The GOP would have more credibility …
posted at 3:50 pm on June 16, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
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… 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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You got that right, the little Idi Amin that you elected is turning America into more of a third world country every day.
ClassicCon on June 17, 2009 at 1:48 AM
Loxodonta on June 17, 2009 at 1:47 AM
Resistance is futile…
robertnyc212 on June 17, 2009 at 1:49 AM
A black trekkie nerd? We have turned a corner. I’m sure you won’t mind working for a Latino, no?
ClassicCon on June 17, 2009 at 1:50 AM
That’s what the Soviets said.
Loxodonta on June 17, 2009 at 1:50 AM
No No No.
It’s metaphorical satire. No one knows Obama’s mind, yet he has swayed millions with his rheoric. Thus, the darkness, unpenetratable by our feeble selves, and the glowing eyes, with which he bewiches people.
Nothing racist here.
/leftist raionalization.
P.S. Thank God we have crusader Ed making sure no one ever makes any jokes about race. Evah! I can’t wait to see his write up on Chris Rock’s latest special!
Aquateen Hungerforce on June 17, 2009 at 1:51 AM
Loxodonta on June 17, 2009 at 1:50 AM
Look at the history of race relations in the last 40 years. we went from the back of the bus to the White House. And I’m loving the view from up here.
robertnyc212 on June 17, 2009 at 1:53 AM
Why are you adding fuel to the fire?
Loxodonta on June 17, 2009 at 1:54 AM
That’s also the attitude of rapists to their prey. Look at the role models you’re following.
Loxodonta on June 17, 2009 at 1:54 AM
Obama cares as much about you as he does about the Iranian people. Nothing. He’ll use you for his own benefit, just as you would like to use others for your own lusts for pleasure and power.
Loxodonta on June 17, 2009 at 1:57 AM
Loxodonta on June 17, 2009 at 1:57 AM
Are u hitting on me?
robertnyc212 on June 17, 2009 at 1:59 AM
Maybe you can get an idea here
macblanegirl on June 17, 2009 at 1:59 AM
Do you get sexual pleasure from thoughts of having power over others? Is that why you bring up the subject?
Loxodonta on June 17, 2009 at 2:00 AM
This is too much fun skewering conservatives here but all good things must come to an end. Nite nite.
robertnyc212 on June 17, 2009 at 2:01 AM
Loxodonta on June 17, 2009 at 2:00 AM
Try not to have dirty dreams of me tonight. And yes it’s true, we are big as they say.
robertnyc212 on June 17, 2009 at 2:02 AM
You have no skewer. Goodbye.
Loxodonta on June 17, 2009 at 2:02 AM
Ohhh yes I do, bye.
robertnyc212 on June 17, 2009 at 2:04 AM
Goodbye, David Letterman.
Loxodonta on June 17, 2009 at 2:04 AM
Only very small men need to brag and get sadistic pleasures.
Goodbye dirty, little totalitarian.
Loxodonta on June 17, 2009 at 2:06 AM
Air freshener.
Loxodonta on June 17, 2009 at 2:12 AM
Loxodonta on June 17, 2009 at 2:06 AM
OOOh, you sound so sexy when you talk dirty like that…
robertnyc212 on June 17, 2009 at 2:14 AM
Not at all. The continuum is individualism to collectivism.
Not by definition, but by reality. That’s the way people have ordered their political theories, in great measure.
I’m speaking about American conservativism, which is defined by an originalist interpretation of our founding documents along with generally individualistic, self-reliant, and private attitudes towards internal issue. No, there are no non-individualistic conservatives in this.
These are not conservative. Why would you say they were? Our Constitution was structured to specifically prevent these sorts of organizations from occuring, here. Only through implementations of leftist theories could those systems appear. That was the whole point of America, right? To not generate such governing structures.
Paine was a nut who hit on some excellent pieces for the Revolution. I do not look to him for philosophical brilliance. Jefferson was a staticist. Look into his ideas and you’ll see the collectives.
