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[Gopher]

[Adventurer]

[Ya-ta Boy]

[kabrams]

I just don't understand this dichotmy of democrat-republican non-racist/racist. I mean, both parties have racist members...of all skin colors.

I mean, blue collar democrats can be some of the meanest, most racist people out there. Let's not forget some of the dumb stuff Biden said before he became Obama's running mate.

[Ya-ta Boy]

"When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We�re proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over the years, either." (Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott Dec. 5, 2002)

vs

quoted from John Heileman and Mark Halperin's 'Game Change', p. 37:

"encouragement of Obama was unequivocal. He was wowed by Obama's oratorical gifts and believed that the country was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially one such as Obama -- a "light-skinned" African American "with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one," as he said privately. Reid was convinced, in fact, that Obama's race would help him more than hurt him in a bid for the Democratic nomination."

Yep. Those battling quotes are exactly the same thing.

(A more interesting Sunday morning show topic would have been: Will Michael Steele keep his job? Should he?)

[mithridates]

[Ya-ta Boy]

Liz Cheney goes PC; George Will goes off the reservation. See it here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/10/george-will-takes-on-liz_n_417733.html

[Ya-ta Boy]

I ran out of time earlier. I wanted to attach an example of what Trent Lott was refering to when he praised Strom Thurmond:

One 1948 speech, met with cheers by supporters, included the following:

� I wanna tell you, ladies and gentlemen, that there's not enough troops in the army to force the Southern people to break down segregation and admit the nigra race into our theaters, into our swimming pools, into our homes, and into our churches.

[Gopher]

[Gopher]

Nice quotes, Ya-ta. Back from George Wallace and the rest of the Dixiecrats' days, right?

You have such an admirable and honest grasp of American history when it comes to racism.

[Fox]

[Ya-ta Boy]

"When asked in 1995 why white people liked him so much, Colin Powell replied that �I speak reasonably well, like a white person,� and, visually, �I ain�t that black.�

Peter Beinart has an interesting piece from which the above quote is taken.

Another snippet: "So if what Reid said was palpably true, why is he in so much trouble? Yes, his use of the word �negro� was unattractive. But overall, his statement was less an example of white racism than an analysis of white racism. He dared to discuss an aspect of race prejudice that people generally find too toxic to publicly discuss. But it should be publicly discussed. Because amid the triumphalism that has followed Barack Obama�s election�the insistence, particularly on the right, that his election proves that racism has all but died out�it is worth remembering that while Obama�s election constitutes racial progress, it is also, peculiarly, testament to how far America still has to go."

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-01-10/harry-reid-was-right/?cid=hp:mainpromo2

[Trevor]

Personally, I see no significant difference between the two U.S. political parties. They are practically identical on the issues that really matter -- hence no real chocie in the matter

Korea, here I come.

[Gopher]

Here is yet another example

[Old Gil]