Report: Absolute Moral Authority drops the N-bomb on Obama tape; Update: O’Reilly blames Internet “weasel” for leak
posted at 3:28 pm on July 16, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Normally I’d wait for video proof but Inside Cable News claimed with unusual insistence last night that it’s true and now TV Newser is corroborating it, so obviously someone who’s in a position to know is leaking. The alleged offending quote:
Barack…he’s talking down to black people…telling n—s how to behave.
Eh. Yeah, as the boss notes, he’s a total hypocrite, but the left loves to punish conservatives for preaching virtue while occasionally failing to live up to their own standards and I’m reluctant to do the same to Jackson. He slipped, but his intent wasn’t bad — just as the New Yorker’s wasn’t, I hasten to add — and his attempt to get entertainers to rein in their N-bomb usage is salutary. Where he does go too far is in flirting with criminalizing the word. He told the Today Show two years ago that public utterances should qualify as hate speech and he’s asserted before, quite matter-of-factly, that the word is unprotected by the First Amendment, presumably per the “fighting words” exception. Somebody, quick — arrest that man.
O’Reilly was just on Shep Smith’s show talking about this, but it looks like he’s saving the tape for the Factor tonight. I’ll go watch and see if anything he said warrants an update. In the meantime, here’s a sneak preview from last year of what’s sure to be Jackson’s defense: That not even he is immune from internalized degradation and the ugly “I want to cut his nuts off” thoughts to which it leads. In any case, he’s old news. Even his kid thinks so.
Update: O’Reilly tells Shep that he felt he had no choice but to address the rest of the tape now that some unnamed Internet “weasel” is publishing the details. Take a bow, TV Newser! Belated exit question: By O’R’s logic, doesn’t that give Fox an incentive to leak the tape? “Oops — it’s out there. Now we have to show it and do a whole new ratings blockbuster news cycle on it.”
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So, in your opinion, black people have a lower standard for their behavior? Sounds like a racist opinion to me.
I never knew MLK marched for the right to restrict the N-word to just being used by black people.
When libs degrade minorities by lowering the standards of behavior based on race, it shows their true contempt for the people of that race. When all people are held to the same standard, then there is no racism.
JayHaw Phrenzie on July 16, 2008 at 4:24 PM
Apparently you know more about the British or the sodomy than I do. At any case, I’ve made my point.
freevillage on July 16, 2008 at 4:24 PM
A potentially golden opportunity for Obama to slam Jessie’s head into a turnbuckle on live TV, which Team Messiah may calculate could help the Lightworker among bitter guns-n-bibles clinging rubes in flyover land.
Mike D. on July 16, 2008 at 4:25 PM
is that one g or two? still dont like seeing it.. :{
Chakra Hammer on July 16, 2008 at 4:25 PM
Jesse Jackson: My current prediculament be an endangerment of historic ramifiliations.
Travis Bickle on July 16, 2008 at 4:26 PM
O’Reilly just lost a lot of respect from me by his attempt to hide the truth when you knew this was going to come out. Why the heck didn’t he just publish and address this when it first came out?
JeffinSac on July 16, 2008 at 4:26 PM
I’m not following you.
baldilocks on July 16, 2008 at 4:26 PM
What do you think a British man wants when he asks for potato chips?
Depends if he also asked for a cheeburga and a Pepsi.
Bishop on July 16, 2008 at 4:26 PM
Is o’reilly in charge of everything at fox news? I was under the impression that jackson was taping some other show. Why is o’reilly acting like he is the one making the decision to show the tape? And how the hell is the entire tape not newsworthy? This race pimp who has gotten wealthy shaking down innocent corporations with his extortion game needs to be exposed. What else is being hidden from us by our media?
peacenprosperity on July 16, 2008 at 4:26 PM
Have you heard Chris Rock’s riff on this? I think it disproves your point.
mikeyboss on July 16, 2008 at 4:26 PM
O’Reilly is by far the biggest jerk and hypocrite at Fox… Almost equal to his buddy with the leg tingles over at CNN or MSNBC or wherever he is. Despite him OCCASSIONALLY arguing for some conservative principles, I got sick of him and started turning FOX news off, even before I got sick of Shep and Colmes etc. and started turning them off.
As to Jackson, why would anyone care? Everyone in the country with even double digit IQs has known precisely what he is for decades.
