Oh this is too funny

Remind me. Is it the Left that loves to claim that they are the ones who've mastered the art of "nuance" while the Right flails away in a black and white world? I thought so.

Well, Media Matters decided to post a printed pages long post about all of Rush's racially charged statements. For God's sake - wouldn't it have made more sense for them to pick out the 3-5 things that people can agree could be taken as offensive by some? Instead they list dozens of things that Rush has said that are nuanced and part of a long and potentially valid line of argument. If you listened to MM, you would have to believe that any conservative who mentions race in any way is a racist. Oh wait, that is what they believe. Something tells me they aggregated all of the Rush transcripts that George Soros pays people to compile and did a Ctrl+F on "black", "african" and "Obama".

Sharpton and Rush Limbaugh

Al Sharpton raises his ugly head again:

The Rev. Al Sharpton wants the National Football League to block conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh from bidding on the St. Louis Rams.

Sharpton sent a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday. He said Limbaugh has been divisive and "anti-NFL" in some of his comments.

Durbin on Republicans

Dick Durbin's statement on the Senate floor is ridiculous to the extreme and does nothing but fan the flames of ethnic angst:

Judge Sotomayor should not be chosen to serve on the court because of her Hispanic heritage, but those who oppose her for fear of her unique life experience do no justice to her or our nation. Their names will be listed in our nation's annals of elected officials one step behind America's historic march forward"

Read: Republicans who refused to vote for Sotomayor are racists. Disgusting.

Again on the Obama-as-Joker Poster

A couple of points need to be made:

• I do not believe it's a positive contribution to the dialogue of this country to use ad hominem attacks against our elected leaders - attack the argument, not the man
• Unfortunately, many on both sides have taken to this line of attack rather than to one more substantive. So, don't expect people to sympathize with you because you're offended if your side engaged in similar and even more egregious attacks on his predecessor
• Any argument against Obama can be called "racist"; every time someone uses that word it becomes less and less powerful. I suggest you save it for times when the argument is actually "racist".

Earl Ofari Hutchinson Demands

That the artist makes himself known (via the Corner). Sure they made comparisons of Bush to Hitler, the Joker, a chimp, bin Laden, the Star Wars Emperor, Nero, etc. etc.

Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable President Earl Ofari Hutchinson is calling the depiction [of Obama as the Joker], politically mean spirited and dangerous.

Hutchinson is challenging the group or individual that put up the poster to have the courage and decency to publicly identify themselves."Depicting the president as demonic and a socialist goes beyond political spoofery," says Hutchinson, "it is mean-spirited and dangerous."

"We have issued a public challenge to the person or group that put up the poster to come forth and publicly tell why they have used this offensive depiction to ridicule President Obama."

Make a comparison of Obama to the Joker (arguably the least offensive from the list above) and Earl Ofari Hutchinson publicly demands that the offender out himself - and, of course, face the scorn of the Left. Does anyone think they wouldn't rip this person apart? Look at what they've done to others who crossed their path, either from the Left or the Right.

Political Rule #19304

When Republicans vote against someone who isn't a white, straight, Christian man that's racist, sexist, homophobic, bigoted, etc.

When Democrats do it, it's principled.