Conservative pundits hate it when liberals play the victim card because it distracts from the real victims: CONSERVATIVES.

In his article — Living Under Obama: White Male ‘Conservative’ Victimhood and The New Realities of ‘Black Privilege’, Christopher Deis elaborates:

The election of Barack Obama has been difficult for many Americans. As Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Pat Buchanan (among many others) have bravely pointed out, white men are experiencing discrimination and unfairness in ways

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Fox’s Sean Hannity’s Guest Dee Dee Benkie: President Obama “Is So Un-American“

The Manchurian Lunatic: Jon Stewart isn’t saying Glenn Beck is a saboteur sent to destroy Fox News; he’s merely asking why Beck’s doing George Soros’ bidding.

8/1/11 in 60 Seconds: Democrats get hosed by a debt deal that makes Republicans cream in their jeans, Jon Stewart makes good on his promise to the troops he met in Kandahar, and Freida Pinto talks apes..

Doug Lamborn, Republican Colorado Congressman, Refers To Obama Dealings As Being Stuck To A ‘Tar Baby,’ a racial epithet:

Doug Lamborn, was recently on the 630 KHOW Capils and Silverman radio show discussing President Obama, the President’s economic policies, and the debt ceiling deals being debated. Lamborn describe working with the President:

Even if some people say, ‘Well the Republicans should have done this or they should have done that,’ they will hold the President responsible. Now, I don’t even want to have to be associated with him. It’s like touching a tar baby and you get it, you’re stuck, and you’re a part of the problem now and you can’t get away. I don’t want that to happen to us, but if it does or not, he’ll still get, properly so, the blame because his policies for four years will have failed the American people.

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In 2010, the National Journal ranked Doug Lamborn the “most conservative” a.k.A [ THE MOST RACIST ] member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Lamborn has voted to the right of 96 percent of his colleagues on economic issues, 93 percent on social issues, and 76 percent on foreign policy issues, according to The Huffington Post.

I’ve been called a lot of things over the years while serving in public office, but to be called the most conservative member of Congress is a distinct honor.

— Doug Lamborn

Hate-Talker, Republican Rush Limbaugh Calls Gender Reassignment Surgery An ‘Add-A-Dick-To-Me’

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MediaMatters: Fox & Friends stated that there is a “double standard” applied to Rep. Peter King’s hearings on Muslim extremism and the Obama administration’s treatment of Muslim-Americans by claiming recent comments by Obama official Denis McDonough mirror those comments made by King. In fact, the Obama administration and McDonough have repeatedly reached out to the Muslim community and praised it for its efforts in combating domestic terrorism, while King has repeatedly falsely claimed there hasn’t been “sufficient cooperation” from the Muslim community. [ READ MORE ] [ DOMESTIC RIGHT-WING AMERICAN TERRORISTS ]

   Islamophobe & Anti-Immigrant Bigot Peter King(R-NY)

Fox Falsely Claims Obama Admin Is Saying “Exact Same Thing” About Muslim-Americans As King

Fox & Friends Co-Hosts Cheerlead For Rep. King’s Anti-Muslim Hearings, Dismiss Protesters

YOUTUBE PLAYLIST: Anti-Muslim Bigotry & Hate (Islamophobia)

Eugene Robinson Writes For The Washington Post:

   [By: Eugene Robinson]
Rep. Peter King, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, is about to convene hearings whose premise offends our nation’s founding ideals and whose targets are law-abiding members of a religious minority. King has decided to investigate Islam.

A Republican from Long Island in his 10th term, King seems untroubled that the freedoms of religion and association are guaranteed by the Constitution. His public exercise in Islamophobia, scheduled to begin Thursday, can do no good – and much harm.

The legitimate-sounding goal of this exercise, King explained Sunday on CNN, is to investigate "self-radicalization going on within the Muslim community" and the threat of homegrown Islamic terrorism. Who doesn’t want to uncover al-Qaeda sleeper cells? Who doesn’t want to do everything that is possible – and legal – to prevent terrorist attacks?

But King further alleges that Muslim Americans have failed to demonstrate "sufficient cooperation" with law enforcement in uncovering potential terrorist plots. With this libel, King casts doubt on the loyalties of millions of Americans solely because of their faith. This is religious persecution – and it’s un-American and wrong.

