Mmm, close enough. Yeah.

Fox Pundits Think Reverend Wright Is Just Like David Duke

Haters gotta hate, you know.

Oh, and changing the subject, are we, Karoli?

The issue here is not association. 

The hell you say.

The issue at hand is that Scalise tailored his speech to Duke's group specifically to cater to the white supremacists in the room.

Oh, is that the issue at hand?

Oh, my.

Well, to begin with, it's not conceded that the "tailoring" amounted to endorsement of or sympathy with white supremacism.

The bolded part of the quoted report that's intended to demonstrate that sin - but which does not quote even a single sentence of Scalise's own remarks, anyway - cannot bear that weight.

Here it is.

In addition to plans to implement tactical strategies that were discussed,the meeting was productive locally as State Representative, Steve Scalise, discussed ways to oversee gross mismanagement of tax revenue or “slush funds” that have little or no accountability.

Representative Scalise brought into sharp focus the dire circumstances pervasive in many important, under-funded needs of the community at the expense of graft within the Housing and Urban Development Fund, an apparent give-away to a selective group based on race.

But if you want we could always look at O's remarks about race issues in connection with Treyvon Martin, the Ferguson Affair, or a host of others, I suppose, though Karoli insists that most certainly should not be allowed and is not relevant, oh no.

And, yes, this part is pretty much just a blatant smear.

Karoli writes,

Scalise is the third most powerful member of the House of Representatives right now. 

He's not just another racist like Steve King or Louie Gohmert. 

He's the House Whip, which means that he has the power to shape legislative policy coming out of that body according to his own ideology. 

An ideology which, by his own admission, aligns with Duke's in certain areas.

Yes, indeed.

And IKE's aligned with Hitler's in certain areas.

Autobahns, for example.

Scalise was referring to standard conservative agenda items like lower taxes.

The whole liberal attack based on this incident, the attack that's been going on for days, is so far nothing but a smear.