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Parker: Kagan’s not normal

Kathleen Parker, who up until now people have considered to be relatively sane and thoughtful, though of course she leans towards the right in her politics, demonstrates fairly obvious hypocrisy in her recent criticism of Elena Kagan (“Kagan is not like ‘normal’ people,” a recent column is headlined). I don’t know about you, but I [...] [...]

Kagan is a Jew…

…so we should decide whether she is fit for the bench of the SCOTUS by using a “religious test” (which the US Constitution clearly forbids) Manuel Miranda asks on his podcast, “is Elena Kagan still a socialist?” That’s sort of like asking, “when did you stop beating your wife?” I’ve never beaten my wife, [...] [...]

What’s REALLY behind the numbers

Media Matters for America today discusses the “Behind the Numbers” blog at WaPo, and its efforts to downplay the fact that, according to the news organization’s own poll (conducted jointly with ABC), nearly one in three Tea Party supporters believe that the POTUS was born “in another country.” (Overwhelmingly, and more specifically, they actually [...] [...]