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 Stinging Remarks on Race From Attorney General
Stinging Remarks on Race From Attorney General
The United States is "a nation of cowards" when it comes to race relations, the country's newly minted attorney general said today. In remarks made during a speech to honor Black History Month, Eric Holder said the country remains "voluntarily socially segregated," making head-turning comments ...
John Gibson Compares Eric Holder To Monkey With Bright Blue Scrotum (VIDEO)
John Gibson Compares Eric Holder To Monkey With Bright Blue Scrotum (VIDEO)
huffingtonpost.com — At the end of a long and pointless conversation between two Fox News reporters covering a zoo escape, John Gibson compared Attorney General Eric Holder to a monkey. A monkey escaped from the Woodland park Zoo in Seattle and despite the fact that ... (more) John Gibson Compares Eric Holder To Monkey With Bright ...
Holder: “A nation of cowards”
Holder: “A nation of cowards”
michellemalkin.com — AG Eric Holder says we’re a “nation of cowards” on race. [...] Read the rest » (more) Holder: “A nation of cowards”
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Carol Platt Liebau: Not Letting Facts Get in the Way of Biases
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — Below, I commented on AG Holder's characterization of the USA as a "nation of cowards" because we don't do enough talking about race -- or interracial socializing. Just to update, according to ABC : ABC News polls show there has been sharply increased social interaction between black and white Americans in the past few decades. In June, 79 percent of whites reported having a "fairly close personal friend" who's black, up from 54 percent in 1981. Ninety-two percent of blacks reported having a white friend, up from 69 percent a generation ago. Similarly, a 2005 poll found that 48 percent of whites and 63 percent of blacks said someone ...

Richard M. Benjamin: Jeckyll & Hyde, Good Cop & Bad Cop: Barack and Eric Are Doppelgängers!
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Holder called America a "nation of cowards." Holder declared that most Americans avoid discussing awkward racial issues. (How does the AG's boss fit into this charge?) ...

Obambi Seeks A New Assault Weapons Ban
Pirate's Cove — I’ll be honest, I do not really see the point behind owning assault weapons as a private citizen, I seriously doubt there is going to be another revolution, but, see, there is that pesky 2nd Amendment thing, so, if you want one, Mr. I’m Was A Constitutional Professor wants to infringe on your Right The Obama administration will seek to reinstate the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004 during the Bush administration, Attorney General Eric Holder said today. “As President Obama indicated during the campaign, there are just a few gun-related changes that we would like to make, and ...

Obambi Seeks A New Assault Weapons Ban
Stop The ACLU — Obambi Seeks A New Assault Weapons Ban Posted on February 26, 2009 I’ll be honest, I do not really see the point behind owning assault weapons as a private citizen, I seriously doubt there is going to be another revolution, but, see, there is that pesky 2nd Amendment thing, so, if you want one, Mr. I’m Was A Constitutional Professor wants to infringe on your Right The Obama administration will seek to reinstate the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004 during the Bush administration, Attorney General Eric Holder said today.“As President Obama indicated during the campaign, there are just a few gun-related changes ...

David Letterman Explains Why Don Imus Was Fired
Wizbang — Don Imus must be kicking himself. Instead of meeting personally with the entire Rutgers women's basketball team and begging forgiveness for calling them nappy headed hoes , he should have just apologized in his studio in front of a sympathetic audience. David Letterman showed him how it's done when the parties offended (white women and minors) are not card carrying members of a privileged and politically protected group: I told a bad joke. I told a joke that was beyond flawed, and my intent is completely meaningless compared to the perception. And since it was a joke I told, I feel that I need to do the right thing here and ...

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Atty Gen Holder: US cowardly on race matters (AP)Yahoo! News: Politics News 2/18/2009
AP - Attorney General Eric Holder described the United States Wednesday as a nation of cowards on matters of race, saying most Americans avoid discussing awkward racial issues.
Holder: 'Nation of cowards' on race (Politico)Yahoo! News: Politics News 2/18/2009
Politico - Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that despite advances, the United States remains “a nation of cowards” on issues involving race.
Holder: U.S. 'a nation of cowards' on racemsnbc.com: Politics 2/18/2009
Attorney General Eric Holder described the United States Wednesday as a nation of cowards on matters of race, saying most Americans avoid discussing unresolved racial issues.
Excerpts from Atty Gen Holder's remarks on race (AP)Yahoo! News: Politics News 2/18/2009
AP - Excerpts from Attorney General Eric Holder's speech Wednesday in which he said the United States is "a nation of cowards" on matters of race. His remarks at a Justice Department ceremony commemorating Black History Month were transcribed by CQ ...
Holder: U.S. a 'nation of cowards' on talking raceCNN.com - Politics 2/19/2009
In a blunt assessment of race relations in the United States, Attorney General Eric Holder Wednesday called the American people "essentially a nation of cowards" in failing to openly discuss the issue of race.