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Thursday, February 2, 2012

RedEye around Alabama the Stoopid

So, the same people who cost Alabama billions with their immigration crackdown are some of  the same people who want to keep public teachers from getting a raise and  reform education,  code for a racist dog whistle. H/Tarchangelsk
  
Take the following:
Charter schools are necessary in areas of chronically failing schools and under served children, [House Speaker Mike] Hubbard said.

Translation:
"White folks are getting tired of paying taxes for public education, and being forced to send their children to private school because they don't want their children fraternizing with brown kids"

White Alabama GOP leader issues white paper on President Obama's birth certificate on the white steps of the cradle of the Confederacy, as two Tea Party candidates  in the reddest of the red states, run on the platform of impeaching President Obama.  Can you say stuck on stoopid?

The reddest electorate in red-state Alabama arguably resides in Baldwin County, home to some of the state’s most conservative voters.
How red? Start with the fact that not a single Democrat qualified to run for any elected office in Baldwin County this year. If that doesn’t speak volumes, consider a recent exchange from a candidate forum in Fairhope.
The tone of the Tea Party gathering, sponsored by the Common Sense Campaign, was set by its opening speaker.
Roy Moore, running to reclaim his position as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, seized the microphone and delivered a fiery defense of individual liberty and states’ rights. 
Today's Must Reads
Voters should challenge campaign insults against Obama 

Fighting the vast right wing with pea shooters, Part One:  Books and Bookmakers

That was no gaffe.  That was a brand- new talking point.

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