Let’s wave bye-bye to July with a thigh-slapping salute to Curt Clawson, the tea party’s latest contribution to the U.S. Congress. Rarely has a Republican white guy evinced such cluelessness about Americans of a different race.
You might know this story already; if not, get ready to cringe.
Clawson came to Washington earlier this year, courtesy of a special election in a southwest Florida district previously helmed by Trey Radel, who quit his seat after being convicted on a cocaine rap. The district is ruby-red Republican, festooned with gated communities and laced with tea-party anger. Clawson, a ...
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