Jimmy Carter is 85 years old. Dave Letterman is 62, Nancy Pelosi is 69, Maureen Dowd is 57, and Al Sharpton is 54. These are the people – and theirs is the generation – who are teaching America’s youth how to be racist in 2009. They are very good instructors. Whether it’s Carter’s insistence that “an overwhelming portion” of the opposition to Obama is racist, or it’s Dowd declaring “Some people just can’t believe a black man is president,” or it’s Pelosi’s feigned crocodile... more
Although he’s never been elected to any office (not for lack of trying), Al Sharpton remains a permanent fixture in politics. He just never seems to go away. He continues to speak out on countless issues. And while no one seems to be listening, every network is more than willing to put him on TV. Why not, right? He’s the Don King of politics. Is it just me, or do they look alike? All he does is create controversy by crying racism over everything, so he can reap the benefits of being... more
