McCain Responds to Spurious Charge of Racism

Accusation that criticism of Susan Rice is based on race 'hurts a little bit,' says Arizona Senator
Sen. John McCain / AP

Last night on Hardball, MSNBC Executive Editor Richard Wolffe levied the charge that Senator John McCain’s opposition to Ambassador Susan Rice’s potential nomination to Secretary of State was based on racial prejudice.

Top Five Biden Race Gaffes

Vice President has history of racially insensitive rhetoric
Joe Biden / Wikimedia Commons

Vice President Joe Biden has unshackled a number of racially charged statements in the past.

Obama’s Racism-Obsessed Surrogate

Virginia state senator: 'I absolutely believe it's all about race'
Louise Lucas / WC

The Obama surrogate who blamed the president’s falling poll numbers in Virginia on racist tactics by Republicans has a history of crying racism.

Obama’s Dog Whistles

Obama Jarrett

Obama’s campaign and administration emphasize different parts of Obamacare to different audiences depending on their racial makeup, according to a report in Politico.

The Barron Democrats

New York Sierra Club, AFSCME line up behind anti-Semitic Democratic congressional candidate
Charles Barron / AP

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Orthodox Jews in the largely Hasidic enclave of Brooklyn’s Borough Park neighborhood could soon find themselves represented in Congress by a politician who routinely uses anti-Semitic rhetoric and believes that Israel should never have been created.

Warren: The Next Frontier

Massachusetts Democrat participated in 2004 ‘Critical Race Theory’ symposium
Elizabeth Warren / AP

Democratic Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren’s speech at a symposium on critical race theory—where other speakers were advocating for corporate reparations, criticizing the concept of U.S. citizenship, accusing America of operating under a system of “apartheid,” and pointing out the misogynistic undertones of wearing makeup—may not help her connect with independent Massachusetts voters, experts say.

NC Dems Purge Racist Candidates

NC State Senate hopeful Bivins Hollar advocated genocide against black South Africans, in order to ensure a profitable hemp-based green economy for the surviving whites in the video, which he deleted when contacted by the Charlotte Observer.