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Commenting on National Review’s parting of ways with John Derbyshire and Robert Weissberg over their “racially offensive commentary,” the New Republic’s Timothy Noah quips, “By the logic of newsmagazine trend-spotting, one more transgressor at National Review will give us a trend.”
If Noah were to widen his reading he might learn we already have a trend. Here’s a worthy candidate from another New York publication, New York magazine itself, and its star political writer John Heilemann, in his piece on Romney’s possible veep choices:
Which brings us to the other odds-on favorite: Ohio senator Rob Portman.… He is solid and stolid, bland and boring, and as egregiously Caucasian as a potful of Uncle Ben’s.
I really can’t add to that. Perhaps Senator Portman should simply rip his skin off.
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jppc| 4.11.12 @ 4:06PM
Today, we are more obsessed with race than perhaps evrer in US history. But the black population has not significantly changed in a century or more, it's mass 3rd world immigration that is changing US population demographics, culture, language, religion and thus, politics.
We need a reduction in all forms of immigration. But the Beltway Elites won't go for it.
Purple Lips| 4.11.12 @ 4:35PM
Pray tell, where will future generations come from without immigration. The Caucasions have given up on having children (see our last Census - nearly half of all births in 2009 were Hispanic). I guess that is just another job white people won't do.
jppc| 4.11.12 @ 6:11PM
Pray tell, why do you feel we need to balloon the population to half a billion (the course we are on now)?
Caucasian's have not given up on having babies. Caucasian's have a two babies per family (or woman). The reason why such a large percentage of babies born on Latino is..........IMMIGRATION, that's why. Enforce immigration laws, enforce the border and deport illegal aliens and watch the percentage of Latino babies born decrease.
I'm afraid it looks like you've fallen for Latino Lobby's push for more and more Latinos to "migrate". The Beltway Elites push this nonsense as well. Gee, I wonder who is making out on all t his unnecessary immigration?
Think more critically my friend.
Chris (the second one)| 4.11.12 @ 6:36PM
Given time that trend would reverse as white who continue to have babies supplant the one who don't have children. But flooding the country with Hispanics makes it harder to support large families since it drives down wages and forces two parent incomes.
JDP| 4.11.12 @ 5:16PM
man, these white liberals must really hate themselves.
oh, i forgot...they're the good little SWPLs. don't get it twisted though, they be in deez streets slime. and by "these streets" i mean hanging with their token bougie black friends, who represent 100% of the black community.
C Bowen | 4.11.12 @ 5:48PM
As Wlady knows, nothing will happen over this remark.
The Left is simply a lot tougher then the girlymen over at National Review.
Reid Smith| 4.11.12 @ 5:58PM
I realize it's not funny, but I laughed out loud when I read this post.
C Bowen | 4.11.12 @ 7:54PM
So did, I.
It's a good line--Mencken might have laughed too.
PCP Smoker| 4.11.12 @ 9:42PM
DC Conservatives talking to each other. Ignore us.