Still trying to figure it out: Character or Color?

Looting and Race: Should It Matter?  . . . 'During reporting on the situation, however, some ire was directed toward one newscaster who presented blacks as "looters" and whites as carrying "found" goods." . . .

Maybe Democrats should go back and listen to Dr. King's words about judging people by their character rather than skin color.   . . . "Remember the one about the changing color of the country?

"Well, it turns out John B. Judis, "the demo guy" wants to amend his theory. Not so fast on this game of demographics, he argues now:  . . ." 

. . . "In Texas, the very conservative Senator John Cornyn and candidate for governor Greg Abbott, did well with Hispanics without ever calling for "amnesty" or open borders. At the same time, Democrat Wendy Davis did not do well with Hispanic women who weren't crazy about her views on abortion." . . .

HERE IT IS: 30 Years of Trump FIGHTING RACISM That the Media Doesn’t Want You to See   "President Donald Trump was never accused of being a racist until he began running for office, and the Left and mainstream media have been using it as a tool to discredit him.

"The truth is, our President has always taken a strong stand against racism and hate groups, and has not only been saying it, his actions portray it.

"Watch Donald Trump disavow David Duke, the KKK and all racists, over and over again, dating back 17 years, while the liberal media keeps denying he did, and insists he must be a racist himself." . . .

Hat tip to LaDonna Perigo; Garibaldi, OR

More from my Hillary Watch

"Hillary Clinton launched her book tour Tuesday in which she’s blaming the Russians, Bernie Sanders, the DNC, sexism and Jim Comey for why she lost. A rescue operation is pending. When O.J. Simpson gets out of prison in three weeks, he’s going to help Hillary find the real reason she lost."   Comedian Argus Hamilton

Hillary's Media Criticisms Are a Perfect Snapshot of Why She Lost 

. . .  If Hillary Clinton truly believes that the thoroughly Democrat-friendly media was complicit in getting Trump elected, she is going to be seeing enemies everywhere. What the MSM really did was work overtime to prop up a thoroughly unlikable candidate. She just doesn't know that she's that candidate.

"Failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's book tour is barely underway and it is already revealing just how much the Electoral College helped the United States dodge a bullet last year. She's hurling out blame at an astonishing rate. One second it's Matt Lauer's fault. The next, Bernie Sanders is the culprit. When she pauses the blame litany for a brief moment, she's mad at Ivanka Trump. 

"If she hasn't blamed or complained about you yet, just wait a day or two, she'll get to you.

"The inability to articulate any flaws of her own is certainly a component in why she lost. She's imperious, entitled, and thinks she's owed the presidency because she stayed with Bubba when he publicly humiliated her. 

"But it is her bizarre assessment of the media's role in her loss that really shows how out of touch with reality she is.

. . . 

And she thinks there should be more liberal-leaning shows and publications to counteract a right-wing media apparatus that she calls "propaganda." [!]

Ethel C. Fenig  What Happened to the One Star Reviews?
. . . "And, according to Amazon, 95% of  its reviewers have given her blame-everyone-but-me tale of woe the highest rating of five whole stars.  But, according to the British Telegraph, Amazon has deleted many one star critical reviews . . ." 

The Respectful Marxist

Mike Adams

Author’s Note: The professor who is the subject of this column has argued that when we call someone out by name in an opinion column we invoke the Seahawk Respect Compact and therefore lose the protection of the First Amendment. Hence, I have omitted his name so he will not have me brought before the university respect tribunal.

 "A Marxist sociologist at my university has made the serious error of writing a letter to the editor of the local newspaper calling on the university to impose “sanctions” upon me for violating the university respect compact in one of my opinion columns. Notably, his letter was written less than three years after the university was ordered to pay over three-quarters of a million dollars in a First Amendment retaliation claim to my lawyers and me. Of course, Marxists are not known for their ability to learn from history. However, it is my hope that the rest of us can learn something from his deeply confused letter. Let me summarize it briefly.

"The respectful Marxist first contends that offensive speech is not per se outside the protection of the First Amendment. He gets this one right if only because they were still teaching civics when he was a seventeen-year-old high school student. But let’s give credit where credit is due. Most college professors in the so-called social sciences either do not know this or just pretend not to know it in order to quash debate." . . .

