The GOP would have more credibility …
posted at 3:50 pm on June 16, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
… if its staffers would quit sending out e-mails like this:
Newscoma posted details of a racist email sent from Sherri Goforth, legislative aid for Sen. Diane Black (R-Gallatin). The email depicts the Presidents of the United States with President Barack Obama as a pair of eyes in a black background.
I spoke with Sherri Goforth minutes ago to confirm she sent this email. She confirmed she had sent it and also said she had received a letter of reprimand from her superiors but said she will stay on the job.
When I asked her if she understood the controversial nature of the photo, Goforth would only say she felt very bad about accidentally sending it to the wrong list. When I gave her a second chance to address the controversial nature of the email, she again repeated that she only felt bad about sending it to the wrong list of people.
… and if the staffers in question would quit offering excuses like this:
“I went on the wrong email and I inadvertently hit the wrong button,” Goforth told NIT. “I’m very sick about it, and it’s one of those things I can’t change or take back.”
You can see the image at the link; I’ll skip reproducing it here. It’s well described by Nashville Is Talking, and it’s undeniably racist in nature. Given that, I’m at a loss as to why the Tennessee GOP kept Goforth in her position. Part of her job, whether explicitly stated or not, isnot to embarrass the Republican Party. Goforth just got an epic fail on that key mission. Keeping her, especially after the apology not for sending the picture at all but just for sending it to the wrong people, gives the distinct impression that the GOP considers this a minor issue and not a major blow to our credibility with black voters.
Tommy Christopher calls this the worst apology of the week. So far, it might be the worst apology of the year.
Conservatives just spent the last week roasting David Letterman for his crude and misogynistic remarks about Sarah Palin’s daughters. We need to demand the same level of responsibility from our own side, especially from within the Republican Party.
Update: AC Kleinheider says Ms. Goforth isn’t really a player in the game. I understand what he’s saying, but I think he underestimates how this can damage the party. If secretaries at the Tennessee Democratic Party were passing along racist or misogynistic e-mails, Republicans would rightly rip the Dems for it.
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I’d ask if you were serious, but then again, this is HotAir. I suppose the reason why conservatives refer always to The Founders or The Framers, and never to individuals among them, is so they can disown individuals among them whenever they see fit. (The other reason, of course, is that a bit of knowledge of history is required to mention them by name in association with whatever modern-day Republican policy they are invoked in support of.)
hicsuget on June 16, 2009 at 6:18 PM
liberals are perfect!
i forgot!
blatantblue on June 16, 2009 at 6:18 PM
Tell me again, who’s the party of raaaaaaaaaaaacists?
Califemme on June 16, 2009 at 6:19 PM
TY very much Califemme.
gbear on June 16, 2009 at 6:19 PM
blatantblue on June 16, 2009 at 6:18 PM
Not perfect, just a better option than conservatives.
robertnyc212 on June 16, 2009 at 6:20 PM
i forgot calling condi rice a “house ni**a” is fine
drawing steele as black face was okay
its all excused
progressives stalling on civil rights from 1900 to 1968 was okay too
totally excusable.
blatantblue on June 16, 2009 at 6:20 PM
hardly, bean counter.
blatantblue on June 16, 2009 at 6:20 PM
You DO realize that the KKK was founded by the Democratic Party as a way of attacking the Black Americans that ran and won office, as REPUBLICANS, right after the Civil War.
Jeff from WI on June 16, 2009 at 6:21 PM
And you goons are OBSESSED with turning races against each other
enflaming passions
stoking hatred
its very pathetic
you turn the people against each other along the lines of race, ethnicity, and wealth
divide and conquer.
blatantblue on June 16, 2009 at 6:21 PM
Completely. I’d do it all over again today if it were possible. Everyone there was very chill and nice. Some really weird people I wouldn’t associate with otherwise but still kind.
It really is. I highly recommend it. This year was my first time, but by the first day we were already talking about “next time”.
“Next time” we’ll get a better air mattress that won’t leak, and we’ll actually bring food we can cook instead of letting it all go bad.