I admire your attempt at snide condescension, but, get a grip of yourself, man. Modern political theories certainly fall neatly into the individualistic-collectivist spectrum, with American conservativism at the very individualistic end and all the rest strewn down towards collectivism/tribalism, with the more left, the more collectivist. They don’t intend to be there, but that’s how those theories and structures just develop, because of who they are and the way they think.
That’s just stupid. Racism is part of the left’s very ideology. They don’t need anyone who they even think is a “racist”, as that case in New Haven with Sotomayor should quite clearly. There were no alleged “racists” in that case, no nasty person behind the scenes somewhere. There was nothing but a disparate impact on blacks. Try to think about this stuff a little, hics. It’s not that tough.
Well .. if I’m going to be obstinate, I might as well be intransigent, too.
So, now it’s all my fault? I am causing the disparate impact of standardized tests? Heh. Sorry.
progressoverpeace on June 17, 2009 at 2:17 AM
Goodbye Obama eunuch.
Loxodonta on June 17, 2009 at 2:17 AM
Loxodonta,
Did you know your screen name means a type of African elephant? How ironic is that, LOL.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_elephant
robertnyc212 on June 17, 2009 at 2:23 AM
Are you a black republican?
robertnyc212 on June 17, 2009 at 2:25 AM
Whoa…wasn’t the premise to Star Trek socialism?
nelsonknows on June 17, 2009 at 2:27 AM
robertnyc212
Loxodonta on June 17, 2009 at 2:32 AM
Socialism and a lot of random stupidity thrown in. That was their whole point of proving that logic was inadequate. It certainly was for them. They tried to promote human flaws as governing ideals. I call Star Trek, “Idiot Fiction”.
progressoverpeace on June 17, 2009 at 2:33 AM
Obama’s speeches.
Obama’s book.
Obama’s resume.
Obama’s administration.
MSM news about Obama.
Have I missed any?
Loxodonta on June 17, 2009 at 2:36 AM
That’s “Idiot Horror”!
progressoverpeace on June 17, 2009 at 2:37 AM
Not all of it.
Loxodonta on June 17, 2009 at 2:40 AM
Right. Letterman saying “I’m sorry, I meant to call your other daughter a whore.” is somehow less offensive than some ambiguously racist email.
That said, are all these incidents actually caused by saboteurs working for the other side? I can’t believe our only defense for Obama and his other three horsemen is a gaggle of stooges.
amkun on June 17, 2009 at 2:44 AM
LOL.
progressoverpeace on June 17, 2009 at 2:51 AM
Today has been a bad troll day at Hot Air. Humor helps.
Loxodonta on June 17, 2009 at 3:01 AM
Frankly, I care a lot less about these locker-room antics than I do about an administration that actively seeks to control most aspects of our lives. I don’t think it matters any more if one is a “liberal” or a “conservative.” You either think the Messiah is the answer to all your problems or you don’t.
n0doz on June 17, 2009 at 3:58 AM
Nevermind that you’re having a problem getting your head wrapped around ’sins of the father’, what I am compelled to ask you is this:
Who sold whom first?
Go for it nimrod. Let’s see some powerful thoughty type maneuverin’
Oh and just so you know I didn’t forget about you, I’m still waiting for you to rationalize how liberals don’t lynch.
Never Again!
Blacksmith8 on June 17, 2009 at 6:42 AM
Thanks Hun,
You just set us back 30 years.
5u93rm4n on June 17, 2009 at 7:52 AM
Well how has this “outreach” worked?
Predictably not one liberal has thanked Ed for his outrage. All we have is constant anger: the political movement of Clarence Thomas, Condoleeza Rice and Michael Steele won’t admit we are racist to the core!
Maximus wants us to promise to ignore race. We tried that, back in October, and we got booed for refusing to celebrate a black man as a black man.
Conservatism has nothing for identity politics. Anybody who is a loyal American to the degree their ‘racial conscience’ permits, is lost to us. We’re open to the concerns of parents of whatever race, patriots of whatever race, business owners of whatever race. We’ll support earnest candidates of whatever race who promote our agenda. Race doesn’t matter to us. The record shows it.
Enough “outreach” to Balkanizers who think the XIV Amendment is a one-way street.
