Larry Elder from Creators Syndicate

Democrats Outraged by MSNBC! for 02/21/2008

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Outrage!

MSNBC's David Shuster, sitting in for Tucker Carlson, criticized the use by Sen. Clinton of her daughter, Chelsea. Shuster said, "Doesn't it seem like Chelsea is being pimped out in some weird sort of way?"

Well!!!

Clinton's communications director, Howard Wolfson, threatened to pull out from a planned debate. MSNBC quickly offered an on-air apology, and ...

Updated: Thu Feb 21, 2008

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No Country for Old Bigots for 02/28/2008

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Bookings to promote my new book, "Stupid Black Men: How to Play the Race Card — and Lose," have been difficult. Many media outlets — television, radio, magazines — flatly turn me down, because they find the title "offensive." The unwillingness to offend, to avoid the appearance of racism, proves one of the main points of my book — that white racism no ...

Updated: Thu Feb 28, 2008

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Obama Speaks! for 03/06/2008

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Thank you very much. It's great to be here.

You know, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over again and expecting a different result. We are going to do things differently and expect a different result. And if we don't do things differently, well, the results we get, well, they'll be the results we deserve. Thank you.

We deserve better results, and that, ladies and ...

Updated: Thu Mar 06, 2008

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Can Obama Bring Us Together? Yes, He Can! for 03/13/2008

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Critics dismiss Barack Obama's plans to bring the "two Americas" together. But, his plans may just work.

Taxes: Barack Obama's America blasts the Bush tax cuts for "unfairly" benefiting the rich. They intend to allow the Bush tax cuts to expire, with resulting higher taxes on income, capital gains and dividends.

The other America believes in limited government, ...

Updated: Thu Mar 13, 2008

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Obama: From Valiant to Victicrat for 03/20/2008

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Billed as an "important speech about race," presidential candidate Barack Obama condemned some of the remarks of his pastor, Jeremiah Wright. But Obama refused to denounce the man himself, considering him family. Commentators gushed over this "groundbreaking," "stirring" speech about the "state of race relations in America."

Funny, some people actually t ...

Updated: Thu Mar 20, 2008

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OK, Sen. Obama, Let's Have the Race 'Talk' for 03/27/2008

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700

In his Big Speech defending his 20-year membership in a church headed by a racist, anti-Semitic, sexist, conspiracy-believing pastor, Democratic candidate Barack Obama says America needs a frank "talk" about race.

For crying out loud, we talk incessantly about race! Pick up a newspaper — any newspaper — or turn on cable news and wait a few minutes. Race — usua ...

Updated: Thu Mar 27, 2008

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Hey, Kwame, Take a Look at My Mailbag for 04/03/2008

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Hey, Kwame, Take a Look at My Mailbag

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, fearing an upcoming indictment on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice, launched into a tirade during a speech about the state of the city.

Kilpatrick, a married man, allegedly had an affair with his married chief of staff. The city fired a police officer and the deputy polic ...

Updated: Thu Apr 03, 2008

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Obama or Not, America Still a 'Racist Nation' for 04/10/2008

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Republicans show more optimism about race relations than do Democrats. A June 2007 Gallup Poll asked Republicans and Democrats to rate relations between blacks and whites. Among Democrats, 67 percent said relations were "somewhat good" or "very good," while 77 percent of Republicans gave those answers. Similarly, 22 percent of Republicans ranked black/white race relations as ...

Updated: Thu Apr 10, 2008

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Obama: 'Bitterly' Out of Touch for 04/17/2008

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

"Bitter," says Sen. Barack Obama, the man of hope and change, about those who live Pennsylvania, small towns and the Midwest.

"You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania," Barack Obama said two Sundays ago to the Brie-and-chardonnay crowd at a fundraiser in San Francisco, "and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 ...

Updated: Thu Apr 17, 2008

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How Dare They Ask Dems Tough Questions! for 04/24/2008

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

"Sen. Obama, you also oppose Bush tax cuts, and claim that they take money away from the Treasury. But President Kennedy signed across-the-board tax cuts in the 1960s and said, 'It is a paradoxical truth that tax rates are too high today and tax revenues are too low — and the soundest way to raise revenues in the long run is to cut rates now.' Was he wrong?"

