Oh, so that's we're calling the Civil Rights Movement these days?

Angry, racial-preference politics of the sixties? Joe Klein is truly an ass of the first order.

He characterizes Representative Conyers as "an African American of a certain age and ideology... one of the ancient band of left-liberals who grew up in the angry hothouse of inner-city, racial-preference politics in the 1960s." I.e., he characterizes Representative Conyers as a veteran of the civil rights movement--but in a modern Republican way.

As is so often the case, Digby has more, much eloquently more.

Geez, what do those uppity Negroes want? We gave 'em the right to vote, and now (according to Joe Klein) they may want subpoena powers?