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HipChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-08-10 09:05 PM
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Maddow - A Look Under The Hood
Exposing the Tea Klux Klan and their proposed racist literary test
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-08-10 09:07 PM
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1. Glad she's doing it
but I fear she's preaching to the choir.

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madmax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-08-10 09:07 PM
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2. Thought those questions came from the Bar exam! n/t
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alsame Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-08-10 09:10 PM
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5. Those cheering teabaggers couldn't pass that test either. Guess they
didn't think about that.
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Catshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-08-10 09:17 PM
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11. Especially the spelling part.
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alsame Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-08-10 09:26 PM
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14. LOL, of course not. nt
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libnnc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-08-10 09:08 PM
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3. Damn she's good
:kick:
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HipChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-08-10 09:10 PM
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4. That was the real story ..the Palm was a distraction...
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-08-10 09:12 PM
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6. And here I thought when they were talking about couldn't spell vote, they were discussing
the handwriting guest spewer.
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Rhiannon12866 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-08-10 09:13 PM
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7. K&R. Listening to this right now... Shocking and despicable.
Edited on Mon Feb-08-10 09:20 PM by Rhiannon12866
WTF is wrong with Tom Tancredo?! And this bigot wanted to be POTUS?! :crazy: :grr:

And wouldn't a literacy test thin out voters for the GOP?! Sarah Palin, for example?! :crazy: :dunce:
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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-08-10 09:14 PM
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8. Tea Klux Klan is a meme which must stick
It fits the criteria and should be used incessantly.

Tea Klux Klan
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-08-10 09:15 PM
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9. agreed
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HipChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-08-10 09:16 PM
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10. +1000
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quiet.american Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-08-10 09:25 PM
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13. It's brilliant. nt
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quiet.american Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-08-10 09:24 PM
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12. Yes, I'm putting this in all caps - THANK YOU, RACHEL MADDOW! THANK YOU!
I wasn't surprised, but was really disheartened that the MSM ignored and pooh-poohed Tancredo's racist, racist comments and the applause the Tea Klux Klan gave to his remarks.

Thank you, Rachel for your incredible, detailed segment shining the light not only on Tancredo and the Tea Klux Klan, but on the actual questions featured on the "literacy tests." As an African-American, I knew about the tests , but had never actually seen one. The questions on them were outrageous. And even if the questions were answered, in the end, the registrars could just conclude that you were wrong, even if you were right.

Excellent, insightful segment, thank you. And thank you for your anger over this, too. It means something to me that it's not only African-Americans that are outraged about Tancredo's vile remarks.
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HipChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-08-10 09:37 PM
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15. The Teleprompter Lie...and what the media missed..

The teleprompter lie is an inside joke among bigots who use this racial slur to demean all African Americans as being incapable of speaking without help.

The teleprompter lie is a known lie even among bigots who tell it because they know the President of the United States does not need a teleprompter to speak. They are telling a racist lie. Racism and bigotry are based on racist lies and the acceptance of racist lies by the fellowship of bigots who then discriminate against the target of the racist lies in this case the President of the United States.

Sarah Palin used the same racist code in her speech to the all-white Tea Baggers to demean the President as not being able to speak without a teleprompter. Palin lied and she knew that she was a liar but she didn't care. The racist teleprompter slur by Palin drew applause and laughter from the all-white Tea Baggers

and the biggest lie they hide from is that Reagan was the King Teleprompter President of all time..
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