Ron Paul Discovers the Downside of Media Attention
Ron Paul's fans finally got what they wanted -- the media has stopped ignoring Ron Paul -- but it hasn't been as fun as they hoped.
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Former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan David Duke released a video announcing his endorsement of Charles Barron, an affirmative action supporting African-American who is running for Brooklyn's 8th Congressional district, and the conflicting priorities ole' Duke faced are just mind-boggling.
Ron Paul's fans finally got what they wanted -- the media has stopped ignoring Ron Paul -- but it hasn't been as fun as they hoped.
Chuck Todd flipping the bird apparently isn't the only incendiary thing to happen on the MSNBC yesterday -- the cable news network last night had to apologize for trying to tie some of the Romney campaign's rhetoric to the Ku Klux Klan.
A reader feels the awkwardness of taking sides in a KKK-Westboro Baptist Church fight
Not even the Klan approves of the Westboro Baptist Church's funeral protests
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