McCain security ousts reporter by Paul Flemming Florida Capital Bureau
Tallahassee Democrat senior writer Stephen Price on Friday was singled out and asked to leave a media area at the Panama City rally of presidential candidate Sen. John McCain.
Price was among at least three other reporters, and the only black reporter, surrounding McCain's campaign bus — Gov. Charlie Crist and his fiancee, Carole Rome, were already aboard — when a member of the Arizona senator's security detail asked the reporter to identify himself. Price had shown his media credentials to enter the area.
Price showed his employee identification as well as his credentials for the Friday event.
"I explained I was with the state press, but the Secret Service man said that didn't matter and that I would have to go," Price said.
When another reporter asked why Price was being removed, she too was led out of the area. Other state reporters remained.
Read the full report at Florida Capital News
So says country singer Toby Keith in a pro-lynching song "Beer For My Horses." In addition to the racist lyrics in the song, Max Blumenthal notes in his Huffington Post article, there's a forthcoming movie inspired by the song. I thought Ludacris was bad but this one takes the prize. And no, Mr. Keith is not talking about giving his horses a keg.
Some of the lyrics from "Beer For My Horses": (for lyrics click here)
"Grandpappy told my pappy back in my day, son
A man had to answer for the wicked that he'd done
Take all the rope in Texas
Find a tall oak tree, round up all of them bad boys
Hang them high in the street
For all the people to see"Lynching Advocate Toby Keith: Obama "Talks, Acts, And Carries Himself As A Caucasian" by Max Blumenthal, The Huffington Post
Last week, I reported for the Huffington Post that country singer Toby Keith had performed a pro-lynching anthem on the Colbert Report, and would be playing the same song soon on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and a slew of nationally televised talk shows.
The lyrics of Keith's song, "Beer For My Horses," which I transcribed, could hardly be less explicit -- "Hang 'em high, for all the people to see." In my piece, I also noted the racially tinged nature of the song's video and the forthcoming movie that Keith's song inspired. read the full story here.
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