Sure, experience isn’t always an indicator, but then you’re talking about our 16th president. Washington didn’t have a lot of political experience either.
But then my question was about getting elected. How often do people actually trust someone they know so little about? Many people today are shocked to find out what Obama has in mind for this country.
Yes, and it was beautiful. Luckily it rained just enough to keep it in the low 90s, and some mornings it was overcast enough to sleep in a little.
Esthier on June 16, 2009 at 6:22 PM
I’m glad you agree. Perhaps Califemme could have looked up a few choice quotes from Andrew Johnson while she was at it.
hicsuget on June 16, 2009 at 6:22 PM
So how many anicent Greek and Roman philosophers and early scientists were not only slave owners but Flat Earthers. Let’s discount them.
Cindy Munford on June 16, 2009 at 6:23 PM
and now i want to punch my TV looking at these democrats playing politics with the troops
“lets add in tons of pointless spending along with supplemental cash for soldiers. the right will be against it for the useless spending, but we will be able to say they hate the troops”
you f*cking dogs are unbelievable
filthy kalab
blatantblue on June 16, 2009 at 6:24 PM
Jeff from WI on June 16, 2009 at 6:21 PM
Will someone please explain to Jeff the difference between a dixiecrat and democrat. I’m getting tired of educating folks for free.
robertnyc212 on June 16, 2009 at 6:24 PM
If only we could all go to college for free, right?
blatantblue on June 16, 2009 at 6:26 PM
How about a little perspective?
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/06/16/video-murder-in-the-isfahan-dorms/
Cindy Munford on June 16, 2009 at 6:26 PM
And your party consciously voted against civil rights repeatedly until it was politically smart to do otherwise. Your party also tapped MLK Jr.
Ugh.
Why would he?
Esthier on June 16, 2009 at 6:26 PM
Go ahead and pick on the founders, they weren’t perfect, they owned slaves. That were sold to them by blacks. Who happened to be Mohammed followers. Square that one.
The founders may (or may not) have known the intellect or future potential of the blacks they owned, but it was precisely because of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams that the words “All men are created equal” are in the Declaration of Independence. Not “all white men are created equal”, but all MEN. As in man. As in hu-MAN.
So yeah, they aren’t perfect. Neither are all Republicans. But quit pointing racist fingers at Republicans, because for every finger you point, three fingers point backatcha.
Califemme on June 16, 2009 at 6:26 PM
Yes they are. Liberals are collectivists, so they see nothing but groups of people. Individuals and individualism are not parts of liberal ideology.
That’s why liberals always feel the need to radically change our nation, since we are the only nation for which the individual is the fundamental political entity. They love governing structures more along the lines of tribal Euro-style systems, in which the party is the fundamental political entity, and that is how their electoral strategies are all organized. They are trying to make our country tribal, and they have been very successful in this effort, to the point of using it to elect a moron who will tear this nation to shreds.
progressoverpeace on June 16, 2009 at 6:27 PM
pawns
thats all
divide and conquer
blatantblue on June 16, 2009 at 6:28 PM
They both voted D, so you’re really not going anywhere with that one.
Esthier on June 16, 2009 at 6:28 PM
Outrageously outrageous this is!!!!
I actually chuckled a little at the picture. That’s wrong, right?
Seriously though, racism won’t ever be truly gone until we can all see something like this e-mail and laugh at it’s silliness.
Interweb Troll on June 16, 2009 at 6:28 PM
Someone in an earlier comment made the point that this sort of racially insensitive banter goes on a quite a bit, its simply kept out of sight most of the time and the staffer’s words when asked about it ( I sent it to the wrong list) actually tends to validate that assertion. To my mind, its indicative of the larger issue, namely, that the republican party has not been successful with blacks in the past 40 years not because we are irredeemably liberal, but because the GOP has not made the decision that blacks are a political constituency which it considers necessary or essential to its aspirations for governance, and the party behaves accordingly. Thats NOT an accusation of racism, rather it is an accurate observation and conclusion based on years of consistent GOP behavior.