Chris_Balsz on June 17, 2009 at 7:57 AM
You’re so right. And you did a great job.
ladyingray on June 17, 2009 at 8:10 AM
Thank you very much. My active troll list is up to 22, with 14 on a watch list. That one wasn’t easy. And then, there was this, which really got to me. And also the one I am uncertain of here and here. Hot Air can be a challenge.
Loxodonta on June 17, 2009 at 8:34 AM
I’ve been thinking lately. In this age of instant electronic communication, with the constant news cycle putting the magnifying glass on everything, maybe it’s time to step back a bit.
If journalists (or folks in the mainstream press) would focus on what politicians DID, rather than what they SAID, the debate would be a lot more substantive. The exchange between Lanny Davis and Cheney adds nothing to our knowledge. I’m starting to see things like Obama’s Special Olympics joke and Letterman’s Palin gaffe as distractions from important changes that are being made to our government. Why fight over the fluff? There’s plenty of more important stuff to concern ourselves over.
For example, did Treasury ever fill all those open positions? Was Obama out of bounds for firing Walpin?
hawksruleva on June 17, 2009 at 8:56 AM
That first one is down right sickening.
The second is a troll, imho; she just has the ability to write better than most.
ladyingray on June 17, 2009 at 9:04 AM
I understand your sentiment but sorry, you’re wrong. It’s not Ms. Goforth called out here as much as her bosses. My Irish & Italian family have all been conservative back past Roosevelt but no racist joking or politics was ever tolerated. It’s unfair, unAmerican and simple bad manners. That this joke hasn’t gotten her fired speaks volumes to me of who is running the GOP in Tennessee.
Regardless Clarence Thomas & Condi Rice, GOP tolerance of Ms. Goforth’s racist jokes is important to the people of Tennessee. All Politics Are Local. If you’re a conservative then you will agree that people’s power starts in their own town and should spread from there. That’s where this hurts; at the real base of conservative strength in the towns and cities. The fact is many hispanics and african Americans think the GOP is run by bigots. It’s not just a caricature pushed by the media. There is a grain of truth to it.
Hannity would pipe up here, “The Civil Rights Bill was only passed by GOP votes.” He doesn’t bother to mention that most of the Southern Democrats that voted against it all switched parties over the next decade. GOP dominance in national elections since the ’60s was due to the Wallace wing of the Democratic Party joining the GOP. The solid Democrat south became solid for the GOP. The “Party of Lincoln” put down that mantle in exchange for Dixie’s electoral votes.
For folks in states like Tennessee it’s going to take some real “Outreach” and consistency from the local and state GOP to prove this isn’t the same party all those segregationists jumped to back in the ’60s. Whether we like it or not.
rcl on June 17, 2009 at 9:09 AM
yeah I see Master Bomma wont allow White House visitor logs to be viewed. Excuse me but we have the right to see who he’s having over for ‘tea’.
johnnyU on June 17, 2009 at 9:12 AM
LOL. Watch list. funny.
johnnyU on June 17, 2009 at 9:13 AM
Don’t assume she won’t be fired.
ladyingray on June 17, 2009 at 9:22 AM
Are “latinos” a separate racial group, too? This is silly semantics and well off of the point I was making.
LibTired on June 17, 2009 at 9:47 AM
Good for you. Thanks for destroying our country, so you could vicariously power trip through an inexperienced, affirmative action candidate who has no idea how to do his job or fix the very real problems America is now faced with. Oh, and ladida, you have a 212 number, instead of 718 or 917 or 647 or 347.
alliebobbitt on June 17, 2009 at 9:48 AM
Republicans would also have more credibility if our elected officials would quit boinking, or trying to boink, people who are not their spouses. See David Vitter, Mark Foley, Larry Craig, Newt Gingrich, John Ensign….
t.ferg on June 17, 2009 at 9:50 AM
Which political party repeatedly proposes legislation based on race, sex, sexual preference, social class, social class, attractiveness…on and on.
It the democrats. They can’t help but divide and pander.