King says he wants only to root out potential terrorists and bears no animus toward the vast majority of Muslim Americans. But he once complained that "unfortunately, we have too many mosques in this country," and on another occasion offered the ludicrous opinion that "80 to 85 percent of mosques in this country are controlled by Islamic undamentalists." His claim to be free of anti-Muslim bias lacks credibility.

The irony is that it would be perfectly appropriate for King and his committee to look into any and all potential sources of domestic terrorism, emphasis on any and all. Before the Sept. 11 attacks, people seem to forget, the deadliest single act of terrorism on U.S. soil had been perpetrated by a right-wing loser named Timothy McVeigh – who was not, as it happened, a follower of Islam. For more than a century, the most remorseless and violent terrorist organization in the nation was the Ku Klux Klan. Watchdogs such as the Southern Poverty Law Center would be happy to share with King voluminous information about heavily armed militia groups out in the backwoods, training for some imagined Armageddon.

But the fact is that the Sept. 11 atrocities were indeed committed by men who espouse a version of Islam – one that the vast majority of the world’s 1.2 billion Muslims reject as warped and blasphemous. It’s also true that al-Qaeda and its affiliates continue to mount attacks against the United States and the West, and that jihadist ideology is a deadly weapon.

Some conservatives make a frank argument for ethnic and religious profiling as an anti-terrorism tool. They scoff that failing to single out Muslims for extra scrutiny is nothing but political correctness.

These self-styled "realists" are stoking irrational fears while ignoring rational ones. King offers no support for his insinuation that Muslim Americans are giving aid and comfort to terrorists; to the contrary, Muslim clerics and worshipers in this country have been vocal in their rejection of jihadist rhetoric and violence. And unless King believes Muslims are clairvoyant, why would he expect them to be any better than Christians, Jews or anyone else in identifying lone-wolf gunmen or bombers whose private torment becomes obvious only in retrospect?

Security hearings that focus exclusively on Muslim Americans serve only to amplify the rumblings of Islamophobia that seem to become louder and crazier by the day.

Bad enough is the ridiculous controversy over the proposed Muslim community center in Lower Manhattan that became known as the "Ground Zero mosque." This episode taught Muslim Americans that even a mainstream cleric, specifically bent on building an institution for interfaith outreach and understanding, is not welcome to enjoy the nation’s guarantee of religious freedom.

Worse is all the ugly noise – it doesn’t qualify as debate – about the imagined encroachment of Islamic sharia law. As a threat to the American way of life, the likelihood of our justice system being taken over by "creeping" sharia is less than that of Godzilla emerging from New York Harbor. Yet state legislatures are taking up actual legislation to guard against this imaginary Islamic threat.

The narrative that al-Qaeda uses to recruit suicide bombers is that the United States and the West are not fighting terrorism but trying to destroy Islam. Peter King, with his little hearings, is about to make it harder to refute the jihadists’ big lie.

[Enlarge] About The Author: Eugene Robinson — is an Associate Editor and twice-weekly columnist for The Washington Post. His column appears on Tuesdays and Fridays. In a 25-year career at The Post, Robinson has been city hall reporter, city editor, foreign correspondent in Buenos Aires and London, foreign editor, and assistant managing editor in charge of the paper?s award-winning Style section. In 2005, he started writing a column for the Op-Ed page. He is the author of “Coal to Cream: A Black Man?s Journey Beyond Color to an Affirmation of Race” (1999) and “Last Dance in Havana” (2004). Robinson is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists and has received numerous journalism awards. More Articles By Mr. Robinson: | Part 1 | Part 2 |

Huffington Post: From anti-lynching and civil rights bills in the 50s and 60s, it was “the party of Lincoln” that used the rhetorical cover of “states rights” to hold minorities down. Of course a rare species then known as Southern Democratic senators joined in, but as any student of the 1957, 1964 and 1965 civil rights laws knows, a large majority of Democrats voted yes and a large majority of Republicans voted no.

The consequent rise of minority voting and representation — and laws against discrimination in the workplace, coupled with affirmative action — have changed the face of America…to the point that even President George W. Bush had to support extending the 1965 voting rights Act in 2005. [ READ MORE ]

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Reference: EVIL Republicans Are Obstructionist For One Simple Reason: It’s an ‘Extremely Wicked’ Winning Strategy!