I wrote that ...

Updated: Thu Apr 24, 2008

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The Wright Cost of Anger for 05/01/2008

Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Sen. Barack Obama's spiritual advisor and former pastor, holds a charter membership in the white-man-done-me-wrong, things-remain-the-same, we-feel-your-pain club.

Here's the "victicrat" mindset: Kids having difficulty performing well on standardized tests? Blame "cultural bias." Get pulled over by a cop? DWB — driving while black. A dispro ...

Updated: Thu May 01, 2008

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Recession, Recession, Where's the Recession? for 05/08/2008

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

"It's a recession," said former President Harry Truman, "when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours."

For people facing home foreclosure, job loss or the struggle of paying high gas prices, the definition a recession seems immaterial and insignificant. True.

But during an election year, the media's constant use or expectation of &qu ...

Updated: Thu May 08, 2008

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'Black and Bluestein' for 05/15/2008

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

I recently traveled to New York. On the plane, I met an actress named Lenora. During the long flight, I learned that a) she's Jewish, b) she works as an actress, and c) was doing a play in the hyper-liberal city of Santa Monica, Calif. Not exactly, I thought, a Reagan Republican.

She asked about my business in New York, and I told her I intended to do a series of TV shows to promote my n ...

Updated: Thu May 15, 2008

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Historians Write Off Bush's Presidency for 05/22/2008

Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

One hundred nine historians already nearly unanimously agree. They call the presidency of George W. Bush a "failure." The History News Network (HNN), who polled the historians, failed to name them or where they work. Wonder why?

American Enterprise magazine, in 2002, examined voter registrations to determine the political affiliations of humanities professors at an assortment o ...

Updated: Thu May 22, 2008

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When the Student Is Ready, the Teacher Will Come for 05/29/2008

Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

"Take charge."

My friend and business mentor, Alan, laughed last week when I reminded him of this story.

We sat down and broke bread for the first time in 15 years. Nearly 30 years ago, when I lived in Cleveland, I left the practice of law to start a business. My new "company" — which consisted of a telephone and me — recruited attorneys for law fir ...

Updated: Thu May 29, 2008

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What Does Obama's Victory Mean? for 06/05/2008

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

"I intend to proudly vote for Obama," said a caller to a National Public Radio show, "because I want to show the world what America is all about — that a person of color can become president of the United States."

Let's put aside whether the caller would express the same enthusiasm were Obama a tax-cutting, Iraq-war-supporting Republican. And let's put aside wha ...

Updated: Thu Jun 05, 2008

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Warming Up to Obama's Message of Hope and Change for 06/12/2008

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

For Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, the stars certainly seem aligned.

Seventy percent of Americans consider the economy in a recession. Two-thirds consider the war in Iraq a bad idea. A new Gallup Poll shows Obama leading presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain 46 to 44 percent. And the ratings for "American Idol" fell 10 percent. ...

Updated: Thu Jun 12, 2008

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If 'The Media' Dislike Hillary, How Do They Feel About Those ----- Republicans? for 06/19/2008

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

"I was struck when I got to Iowa and New Hampshire in January," said Joan Walsh, editor-in-chief of the liberal Web site Salon.com, "by how our media colleagues were just swooning over Barack Obama. That is not too strong a word. They were swooning. … The downside, though, is that they hate — hate Hillary Clinton, most of them. Hate is not too strong a word."

Updated: Thu Jun 19, 2008

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How Can a 'Fellow Black American' Oppose Obama? for 06/26/2008

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Mr. Elder,

I am shocked that you oppose Barack Obama and belong to the Republican Party. We must get over ourselves and realize there is room at the top for everyone and we must get there by helping each other — instead of agreeing with policies and old politics that are proven not to work.

To endorse John McCain, a person who will not make it easier for the underprivileged, ...

Updated: Thu Jun 26, 2008

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Why Do We 'Keep and Bear Arms'? Part 1 for 07/03/2008

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

A prominent 20th-century Democrat made the following statement about the purpose of the Second Amendment: "Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens to keep and bear arms. … The right of citizens to bear arms is just one guarantee against arbitrary government, one more safeguard, against the t ...

Updated: Thu Jul 03, 2008

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