The GOP for years has made the calculation that it could win without the black vote (and it has). As a consequence, when you don’t need a constituency’s vote to win, you need not worry about being insensitive, provocative or offensive to that constituency. I’d go so far as to call it a species of contempt, and the GOP’s problem is that this indifference to the sensitivities of blacks as a political constituency holds sway from the rank and file right up to the party leadership.
It has a variety of components to it, such as a belief that blacks are irrational political actors, hate the GOP and could not be convinced to support the GOP under any circumstances.
That position naturally breeds the its follow on conclusion; that there is no point in trying to connect with black voters, nor consider them in any way. The result? Slipups like Ms. Goforth’s that only serve to cement a perception of the GOP as indifferent, indeed hostile to blacks.
The GOP won’t experience an improvement in participation or how it is perceived by blacks until it makes a decision that blacks are a political constituency necessary and essential to its aspirations for governance and conducts its political practice accordingly.
Political Season on June 16, 2009 at 6:29 PM
I can’t speak for others, but I have never liked Jefferson and always considered him the archetype for the hypocritical liberal.
progressoverpeace on June 16, 2009 at 6:29 PM
blatantblue on June 16, 2009 at 6:21 PM
Reminding you of your history is not to pit one side against the other but to add context to the racist email sent by the republican staffer. Remembering the holocaust is not to pit german against jew but to enlighten. Please don’t be so defensive. No harm was intended, promise.
robertnyc212 on June 16, 2009 at 6:29 PM
EXACTLY.
Drive the hypocritical Leftist bigots into the ground on this.
Lockstein13 on June 16, 2009 at 6:29 PM
I didn’t even know that still existed.
Let me know, if that’s the case. We’ve got to have a drink.
MadisonConservative on June 16, 2009 at 6:30 PM
And Democrats would be offering up the same lame excuses…AND the mainstream media would swallow them hook line and sinker, cause that’s how they roll.
Move along here, folks. Nothing to see.
gryphon202 on June 16, 2009 at 6:30 PM
Actually, since Obama fails to display any awareness of history at all, the “clueless in the dark” depiction is right on.
T J Green on June 16, 2009 at 6:30 PM
Thanks. A very well done listing of just some of the racist statements coming from leading Democrats over the years. I appreciate these lists and am bookmarking them.
If only liberals and trolls here used fact-based thinking instead of their irrational, emotional, bigoted, morally equivocating, outcome-based “reasoning.”
Loxodonta on June 16, 2009 at 6:32 PM
is it racial or racist?
Seems like acknowledging that black skin is not easily seen in low light is now “racist”
I’ll update my spreadsheet.
Metro on June 16, 2009 at 6:33 PM
I agree. Thomas Paine, on the other hand, I consider the Father of the American Revolution.
Califemme on June 16, 2009 at 6:33 PM
You’re delusional.
What is the basis of your conclusions..beside your imagination?
What information source did you use to arrive at the conclusions that you did regarding the thought, beliefs, and motivations of the people you’re stereotyping?
Do you believe everything you tell you?
You..like most liberal and lefties I know, have a aversion to rational thought. Its been my direct life experience that has led me to this conclusion. Objective standards, which are necessary to rationally evaluating a claim or a situation, are rejected by progressives et.al, because they can’t claim everything is relative, and with out that, they have no way of defending their positions or claims.
But I’m pretty sure you will tell yourself something else….something probably really relative and vague.
Own it.
Itchee Dryback on June 16, 2009 at 6:33 PM
Esthier on June 16, 2009 at 6:28 PM
Google is your friend:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Dixiecrat
Main Entry: Dix·ie·crat
Pronunciation: \-ˌkrat\
Function: noun
Date: 1948
: a dissident Southern Democrat ; specifically : a supporter of a 1948 presidential ticket opposing the civil rights stand of the Democrats
— Dix·ie·crat·ic \ˌdik-sē-ˈkra-tik\ adjective
robertnyc212 on June 16, 2009 at 6:35 PM
TY! Not my list unfortunately, but I like to post the nonsense when Democrats get too uppity in calling us racists. You can find the list at the Wall Street Journal, if you can believe it.
