Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) says the word "Negro" is okay to use, and he should know, being a Negro and all. He also says Harry is a stand-up guy, and has helped the Negroes before. Here's hoping that they come out in full force to support Harry Reid, the Negroes' friend.

"I guarantee you the average person -- white or black -- right now is less concerned about what Harry Reid said in a quote in a book a couple of years ago than they are about how we are going to move the country forward. That's where we need to direct our attention."

~Barack Obama.

Reid's choice of language in the book Game Changer was admittedly "inartful" (Obama's word), "unfortunate" (That according to the Congressional Black Caucus) and "inappropriate" (Reid himself).

That noted watching the racist rtards work up a real lather of faux outrage here in order to play politics and try and use this as an excuse to get Reid to step down is hilarious.

Reid should step down, of course.

But not because he's a racist (He's not).

But because he's ineffectual.

And a little long in the tooth.

Be Well.

When Dems are racist it is unfortunate. Maybe he's getting ready to switch to the Tea Party.

When Dems are racist it is unfortunate.

Actually, when Dems use racially insensitive language it's unfortunate.

When Rtards are racist it is expected.

Be Well.

The right wing hacks are pouncing on this opportunity to pretend Reid's remarks resembled Gingrich's or Imus's. FAct is they don't and any fair minded person would understand and admit that but that would be asking far too much of right wing liars.

I do not care whether he is right or left wing, he is in a position of authority in this country, at that point you would think he would be able to control himself in some meaningful way and not make statements that are, or at least can be taken the wrong way.

From the first reading of his statements in context, it made me think that he looks down on the "negro" population as a whole, saying that Barrack Obama was only elected because he is 1. Light skinned and therefore not a real "black man" and 2. He does not speak like a "negro."

Two things. 1. It should not matter what density of color Barrack Obama is.
2. Negroes do not sound any different than other human beings. Different kind of speech are used with different groups of people, in the very least he was being prejudicial toward a group of people and stereotyping the "black" or "negro" race for speaking "simply."

I would not call that something to be admired. Taking republican and democrat out of it, he is just as wrong as anyone else for making those statements.

No need to defend him.

when dems are racist they say something bad.

when repubs are racist they support seggregation.

A racist is a racist.

Republicans make it more apparent
Democrats hide it better

That is all it comes down to.
One has no shame
One is more deceptive.

Big deal. Equal but different.

actually..

racist policy is far worse then racist words
and racial insensitivity is far less then malicious racist speech.

its not equal...

only someone who has never been the subject of racism would say what you are saying.

Sure thing Kliff. I always trust people who don't tell me what they are doing and have behind the scenes motives more than I trust those who make their motives clear and defeatable.

It makes perfect sense to me to want to fight a guerrilla military over a military like Revolution Era British military.....

I understand what you are saying, but they both think the same way, they both have the same capability to create the same plicy.

Trying to cater to a group of people and make them think they should trust you, while having an attitude that you will never trust them is just as bad.

You know, kind of like the false peace created at the end of Watchmen. It seemed good then, but eventually it will come to the forefront that it was all based on a lie and things will get much worse.

Lying or deceiving dos not make an individual more appealing.

You are still keeping it to groups, parties.

Individually a republican racist and a democrat racist are the same. They have similar thoughts and similar attitudes. One you know is going to act on it, the other you can never be sure.

Again, equal but different.

It is just as bad, but it different ways.

first of all.

everyone is racist.
everyone.

so if it was equal but different then no one would could be trusted.

it comes down to how you act on your racism.

now don't get me wrong

harry reid said some shit thats extremely poor taste and he has bridges to repair. but none of his policy decisions and wishes of american direction show racist policy.

but what he said was true.

he was reading the climate of the country and said it like it is.

shit some of the extremists in america can't even deal with a light skinned black man let alone one as dark as wesley snipes in the office.

when you say the country would be better off segregated, that is much worse then saying what reid said which was just an assesment of the current climate and not an statement of the direction he wants to lead the american climate.

if you can't see the difference you are closing your eyes.

yes what he said was offensive.

but his statement in no way points to a direction where racism will be american policy.

in fact he was helping change the views of the american public to be more accepting of a black person in the top seat.

if someone asks me "do you work in the banks because a lot of indian and pakistani's work in banks"

that would be racist.
but i would let it slide because its not malicious... just a poor choice of words and thoughts.

however if someone asks me "go back to your country, terrorist"

that would be racist in a malicious sense.
the words were not a poor choice, they were the perfect choice because offense was the goal.

different.

by saying they are equal. you are leading the country toward more polical correctness then less.

i personally hate polical correctness at the levels they are today, and you want them HIGHER?

i thought you were a conservative.

partisan politics are so bad that you would go against your conservative mission statement?

