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Never did I imagine that we would one day have a discussion over what constituted rape and what didn’t.  In fairness, we did not start or create this conversation, but maybe it’s a good thing that it’s happening.  Most people my age and younger sometimes take things like abortion and women’s rights for granted because […]

A new day has brought forth a new story about another paranoid White man getting in to trouble. Today’s fool-of-the-day honors goes to Tennessee State Rep. Kelly Keisling, who — a Republican obviously — made headlines for forwarding a conspiracy theory about President Barack Obama from his government-issued e-mail. No, really. The conspiracy in question […]

I was introduced to AIDS, and subsequently, gay people at the age of 6, following the death of a relative. The words gay or homosexual weren’t the terms used to describe same-sex lovers, though. The word faggot was, which from its very utterance of the word in all its hate-filled tone, instilled a great fear […]

Mitt Romney is having the best day ever. After shout outs to the Twitterverse and the sweater vests the helped shape his campaign, Rick Santorum has made the decision to suspend his presidential bid ahead of the Pennsylvania primary. The announcement comes following the recent hospitalization of his 3-year-old daughter who suffers from the chromosomal defect Trisomy […]

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Tuesday Republicans want to force a “radical vision” on the nation, accusing the opposition party of moving so far to the right that even one of its beloved figures, Ronald Reagan, could not win a GOP presidential primary. SEE ALSO: California Court Upholds Affirmative Action Ban, Again! In a […]

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney may lead in delegates and Rick Santorum might have momentum, but neither of the two leading Republican presidential candidates is having an easy time exciting even his own voters. SEE ALSO: 6 Female Politicians Go After Male Masturbation, Viagra Out of a dozen states where voters in the GOP contest have […]

Last week at the GOP’s Super Tuesday primaries, the battle for the presidential nomination raged on among candidates Mitt Romney (pictured left), Newt Gingrich (middle), and Rick Santorum (right). Despite claims that the GOP has tried to include African-American voters and a promise of inclusion, Republicans have largely ignored us. Interestingly enough, exit polls show […]

Public Policy Polling has released information about southern republican voters that show that many southerners still believe that President Barack Obama is a Muslim. It is no clear from the poll how these people have come to this conclusion. The information shows that only 14% of Alabama republicans believe that Obama is a Christian, while […]

During President Barack Obama’s historic rise from state Senator to the highest office in the land, he has endured relentless disrespect from his various critics on both sides of the aisle. However, nothing from the pundits and other talking heads have come close to crossing the line on the level of elected officials who represent […]

Congressman Joe Walsh from Illinois, who once said that President Barack Obama was elected only because he’s Black, owes $117,437 in child support, MSNBC reports. SEE ALSO: Gingrich: Latinos, Blacks Don’t Understand Keys To Wealth Walsh was confronted by MSNBC host Martin Bashir over his child support situation, after he attacked President Obama’s budget plans […]

We talked earlier about all of these different comments that Republican candidates have been making when it comes to African-Americans and food stamps and welfare and things along those lines. Let’s be clear. This is all by design in terms of they want to push the buttons of White conservatives who’re walking around with particular […]

In what may have been one of his most candid  interviews to-date, President Barack Obama levied highly contentious charges against his Republicans rivals, accusing them of willingly allowing the economy to tank in order to regain the White House. RELATED: It Wasn’t My Fault: Obama’s Re-election Strategy Speaking with 60 Minutes’ Steve Kroft in an interview that aired […]