Califemme on June 16, 2009 at 6:36 PM
By irredeemable (your word, not mine) are you inferring consigned? branded? lost? unworthy? lacking in some way?
Hmmmmmmm
Project much do ya?
Never Again!
Blacksmith8 on June 16, 2009 at 6:39 PM
Itchee Dryback on June 16, 2009 at 6:33 PM
Uh, maybe the crosses etched on their robes…I bet you thought Rodney King was resisting arrest too.
robertnyc212 on June 16, 2009 at 6:39 PM
Fire her. Now.
Well-Armed Lamb on June 16, 2009 at 6:39 PM
Last I checked, affirmative action was a a liberal democrat idea.
What is affirmative action? Glad you asked. It is institutionalized bigotry. ‘Minorities’, read: non-white males, cannot accomplish greatness on their own ability and merit. Therefore, the bar for excellence and success must be lowered for them to accomplish positions of power or success.
Sounds pretty f’n racist to me.
Bigotry and hatred are wholly owned by the American left and the democrat party.
daesleeper on June 16, 2009 at 6:40 PM
What is it that you feel I’m agreeing with?
I was simply making a statement. Nothing in context to any specifics of a previous post…that being said, I’m not keeping up on reading every single post.
Could you give me some context to what you were talking about?
Itchee Dryback on June 16, 2009 at 6:41 PM
This is on the heels of the “Michelle looks like a gorilla” email. While that may be true, it’s politically incorrect.
marklmail on June 16, 2009 at 6:41 PM
Whats her job anyway?
Coffee fetcher..mail grabber..form letter sender?…Anybody know?
Itchee Dryback on June 16, 2009 at 6:44 PM
When it comes to the stupid dems they promote the racist rather than fire them.
jaboba on June 16, 2009 at 6:44 PM
I’m still waiting for you to rationalize how liberals don’t lynch.
Blacksmith8 on June 16, 2009 at 6:45 PM
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gbear on June 16, 2009 at 6:46 PM
Disown Jefferson? You can have him. I never owned him.
Ronnie on June 16, 2009 at 6:46 PM
Blacksmith8 on June 16, 2009 at 6:45 PM
Sad.
robertnyc212 on June 16, 2009 at 6:47 PM
And we must keep shouting it from the rooftops. And posting their racist themes. People are starting to wake up.
Califemme on June 16, 2009 at 6:47 PM
WEAK
Califemme on June 16, 2009 at 6:48 PM
gbear on June 16, 2009 at 6:46 PM
Yes, to the outrage of the rest of the seeing world. One of the reasons for the LA riots. But of course, the jury of mostly white were right and the video was wrong.
robertnyc212 on June 16, 2009 at 6:50 PM
Really?
Lincoln served in the military, as an officer. O’bama never did. His service in the military was crucial later.
Lincoln served 3 years in the Illinois legislature. After several years in law practice, he was elected to the US House, and was offered the Governorship of Oregon Territory. He decided to remain a lawyer, and argued many high-profile cases, including at least 1 case before the Illinois Supreme Court.
O’bama only practiced law for 3 years. He was “Editor” of the Harvard Law Review, and was notable for being the only Editor in the history of that publication to never write an article for it.
O’bama was “elected” to public office in Illinois by kneecapping his political opposition, and after the idiots in Illinois were stupid enough to elect him a US Senator in 2004, he spent two of the three years of his first term campaigning for President.
Del Dolemonte on June 16, 2009 at 6:53 PM
Califemme on June 16, 2009 at 6:48 PM
um, ok if you say so.
robertnyc212 on June 16, 2009 at 6:53 PM
Cause her email wasn’t just sent by her but by all Republicans who preceded her?
So is wiki:
Years active 1948 (though Dixiecrats remained an active political faction within Democratic Party)
Esthier on June 16, 2009 at 6:53 PM
Of course. I’d look forward to it. If I can find a way to get us there, get us tickets and rooms for under a grand, I think I can convince him we need to go. I’m really excited about the lineup.
