{"id":13072,"date":"2014-04-27T15:29:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-27T22:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=13072"},"modified":"2014-04-28T13:23:21","modified_gmt":"2014-04-28T20:23:21","slug":"so-fking-what-racist-clippers-owner-donated-to-democrats-20-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=13072","title":{"rendered":"So F**KING What? Racist Clippers Owner Donated To Democrats 20 Years Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"

[UPDATE 4\/28\/2014]<\/strong> A search of voter records show that Donald Sterling is a registered Republican<\/a>. So to the extent that conservatives believe this is significant, it is totally their problem. And it’s another one they made for themselves. Now let’s see them back-peddle, if they even bother to correct their mistakes. As of this update, the story still sits atop the Fox Nation website]<\/em><\/p>\n

The controversy over racially charged comments<\/a> that are being attributed to Donald Sterling, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, has produced a torrent of condemnation from a broad swath of those offended, including President Obama. However, Fox News, the network that tried to make slavery advocate Cliven Bundy a national hero, had other plans.<\/p>\n

On the Fox Nation website, an article was featured whose only purpose was to politicize the sordid affair. Fox re-posted a story from the uber-rightist Daily Caller titled “Race Hate Spewing Clippers Owner Is Democratic Donor.”<\/em> So rather than taking a stand against an abhorrent rant by a despicable bigot, Fox chose to attempt to link the scoundrel to the Democratic Party. [Note: The day following its publication, Fox Nation elevated this article to the top spot on their website]<\/em><\/p>\n

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As usual, the Fox Nationalists, and their comrades at the Daily Caller, deliberately distorted the story in order to create a phony political controversy. As it turns out, Sterling did make a total of three donations to Democrats – over twenty years ago. Of the three donations made back in the early 1990’s, the largest was to Sen. Bill Bradley, who just happened to be a former professional basketball player. And there is no record of this billionaire making a single political contribution in the past two decades to anyone. It’s pretty clear that Sterling had little interest in politics or parties.<\/p>\n

To suggest that Sterling is a Democrat based on this twenty year old data is absurd in the extreme. Were it a rational argument then it could also be said that Andrew Breitbart, David Horowitz, Rick Perry, and Michele Bachmann are all Democrats. Because they actually were at around the same time that Sterling made the donations referenced above.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the article reported some of the reactions to Sterling’s remarks. Those quoted were Magic Johnson, Keith Olbermann, Snoop Dogg, and Al Sharpton. Apparently this right-wing rag couldn’t find a single conservative who articulated any objection to Sterling’s alleged bigotry. Although other conservative media (i.e. the Drudge Report, the National Review, WorldNetDaily) happily exploited the phony political angle to distract from the larger story of the racist cretin at the helm of an NBA franchise. Fox News correspondent Todd Starnes made numerous tweets intended to detour the dialogue to something more to his liking. For instance:<\/p>\n

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Obama won't touch Ukraine, but he's more than happy to jump into the middle of an NBA owner's spat with his girlfriend\/mistress<\/p>\n

— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) April 27, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n