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GOP African-American History Expert: ACORN ‘Resembles’ KKK

By | 03.02.10 | 11:47 am

Michael Zak, the historian who wrote the biographies of famous black Republicans on the GOP’s “Heroes” page, has an op-ed at Big Government comparing ACORN’s rumored restructuring and rebranding efforts to that of the Ku Klux Klan. The connection? Well, the Ku Klux Klan tried to suppress votes More…

Looking for Lott’s Revenge, GOP Aims at Reid Gaffe

By | 01.11.10 | 12:21 am

Moments before midnight on Friday, Marc Ambinder blogged at The Atlantic about some of the “juiciest revelations” in “Game Change,” a behind-the-scenes book on the 2008 presidential campaign by journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann. According to the authors, Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) was More…

RNC.com Author Compares Obama to Hitler

By | 12.18.09 | 8:54 am

When the Republican National Committee launched the new version of GOP.com, Zachary Roth noticed that Michael Zak, an author and speaker who argues that the Party of Lincoln deserves more credit for Civil Rights advances, had written the site’s “Heroes” section. Zak maintains an email list which he usually More…

Zak Is Back

By | 10.16.09 | 10:09 am

The man who wrote the new GOP.com’s 19th century-centric “Heroes” page has issued a new email blast about Republican history.

Michael Zak Makes Good

By | 10.15.09 | 8:55 am

Zachary Roth has a short write-up on Michael Zak, the amateur historian who wrote the “Heroes” section of the new GOP.com, which focuses to a confusing degree on obscure 19th century black Republicans. Zak’s involvement with the site was no secret — he is credited at the bottom of More…