LegendHasIt on July 16, 2008 at 4:28 PM
I hope that helped.
baldilocks on July 16, 2008 at 4:28 PM
If Jackson is already a racist who hates whites, and a racist who hates jews, then it’s splitting hairs to go into any detail about how his is not a racist against blacks when he uses a racist word that is meant to demean blacks ….. because Jackson is already a racist, two times over.
wise_man on July 16, 2008 at 4:28 PM
Is it possible to be racist against your own race?
Bishop on July 16, 2008 at 4:29 PM
I think Jesse Jackson is quickly sinking his own ship, with a big assist from Barack Obama and his own son.
Gilda on July 16, 2008 at 4:29 PM
I thought it was bad judgment and low class when O’Reilly did it..
He hit Jackson(then said OH I have more serious stuff but i’m being nice and i’m not going to show you it! I;m being the nice guy, i could have buried him if i wanted to.. )
To me that made O’Reilly look like a fool. he should have colered the whole thing..
Chakra Hammer on July 16, 2008 at 4:30 PM
colered// covered*
Chakra Hammer on July 16, 2008 at 4:30 PM
If you insist…
South Park Rocks
:)
JayHaw Phrenzie on July 16, 2008 at 4:31 PM
:::sigh:::
Martin Luther King marched for the right of all Americans to freely exercise their unalienable rights as citizens. Period.
baldilocks on July 16, 2008 at 4:31 PM
Hey, Freevillage the Village Maroon - read closely. See if perhaps some glimmer of intellect buried under that Kool-Aid soaked empty soul of yours catches a glimpse of the reason WHY Jackson probably shouldn’t be using that word, regardless of his own skin color:
Professor Blather on July 16, 2008 at 4:31 PM
The word that Jesse was saying is nigga.. completely differant from nigger. (lets all grow up here.. I’ll say ‘n-word’ in front of my 5 year old..)
nigger is the word he wants criminalized.. Rappers and entertainers can say nigga’s all they want..
Only Jesse knows the difference.
DaveC on July 16, 2008 at 4:32 PM
Not so much.
Unless proving yourself an astoundingly blithering idiot was, in fact, your “point.”
Professor Blather on July 16, 2008 at 4:32 PM
And yet you can’t stop talking about how much of a jerk they all are. If you already turned them off, then why bother telling the world you hate them all? Let it go. Some people spend less time on their hobbies than the people here who constantly beatch about O’Reilly.
wise_man on July 16, 2008 at 4:32 PM
Uhm… *Banging head against the wall* sorry, back with you now.
No, what you have described is not my opinion. My opinion is that “a standard” that you refer to isn’t universal. It’s a function of a culture. For example, many people here are part of a culture, where attacking irrelevant countries is considered acceptable and noble and saying the word “fuck” isn’t. Personally, I belong to a completely different culture. Note that how you look at my culture from within yours or vice versa is beside the point.
The word “nigger” is not considered an insult inside a large part of the black community. People are raised to pay little attention to the word. People hear it every day. And so on and so forth. This may not be the best thing for the black people in terms of how others view their (sub)culture. That’s also beside the point. The point is this.
Jesse Jackson, who is a part of the black community, hasn’t insulted anybody within the black community. Nobody got hurt. Nobody will need therapy.
freevillage on July 16, 2008 at 4:32 PM
Yeah, and it’s what gangsters threaten to do to people who don’t behave the way they want them to. jackson is and has always been a phony and a gangster. Give me a break.
peacenprosperity on July 16, 2008 at 4:32 PM
baldilocks does not like the word “white trash”… so ask her.. maybe it is..?
Chakra Hammer on July 16, 2008 at 4:33 PM
So a male chauvinist would automatically be a female chauvinist.
freevillage on July 16, 2008 at 4:34 PM
I believe Jackson’s comments were first noticed by a lowly transcriber, who sent the info to a producer from O’Reilly’s show who was on vacation at the time but that initial contact put the tape into O’Reilly’s realm.
Gilda on July 16, 2008 at 4:34 PM
That proves he’s a hypocrite. Indeed, he should pick his stance and stick with it.
It doesn’t prove he’s a racist.
freevillage on July 16, 2008 at 4:36 PM
…. nigga? …
wise_man on July 16, 2008 at 4:36 PM
How is it splitting hairs? He’s not Jewish or white.
