Three Miami Dolphins players repeatedly harassed teammates and a Japanese-born assistant trainer, according to an independent investigation into bullying allegations and workplace misconduct released Friday by the National Football League.
Richie Incognito, the former Miami Dolphins blocker who was suspended for alleged bullying of National Football League teammate Jonathan Martin, revived the mess with a Twitter tirade on Wednesday.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell appointed New York attorney Ted Wells to conduct an independent investigation into the Miami Dolphins in the wake of harassment allegations against suspended blocker Richie Incognito.
Senior Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod said Friday that in the run-up to the 2012 election, mud-slinging would not be the norm. Or weird-slinging, for that matter.
Jonathan Martin and Ben Smith have an article up at Politico making the usual arguments about how Obama has managed to dodge one kind of culture war only to step into another. It's the sort of thing that I believe misses the point, because it implies---incorrectly---that the hysterical right changes much when they shift their focus around. That they've moved their emphasis from anti-feminism to pro-racism isn't really that noteworthy, nor does it mean the former goals are abandoned. It doesn't mean the culture war has changed or is off.
