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DonViejo

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9. Remember when...

Reply to MADem (Reply #6)

Wed Oct 1, 2014, 12:08 PM

Oct 2014

Howie Carr was considered a liberal columnist? Granted, it was back when the Army was still using stones but, he was supposed to be the paper's liberal. Then he started hanging with Jerry what's his face from WRKO; Howie went galloping to the right then.

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Boston Herald: Sorry If We Offended With Obama-Watermelon Cartoon [View all] meegbear Oct 2014 OP

The Herald so racist anyway. It's a Republican rag. nt valerief Oct 2014 #1

Shit. calimary Oct 2014 #2

Yeah, it not that hard to stay away from . . . brush Oct 2014 #27

WTF? Roy Rolling Oct 2014 #3

It is clearly our "fault" brer cat Oct 2014 #8

don viejo posted too JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #4

Apology? Who is gonna step down? Since I was a boy, I always felt that seething Boston "ugly". zonkers Oct 2014 #5

Even to this day Boston remains one of the most, if not the most racist city in the US. George II Oct 2014 #11

true heaven05 Oct 2014 #22

The Herald is virulently racist and right wing, so this is nothing new. MADem Oct 2014 #6

Remember when... DonViejo Oct 2014 #9

He lost that "everyman" patina right quick when he started spouting the hate speech. nt MADem Oct 2014 #24

WTF? How does this happen in this century? TwilightGardener Oct 2014 #7

Maybe make web site with pictures of their rag used for bird droppings? Talk about cartoons...n/t jtuck004 Oct 2014 #10

"sincerely regret if we inadvertently offended anyone"---BUT IF WE DELIBERATELY OFFENDED YOU, GREAT! WinkyDink Oct 2014 #12

The Boston Herald is a scummy rag, not really any surprise here. TheCowsCameHome Oct 2014 #13

How stupid does an editor have to be Aerows Oct 2014 #14

I'm pretty sure the racist dig was intentional. Real classy. Just like the GOP. blkmusclmachine Oct 2014 #31

Ha jollyreaper2112 Oct 2014 #15

Best quote I remember re. the Herald was from a reporter who (briefly) worked there in the 50s hatrack Oct 2014 #16

If that is meant to be the intruder then they got his race wrong. n/t Malraiders Oct 2014 #17

looks like heaven05 Oct 2014 #23

Another non-apology VA_Jill Oct 2014 #18

To make it very clear heaven05 Oct 2014 #19

the cartoonist is clearly saying that the intruder is a racist Schema Thing Oct 2014 #28

he claims he had no idea about watermelon jokes. We have seen the same crap here too. bettyellen Oct 2014 #36

well, he's lying about that, obviously, but he clearly drew the intruder as a racist Schema Thing Oct 2014 #38

more importantly- he drew the intruder as someone his RW racist fans would relate to. bettyellen Oct 2014 #40

Hopefully a dying breed. C Moon Oct 2014 #20

Fake Apology. Not Accepted. DinahMoeHum Oct 2014 #21

The hell? shenmue Oct 2014 #25

Racist pieces of shit BeyondGeography Oct 2014 #26

Racist agenda, EOM. Feral Child Oct 2014 #29

Classic "no-pology." blkmusclmachine Oct 2014 #30

Apparently it was accidental. F4lconF16 Oct 2014 #32

he is either lying or very ignorant Skittles Oct 2014 #33

Yeah as clueless as some people can be F4lconF16 Oct 2014 #34

I think he is totally full of shit. bettyellen Oct 2014 #35

Judging by his previous offerings . . . . HughBeaumont Oct 2014 #37

Boston Herald = Toilet paper. TeamPooka Oct 2014 #39

It's too stiff and scratchy for that jmowreader Oct 2014 #41