The words and the speaker are inseparable. If your spouse says “darling, I love you” you’ll react one way. If however, say, Andrew Sullivan says those exact same words to you (assuming you’re a heterosexual male), you’ll react a different way because the words have a different connotation coming from Randy Andy.
It’s not a perfect analogy, but I hopes that it helps.
baldilocks on July 16, 2008 at 4:37 PM
so.. you want everyone to start using the word to lose it’s power?
DaveC on July 16, 2008 at 4:37 PM
Jackson has already been proven to be a racist.
wise_man on July 16, 2008 at 4:37 PM
O’Reilly held the tape back becuase it doesn’t show a hot girl in skimpy clothing. Honestly, Fox is SOOOOO boring.
dm60462 on July 16, 2008 at 4:37 PM
again.. only Jesse has to power to tell the difference and if a shakedown is in order…
DaveC on July 16, 2008 at 4:38 PM
I don’t think that anyone is disputing the fact that Jesse is a hypocrite.
baldilocks on July 16, 2008 at 4:38 PM
Jesse has been driving the shakedown bus for years. He traded in any good will years ago for big bucks, celebrity status and cameras.
Compare Jesse’s trajectory with some of the other folks of his eara who did much or more for civil rights.
Guy is a dirt bag and is a simple hussler. He has been fading for years. With a little luck this is his final curtain call.
Mr Jackson, meet mr. petard and prepare to be hoisted.
moxie_neanderthal on July 16, 2008 at 4:39 PM
*Where’s my wall?*
Which of my words made you think that’s what I wanted?
freevillage on July 16, 2008 at 4:39 PM
Yes, this is true.
wise_man on July 16, 2008 at 4:40 PM
I assume that you’re not asking me to give you a break.
baldilocks on July 16, 2008 at 4:40 PM
He’ll leave his momma on her death bed and run off if there is a camera involved somewhere.
DaveC on July 16, 2008 at 4:41 PM
IMO, the issue is not racism, but power.
If a white public figure says something that can be exploited by the grievence mongers (Imus for example), Jesse and Al, will milk it for all its worth. But if Jesse himself says the actual N-word or if a Senator with agreeable politics is an actual KKK member, it’s no big deal.
It’s all about milking that “white guilt” for all the power they can.
JayHaw Phrenzie on July 16, 2008 at 4:41 PM
How about if we all agree that jesse jackson is a scumbag and stop trying to identify the specific phylum?
peacenprosperity on July 16, 2008 at 4:42 PM
That phrase is an insult to both whites and blacks. It encourages racism between working class persons of both races.
baldilocks on July 16, 2008 at 4:42 PM
part of the culture,.. hear it every day,.
taking what you said to one conclusion..
DaveC on July 16, 2008 at 4:43 PM
Yep. Trying to give this dirtbags inappropriate language and thoughts some historical perspective is just giving him the benefit of the doubt. He said it because he’s a lowlife, doesn’t like barry muscling in oin his territory and is too stupid to know when to keep his mouth shut. It had nothing to do with slavery.
peacenprosperity on July 16, 2008 at 4:45 PM
……… anyone else remember this?
Seven Percent Solution on July 16, 2008 at 4:46 PM
oh if Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton were white they would ahve been purged from the public arena LONG AGO..
Chakra Hammer on July 16, 2008 at 4:46 PM
Once again, please explain to me how “white trash” is offensive to black people. Please explain with great clarity because I am waiting on this answer.
carbon_footprint on July 16, 2008 at 4:46 PM
Ok, which of you people want to be part of the ’scores of stupid morons’ here at HotAir? Come on now, there are only so many seats available so its first come, first served.
Bishop on July 16, 2008 at 4:47 PM
You can’t take anything to one conclusion. That’s not how logic works. Logic works as follows:
If we establish that BOTH
A
AND
A->B
are true, then you can imply B.
In simpler words, we must agree both on assumptions and an implication (or logical connection) in order to come to the same conclusions.
Now, what is the logical connection that you assume to be a given?
freevillage on July 16, 2008 at 4:47 PM
Actually, what it proves is that you’re in dire need of a basic class in logic.
You spelled your point out precisely: “But it’s manifestly acceptable within what may be called a black subculture, to call one another “niggers.”
Yet Jackson specifically, explicitly, takes exactly the opposite stance.
