They Looked Jewish
What’s an angry white supremacist to do?
They don’t make ’em wear stars like they used to.
So it’s prudent to inquire
Before you open fire
Whether your intended targets indeed are Jews.
Month: April 2014
Most Americans Don’t See Obama as Black
52%
Percentage of Americans who don’t see President Obama as black but instead consider him mixed-race, a new Pew Research poll finds.
Panetta: Obama Has ‘Mixed Record’ On National Security
The president has made some tough decisions. But it’s been a mixed record, and the concern is, the president defining what America’s role in the world is in the 21st century hasn’t happened. Hopefully, he’ll do it and certainly, she would.
— Former CIA Director Leon Panetta, telling the New York Times that President Obama had a “mixed record” on making difficult national security decisions and suggested that Hillary Clinton would be better.
Bloomberg Expects Not to Have to Wait at Pearly Gates
I am telling you if there is a God, when I get to heaven I’m not stopping to be interviewed. I am heading straight in. I have earned my place in heaven. It’s not even close.
— Michael Bloomberg, quoted by the New York Times.
Schlafly: If Women Earn More, They’ll Get Married Less
“While women prefer to HAVE a higher-earning partner, men generally prefer to BE the higher-earning partner in a relationship. This simple but profound difference between the sexes has powerful consequences for the so-called pay gap. Suppose the pay gap between men and women were magically eliminated. If that happened, simple arithmetic suggests that half of women would be unable to find what they regard as a suitable mate.
— Phyllis Schlafly, writing in the Christian Post, as reported by Wonk Wire.
Dems Edge GOP in Generic Congressional Ballot
48% to 42%
Margin by which Democrats have staked out a lead over Republicans in the generic Congressional ballot, a new McClatchy-Marist poll finds. However, just 45% approve of President Obama’s job performance, while 52% disapprove.
Christie Favors Abolishing Campaign-Donation Limits
The idea you’re going to take money out of politics is just not going to happen. None of these laws change that. So let’s just have transparency to it.
— New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), voicing support “for an end to campaign-finance limits, which he said have led to a system that has obscured the sources — but not stemmed the rise — of money in politics,” the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
Campaign Carte Blanche
The Supreme Court’s interpretations are increasingly sly:
If a candidate’s for sale, then corporations can buy.
If that got you vexed,
Just look at what’s next:
Candidates have a First Amendment–protected right to lie!
