For a party and an administration that ran on being tough guys, afraid of nothing and no one, and disdainful of “PC culture,” whatever that’s supposed to mean, Republicans are, like President Donald Trump, proving to be poster boys (and, yes, the crew is testosterone-heavy) for the perpetually offended, perfect pictures of bullies who crumble when one of their targets dares talk back. – See more at: http://www.rollcall.com/news/opinion/gop-seeks-safe-space-words-coretta-scott-king#sthash.JZ7IqwAt.dpuf
GOP Seeks a Safe Space From the Words of Coretta Scott King
Feb092017 TAGS: Coretta Scott King, Donald Trump, Jeff Sessions, race
Jesse Helms is still stirring up controversy
Jesse Helms is at it again. When the longtime North Carolina senator died on July 4, 2008, eulogies couldn’t decide if he was a statesman who stood up for his beliefs or a pugnacious politician whose divisive principles changed little as the world moved on. Now that a conservative U.S. congresswoman from the state wants to honor Helms by stamping his name on a federal building, that legacy lives on.
Dec062012 TAGS: AIDS, Barack Obama, Bono, civil rights, Coretta Scott King, Democrats, Harvey Gantt, Jesse Helms, Martin Luther King Jr., Mitt Romney, North Carolina, Republicans