Democrats own racism and bigotry, it is the Sanka for every pitiful morning of their miserable lives.
daesleeper on June 17, 2009 at 9:50 AM
Bryd was a dixiecrat that remained a dem. Most dixiecrats became rep. Bryd was the exception. Your party (assuming you are a rep) consciously sought out these dixiecrats.
robertnyc212 on June 16, 2009 at 6:15 PM
Hey smartie pants, name all those Dixiecrats who became Republican. You can’t because that is a meme that has been perpetuated for years and is completely untrue. Dixiecrats did not defect to the Republican party in droves. They despised the Republicans because it was the Republicans who were pushing for de-segregation. Why would they join their party? And why was Dr. King a Republican? Why was he not a Democrat?
Do a little homework and learn your history. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was supported by 80% of Republicans and only 63% of Democrats in the House and by 82% of Republicans and only 69% of Democrats in the Senate. Hmmmm, sounds like it’s “your side” who has a problem with race.
Redneck Woman on June 17, 2009 at 9:52 AM
Looks about right to me.
daesleeper on June 17, 2009 at 9:54 AM
After 18 hours of outrage over ONE STAFFER sends an inapropriate e-mail we can’t let it go.
The title alone is so disengenuos you would think there was a total breakdown of race relations. I thought the liberals were perpetually angry. What am I missing? Was the photo funded by the N.E.A.?
fourdeucer on June 17, 2009 at 9:55 AM
Redneck Woman on June 17, 2009 at 9:52 AM
Google is your friend:
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
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Dixiecrat
robertnyc212 on June 17, 2009 at 9:57 AM
I frankly don’t understand why she wasn’t fired.
AnninCA on June 17, 2009 at 10:02 AM
It should have happened immediately, but it still may happen.
ladyingray on June 17, 2009 at 10:03 AM
How so? War destroys wealth, and the civil war was by far America’s most expensive war, by any metric. I don’t know if anyone’s actually crunched the numbers, but I’d wager that the cost of the war exceeded any wealth generated by slavery, and by a large amount.
I didn’t say slavery was good for blacks, I said descendants of slaves are economically better off in America than if they were in Africa. Which is pretty self evident.
I’d also point out, that Obama is half white, and those ancestors were in fact slave owners. And the other half is mostly Arab, who moved into Kenya to catch slaves for the market. So it’s well within the realm of possibility that his Arab ancestors caught blacks, that was bought by his white ancestors, and those descendants voted for him. Ironic, yes?
Rebar on June 17, 2009 at 10:19 AM
ladyingray on June 17, 2009 at 10:03 AM
Lox was right. Yesterday was a horrible Troll Day. Do you know If Roger Waters/The Wall/The Final Cut has been exorcised yet? I’ve been busy and couldn’t monitor a whole lot.
kingsjester on June 17, 2009 at 10:20 AM
Google is your friend:
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
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Dixiecrat
robertnyc212 on June 17, 2009 at 9:57 AM
So is the truth.
What civil rights stand of the Democrats? You mean the one FDR took? Dixiecrats did NOT defect to the Republican party en masse. I defy you to name them all.
And again, why was Dr. King a Republican? And why did the Republicans support the Civil Rights act of 1964 overwhelmingly and the Democrats did not? And since you brought Goldwater up, have you ever read Conscience of a Coservative? Do you even know what is stance was on “civil rights” vs. states’ rights? Apparently not. You just spout liberal talking points with nothing to back them up.
Redneck Woman on June 17, 2009 at 10:21 AM
Rebar on June 17, 2009 at 10:19 AM
Dude, you’re embarrassing yourself trying to justify those idiotic statements. Just let it go.
robertnyc212 on June 17, 2009 at 10:24 AM
Can you refute them without ad hominem attacks? If so please do. If not concede the points.
Rebar on June 17, 2009 at 10:28 AM
Redneck Woman on June 17, 2009 at 10:21 AM
I’m guessing you were probably home schooled but I’ll give it a shot anyway. The repub party actively sought out the dixiecrats when the dem party was no longer the party of the white man (see history of the civil rights movement in America). the repubs formed an unholy alliance with these dissaffected southern dems to capture the white house (see Nixon and Reagan for context i.e. the southern strategy). Times have now changed with a black man in the white house and the dixiecrats, like the repubs, are no longer relevant.
robertnyc212 on June 17, 2009 at 10:30 AM
So a GOP staffer is racist and sends a stupid email.