Which is interesting since a) he’s Black, b) he’s actually part of the culture that you already acknowledged having nothing to do with, and c) he’s the one who’s purportedly working to advance civil rights within said culture.
So who’s right? Jackson - or you? Can’t be both of you, Sparky.
Are you honestly missing just how entertainingly you’ve stuck yourself in a logical conundrum?
Carry on. I’d pay good money to watch you continue digging. It’s pretty good.
————-
By the way, anybody know if there’s any actual truth to what James Mtume is saying about what Jackson actually said? (Google it if you’re curious - it’s pretty bad). Has this been formally debunked?
They seem pretty excited about it at DailyKos (and the fact that it was “reported” there suggests its just gossip …)
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/7/13/193831/532
Professor Blather on July 16, 2008 at 4:48 PM
huh? :\
I don’t like the word and don’t use it i just remember you yelling at someone for using it a few months ago..
How is a white person calling a white person “White Trash”, different than a Black person calling another black the “n-Word” ?
Chakra Hammer on July 16, 2008 at 4:49 PM
That phrase is an insult to both whites and blacks. It encourages racism between working class persons of both races.
baldilocks on July 16, 2008 at 4:42 PM
We’re just trying to figure this out. If a white guy calls his neighbor “white trash” and sincerely means to use it in the colloquial, is he a racist?
If a rich, well educated black man were to condemn a black street thug as a “ni**er” because of his perceived mannerisms, would he be a racist?
Bishop on July 16, 2008 at 4:50 PM
“white Trash” and the “N-Word” and exactly the same thing..
Chakra Hammer on July 16, 2008 at 4:54 PM
Blow me.
ronsfi on July 16, 2008 at 4:54 PM
Using nigger these days in the black community is the same as white folks saying “hey dude”. It has lost all its meaning except of course when it can be exploited for political purposes.
I thought we were going to have a real firestorm after hearing all the rumors on black talk radio. If Jackson said, as rumored, “that half breed nigger”, then we would have a story. O-la-la.
As it is, its nothing–certainly not in the black community and I suspect no where else..
patrick neid on July 16, 2008 at 4:54 PM
I have always liked your comments but you are now my hero.
carbon_footprint on July 16, 2008 at 4:55 PM
Are you suggesting that if a white person says the word, black people will need therapy? Do you think blacks are that mentally weak?
What if you are listening to the radio and you hear the word spoken and you don’t know if the speaker is black or white? How do you know if you are supposed to be offended or not?
redshirt on July 16, 2008 at 4:57 PM
Don Imus is almost certainly less of a racist than Jesse Jackson and Imus went to the wood shed of his own volition and let himself be whipped in public.
And Imus’ mistake was not meant as an insult and Jackson’s was.
So whats holding the good Rev. back from being held to account?
Speakup on July 16, 2008 at 4:57 PM
It takes an “internet weasel” to give us the whole story that Bill O’Reilly doesn’t think we need to know.
Dollayo on July 16, 2008 at 4:58 PM
I think that Robert Byrd said something similar.
wise_man on July 16, 2008 at 4:58 PM
In a related story:
Jesse Jackson and Bob Barker are planning on doing a PSA about spay and neutering your pets..
DaveC on July 16, 2008 at 4:59 PM
Nah, Jesse’s the next Snap On tools spokesman.
Speakup on July 16, 2008 at 5:01 PM
Jesse Jackson, who is a part of the black community, hasn’t insulted anybody within the black community. Nobody got hurt. Nobody will need therapy.
freevillage on July 16, 2008 at 4:32 PM
Then it sure seems odd that Jackson spent so much time apologizing for words that offended no one, and the Obama campaign accepted an apology for words that didn’t offend them.
Is it possible to be offended by something that you find inoffensive? Buy stock in Caterpillar.
