Herman The Magic Negro

Where do they find these people?

I've been watching my Texas Klan,,,um,,,I mean modern GOP members come full circle in this primary season. 
I tell U what, they're a fickle and desperate bunch.
A few months back my job creator friends were talking about Mit-the-Twit as their man for the job. They showered him with their dreams of converting to Mormonism. Can I get a witness?
Of course they were really dreaming of a Palin/Bachmann'12  WASPy orgasm...
Once that 30 seconds of Confederate euphoria passed, they woke up in bed with Texas playboy,
Rick-The-Dick. Now here's a man who knows how to hate.
Oops. Somebody forgot to paint that rock.  Dammit! I mean Praise The Lord!
Curses! Time to fall out of line again. Time to find another.
Ron Paul perhaps? No. Who knew there weren't enough members of the "prison planet" website to support a presidential run?
Wait.
What's that music playing?  It's a choir singing "Herman The Magic Negro"
why just take a listen:

"I don't have a lot of patience for people who want to blame racism on the fact that some people don't make it in America," he said on FOX News Channel’s Hannity. 

"I don't believe racism in this country today holds anybody back in a big way," he had said. 

The former Goldfather's Pizza CEO l has taken heat for those remarks. Princeton professor Cornel West told CNN on Sunday that Cain "should get off the symbolic crack pipe" if he doesn't believe racism affects people.
Cain shot back on Monday that "West has been in academia too long. He is out of touch with the real world."

The republican hopeful also attacked Occupy Wall Street protesters for blaming banks rather than the president.

"I believe this a coordinated effort of the unions and Obama supports to distract the American people from the real problem which is the failed policies of the Obama administration," he said.
Last week, Cain characterized the movement as un-American and charged that "if you don't have a job and you're not rich, blame yourself."

Yes Magic Negro, you can be their puppet just like Mike Steele. Their shameless token. Their answer to the lefty, socialist negro occupying the White House now. I mean, Americans love to vote for Negros don't they? This will guarantee you a victory in 2012!
Let the negro speak his mind. He'll be okay. Just don't let him speak about race. No. No. That would be bad.
Obama=Bad Negro
Cain=Good Negro

 I'm sure Rush Limbaugh would agree.

Photo Of The Week

The Jeremiah Wright of the Right

An unapologetic Pastor Robert Jeffress, who created a stir for calling Mormonism a "cult" at a political gathering, told hundreds of congregants at his Texas megachurch on Sunday that he welcomed the opportunity he's had to warn people about a "false religion."

First Baptist Church is located smack dab in the exclusionary district of downtown Dallas. 

I know many of my Baptist brothers and sisters are ashamed of this pastor's comments. They came without warning and are hurtful words to stomach. The people of the FBC Dallas chose this man to lead their flock and watch over them with the diligence of a good shepherd. 
Instead, this man is working overtime to tear down the wall of separation between church and state. To undermine the first amendment. To promote the use of smear and fear tactics that have become commonplace within his flock of radical church members. To intertwine church and business. To exclude those who do not believe as he believes. Here are some of his comments:

"Mitt Romney is a Mormon, and don't let anybody tell you otherwise," Dr. Jeffress said, according to the Dallas Morning News. "Even though he talks about Jesus as his Lord and savior, he is not a Christian. Mormonism is not Christianity. Mormonism is a cult."

Jeffress is a big proponent of electing born-again Christians into office.

"Christians are uniquely favored by God," 

"Mormons, Hindus, and Muslims worship a false God. The eternal consequences outweigh the political ones. It is worse to legitimize a faith that would lead people to a separation from God."

"I have not changed my position," Jeffress told the crowd of about 2,000 attending the early service at First Baptist Church of Dallas.

"Absolutely, Mormonism is a false religion," he told Reuters after the service. "It was invented 1800 years after the establishment of Christianity."


