Guy who saw 'starbursts' from Palin says GOP shouldn't confirm first black woman attorney general

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Daily Kos
Guy who saw 'starbursts' from Palin says GOP shouldn't confirm first black woman attorney general

Mitch McConnell's hostage-taking of the Loretta Lynch nomination has one fan, Rich Lowry, who just doesn't see why it's such a big deal to hijack the nomination of the first black woman who would be attorney general because of anti-abortion politics. Of course, he's pretending it's about being high-minded on immigration and the constitution and such.

As an African-American woman, Lynch represents a gloriously double-barreled opportunity to accuse Republicans of sub-rosa hatreds.

The political benefit of what feminists call intersectionality—membership in two or more historically oppressed groups—is not having to choose which accusation of bias to make.

One day, it can be racism; the next it can be sexism. Or, different people can make different charges of an -ism on the same day. The possibilities to mix and match are endless. (…)

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/19/1371938/-Rich-Starbursts-Lowry-says-don-t-confirm-Loretta-nbsp-Lynch?detail=email

[GeorgeGist]

1. In upside down world ...

stupid people are at the top!

[Rex]

2. Hopefully we peeked when Dubya was in office.

I'd hate to think we have even worse in store for the future.