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Radio Host Asks GOP Candidate To ‘Get Your Stupid A** Out,’ Is Afraid ‘Whiteness’ Will Rub Off

Radio host Thaddeus Matthews recently spoke with Republican congressional candidate Charlotte Bergmann in an interview that quickly devolved into insults and accusations of "tokenism."The video below was posted to YouTube on January 25th by someone who isn't a Tea Party fan, to say the least, hence the inflammatory subtitles you'll see running across the bottom...

‘You’re Getting Killed Here!’: O’Reilly Embarrasses SC Dem Chair With Reminder Of 2008 MLK Day Debate

South Carolina Democratic Party Chair Dick Harpootlian objected earlier in the week on MSNBC to today's Republican primary debate. Unlike the rest of America, he was not just objecting to the concept of having the watch the same candidates of the past year or so talk about the same things for another two hours-- he...

Michelle Obama: People Have Painted False Image Of Me Since Barack Said I’m ‘Some Angry Black Woman’

First Lady Michelle Obama spoke with CBS This Morning host Gayle King to address some image issues she's had to deal with during her husband's time in the White House... and his possible role in that.

NBC’s Andrea Mitchell: The Rap On Iowa? ‘Too White, Too Evangelical, Too Rural’

NBC's Andrea Mitchell offered a rather blunt analysis of Iowa as she covered the state's upcoming caucus race for Nightly News."The rap on Iowa," she said. "It doesn't represent the rest of the country... too white, too evangelical, too rural. Still here, politics are personal."

NBC’s Andrea Mitchell: The Rap On Iowa? ‘Too White, Too Evangelical, Too Rural’

NBC's Andrea Mitchell offered a rather blunt analysis of Iowa as she covered the state's upcoming caucus race for Nightly News."The rap on Iowa," she said. "It doesn't represent the rest of the country... too white, too evangelical, too rural. Still here, politics are personal."

Jonathan Capehart: White Republicans Are Afraid To Criticize Herman Cain Because He’s Black

Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart appeared on Morning Joe to discuss his recent article where he claimed Herman Cain's campaign was an insult to his mother, writing that people of color had to work "twice as hard" and Cain denigrated the high level of expectation and preparation demanded by his mom. He then...

Ed Schultz Guest On Herman Cain: He Will Say Anything To Curry White Favor

On Wednesday night, MSNBC's Ed Schultz's brought on Georgetown professor and author Michael Eric Dyson to discuss Herman Cain's assertion that race is a non-issue for his supporters. In his segment, Schultz refers to our exclusive audio recording (Thanks Ed!) of Cain's appearance on Neal Boortz's show.

Herman Cain Rips Harry Belafonte And Cornel West: ‘They Don’t Want Black People To Think For Themselves’

Herman Cain has taken with relish to the position of top tier candidate, launching a thousand rhetorical spears in his direction and answering them in record time. Today, it took only a few hours for him to respond to Cornel West and Harry Belafonte who, respectively, called for him to get off the "symbolic crack...

George Lopez: GOP Knows Herman Cain Is ‘Darker Than Barack Obama,’ But ‘Whiter On The Inside’

Comedian and former late night talk show host George Lopez visited the set of Fox & Friends to discuss the current GOP field, most notably businessman Herman Cain. Lopez started things off with a joke about New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (Should Governor Christie run? "Absolutely, we all should get in better shape." Should...

Rep. Allen West Blasts Fellow CBC Member’s Tea Party-Lynching Comment

On Thursday night's The Factor, host Bill O'Reilly discussed the Congressional Black Caucus' rhetoric concerning the Tea Party movement. He played an audio clip of a particularly provocative comment made by Indiana Congressman André Carson (D) in which he told an audience in Miami that members of Congress sympathetic to the Tea Party would...

Barack Obama Introduces Norman Rockwell’s Painting About Racial Tension Into The White House

President Barack Obama last month approved the installation of Norman Rockwell's famous "The Problem We All Live With." The painting depicts the racial tension at play as 6-year-old Ruby Bridges makes her way to William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, escorted by U.S. Marshals dispatched by President Eisenhower. Bridges is known as the...

Singer Jill Scott Is The Next White House Guest Being Targeted As Racist By The Right

A short while ago, Drudge Report tweeted out this quote: "When my friend told me his wife was Caucasian, I felt my spirit wince." Intrigued, I clicked the accompanying link to find a column the singer Jill Scott wrote for Essence about her feelings on interracial dating posted in March of...