This meme is wildly dishonest since people pay a host of other federal, state, and local taxes. It’s about as honest as saying a person doesn’t eat vegetables because she only eats carrots, celery, bell peppers, cucumbers, and cabbage, but not broccoli.
Category: The Presidency
Three Reasons Why Voter ID Laws Should Be the #1 Issue for the Occupy Movement
In early 2009, I had dinner with a prominent, conservative political operative at the Rainforest Cafe in Downtown Disney. He calmly (and accurately) predicted that the 2010 mid-term election would see the largest Republican gains in half a century. He then leaned in and half-whispered, “but you haven’t seen anything yet. Just wait until 2012… Continue reading Three Reasons Why Voter ID Laws Should Be the #1 Issue for the Occupy Movement
2012 Election Sexism Watch #8: Bachmann Enters Stage to “Lyin’ Ass Bitch”
Earlier this week, Michele Bachmann entered the set of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon accompanied by the musical musings of The Roots covering the Fishbone song, “Lyin’ Ass Bitch.” Glenn Beck responded by calling Fallon a “despicable human being.” The Women’s Media Center noted that this gender slur was both “sexist and unfunny.” Fallon has since apologized.
Election 2012 Sexism Watch #7: Manicure Alert
Michele Bachmann’s French manicure has created quite the chatter amongst bloggers and “news” organizations (see here , here, here, here, here, and here) who are debating whether the polish style is classy, tacky, or even worth discussing. Hint: It’s not worth discussing any more than it’s worth discussing the accumulation of dirt under Bachman’s male competitors’ nails. The ever-important manicure… Continue reading Election 2012 Sexism Watch #7: Manicure Alert
Election 2012 Sexism Watch #5: Bachmann Denies Sexism
From The Factor, September 26, 2011: O’Reilly: “Do you think you’re being treated differently because you’re the only woman in the race? Here you’ve got eight sweaty guys – they’re all sweaty – and then you’re there. Are you being treated differently because you’re the only woman in the race, do you think?” Bachmann: “You… Continue reading Election 2012 Sexism Watch #5: Bachmann Denies Sexism
Election 2012 Sexism Watch #4: And Then There Were Two?
Major news outlets have deemed the competition for the Republican nomination contest a two-man race, including The Daily Beast (A Two Man Race: Perry and Romney), The National Journal (Despite Bachmann’s Success, The Real GOP Race is Now Perry Vs. Romney), Newsmax (Experts: Perry Surge Creates Two-Man Race on Eve of Debate), Redstate.com (Perry vs. Romney), and… Continue reading Election 2012 Sexism Watch #4: And Then There Were Two?
Election 2012 Sexism Watch
Commentators on both sides of the aisle have been quick to point out sexism directed at their own, while participating in sexist discussion of candidates running on an opposing ticket. In the tradition of our coverage of the 2008 election, we’re joining Feministing, the Women’s Media Center, The New Agenda, and the film, Missrepresentation, in a non-partisan effort to monitor and report… Continue reading Election 2012 Sexism Watch
A Recession for White Americans, A Depression for Black and Latino Americans
A new study from the Pew Research Center reports staggering gaps in median wealth–a person’s accumulated assets minus her debt–between whites ($113,149), blacks ($5,677) and Latinos ($6,325). That’s a 20-to-1 white-to-black ratio of wealth and a 18-to-1 white-to-Latino ratio. Essentially, all of the economic gains made by people of color since the Civil Rights Movement… Continue reading A Recession for White Americans, A Depression for Black and Latino Americans
The Truths of Katrina
It’s been five years since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, and the average American knows almost nothing about the atrocities that occurred in New Orleans: political corruption and abuse; disaster profiteering; overt racism; and murder.
President Obama and the Tea Party
Barack Obama’s presidency is historic in many ways, including the biggest loss of
public approval during the first year…What accounts for the historical loss of public approval and polarization? Racial fear is one cause.