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Shocked — but not totally — over young Schaffer’s racist Facebook...
In a statement after his Facebook page, littered with racist trash, was exposed to the world this week, Justin Schaffer — whose dad is running for the U.S. Senate in Colorado — absurdly claimed, "I do not agree with the sentiment or content of the offensive material ...” If that is true, the obvious question is: Why was it there in the first place? And, did any of the 438 “friends” connected to Justin Schaffer’s Facebook site demand he quit it with the bigotry? Did none of them find the imagery as disturbing as the rest of us?
‘Celebrating’ Rush Limbaugh, the Energizer Bunny of hatemongering
Human Events, the conservative tome that the Wall Street Journal calls a “Bible of the Right” and Ronald Reagan termed “essential reading,” is celebrating “Rush Week,” — that is, 20 years of Rush Limbaugh on the air — in a big way. Fox News' Sean Hannity kicked the week off with a tribute to Limbaugh, describing him as the “Babe Ruth of Broadcasting.” What an honor, for a guy whose home runs are often little more than racist and misogynistic rantings.
Denver Post’s primary picks defy logic
The Denver Post announced three congressional primary election endorsements on its Web site Friday with the print version appearing on the Sunday editorial page. The head-scratching nods and the apparent lack of logic behind them raise questions about whether blindfolds and lawn darts were involved in the editorial board's decision-making process.