Esthier on June 16, 2009 at 6:57 PM
Esthier on June 16, 2009 at 6:53 PM
Yes, and were promptly courted by Goldwater, Nixon and Reagan. Reagan in fact launched his presidential run from of all places where the 3 civils rights workers were butchered. Reagan was big on state rights like all dixiecrats/republicans. Go figure.
robertnyc212 on June 16, 2009 at 6:57 PM
That wasn’t your claim was it?
Crosses etched on a robe establish very little. But I digress.
How did you arrive at the conclusion that they were conservatives and seeking to protect the status quo at all cost?
Do you really not see the similarities between your stereotyping of todays ‘conservatives’ and the stereotyping that led a few to the acts shown in those pictures?
Reeeeally?
Bringing up RK is kind of what my point about relativist liberals/progs was about…”this is like that”, when in fact “this” has nothing to do with “that”
The problem might be that I’m not sure what it is that you’re trying to claim. Your world view seems to be really stuck in the past.
Could you clarify what you’re getting at…what are you trying to say??
Itchee Dryback on June 16, 2009 at 6:57 PM
So Obama was born in Kenya. What is wrong with that?
bill30097 on June 16, 2009 at 7:01 PM
Dixiecrat: Democrat (like Byrd) that apologists like to pretend aren’t Democrats because they support the KKK.
malclave on June 16, 2009 at 7:02 PM
Rodney King, OJ, Black Panthers and our pals at SLA. Did you see the celebrations in LA yesterday? Exuberance, I guess. Don’t worry about Jeremiah (Wrong?)Wright. Bloods, Crips and joy to the world of crack. Any of you folks ever do any street time? Maybe the insulation of a college dorm and a few designated books would do you. I’ve been in every major city in the country and it same game and there folks out there that don’t like it and I’m one of them.
LarryG on June 16, 2009 at 7:02 PM
States rights that much of a foreign concept to you?
Fred Phelps helped run Gore’s ’88 campaign out of his home and even ran as a Democrat, five times. Go figure.
Esthier on June 16, 2009 at 7:02 PM
You’re right and I was wrong what could I have been thinking. Those were liberals in those pictures gleefully roasting, lynching and mutilating blacks. Those good ol’ boys were liberals not conservatives…my bad.
robertnyc212 on June 16, 2009 at 7:04 PM
Esthier on June 16, 2009 at 7:02 PM
And your point is? I’m trying to keep up with your stream of thought and analysis.
robertnyc212 on June 16, 2009 at 7:07 PM
Conservative and liberal are not political parties. The Party of Lincoln was liberal when it was founded. It is now conservative. I thought you were educated.
No, they weren’t liberals, robert, but many were Democrats.
Esthier on June 16, 2009 at 7:07 PM
That states rights have nothing to do with racism and that association with @ssholes doesn’t really mean anything despite how much you wish it were so.
Esthier on June 16, 2009 at 7:09 PM
Liberals don’t like the idea of sovereign states. They prefer a single super-state with a central controlling authority that decides everything for everyone. Collectivists always naturally organize themselves in this simple manner, since they don’t think for themselves and are constantly looking for the authority to tell them what to think, what to do, how to act, how to feel, … They hate individualism with a passion and they can’t stand the idea of limited authority or split authoritative powers.
progressoverpeace on June 16, 2009 at 7:10 PM
This level of gut wrenching outrage over an inapropriate e-mail has me wondering how fragile conservatives are about their personal racial relations. Just unbelievable!
fourdeucer on June 16, 2009 at 7:11 PM
What about what transpired before the video?
The 2 officers who were convicted were scapegoats. They should never have been tried in federal court, without trying King for violating the rights of the rest of society. Kings actions and the cause of his actions, his fear of parole violations and his state of intoxication caused the whole episode.
