King, the Iowa Republican who made waves yesterday by equating the Pigford II settlements to reparations for slavery and has since been predictably called a racist for his trouble, now has a powerful ally in his fight to put a stop to a scandalous outrage before it happens.
Namely, Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) – who is at her best in denouncing Pigford II.
This post was written by MacAoidh on Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 10:39. MacAoidh has written 8031 posts on this blog.
“We simply don’t mind that Google and Amazon rake in billions, but we despise Exxon and Archer Daniels Midland for doing the same. It is not that we need social networking and Internet searches more than food and fuel, but rather that we have the impression that cool zillionaires in flipflops are good while uncool ones in wingtips are quite bad.”