As long as she’s not pushing for slavery to be reenacted. I don’t care.
As much as I don’t care that Rev. Wright or the Obamas are racists.
Until Obama tries to push laws on the nation, he’s just another idiot racist.
People need to stop being so sensitive. And it would be nice if they stopped being so ignorant, but then, the Government does run the public school system.
Ignorance is rampant and it’s not going anywhere.
bridgetown on June 17, 2009 at 10:37 AM
I’m guessing you were probably home schooled but I’ll give it a shot anyway. The repub party actively sought out the dixiecrats when the dem party was no longer the party of the white man (see history of the civil rights movement in America). the repubs formed an unholy alliance with these dissaffected southern dems to capture the white house (see Nixon and Reagan for context i.e. the southern strategy). Times have now changed with a black man in the white house and the dixiecrats, like the repubs, are no longer relevant.
robertnyc212 on June 17, 2009 at 10:30 AM
Your guess would be wrong—just like your talking points. AGAIN, who were these supposed Dixiecrats who defected to the Republican party??? And if you knew ANYTHING at all about the civil rights movement in America you would not be making such stupid statements. You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. You also keep deflecting my questions. Why was Dr. King a Republican? What did Barry Goldwater really stand for when it came to civil rights vs. states’ rights? And while we are at it, why was the Republican party founded?
Apparently we are both products of public education. I, however, didn’t end up a brainwashed drone like yourself and actually researched and learned beynond my liberal indoctrination.
Redneck Woman on June 17, 2009 at 10:41 AM
What credibility – how stupid. Black voters vote in bulk for Democrats regardless what the GOP does and not because of it.
dpierson on June 17, 2009 at 10:42 AM
You obviously haven’t been paying attention. It wasn’t Republicans who were called and asked to vote for Obama who said they’d never vote for a black man. Those were Democrats who went for Hillary.
It’s not Republicans who have a former keagle in the KKK as a Senator, a man who used the N-word in this century no less.
No. See, I don’t identify myself by my skin color. I don’t identify with hateful people, and it’s extremely offensive for you to pretend that I should.
Thank you.
Seriously? You really are trying to say that there is no racism in New York City or LA? Did you forget Rodney King or do you think that was a Republican district?
BS.
Neither has Robert Byrd. The man just keeps getting elected. Is he really a Republican in disguise or something?
Cough… Robert Byrd… Cough.
And as dedalus showed, context isn’t your strong suit. Though I notice you didn’t bother responding to him.
People often said the same of the n-word. I don’t remember that flying well.
No one is saying that. The only statement is that racism is racism no matter who’s being prejudiced. Racism plus power is just that; racism PLUS power.
For someone who keeps talking about history you sure are ignorant of it. It was Africans who enslaved other Africans. The White Man didn’t go round them up and haul them out, they BOUGHT them.
Not at all excusing what happened, but you sure want to wash your hands of the privileged class in Africa who sold off their own people.
Esthier on June 17, 2009 at 10:45 AM
so do you think Gandhi works at your gas station, and do you think obama is ‘clean and articulate’??
right4life on June 17, 2009 at 10:45 AM
Redneck Woman on June 17, 2009 at 10:41 AM
Another conservative embarrassing themselves by doggedly sticking to ridiculous statements. No wonder your party is in the crapper. It’s a real shame too since we truly need a competent counterweight to power. Fyi, MLK was a repub like his father and grandfather. The repubs were the party of Lincoln and reconstruction. The dems in the south were dixiecrats (now repubs).
robertnyc212 on June 17, 2009 at 10:50 AM
talking point BS
“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
“The Confederate Memorial has had a special place in my life for many years. . . . There were many, many times that I found myself drawn to this deeply inspiring memorial, to contemplate the sacrifices of others, several of whom were my ancestors, whose enormous suffering and collective gallantry are to this day still misunderstood by most Americans.”
