A Tale of Two Pundits

Well this is a fine how do-you-do...

Every now and again, Mitch Albom actually gets one right--this is one of those times. In the Sherrod controversy (if you need a link, you're fucking hopeless) the NAACP fucked up. Tom Vilsack fucked up. The Obama administration fucked up. But they are not to blame. Andrew Breitbart is. Period. If anyone other than some numb nut conservidiot believes a word or story that comes out of Breitbart's cache of crap ever again, shame on them. He is nothing more than a liar and a stain on America--not just the media, but all of America. Frankly, the difference to me from Breitbart and a child molester is zero--they're both the kinds of people the country can do without.

Unfortunately, I doubt it's the last we've heard of Breitbart....

...mostly because of hacks like Nolan Finley. Leave it to a conservidiot to come up with a shitload of doublespeak to remove blame from racist Republicans and put it on the backs of those oh so lucky blackfolk here in America. Instead of penning a much deserved mea culpa, he defends Breitbart by placing blame on the NAACP for its calling the Tea Party out for its racist elements. In his ever challenging quest for journalistic relevance, Finley has actually been to a few Tea Party meetings and has never seen or heard anything racist. I work with many staunch Republicans (in fairness, all of whom are good employees and people I like), but I am often amazed at how often I hear such things as, "He's black, you know," or, "It's because he's a Mexican," or, "She's married to a colored." I'm sorry, but these are racist statements. And apparently, Finley doesn't pay much attention to the web, or else he would have seen this or this. These are picture proof of racist elements in the Tea Party--but as we all know, for conservidiots, it's easier to lie than face the truth.

And let's not forget the usual class war bullshit (Finley: "Being a class warrior won't get you fired in the Obama administration--it'll earn you a promotion."). What the fuck? When the fuck did reaching out to help those less fortunate become class warfare? This mother fucker gets paid to come up with this bullshit--now that I think about it, I really fucked up in life. I should have been an idiot and a liar and I could have made big bucks in the conservative press.

In the end, what's really sad about this whole situation is that a beautiful message got lost: it's not about color, but about helping people to make their lives better. This is what makes America great--not corporations, not the free market, not the wealthy, but common folks lending a helping hand to each other.

Peace,
emaycee