Dave Weigel, currently in parts far away, writes on FOX News’ Megyn Kelly and her “obsession” with the Justice Department’s controversial decision to waive a civil judement against members of the New Black Panther Party(NBPP) for voter intimidation:
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Fair enough. Perhaps it is just turnabout, even though I would contend there is a real problem if DOJ is consciously unwilling, as a matter of policy, to prosecute future black violators of the Voting Rights Act (see here if you don’t believe it happens).
Yet I am surprised at the apparent lack of self-awareness in Dave’s post. I’m not going to say I haven’t enjoyed his wall-to-wall coverage of the “birther” movement, but tell me: Just how is it different from this?
There are superficial differences. For example, surely fewer Americans share the Black Panther ideology than remain muddle-headed about Barack Obama’s birth certificate. But the last time I checked, Orly Taitz hadn’t threatened to kill anyone on camera, tried to scare anyone away from a polling place, or received preferential treatment from Barack Obama’s (or anyone else’s) Department of Justice.