–James Webb, 1990
Now a Democratic Senator from Virginia
“I’m not going to use the federal government’s authority deliberately to circumvent the natural inclination of people to live in ethnically homogeneous neighborhoods. . . . I have nothing against a community that’s made up of people who are Polish or Czechoslovakian or French-Canadian or blacks who are trying to maintain the ethnic purity of their neighborhoods.”
–Jimmy Carter, 1976
President, 1977-81
Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, 2002
“There is no warrant for the curious notion that Christianity favors the involuntary commingling of the races in social institutions. Although He knew both Jews and Samaritans and the relations existing between them, Christ did not advocate that courts or legislative bodies should compel them to mix socially against their will.”
–Sen. Sam Ervin (D., N.C.), 1955
Chairman, Committee on Government Operations, 1971-75
“The decline and fall of the Roman empire came after years of intermarriage with other races. Spain was toppled as a world power as a result of the amalgamation of the races. . . . Certainly history shows that nations composed of a mongrel race lose their strength and become weak, lazy and indifferent.”
–Herman E. Talmadge, 1955
Democratic Senator from Georgia, 1957-81
Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, 1971-81
right4life on June 17, 2009 at 10:58 AM
No you’re not. You very obviously can’t stop b!tching to people about how bad you’ve got it.
Why would they? They still think he’s a racist. And if anything, this post just pointed out something to them that they likely would not have heard about otherwise.
I agree with all of that.
I don’t want to call you stupid or anything, but surely you can see how that doesn’t at all answer her question about Dixiecrats defecting? Surely that isn’t lost on you?
See, she just wanted you to name some and instead all you proved is that the Dixiecrats started their own party and elected their own presidential candidate. But see, that was THEIR OWN party, not the GOP. Surely you can tell the difference?
Esthier on June 17, 2009 at 11:00 AM
right4life on June 17, 2009 at 10:58 AM
Yup, you sure showed me that southern white dixiecrats are still members and supporters of the party of Jesse Jackson Rev. Wright, Sharpton et al. You betcha!
robertnyc212 on June 17, 2009 at 11:05 AM
Esthier on June 17, 2009 at 11:00 AM
I guess all of those dixiecrats voted for Carter and not Reagan. My bad.
robertnyc212 on June 17, 2009 at 11:08 AM
I just showed you’re a typical liberal…easily led uneducated…only capable of speaking in talking points…democrats are the party of racism…always has been…always will…see biden and hillary
right4life on June 17, 2009 at 11:11 AM
She was talking about actual elected officials, you know, something you can actually point to for proof, like Robert KKK Byrd.
Besides, nearly everyone voted for Reagan. He massacred Carter. Surely you know that as well, or did you get a government education?
Esthier on June 17, 2009 at 11:12 AM
oh and sharpton and jackson ARE racists
right4life on June 17, 2009 at 11:13 AM
right4life on June 17, 2009 at 11:11 AM
see this for real racism:
http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/african/2000/lynching.htm
Looks like a rep party convention.
robertnyc212 on June 17, 2009 at 11:13 AM
Esthier on June 17, 2009 at 11:12 AM
Ahem…Nixon, Bush I and Bush II ring a bell. My bad again.
robertnyc212 on June 17, 2009 at 11:15 AM
uh who controlled the south during the days of the KKK and lynching…you stupid POS.
right4life on June 17, 2009 at 11:15 AM
right4life on June 17, 2009 at 11:15 AM
Dixiecrats (now repubs).
robertnyc212 on June 17, 2009 at 11:19 AM
Only to a racist. They’re white and use guns. Try to see past the stereotype if you’re capable.
Umm. Nixon got 32% of the black vote. Bush II actively courted the black vote, and Bush I did what exactly that you find so offensive? Just throwing out names without facts is only showing your ignorance, not your superiority despite what you likely believe.
Esthier on June 17, 2009 at 11:19 AM
Esthier on June 17, 2009 at 11:19 AM
You’re right again, the repub party did not employ a southern strategy by seeking out and winning the support of the dixiecrats. And Reagan did not kick off his presidential campaign in of all places the town where the three civil rights workers were brutalized and murdered.
robertnyc212 on June 17, 2009 at 11:25 AM
Just ignore him. He obviously has a set number of talking points he string together in various combinations to make a point – no thought required.
