Is Laura Responsible for Racial Divisiveness?

The good folks over at Newshounds think so. Remember, Laura Ingraham is the lady who accused President Obama of speaking in his “Jermiah Wright” accent. (What in the hell is that?) This is also the lady that said the White House should nail all their valuables down when Rev. Sharpton visits. If that’s not enough, Laura Ingraham was reportedly sued by a Dartmouth african american profressor for calling him a brillo head in print.

Now that you have an idea of Ingraham’s past, let’s take a look at another disasterous appearance on The O’reilly Factor. On Friday, Ingraham was gleeful to highlight a supposed rift between blacks and President Obama due to high unemployment rates among african americans. However, what the dishonest pundit didn’t mention, was that unemployment among african americans under President Bush was twice the national average. In other words, Ingraham was trying to make this a black/Obama thing.

Ingraham then goes on to say: ““I have this novel idea, it’s kind of crazy . . . when you make America the #1 place for wealth creation and business development and hiring in the world by giving people incentives to hire, i.e., tax breaks, tax credits . . . .”

Ingraham is incorrect here. Our corporations pay no taxes in this country. Although corporations have the highest tax rate in the world, loopholes written into the law by conservatives have allowed them to ship money over seas and hide them in off-shore mailboxes. In fact, 13 trillion dollars of untaxed money exists overseas.

Here’s the video if you can stomach it; I can’t!

Who is a True American?

There is no question that the right has accused Obama and anyone else who does not agree with them of being unamerican. I thought I’d post some things indicating who Racist Laura Ingraham thinks is a real american. Most rightwingers will tell you they are racists in their own words.

On page 32& 63 of her book, Power to The People, Ingraham’s racism is exposed. According to Ingraham, True Americans are white, christian, southern and republican.
I guess African Americans and Latinos are not as good as those southern boys!
Laura Ingraham revealing herself as a racist does not stop there. On February 19th, she said this while discussing Al Sharpton’s visit to the White House: ” I hope they nailed down the valuables.” What? now why would they have to do that? (audio link)
Okay… not convinced Laura Ingraham is a racist? How about this- in 1986, Laura Ingraham, and then boyfriend, were both editors of The Prospect . The Prospect worked to limit minority admissions to Princeton University. Additionally, Laura Ingraham was a member of the Concerned Alumni of Princeton. Click on the link to see this lovely group. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concerned_Alumni_of_Princeton
Most racists do not stick to one race- they hate on all races. Here is an example of Laura Ingraham’s view on Latinos: On Fox News while subbing for Bill O’reilly, Laura Ingraham was having a discussion about illegal immigrants and made a point in the discussion that someone could be either Latino or American.
Let’s get this straight: If you are an African American, you are not a true american. If you are a Latino, you can not be American at the same time. Do you see a pattern here? (video)
Laura Ingraham was also the Editor of the ultra racist Dartmouth Review. During her tenure, articles were printed promoting KKK members; hanged African Americans;defending slavery and contributing to the stereotypes of the way black people speak.