Michael Ryan joins the bandwagon of phony scandals

Re: "Ugly in any color," from the July 10th edition of the Augusta Chronicle editorial page.

Are there any stupid right wing talking points that Michael Ryan doesn't regurgitate?

In this column he repeats the debunked lies of J. Christian Adams who claims the Obama Department of Justice isn't pursuing a case of voter intimidation by the Black Panthers.

Racist conservative pundits are trying to stir this up into something that it's not. They want to make the ridiculous claim that Obama is protecting radical violent African-Americans.

What Adams claims is completely false.

First, it was the Bush administration that refused to persue this case.

Second, the Obama administration did get a default judgement against Samir Shabazz for carrying a weapon near a polling place.

Third, there are no witnesses in this case who claim to have been intimidate...in other words there is no case.

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Re: "A Telling 'tweet' on terror," from the July 11th edition of the Augusta Chronicle editorial page.

Mr. Ryan's claim that CNN has low ratings because they're liberal is bologna. CNN's ratings are still good during the day but decline at night because CNN's programming is stale (See Larry King). Divisive opinionated news shows are more popular during prime time. MSNBC's ratings are growing with the liberal Olbermann and Maddow. How does Mr. Ryan explain that?