Trump is a golfer, but not as obsessive as a previous Cosmo-model president

Irma Survivor Tells Trump: “Obama Was Playing Golf During The Last Hurricane”   "While this was happening, the CNN reporters laughed nervously."

Patricia Heaton Speaks Up for Shapiro During Berkeley Madness

"Ben Shapiro somehow managed to speak at the University of California at Berkeley Thursday night free of a black eye. Social justice warriors apparently could not handle a well spoken conservative pundit. The school was even offering counseling sessions to triggered scholars.

"Actress Patricia Heaton, aware of the nonsense that took place ahead of Shapiro's speaking gig, was compelled to speak up on Twitter, especially after film producer Tariq Nasheed called Shapiro a "fake Jew."

Patricia Heaton 

✔@PatriciaHeaton

If @benshapiro is a fake jew, why does he not show up at my Sat nite dinner party until after sunrise & refuse to eat my non-kosher food? https://twitter.com/tariqnasheed/status/908463507246522368 …

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"Nasheed responded by accusing Heaton of being complicit in Shapiro's "anti-black" rhetoric. She couldn't find any such comments and informed Nasheed that she serves on the board of the Jr. Posse Youth Equestrian Program and provides college scholarships to black students.

"He didn't care, so Heaton sent him on his way. 

" 'Oh my," she tweeted. "Never mind. I see there is no chance of having a thoughtful discussion. Blessings to you.' " . . .

UPDATED: Harvard University withdraws fellowship invitation to Chelsea Manning

MSN

(Also here at Townhall) "Harvard did the right thing, but it’s probably going to be a very triggering day for progressives." 

"Harvard University on Friday withdrew a fellowship invitation to Chelsea Manning, the transgender U.S. Army soldier who was convicted of leaking classified data, after two top intelligence experts distanced themselves from the school over the invite.

"Manning, 29, was released in May from a U.S. military prison in Kansas where she had been serving time for passing secrets to the WikiLeaks website in the biggest breach of classified data in the history of the United States.

"Harvard Kennedy School of government announced on Wednesday that it had invited the controversial figure to be a visiting fellow and speak at a forum. The invitation to speak at the university still stands, said Douglas Elmendorf, the dean of Harvard Kennedy School, in a statement.

" 'I now think that designating Chelsea Manning as a visiting fellow was a mistake, for which I accept responsibility," Elmendorf said. "I see more clearly now that many people view a visiting fellow title as an honorific, so we should weigh that consideration when offering invitations.' " . . .

Thank you Mike Morell and Mike Pompeo for injecting sense into the equation.  

" 'While I have served my country as a soldier in the United States Army and will continue to defend Ms. Manning's right to offer a defense of why she chose this path, I believe it is shameful for Harvard to place its stamp of approval upon her treasonous actions," Pompeo wrote." . . .

Excellent, in-depth discussion of academic - I have to say this - silliness: 

Harvard’s repudiation of the Chelsea Manning fellowship offer is a rebuke to the campus mindset

. . . "But here is what got the attention of the real powers at Harvard:

Please know that I am fully aware that Belfer and the IOP are separate institutions within the Kennedy School. And that most likely Belfer had nothing to do with the invitation of Ms. Manning to be a fellow at IOP. But as an institution, The Kennedy School’s decision will assist Ms. Manning in her long-standing effort to legitimize the criminal path that she took to prominence, and attempt that may encourage others to leak classified information as well. I have an obligation to my conscience – and I believe to the country – to stand up against any efforts to justify leaks of sensitive national security information.

"It is not very often that we see a major university rebuke its members for living in a bubble."

Monica Showalter: Chelsea Manning's sneering, self-pitying tweets about getting dumped by Harvard   "Chelsea Manning has been making quite a spectacle of himself out on Twitter, taking Michael Morrell's and Mike Pompeo's exit from the school as a welcome new opportunity to call attention to himself. He starts with an emoji-filled cheer at news of Morrell's resignation from Harvard after the school's bad judgment in bringing "Manning in as a fellow to 'mentor' students. Manning declared it 'good' that Morrell has pulled out." . . .