The GOP’s Nutty Negro

Why aren’t responsible Republicans speaking out against Alan Keyes’ rants on President Obama’s citizenship?

There is a viciously insidious strain of racism just beneath the surface of these vile allegations about President Obama’s citizenship that bears focusing on, even if the initial impulse is to dismiss them as the ravings of a nut job. It is little surprise that Alabama Republican Sen. Richard Shelby would be among those helping to stoke such insipid rumblings, or that former Republican Party chair and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour would be among those ... Full Story »

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Derek Hawkins
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by Derek Hawkins - Feb. 24, 2009

Certainly a well argued piece, but it's obvious why the GOP hasn't come down on Keyes for his attacks on Obama: Keyes isn't a member of the Republican Party anymore! Research, research, research!

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