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They’ve lost their marbles!

I can’t tell whether some of the women who support Clinton are taking their marbles and going home, or they’re planning to pick their marbles up and throw them at everybody.

Whatever they’re planning to do, they’ll need to find their marbles first.
Sigh…
Way to go, girls. That’ll show em.
Added: John Cole thinks they’re stupid. […]

All those bigoted black voters?

From the comments this morning:
I wouldn’t vote for Obama because I don’t trust him. That doesn’t mean that I wouldn’t vote for another person of African descent. For example, I would have no problem with Condi Rice.
So, what about the 95% of black voters who check the Obama box? It’s obvious that they are voting […]

America’s shame

Americans don’t see the world in Black and White anymore.  Really!  We’ve moved past “all that”.

Bullcr@p.
I’ve read ad nauseum about Obama’s “problem with blue collar Democrats” — the preferred euphemism for bigoted whites who won’t vote for a black person under any circumstances.
Obama’s “problem” has been exploited, analyzed, laughed at, shrugged off, and ultimately avoided […]

Modern Mean Girls

This story is horrifying on so many levels to me as a parent (from CNN).
The video shows a brutal scene: The 16-year-old victim is punched, kneed and slapped by other girls. She huddles in the fetal position, or stands and screams at her attackers, but the assault continues. Authorities say the eight teens said they […]

Race and admissions at UT-Austin

Via the Houston Chronicle, it seems a graduating Senior from a high school in Richmond, TX, is suing UT-Austin. Her suit alleges that she, as a white person, was denied admission to UT due to race-based admission policies.
The complaint, filed yesterday in Austin (.pdf here), states that plaintiff Abigail Fisher is graduating in the […]