If it were race based, the other gentlemen in the car would have been beaten also. The only racism in the whole episode were the rioters and those endorsing and excusing such conduct.
gbear on June 16, 2009 at 7:11 PM
I apologize. I used WEAK instead of STUPID.
Weak, was your argument. Stupid, was your mentality. Those good ole boys were RACISTS. Or are you too STUPID to grasp that concept?
Califemme on June 16, 2009 at 7:12 PM
robertnyc212 on June 16, 2009 at 7:04 PM
…and many of those racists would feel right at home in the republican party or a Palin rally. They are big on guns and the bible dontcha know…you betcha!
robertnyc212 on June 16, 2009 at 7:16 PM
Or like the riots that the Democrats were promising during the presidential campaign if they didn’t win?
malclave on June 16, 2009 at 7:16 PM
Big deal.
echosyst on June 16, 2009 at 7:17 PM
if its staffers would quit sending out e-mails like this
Why is the word staffers plural? Are there a bunch of staffers doing this? Are there more than one staffer doing this?
fourdeucer on June 16, 2009 at 7:18 PM
Wow. You really are an @sshole.
Just goes to show that if you can’t make a reasonable argument, the next best thing is to throw out insults to try and marginalize your opponent.
Esthier on June 16, 2009 at 7:18 PM
Nothing like the racists that do feel right at home at any given Democrat event.
Democrats are devoted to perpetuating racism, in order to cement their power.
malclave on June 16, 2009 at 7:18 PM
You have depth.
Wow! You’re a fine representative example of what can be achieved.
Itchee Dryback on June 16, 2009 at 7:19 PM
Jeff from WI on June 16, 2009 at 6:21 PM
Will someone please explain to Jeff the difference between a dixiecrat and democrat. I’m getting tired of educating folks for free.
robertnyc212 on June 16, 2009 at 6:24 PM
Robert, I was explaining the Democratic Party from just before the Civil War, to the present day. The GOP has NEVER had as it’s platform, any of the horrible items that the Democratic Party has done to American Blacks. Even during the 1960s, during the Civil Rights fight, it was Republicans that outvoted the Democrats for the Civil Rights Laws, it was a Republican President that made sure in the 50s that schools would no longer be segregated.
What is often forgotten is that Dr. Martin Luther King was a registered Republican.
As for “liberal” Civil Rights, the only “civil rights” law the liberals have consistantly supported was Planned Parenthood, an organization founded by a bigot, (Margaret Sanger), that started her group to KILL BLACK AND JEWISH babies. To this day that same liberal loved organization takes donations to target killing based on RACE.
Jeff from WI on June 16, 2009 at 7:19 PM
And that JFK bugged him.
Esthier on June 16, 2009 at 7:20 PM
It’s the Democratic platform in a nutshell. Don’t bother talking policy or debating issues, just throw out the race card, thus tarring anyone who votes R by association, making it too taboo to even admit that you want smaller government, more of your dollars in your own pocket, individual liberty and a strong defense.
Esthier on June 16, 2009 at 7:23 PM
Jeff from WI on June 16, 2009 at 7:19 PM
I agree, sadly the republican party lost it’s way from the days of Lincoln and reconstruction. But thank goodness we now have the dem party that gave us Pres. Obama. Really.
robertnyc212 on June 16, 2009 at 7:24 PM
Well..I sure hope you didn’t pay anything for your education. Cuz….damn.
I’d think you would have grounds to sue for irreparable damage.
Itchee Dryback on June 16, 2009 at 7:26 PM
So, a staffer of a state senator accidentally sent out a racist cartoon, and now all the trolls come pouring out of every crack to paint the republican party as racist?
No. The party of identity politics and affirmative action, the democrat party, is the stronghold of racism in America.
Rebar on June 16, 2009 at 7:27 PM
Can’t wait until you’re eating those words.
Esthier on June 16, 2009 at 7:27 PM
Really?
What has has actually done that you find so redeeming for your psyche??
