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Posts Tagged ‘memphis’

JOHN MCCAIN

Black People Boo John McCain

Friday, April 4th, 2008


For Christ’s sake, please watch this. We mentioned earlier that John McCain asked the dead Martin Luther King Jr. to forgive him for hating black people in the 1980s. But we didn’t mention that the crowd booed him loudly when he did this. They also shouted things back at him, like they do in Barack Obama’s black churches that White America Doesn’t Understand. Around 1:10 into this video, some lady shouts out “so what?” and it is comical. [YouTube via TPM Election Central]


HILLARY CLINTON

Hillary Proves She Knew MLK By Talking About It

Friday, April 4th, 2008


Take that, Obama. You probably didn’t even know you were black yet when Hillary was throwing Rosa Parks under a bus. (PS — Sorry about the Depends commercial before this clip.)

EARLIER: Did Hillary Clinton Really ‘Shake Hands’ With MLK When She Was 14?


HILLARY CLINTON

Did Hillary Clinton Really ‘Shake Hands’ With MLK When She Was 14?

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Bono lies.Hillary Clinton just gave a speech exploiting the assassination of MLK somberly remembering the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., and she added a (new to us) detail: Hillary claims she saw the Reverend King speak and even shook his hand, when she was 14 years old. Wonkette operatives “Gary & Marilyn” ask, “Doesn’t her attendance at such an event sound unlikely for a Goldwater Girl? I can’t find my copy of her autobiography, think that would have been a memorable event she would have written about at the time … so I’m putting this in your capable fact-checkers’ hands.” MORE »


JOHN MCCAIN

McCain ‘Apologizes’ For Denying MLK His Holiday

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Hey so how stupid is John McCain, y’know? Today he gave a speech in Memphis to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who was shot there 40 years ago. He took the occasion to apologize to the dead Dr. King for opposing the creation of a national MLK Jr. Day in the 1980s, when he was overtly racist. So now everyone’s a winner, and black people are free! MORE »


BARACK OBAMA

Why Won’t Barack Obama Apologize For Nutbag Memphis Flyers?

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Ugh.Memphis voters in the 9th Congressional District got a shockingly anti-Semitic flyer in the mail urging them to vote against Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen. “Memphis Congressman Steve Cohen and the JEWS HATE Jesus,” it announces. Why does Barack Obama allow this to happen? MORE »