http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N10127018.htm
Man, imagine if Reid was a Republican!!!
The Majority Leader of the Senate actually said this!!! Where's the outrage?![]()
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N10127018.htm
Man, imagine if Reid was a Republican!!!
The Majority Leader of the Senate actually said this!!! Where's the outrage?![]()
RIP Tosa
And I'm glad Anne painted Poverty Pimp Sharpton in the corner on this as well...
http://www.breitbart.tv/coulter-to-s...negro-dialect/
RIP Tosa
Pfft. That's so 7 AM this morning. We've moved on by now.
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because hes a liberal and by definition cannot be a racist. the funny thing is that biden said much the same thing earlier and NO prominent republicans said anything like this. but still the GOP are racists.Man, imagine if Reid was a Republican!!!
The Majority Leader of the Senate actually said this!!! Where's the outrage?
If a Republican said it, I'd probably just raise an eyebrow. Likewise for the Democrat. Unless Obama feels personally offended by this, Reid shouldn't do anything
Gaia.
That's Ebonics, Dave, you sheet-wearing, cross-burning rightwing maniac. Who do you think you are, the Democrat leader of the senate?
Also:
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RIP Tosa
DD, is this your way of welcoming back Kukri?
The republican party is just trying to annoy the democrats. Theres nothing racist about calling Obama a light skinned black man that doesnt have a negro accent....thats what he is. Hes rich and hes only half black.
Ja Mata, Tosa.
The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storm may enter; the rain may enter; but the King of England cannot enter – all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement! - William Pitt the Elder
Sometimes I think democrats, especially the ones who enjoy their holy entitlements, are kind of like abused wives who withstand the punishment of the abuser because he buys them nice things, pays the bills and mows the lawn. Harry Reid is only throwing black people down the stairs because he loves them. It's different when they're alone.
Baby Quit Your Cryin' Put Your Clown Britches On!!!
I'll let a negro columnist do the talking, since I'm about as ebonic as the Osmonds:
"Negro dialect" and "honest injun" are both insignificant if you aren't dumb enough to make wild assumptions about someone's character based on their use.
But don't they realize how silly they sound calling for his resignation? Why didn't they just point out the fuss made over honest injun and compare it?
this implies republicans made him say this. we dont control his mind.............. yet.The republican party is just trying to annoy the democrats. Theres nothing racist about calling Obama a light skinned black man that doesnt have a negro accent....thats what he is. Hes rich and hes only half black.
personally i believe negro is an outdated word not a rascist one.
Just when you think he's gone away, race-relations comes up, and Dave always delivers. :) (thanks for that edit Dave; you're right.)
The US commentariat seems mostly concerned with measuring the degree of racism revealed by remarks made by white politicians. So far, on a scale of 1 to 10, Reid's defenders score it a "1", while they see Lott's contribution a "9" or more. The other side paints both as 10's and resign-able offenses.
My problem with Sen Reid's observations of Obama's light-skin and non-negro dialect, is the underlying assumption made: american voters will find Obama more palatable, and less threatening, than other black politicians with darker skin and inner-city dialects. He (Reid) in effect is talking about marketing a black man to a racist nation. I think this shows a fundamental disrespect and condescension toward american voters.
Disrespect and condescension are not fire-able offenses. But if I were a Nevada voter, I'd be looking for someone else who understands and respects me, next election.
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Obama appearantly can also smoke "Ganga" when necessary
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Negro dialect???? WTH?
He basically said, Obama is a good president because he's an uncle tom.
If that isn't racist i don't know what is.
Honestly, why does a president have to speak a certain way? I for one would like a president who uses slang sometimes.
Think about it.
"Yo, Khameini. YOU BUGGIN. If you dont stop tryin to enrich uranium we gonna kick in tha do' wavin tha fo' fo'!"
"3rd world countries don't know bout mah defense budget"
"nah mean we gonna keep breakin bread wit europe."
That would be awesome. It really would.
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In American politics, similar to British politics, we have a choice between being shot in our left testicle or the right testicle. Both parties advocate pissing on the little guys, only in different ways and to a different little guy.
Words or wording mean nothing; intent means everything.
I call my sisters bf all the racial slurs I know, and try to come up with a new one every time I see him. Does he mind? No, because he knows that I'm joking and that I mean no harm, so why should he care? On the other hand, if someone he didn't know made the same comments I do, of course he would be insulted and angry.
Still maintain that crying on the pitch should warrant a 3 match ban
Without knowing more about the context this looks like a very pathetic and patronizing thing to say by Reid.
The racism here might not be based on malevolence but rather silly ignorance (not that this is particularly great either)
Perhaps this guy did not realize that things changed a tiny bit during the last 50 - 100 years?
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Don't know what's more pathetic: Reid saying what he said or the Liberal wing sweeping it under the rug and pretending that nothing has happened.
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Still maintain that crying on the pitch should warrant a 3 match ban
There's a certain logic to his words though, isn't there, Obama is about as racial neutral as you can get. He's neither "Black" nor "White" but it a genuinely ballanced mix of the two.
The wording was clearly sledgehammer-subtle, but the point is well made.
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Our news here played something from a US news channel about the issue, and they talked to a few black professors/experts, and the general opinion was that while it was rather stupid thing to say, there was, unfortunately, more than a grain of truth to it. There have, apparently, been studies which suggest that people with darker skin (and who speak more like they're from the ghetto or MTV) are not treated as well as those with lighter skin. We're talking electability, job prospects, even greater levels of fear and uncertainty. Sad but true it seems.
"All things are born from darkness, and all things return to darkness". Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind
Something that seems to get lost in the kerfluffle: Dems did not orchestrate Senator Lott's ousting. Somebody else did that. I'll give you a shiny nickel if you can guess who ...
It was no less than the president himself who began the destruction of Mr. Lott. Last Thursday in Philadelphia, in a sharp rebuke that was the political equivalent of cutting off Mr. Lott's legs, the president said that comments Mr. Lott made on Dec. 5, applauding Senator Strom Thurmond's presidential run in 1948 "do not reflect the spirit of our country" and that "any suggestion that the segregated past was acceptable or positive is offensive and it is wrong."
Republicans said that the condemnation was the idea of Mr. Bush, not Mr. Rove, and that the president was well aware that his words would set in motion a chain of events that were likely to lead to Mr. Lott's resignation. Mr. Bush — who began his political education at the side of Lee Atwater, the bad-boy strategist of the first President Bush's successful 1988 campaign — then immediately ordered his staff to speak no more on the subject.
At that point, Republicans said, no one at the White House had to say a word. "When the president made his statement in Philadelphia, it signaled the White House's view on Lott's continuing as leader," one Republican said. "And it was a strong, unmistakable signal that it would be extraordinarily difficult for Lott to be effective as leader."
The next day, Mr. Lott held a news conference in Mississippi apologizing for his comments. Mr. Bush, meanwhile, headed for a weekend at Camp David and maintained a determined public silence on Mr. Lott. Although Ari Fleischer, the White House press secretary, said after Mr. Lott's news conference that "the president doesn't think Trent Lott needs to resign" (a line Mr. Fleischer repeated all week), not once did the president offer any public support for Mr. Lott.
C'mon, Dave, let's have a moment of honesty: If the Dems had been yowling for Sen. Lott's scalp, and the administration had backed him, do you think he would have resigned? I don't mean to interrupt your regularly scheduled outrage with history, context and reason, but let's try to play like big kids for a minute, mmkay?
Last edited by Lemur; 01-13-2010 at 16:44.
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