Bishop on July 16, 2008 at 5:02 PM
I will cut and paste part of the post I wrote on a phrase which I think, has a similar unconscious thought process behind it, “white n*ggers,” since, the last time I directed persons to my blog for an explanation, they seemed have problems with. BTW, Ed linked to this post before. Here goes:
“White trash” conjures this division also. If not, why even use the adjective ‘white?’
baldilocks on July 16, 2008 at 5:04 PM
I am a firm believer that most of us are racist and that it is natural and not a bad thing. The word has been so overused that the definition has little to do with what it really means. To be racist, to me, means having pride in one’s race. The sad thing is, all other races are allowed to have pride in their race except for white people. If we have pride in being white, we are harsh animals of hatred. But blacks and Hispanics are encouraged to embrace their race. I say enough is enough! It is time for white people to walk unashamed down the street. It is time for heterosexuals to unite and ask for equal rights! We men should get in touch with our manliness and all other manly things like shooting stuff and being sloppy. Yes, white people, it is time to Embrace your Race.
carbon_footprint on July 16, 2008 at 5:04 PM
Byrd said, “there are a lot of White n-words”
What i;m saying is, Both words are equally offensive.
Chakra Hammer on July 16, 2008 at 5:05 PM
Isn’t all of this getting a little old?
JJ, Sr. was never a part of the campaign — JJ, Jr. (who’s already thrown Dad under the bus) is (remember his spiel about Hillary’s tears in NH being a dis because she didn’t cry for the Katrina “victims” in NO?)
JJ, Sr. is expandable and useful (as is O’Reilly), in keeping the campaign focused on one thing: RACE.
Let’s not discuss how BO is the farthest left candidate of socialist, Marxist and pro-Islam theory that the Dems could possibly have nominated. Hey, as the NYT’s encourages us in their nifty little polls, let’s talk about RACE, and whether JJ, Sr. used the “n” word!
Nichevo on July 16, 2008 at 5:06 PM
Thanks for taking the time Baldi. I follow most of it but I still will have to disagree with you if you are implying that blacks should/would or could be offended when they hear “white trash”. I am having a hard time understanding that. But thanks for the effort and I agree with you most of the time.
carbon_footprint on July 16, 2008 at 5:07 PM
Uhh no thanks.. i’ll take “white trash”
Chakra Hammer on July 16, 2008 at 5:10 PM
If you must call me name just call me white trash.. :\
ehh.. since they are the same i guess it doesn’t matter..
Chakra Hammer on July 16, 2008 at 5:12 PM
Fixed for what I’m implying. “Would” and “could” are irrelevant.
Blacks should be offended because the phrase implies that a “non-trashy” white is above blacks, when no one is above or below anyone due to race alone.
Question: why hasn’t the phrase “black trash” caught on?
baldilocks on July 16, 2008 at 5:15 PM
I’m pretty sure he wasn’t talking about your height.
Oldnuke on July 16, 2008 at 5:16 PM
Freevillage
I am curious you say when a black uses the word nigger to another black it is not with a racist intent but whenb a white/hispanic/asian person uses the same word to a black person it is automatically meant to be with a racist intent? so now you are a mind reader or maybe the Shadow (who knows what evil lurks in a man’s heart..the Shadow knows)?
The fact is words are just words regardless of who uses them..it is the way a person hears it and processes it that decides if it is an insult. The problem with modern society is we are all supposed to be so worried about offenduing another person we are stilling free speech. If a person wants to use a word in a hateful or demeaning way they just show their true character..words do not wound unless we allow them to…I have no respect for Jesse Jackson and the culture of victimhood that pervades this country but his use of any word does not matter to me one bit. People in this world need to grow up.
JKotthoff on July 16, 2008 at 5:20 PM
Jackson is obviously angry at the White half of Obama (he has a White mother). A Black man can’t “talk down” to Black men, can he?
jgapinoy on July 16, 2008 at 5:21 PM
Good question. I try to capture the speaker’s…
(OMFG! Drumroll! [new] fr3sh thinking!!1)
INTENT.
If someone hits you, it matters a lot to any minimally reasonable person (including at least 15% of HA contributors) what was the person’s intent. Was it an accident, in which case a dialogue of the kind:
- Oh, so sorry!
- Not a problem.
would be a reasonable conclusion. Or was it a murder attempt in which case one would be justified to use hands or even a weapon in retaliation.
I mean, seriously. Imagine that! The same physical action, which is judged based on a (possibly complex) set of circumstances accompanying a particular situation.
Who would have thunk words could be treated similarly?
freevillage on July 16, 2008 at 5:21 PM
Answer: because you have “nigger”.