Jeffress, who earned degrees at Baylor University in Waco and the Dallas Theological Seminary, said he has known Perry personally for several years, but that they are not close.
Local media reports have said he took part in at least one meeting of religious and political leaders, including Perry, during the summer when the Texas governor was still thinking about a presidential run. But there is no evidence that he is a close spiritual adviser to the governor.
"We are not hunting buddies," he said. "I am not the Jeremiah Wright of the right."
President Barack Obama cut ties with Wright, his former pastor, after the church leader made what were attacked as anti-American remarks during the 2008 presidential campaign.
Jeffress told his congregation that he decided as a private citizen to endorse Perry to "push back against the evil that is engulfing our country," earning a standing ovation from the crowd at the downtown church.
In spite of Jeffress' attempts to distance himself from Perry, pointing out that the remarks were not made during his introduction or in his endorsement, they have brought more negative attention to Perry's struggling campaign.
Jeffress, whose church boasts 10,000 members in a congregation that at one point included the Rev. Billy Graham, is an outspoken preacher who says he's made more than 600 appearances nationally, and who hosts both a TV show and a daily radio program in addition to writing 17 books.
In the past, Jeffress has said that Islam is a false religion and that Oprah Winfrey is doing the work of Satan.

"I'm not some radical fringe person," he said on Sunday, adding that the Southern Baptist Convention has long held the position that Mormonism is not Christianity.

"He's getting what he thinks from the Bible, and that's where we need to go," said Kathy Waite, a congregation member who on Sunday said she has attended the church since 1944.

Don't worry Baptists. You're not alone in feeling ashamed for your poor choice in leadership.
I think the whole damn state can relate to that.

Weekly Wrangle

The Texas Progressive Alliance is occupying your browser as it brings you this week's roundup.

Off the Kuff took a look at demographic change in one of Houston's historic neighborhoods.

Harold Cook at Letters From Texas takes a look back at old friend Molly Ivins, when he reviews a new book just released about her. His conclusion: "if you ever spent evenings with Molly, reading the book will give you the gift of spending one more. Even better, if you never got to spend that evening with Molly, you're in luck - after reading the book, you'll feel just like you did."

Bay Area Houston has an interesting audio clip of Teabag darling Galveston County tax assessor/collector Cheryl Johnson.

Justice finally arrives for a man falsely convicted 25 yreas ago in Williamson County. WCNews at Eye On Williamson has the story: Michael Morton walks free after 25 years behind bars.

CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme observes that Texas Republicans hate the elderly, workers, children and women.

Occupy Houston, the solidarity march and protest which grew out of the continuing Occupy Wall Street action, was covered by PDiddie at Brains and Eggs.

Neil at Texas Liberal also reported on the first day of Occupy Houston. It is great that something hopeful is finally taking place in our politics. The Occupy Wall Street movement gets the idea that the work of freedom and democracy is up to each of us.

At TexasKaos, Libby Shaw writes: "Poor Rick Perry thought he could easily preen, charm and tall-tale his way through the 2012 Republican presidential primary cycle. Unfortunately for the governor, he has not been outside of his impenetrable Texas GOP bubble much. Perry, in fact, spends so much time with his crony donors that he obviously has no clue what the other 99% of the population believes." Read more: Rick Perry: Razzle, Dazzle, Snap, Crackle and Flop.

Weekly Wrangle

The Texas Progressive Alliance is occupying your browser as it brings you this week's roundup.

Off the Kuff took a look at demographic change in one of Houston's historic neighborhoods.

Harold Cook at Letters From Texas takes a look back at old friend Molly Ivins, when he reviews a new book just released about her. His conclusion: "if you ever spent evenings with Molly, reading the book will give you the gift of spending one more. Even better, if you never got to spend that evening with Molly, you're in luck - after reading the book, you'll feel just like you did."

Bay Area Houston has an interesting audio clip of Teabag darling Galveston County tax assessor/collector Cheryl Johnson.

Justice finally arrives for a man falsely convicted 25 yreas ago in Williamson County. WCNews at Eye On Williamson has the story: Michael Morton walks free after 25 years behind bars.

CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme observes that Texas Republicans hate the elderly, workers, children and women.

Occupy Houston, the solidarity march and protest which grew out of the continuing Occupy Wall Street action, was covered by PDiddie at Brains and Eggs.

Neil at Texas Liberal also reported on the first day of Occupy Houston. It is great that something hopeful is finally taking place in our politics. The Occupy Wall Street movement gets the idea that the work of freedom and democracy is up to each of us.

At TexasKaos, Libby Shaw writes: "Poor Rick Perry thought he could easily preen, charm and tall-tale his way through the 2012 Republican presidential primary cycle. Unfortunately for the governor, he has not been outside of his impenetrable Texas GOP bubble much. Perry, in fact, spends so much time with his crony donors that he obviously has no clue what the other 99% of the population believes." Read more: Rick Perry: Razzle, Dazzle, Snap, Crackle and Flop.

Occupy Wall Street Funnies