From an AP breaking news alert: COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Tim Scott, black lawmaker, defeats Strom Thurmond’s son in GOP runoff for House nomination. Tim Scott is a teabagger, but the beauty of him beating out segregationist Strom’s son – well that is priceless.
The big news yesterday was this “private” remark from Harry Reid, which appears on page 37 of Game Change encouragement of Obama was unequivocal. He was wowed by Obama’s oratorical gifts and believed that the country was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially one such as Obama — a “light-skinned” African American “with […]
This opinion piece by Jim Jenkins about Lindsey Graham is hilarious: We archconservatives thought he was “one of ours.” Yessir, ol’ Lindsey Graham, who succeeded ol’ Strom Thurmond in the United States Senate, seemed to have all the credentials: high ratings from the American Conservative Union (90 out of 100, a solid “A” most places) […]
In the aftermath of Katrina, President Bush appeared in New Orleans along side Mississippi Senator Trent Lott and talked about rebuilding. He even said he looked forward to the day when Lott’s house was rebuilt and he could sit on the porch with him drinking lemonade. It appears as though Lott might not feel the […]