Please refrain from correcting my grammar and word use. It is your passive-aggressive way of trying to insult me.
carbon_footprint on July 16, 2008 at 5:24 PM
If a Black can’t be racist, as Jackson & his ilk insist, then he can’t “talk down” either.
jgapinoy on July 16, 2008 at 5:24 PM
Huh…..? It just implies that those whites are trash and need to take a shower and get a job(thats how i see it, nothing to do with blacks, Asians or “Hispanics” at all)
“black trash” imho is the “n-word” that has been wrongly glorified by the pop culture..
Chakra Hammer on July 16, 2008 at 5:26 PM
DING DING DING!!! WINNER!
Chakra Hammer on July 16, 2008 at 5:28 PM
Exactly.
What are you talking about? I didn’t correct your grammar. And you gave three options; I picked the one that was correct.
BTW, I’m never passive-aggressive. Only aggressive. Lose the chip.
baldilocks on July 16, 2008 at 5:28 PM
We’re just muddying the water folks. How about, a guy who has made a living pretending to be morally superior to everyone has proven himself to be the lowlife we all knew he was. Who cares about who may have been offended, who wasn’t offended, who has a right to be offended, blah, balh, blah. This is just like barry and his racists church. Everyone else argued about his motivations while barry just slipped away. That should have been the end of his candidacy but everyone was busy argueing about meaning and now a guy who spent 20 years attending a racist church will probably be president.
peacenprosperity on July 16, 2008 at 5:29 PM
If the quote is legit - You must vote for McCain and Mitt!
marklmail on July 16, 2008 at 5:32 PM
And when the epithet is used by non-blacks, it has no class differential and has the concept of “trash” built in. So the phrase “black trash” is unnecessary.
baldilocks on July 16, 2008 at 5:32 PM
Yeah. Blather’s the goods.
mikeyboss on July 16, 2008 at 5:33 PM
Exactly. I always thought “white trash” was more offensive to blacks, as if the word “trash” by itself implied non-white.
mikeyboss on July 16, 2008 at 5:35 PM
Ding, dude.
baldilocks on July 16, 2008 at 5:37 PM
Baldi, I really like you. We just disagree.
carbon_footprint on July 16, 2008 at 5:40 PM
“trash” by itself is just trash.. garbage, rubbish, refuse.. like physical garbage that goes in a garbage can not biological garbage..(trash that goes into the dumpster) sheesh..
Chakra Hammer on July 16, 2008 at 5:40 PM
What the hell is biological garbage?
Kim Jong-il.. 8^|
he’s only like 4-foot tall and has a funky hair-doo and glasses.. :}
Chakra Hammer on July 16, 2008 at 5:43 PM
Okay, but don’t act I did something to you when I was merely trying to help you understand what I was talking about.
The word ‘trash’ by itself–without the user, the context, the words around it and the (grammatical) object being described–is, indeed, just garbage.
baldilocks on July 16, 2008 at 5:46 PM
Oh yeah and the culture and/or subculture also.
baldilocks on July 16, 2008 at 5:47 PM
No, as ubiquitous as that word is within the hip-hop generation, that word does insult a lot of folks within the black community, and it is surely not something tossed around by supposed moral authority figures. If Fox strings this out, it will slowly bleed Jackson’s tarnished star, and not a year too soon. He hasn’t been this pathetic since rushing to Terri Schiavo’s side, camera’s running, a day late to boot.
okonkolo on July 16, 2008 at 5:51 PM
Fair enough.
carbon_footprint on July 16, 2008 at 5:52 PM
baldilocks, what about referring to people as “scum” or scummy.
I referred to the people who called Tony Snow bad names the other day as Scum..
Is Scum also racist or could it be perceived as a racist word?
Chakra Hammer on July 16, 2008 at 5:57 PM
I never have understood the kneejerk reaction to the “n” word, in the first place.
In my estimation, it’s nothing more than an another excuse to be “outraged” same as the “outrage” over cartoons.
As an Italian (hyphenated) American, and a German (hyphenated) American, and an Irish (hyphenated) American, you KNOW how many times I’ve been called derogatory names.
Nevertheless, I’ve never been “outraged” about it…Fact is, it’s even laughable…I just consider the source.
franksalterego on July 16, 2008 at 5:59 PM
I think we should have evolved past this racism by now, but apparently there’s more to us than meets the eye.
The identity groups that overwhelmingly vote Democrat are the NAACP, La Raza, Nambla and Code Pink. Why can’t they embrace the diversity of whites, Christians, or Koreans?
kirkill on July 16, 2008 at 6:00 PM
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