Itchee Dryback on June 16, 2009 at 7:28 PM
Esthier on June 16, 2009 at 7:27 PM
May you live a long life then. Peace be with you. I’m out.
robertnyc212 on June 16, 2009 at 7:28 PM
I agree with your final statement, but she didn’t just accidentally send the email. She meant to send it. She just didn’t mean to send it to as many people as she did. There’s a difference, and it makes her look horrible.
Esthier on June 16, 2009 at 7:29 PM
Biden said: “In Delaware, the largest growth of population is Indian-Americans, moving from India. You cannot go to a 7/11 or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I’m not joking.”
right4life on June 16, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Goldwater’s states’ rights position had more to do with an overall desire to stop the federal government. He had worked for desegregation earlier in his career in Arizona. On Goldwater’s vote against the 1964 civil rights act, one of his advisers (William Rehnquist) believe the act was unconstitutional. Right or wrong Rehnquist did go to put his legal opinion about states’ rights into practice on issues beyond race.
Nixon’s Southern strategy was about electoral math after Johnson “lost the South for a generation”. Nixon carried 32% of the black vote in 1960 and lost. In 1968 Nixon would have done pretty much anything to win. In 1972 getting re-elected involved a break-in.
dedalus on June 16, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Assuaged his white guilt and made him feel so superior to Republicans because he voted for a black man and we didn’t.
Esthier on June 16, 2009 at 7:31 PM
The GOP still has credibility? Who knew?
Fletch54 on June 16, 2009 at 7:31 PM
“Everybody likes to go to Geneva. I used to do it for the Law of the Sea conferences and you’d find these potentates from down in Africa, you know, rather than eating each other, they’d just come up and get a good square meal in Geneva.”
–Sen. Ernest F. Hollings (D., S.C.) 1993
Chairman, Commerce Committee, 1987-95 and 2001-03
Candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, 1984
“I do not think it is an exaggeration at all to say to my friend from West Virginia [Sen. Robert C. Byrd, a former Ku Klux Klan recruiter] that he would have been a great senator at any moment. . . . He would have been right during the great conflict of civil war in this nation.”
–Sen. Christopher Dodd (D., Conn.), 2004
Chairman, Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, 2008
right4life on June 16, 2009 at 7:32 PM
That is very true.
If you take away racism..the victim mentality.. “us against them”..abortion and gay stuff, what do they have?
The promise of little poofter clown cars and windmills??
No thanks.
Itchee Dryback on June 16, 2009 at 7:33 PM
Yeah… Overrated. Don’t some people try to put him in as a libertarian…? I disagree. He got all hot and bothered about getting involved in the French Revolution…
Upstater85 on June 16, 2009 at 7:35 PM
Esthier on June 16, 2009 at 7:31 PM
I’m not white. Your assumptions of my ethnicity speaks volumes and evidences why some people will never get it. Ok, now I’m really going.
robertnyc212 on June 16, 2009 at 7:35 PM
…Obamas black???
Itchee Dryback on June 16, 2009 at 7:36 PM
You must be pink then.
infidel on June 16, 2009 at 7:41 PM
Agreed, and they should be fired.
But really, anyone who’s had to deal with state legislator staffers understand it’s strictly amateur hour, regardless of party. Hell, Obama’s entire administration is amateur hour, and he’s president for goodness sakes.
Rebar on June 16, 2009 at 7:45 PM
Doesn’t look like the anti-Letterman rally turned into much.
That said, I’m sure they’ll be calling it a great success on Greta tonight.
YYZ on June 16, 2009 at 7:47 PM
Only for morons.
csdeven on June 16, 2009 at 7:48 PM
I never injected race into it. Ochimpy did and a racist responded in kind. He got what he deserved.
csdeven on June 16, 2009 at 7:50 PM
I beg to differ. He accepted responsibility for the joke, pleaded ignorance about which daughter attended the game, and defended his own record as a “comedian” but, at no time, did the words “I’m sorry” make an appearance. He didn’t even retract the jokes.
It was closer than his first attempt (which he used as an excuse to repeat the jokes and twist the knife) but it still does not qualify as an apology.
landshark on June 16, 2009 at 7:52 PM
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