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As we noted last week, opposition to the so-called Ground Zero Mosque is just the tip of the iceberg, maybe the minaret, or right-wing opposition to new mosque building across the USA. Opponents of a new mosque and community center in Riverside, California have opted for a new strategy of asking protestors to bring dogs since Muslims “hate dogs.”
Our Christina Bellantoni spent the weekend at Netroots Nation talking to various party operatives, marquee candidates and strategists about what Democrats can do heading into a perilous November election. Can contrasts with Republican rule be drawn among the din of Republican enthusiasm, Tea Party Crazy and double-digit unemployment? Here’s her report on what she heard.
Not very complicated. Just a genuinely outrageous story. Bell, California. A small, working class community near Los Angeles was undergoing various budget and city services cuts when it was revealed that the folks running the town were making salaries on a par with bankers, the highest priced lawyers in the country and just … well, the City Administrative Officer was pulling down nearly $800,000 a year, the police chief almost $500,000. All for a town of about 40,000 residents.
I’m not sure how effective this will be but the Democrats unveil some of their messaging today, calling GOP plans the “Republican-Tea Party Contract With America.”
Remember that guy from the American Spectator, Jeffrey Lord, who opened a new front in the war on Shirley Sherrod by claiming she lied about her relative being lynched on the basis of his not knowing the definition of ‘lynch’? Brian Beutler interviewed him. It gets better. Or worse, depending on your point of view.
US Commission on Civil Rights’ adopts new focus on racism against white people.
The Glenn Beck-Goldline connection, graphically depicted (click to enlarge): Read More
Sure, you’ve seen Elvis posing with Richard Nixon. And maybe you’ve seen the Reagans with Michael Jackson.
But have you seen Arlen Specter’s encounter with James Brown? Or Michel Bachmann meeting Jewel?
Did I mention Rep. Jerry Nadler (whose office blows off my constituent questions) with Salt n’ Pepa and Michael Bolton?