is unambiguous. To praise a racist as someone who would have been a great leader during the Civil War is absolutely transparent.

Either way, how can the MSM go overboard on the Lott episode and completely ignore the Dodd comments?

Margie| 1.12.10 @ 8:26PM

Craig,
If you keep on making so much sense you will soon be told by one of these geniuses that you have no brain.

Urp | 1.12.10 @ 2:53PM

Maureen Dowd on Joe Wilson: "You lie (boy)!!!

William Jefferson Clinton: "Ah like sum sugah in mah coffee, boy."

Martin j smith| 1.12.10 @ 4:42PM

From this moment on --for me--The democrat Party has lost its role and the judge of who is the racist. Democrats have given the game away more openly --although many other examples exist. It also means Republicans and Conservatives who can challenge the Democrat playbook or script.
For too long, we have allowed Democrat Party propagandists to Dominate the debate. This should the end now. No free passes for a Democrat who is racist,sexist,whatever.

JimE| 1.12.10 @ 5:14PM

Constant vacations, dodging the blame and ducking responsibilites are the hallmark of obama, sounds like Reid got the stereotypical, lazy, shiftless negro he was hoping to avoid.

Franklin| 1.12.10 @ 6:17PM

Why are Republicans demanding that Harry Reid resign? His numbers in NV are so bad that it's almost a shoe-in for the Republican running against him.

I know he could do a lot of damage between now and November 2010 when he's booted out of office, but if he resigns now they will just replace him with another Democrat.

Why don't we take the "higher road" for a more devious purpose!!

geekspeak| 1.12.10 @ 8:41PM

Franklin: I agree. H. Reid is displaying to America that he is an arrogant, cynical, racist lunitic who is a loyal Democrat and close friend of Obama. Reid & Obama may be blood brothers.

MTB| 1.13.10 @ 5:00PM

Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but I think the resignation that is being requested is as majority leader, not as a senator. Trent Lott resigned as majority leader, but I believe he stayed on as a senator until his term was over and then retired. You're right, we want to keep him in the Senate until the election, but he's very dangerous as a majority leader (as evidenced by his machinations of the health care bill--he'll make any and all promises, pay any amount of money, make any deal he can to get the bill through. He has no conscience and is absolutely a despicable person who has zero regard for the people of this country. This health care bill is 100% about giving Obama fodder for the State of the Union address and has absolutely nothing to do with helping the American people).

Red Phillips| 1.12.10 @ 7:09PM

Here is what Paul Gottfried, who is an expert on PC (he wrote a book on it) and has impeccable conservative credentials (look him up on Amazon), has to say about all this "conservatives" pandering to the PC though police. He gets it exactly right.

http://www.amconmag.com/blog/2.....#more-2595

martha| 1.12.10 @ 7:53PM

It's on there now!
Enjoy!

Margie| 1.12.10 @ 7:56PM

Mr. Phillips is Toddard's pal. His so called conservative websites are really anti-conservative. Unless of course you are a faux-con. That is, a non-interventionist Ron Paul friend and believer in blame America First. aka "Paleo-con-artiste. Don't be fooled. Unless of course that is what you prefer.

Margie| 1.12.10 @ 8:37PM

Trent Lott should have never resigned. It was worse than ridiculous to bow to the Leftist liars by doing so. He is a good man.
It is OK for the Left to be as bigoted and racist as they want to be and get away with it. The Republicans are absolutely correct for not letting this latest revelation of same coming out of Harry Reids' mouth to simply dissipate.
No Mr. Reid, you paragon of virtue~ we don't think like you. We don't care about the color of a man's skin nor his dialect. We love Clarence Thomas, we love Thomas Sowell. These are men of exceptional character, and that's what we look for in a man. Harry Reid isn't just despicable for his pronouncement upon us, but but also for his Socialist agenda on AMerica. Kick the bum out!!

REt. Marine| 1.14.10 @ 6:10AM

to conclude your last comment.......to the nearest jail cell.

C.K. Amos| 1.12.10 @ 8:45PM

Yes, double standards exist. Life's not fair and the lamestream minion media jettisoned its ethics and professionalism decades ago.

Let's move on. The voters in Nevada will eject Reid, just as Americans will eject lots of Democrats/liberals/leftists next November, then in 2012, then 2014.

And the so-called MSM news outlets, print and broadcast, will continue to lose customers.

But what this flap is turning out to be is yet another Weapon of Mass Distraction from the issue of Marxist PelosiReidObamacare and cap-and-tax and immigration, etc.

We must not lose focus, no matter how racist and despicable Reid et. al. may be.

Margie| 1.12.10 @ 8:52PM

No losing focus here, and I'm sure amongst those of us here. Let's move on? You sound like the Left talking. Sorry~those of us who give a darn do not let racist pronouncements upon Americans by their elected leaders to just simply pass us by. Move on? Whose side are you on, anyway. Take your move on and put it somewhere.. perhaps where the Sun dont shine!

C.K. Amos| 1.13.10 @ 9:25PM

Wow, besides your hostility and poor perception, not sure what else's working in you--but, lady, you fire on the wrong person.

Do a search of my last name on AS's search function and, if they've archived any of the letters I've written over the past few years, try your bestest to discern what side I'm on.

The letters could be better written, most likely more articulate and less wordy. For that I apologize.

As for moving on, yep. You can continue to huff and puff all you want.

Meanwhile, we conservatives and non-leftists, non-liberals, non-Marxists need adult responses to Obama and his thugocracy.

As I said, if we get stuck here, to this tar baby--the libs and leftists and their state-controlled media don't care what we have to say--it's a distraction from more important things such as the senatorial race in Massachusetts, stopping PelosiReidObamacare, stopping cap-and-trade, doing whatever we can to stop Obama's Marxist anti-Americanism.

Puff away, though.

But, lady, don't you dare suggest I don't care. You've apparently no idea of what I believe.

Margie| 1.13.10 @ 11:58PM

I don't care who you are. You obviously don't care who I am. You didn't like what I said, too bad. I didn't appreciate your attitude. Your haughty attitude is what is wrong with a lot of the so called conservatives, like Toddard & co. Is that what you are, a friend of his?
I didn't like your attitude of saying "move on." When the issue of Harry Reid's pronouncement of how Americans are all racists is the issue being discussed, and some here were acting like it was not the case. Your "move on" attitude stinks. You were acting all holier-than-thou and as if I wasn't concerned about "the real issues." You flew through here lobbing your comments carelessly and so I said what I thought.
If you think you get to call your self a "true conservative" leaving me out you're nothing but a liar. Who is the real conservative but one who takes seriously the comments of Harry Reid and other lying politicians? That IS a real issue.
Unless of course you are one of these Toddard "Paleo-Communists." That would make perfect sense.
So my comment to you stands.

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