Archive for October, 2009
RNC keeps racist pics on Facebook for nearly a week
October 26th, 2009
Perhaps no one noticed. Perhaps no one cared. But hours after a liberal news forum brought attention to a series of days old controversial photos on the Republican National Committee’s Facebook page, the photos were finally taken down.
Among them was a picture of President Barack Obama eating fried chicken, subtitled with a call to prohibit interracial marriage. The photo’s caption read: “Miscegenation is a CRIME against American Values. Repeal Loving v. Virginia.”
Miscegenation refers to the “marriage or cohabitation between a man and woman of different races.” Loving v. Virginia was a landmark Supreme Court case that, in 1967, struck down all of the US’s laws against interracial marriage.
This is the photo as it appeared on the GOP’s Facebook profile on Monday:
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Conservapedia’s New and Improved Non-Commie Bible
October 7th, 2009
The far right fanatics who run “Conservapedia” have a new project: they’re planning to rewrite the Bible to get rid of all of that liberalism and socialism: Conservative Bible Project.
Yes, really. Here’s an example of the kind of stuff they think needs to be excised from the all-new conservative Bible:
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Karl Rove Endorses Creationist Florida Candidate Rubio
October 6th, 2009
Karl Rove came out today in support of Florida’s former state House Speaker Marco Rubio, in his bid to upset Governor Charlie Crist in the election for one of Florida’s Senate seats.
It gives me no pleasure to report that, like almost every Republican politician, Marco Rubio is a creationist — and he wants to see his anti-science dogma taught in public school science classrooms: Rubio: Florida House open to legislative fix on evolution.
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