The cries of distress about “identity politics” which have issued from Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh over the nomination of Sonia Sotemayor to the … of a democracy? Limbaugh went so far as to call Sodemayor a “reverse” racist for claiming

This morning I gave the Class Day address at Princeton — I was selected by the students and it was quite an honor, although slightly daunting to follow in the footsteps of Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart and Jerry Seinfeld. At the precise moment I got up to walk to the podium after being introduced by Neil Chen, Class Vice-President,

side note: I highly recommend you click here and head over to the NYTimes website and read this article there … ? If change doesn’t arrive soon, terrorists may well rush in where the capital’s fools now tread

Kevin Drum observes : On Friday it looked as though the conservative movement was suffering from a personality disorder … of the Sotomayor nomination fight — and they were far less eager to criticize conservatives such as Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich for their racially tinged critiques. Fanning out across network

Republican Senate leaders won’t call U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor a racist. But they’re fine with Rush Limbaugh …

Posts about Rush Limbaugh as of June 1, 2009 – thedailyparr … – politicususa.com 06/01/2009 On Friday Rush Limbaugh compared Obama Supreme Court nominee Sonia … , her temperament, Rush Limbaugh and Tom Tancredo’s charges of reverse racism and whether

Many American conservatives don’t get Stephen Colbert There is no doubt that Stephen Colbert is a comic genius … the United States and outside of it — as a masterful parody of American arch-conservatives like Rush Limbaugh and “Papa Bear” Bill O’Reilly. Yet for concerned American conservatives — those who probably

The Gasping Old Party just keeps getting more senile every day! … on the bench is apparently beside the point. Rush Limbaugh isn’t judging her on her qualifications. Neither … method of “Throw the —- up and when it falls, hope some of it sticks!” Limbaugh is positively drooling

“Troubling” by digby According to this article in Roll Call , my instincts about the Republican “concern” strategy on Sotomayor was right … . Unfortunately, Newtie and Rush are on a roll and didn’t