Is there racism in America – sure. 90% of black people voting for guy because he is black is racist. The Democratic Party keeping black people in government sponsored submission with welfare is racist. Black people rioting because white police officers shot a black criminal is racist. Al Sharpton agitating until Jewish shop owners were killed is racist.
dpierson on June 17, 2009 at 11:26 AM
…and Bush I did what exactly that you find so offensive?
Esthier on June 17, 2009 at 11:19 AM
Willie Horton ring a bell. Get a clue.
robertnyc212 on June 17, 2009 at 11:27 AM
liars and morons now democrats
keep bending over for the democrats people like you deserve detroit (voting for the people that keep ya down)
right4life on June 17, 2009 at 11:29 AM
You a$$wipe – Willie Horton was a murderer and rapist who committed a crime while on a furlough during a life sentence. Pointing this out was not racist it was a fact.
I guess you are one of those people who think pointing out the realities of life is racists whenever that puts a certain ethnic group into a bad light.
dpierson on June 17, 2009 at 11:31 AM
this is beyond stupid….Gore used that issue first, but its more talking point stupidity
right4life on June 17, 2009 at 11:34 AM
dpierson on June 17, 2009 at 11:31 AM
I rest my case.
robertnyc212 on June 17, 2009 at 11:35 AM
I consider my points conceded to.
Thanks for playing, better luck next time.
Rebar on June 17, 2009 at 11:36 AM
You don’t have a case – just self hating liberal logic. I’ll be dammed if I get browbeaten into PC submission because of idiots like you.
dpierson on June 17, 2009 at 11:37 AM
Rebar on June 17, 2009 at 11:36 AM
I already conceded your point that slavery was ultimately good for blacks. Weeping now.
robertnyc212 on June 17, 2009 at 11:38 AM
dpierson on June 17, 2009 at 11:37 AM
What you think doesnt matter anyway since the world has already passed you by. My side won and there is no turning back now.
robertnyc212 on June 17, 2009 at 11:39 AM
Enjoy your world then and leave HA alone with your stupid drivel.
dpierson on June 17, 2009 at 11:42 AM
Another lying leftist troll, I said no such thing.
Time for ban hammer?
Rebar on June 17, 2009 at 11:43 AM
dpierson on June 17, 2009 at 11:42 AM
I would but I’m having too much fun here.
robertnyc212 on June 17, 2009 at 11:43 AM
That Obama’s father is mostly Arab is blatantly ridiculous genetic rumor that Kenneth Lamb began spreading, a rumor that is made even more ridiculous by taking a look at a photo of Obama’s father. Lamb merely played on the notion which Kenyans (and many Americans) have that Muslim=Arab. Obama’s father is a 100% black African whose family is Muslim. Obama would look quite differently if his father were mostly Arab.
baldilocks on June 17, 2009 at 11:44 AM
I see that we have another one who is prone to the rumor mill.
baldilocks on June 17, 2009 at 11:46 AM
and what have you won? the chance to turn the entire country into detroit?? too funny!! you think you’ve ‘won’ when the reality is you LOSE…big time…as we have seen in every major city…democRAT run…blacks are trapped in poverty, failed school systems…and they keep voting democratic…yeah you ‘won’…loser.
right4life on June 17, 2009 at 11:47 AM
stick around, I enjoy making you look stupid…not that its very hard…
right4life on June 17, 2009 at 11:48 AM
Your last sentence is quite correct. There is no turning back for the lawlessness that is being implemented.
baldilocks on June 17, 2009 at 11:49 AM
right4life on June 17, 2009 at 11:47 AM
Personally speaking, I am doing quite well and so are most of my black friends. I won’t bore you with the details but we are not hurting at all, lets just say God is good. I’ll keep voting dem thank you.
robertnyc212 on June 17, 2009 at 11:52 AM
It’s a fact that muslem Arabs invaded Kenya to collect slaves, there is plenty of evidence that Obama is descended on his “African” side from those.
Even if, for the sake of argument, he’s not, the fact that he’s descended from slave owners on his white side is irrefutable.
Rebar on June 17, 2009 at 11:53 AM
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