MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow: Democrats Must Do More to Promote Abortion
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MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow: Democrats Must Do More to Promote Abortion
Tingles reportedly overcome with jealousy. Via Daily Caller: MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow is the president’s favorite media hack, judging from official White House visitors log records. The liberal talking head has been cleared to enter the White House seven times. During three of those visits, she met with President Barack Obama in his residence or in
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It’s not turning into a good year for the Obama administration – in fact, it’s not been a good administration for the Obama administration – but I think that this is hardly an excuse for a Cabinet level official to use low-rent sexual epithets in public : At the Florida Democratic Party State Convention over the weekend, U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis insulted members of the Tea Party, referring to the activists as “teab[*]ggers.” Teab[*]gger is a pejorative term used to refer to a certain sexual act. Liberal talk show hosts such as Rachel Maddow brought the phrase into the mainstream in 2009, using it as a tongue-in-cheek insult. As reported by Tallahassee Democrat and Sunshine State News , after voicing her support for large federal programs, Solis warned, “I’ll be darned if I’m going to set that aside now because a few teab[*]ggers want to somehow muzzle my voice,” Solis said. (Sanitizing mine.) I’ve always been somewhat cynically amused at how liberal/Democrats/progressives could just somehow tell that when, say, the word ‘macaca’ was used it was clearly meant as a racial slur; but that the enthusiastic use of the term ‘teab*gger’ had no homophobic connotations at all. This despite the fact that tracking down the former required some time with a dictionary, while finding rather graphic examples of the latter’s use requires nothing more than a Xbox and access to multiplayer Halo 3 … but that’s not the important thing. No, the important thing is that – according to the nice woman who I just talked to at the Department of Labor – complaints about alleged offensive and/or hate speech made by Department of Labor employees should be directed to the DoL’s Office of Inspector General Hotline at 800-347-4756, or via email at hotline(at)oig-dot-dol-dot-gov. I mean, seriously: it’s one thing when representatives of private companies express hateful language designed to encourage anti-gay bigotry; distasteful as it is personally, certain types of trash behavior have to be tolerated. But the federal government has some extremely tough internal regulations on what its employees can and cannot say in an official or even quasi-official capacity. They must be held accountable to their own rules. They must . Moe Lane ( crosspost )
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Labor Secretary Hilda Solis uses gay-baiting slur in public.
(Washington Examiner) — Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., rebuked the Occupy Wall Streeters for not voting in 2010 and gave the movement a lesson in political activity during an appearance on The Rachel Maddow Show last night. “I’m a little bit unhappy when people who didn’t vote last time blame me for the consequences of their
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Rachel Maddow responds: Ha ha! Transcript via NewsBusters : MADDOW: I was thinking about that as we see Eric Cantor and these other Republican Congressmen denouncing the Occupy Wall Street people as, you know, an angry mob and somehow dangerous to the country. I wonder if a sense of dangerousness is what gives them power. BILL MAHER: Well, yeah, I think so. I don’t think anyone feels that we’re in a country like so many in the world. Let’s remember we are luckier than most where violence is really going to rule the day and effect policy. But, yeah, people can be intimidated by that kind of thing. I mean, this idea that they’re marching now on millionaires’ homes, I couldn’t help but think of that scene in the Martin Scorsese movie “Gangs of New York” where the riots break out in New York and Martin Scorsese has that cameo where he plays the rich guy. You know, he’s in his Fifth Avenue apartment and a brick comes through the window. Well, you know, if a brick came through Rupert Murdoch’s apartment, yes, I have a feeling Fox News would be a lot more gentle on the Wall Street people. MADDOW: [Laughs] Bookmark this for future reference the next time you see crocodile tears cried over violent language such as “targeting” a political opponent. P.S. Y’all are aware that Neal Rauhauser has a role in this OccupyWallStreet movement, right? And that he is working closely these days with convicted bomber Brett Kimberlin? OK. Just wanted to make sure you knew that.
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Maher: If a Brick Came Through Rupert Murdoch’s Window, Fox News Would Be More Gentle on Wall Street People
