Pot, meet kettle
The Southern Poverty Law Center has proven once again why it belongs on its own “extremist watch list” as much as some of the organizations it puts on that list. The organization, which even designated the Family Research Council, an organization that promotes families, as “a hate organization,” recently listed former surgeon, conservative pundit and potential 2016 presidential candidate Ben Carson.
Carson, a black American who has devoted his life to medicine and philanthropy, was flagged for statements supporting traditional marriage. Once the listing became known and drew “intense criticism,” the organization concluded that its listing “did not meet our standards,” issued Carson an apology and took it down from its website. Nevertheless, it left up a list of comments he made that the organization still maintains are extreme. Among those: “Marriage is between a man and a woman. It’s a well-established pillar of society and no group … [gets] to change the definition.” Or: “Throughout history many societies have failed to push back and have allowed an overly aggressive government to expand and dominate their lives.”
Ambassador purchasing
President Barack Obama isn’t the first United States leader to make political appointments for ambassadorships, but he is about to set a couple of modern records for brazenness in doing so.