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Glenn Beck apologized for his recent attack on President Obama’s daughter, Malia, by stating that he hopes it represents his “bottom.” But Beck’s attack was hardly out of character, as he has frequently resorted to vicious personal attacks against his perceived enemies and their families. [ READ MORE ]

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IDIOT Beck explains when it’s appropriate to discriminate

Glenn Beck doesn’t “know why we’re not having real conversations“

Beck: McCarthy “may have used bad tactics,” but he was “absolutely right”

Jon Stewart Slams CHRONIC LIAR and RACIST Glenn Beck

Conservative commentator Lewis says Beck’s Malia attack was “beyond the pale“

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Dear MoveOn member,

Clicking here will add your name: "Sen. McConnell: I urge you to publicly reject Rand Paul’s criticism of the Civil Rights Act of 1964."   Sign the petition

In recent weeks, Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul has repeatedly criticized the Civil Rights Act of 1964, saying that private businesses should not be banned from discriminating on the basis of race. [1]

While his campaign spokesman said Paul believes the government should be able to ban racial discrimination, many observers are finding it impossible to draw that conclusion from statements made by Paul himself. [2]

That’s why a number of leading Republicans have publicly rejected Paul’s views. [3] But on Saturday, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell joined Rand Paul at a rally and unequivocally endorsed him. [4]

It’s one thing for a single candidate to espouse such backward views. It’s something else for the leader of the Republican Party in the Senate to embrace them as well. We need to call Mitch McConnell out.

Can you sign the petition calling on Sen. Mitch McConnell to publicly reject Rand Paul’s criticism of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

If enough of us sign, it’ll push the media to keep asking Sen. McConnell whether he agrees with Rand Paul’s objections to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Clicking below will add your name: http://pol.moveon.org/randpaul/o.pl?id=20656-9122941-COk642x&t=5

The petition says: “Sen. McConnell: I urge you to publicly reject Rand Paul’s criticism of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.”

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Rand Paul’s views are dangerous and extreme. In fact, if his ideas became law, “whites only” lunch counters could once again be legal in America. That’s why even Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele said that “his philosophy is misplaced in these times.” [5]

And in addition to his extreme views on civil rights, Paul has described President Obama’s statements about the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico as “un-American.” [6] He dismissed safety violations that led to deadly coal-mine explosions by saying, “accidents will happen.” And he’s attacked the Americans with Disabilities Act as an example of “big government.” [7]

Rand Paul’s victory has been widely attributed to “Tea Party” activists and enthusiasm for his candidacy. This is the same Tea Party whose activists spat on African-American congressmen in the wake of the health care vote, carried offensive and xenophobic signs at their rallies throughout the last year and whose outrageous behavior the national Republican Party is yet to repudiate.

It’s time for Sen. McConnell to say where he stands. Click here to add your name to the petition: http://pol.moveon.org/randpaul/o.pl?id=20656-9122941-COk642x&t=6

Thanks for all you do.

–Steven, Jodeen, Kat, Laura, and the rest of the team

Sources:

[1.]   ”Tea Party Pick Causes Uproar on Civil Rights,” The New York Times, May 21, 2010

[2.]   ”Paul accepts business regulation,” Politico, May 20, 2010

   •   ”Rand Paul’s Libertarian La-La Land,” The Washington Post, May 25, 2010

   •   ”Rand Paul’s Position on Civil Rights Too Hot Even for Libertarian Stalwarts,” AOL News, May 20, 2010

   •   ”‘Meet the Press’ transcript for May 23, 2010,” NBC News, May 23, 2010

[3.]   ”Steele says Rand Paul’s ‘philosophy is misplaced in these times,’” Media Matters, May 23, 2010

[4.]   ”Rand Paul feels the love from GOP,” Lexington Herald-Leader, May 23, 2010

[5.]   Ibid.

[6.]   ”More controversial Rand Paul comments could affect GOP Unity Rally with Senator Mitch McConnell, Trey Grayson,” Louisville Courier-Journal, May 21, 2010

[7.]   ”Rand Paul Wants To Abolish The Americans With Disabilities Act, Citing Fairness ‘To The Business Owner,’” Think Progress, May 17, 2010

[8.]   ”Tea Party Protests: ‘Ni**er,’ ‘Fa**ot’ Shouted At Members Of Congress,” The Huffington Post, May 20, 2010

[9.]   ”10 Most Offensive Tea Party Signs And Extensive Photo Coverage From Tax Day Protests,” The Huffington Post, April 16, 2009

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