Kliff. Personal, personal, personal, individual, individually, as one person or individual. As an individual they are the same. Not in terms of plicy being enacted.

Do you understand? Knowing someone is an open racist with these feelings can be safer than not knowing.

Let me make a different point,

You have two choices,
1. There is a Christian terrorist bomber, of which you know of, and everyone is aware that he is a bomber for terrorism

2. You have a Christian terrorist bomber who you do not know is a christian let alone a christian terrorist bomber,

Which case is more dangerous?

You have to separate the party from the individual my boy. I am not talking about party and policy, I am talking about individuals. He said something messed up, anyone who says that is just as messed up. Individually if a person who happens to be a republican and a person who happens to be a democrat said this, they would be equally wrong and equally potentially dangerous regardless of the policy they may take action on.

They are all founded the same. One individual you will know what to expect, one individual you will not.

We do not know what Harry Reid really meant, as he did not explain it completely. He felt bad about it, and obviously ashamed.

I am getting to a point over and above this partisan crap that 99% of the drudge posters will post about this. It is just as bad an example no matter who said it.

I am not a conservative, depending on what you mean as conservative.

I think that people should be able to think a little more when making decision or backing any kind of legislation or legislative group. I really do not fit any party, and would never vote in line with any party across the board.

I do not want political correctness, I want political consistency, from all individuals and parties. You cant be in a rage about something at one moment and then say it is alright in the next moment.

right.

i understand what you are saying.

but in this case, its not like harry reid is new and unknown

he is been around for a long time and his record is clearly not racist.

so people want to hang the guy for one word he said in an assessment of the climate?

that makes zero sense and it only elevates the scrutiny of political correctness in public life.

listen, i'd be all for ousting him in a second over this if he had said, i can't give my endorsement to barack because even though he is light skinned, he's still a negro.

now if you are talking about just getting rid of reid cause he's been there way too long, then i'm all about that.

term limits all the way.

When Rtards are racist it is expected.

Be Well.

#4 | Posted by dethspud at 2010

and liberals always..ALWAYS..excuse other liberals from racism..

liberals will ALWAYS throw the race card at conservatives and excuse other liberals....

so anymore truisms you want to throw out there.

I would like to get rid of all of them, or most of them at least. I agree with you there,

Harry could have also been saying that he along with America are ready for Barrack because he is a "light" version of Negro and does not speak like one.

All I am saying is that he could have meant it differently and we may never know.

Either way he has many other ills that justify is tenure coming to an end .

ALSO.,...rush has started back playing the 'magic negro' tape that so infuriated liberals even though it was about a story written by a black man...
it will be interesting to see if he is called a racist for using the word negro now.

Do you think Senator Byrd will be in attendance?

afka

everyone is racist

everyone

its a matter of what your intent with said racism is.

if its to be malicious, then you get called out.

in this case i'll back rush though, cause two things happened this week that i remember.

under an obama presidency, reid using the word "negro" in a casual fancy came out AND negro is in the 2010 census.

negro has racial overtures due to its origins, but since no one on the left is caring, why should rush.

see?

we're not all hypocrits.
now stop whining ;)

fuck senator byrd.

if he has to be wheeled in to vote, he shouldn't even be a senator.

If the negroes are so magical why do they live in the projects and not across the street

now stop whining ;)

#22 | Posted by klifferd

yes sir

Further proof that, as Blake Edwards once wrote, "there is a G-d, and he's a gag writer."

haha but seriously afka

intent has to be noted when racism is used because lets face it

we're all racist

and personally i don't want to lose my job cause i make a joke about a white guy, a black guy and a polock at the bar.

you and i can agree that political correctness has gone too far.

but all of this wouldn't matter if we had term limits as we'd have a process in placed that would be used to a quick turn over of politicans in congress, thus not disturbing the affectiveness of political posturing.

(do they even make polock jokes anymore??)

IM not racist..
I think everyone should own either a negro slave or a white woman.............

okay okay okay

I was joking....ha ha

I think that all the 'African Americans' attending Reid's shindig should show with chains to mock Harry the Elitist.

Klifford I agree with your sentiment in #27 and others in this post. PC has gone way too far.

Ha ha Polish jokes are the best. Just change Polish to something else and you can poke fun at anyone. Usually they're not seriously offensive just stupid funny.

Two Poles are building a house. One of them is putting on the siding. He picks up a nail, hammers it in. Picks up another nail, throws it away. Picks up a nail, hammers it in. Picks up another, throws it away. This goes on for a while, and finally his friend comes over and asks him why he is throwing half of the nails away. He replies, "Those ones were pointed on the wrong end." His Polish friend gets exasperated and says "You idiot, those are for the other side of the house!" (yes I pulled it off a website ... so that way it would be funny)

Speaking of Political Correctness. Is a 'African American' just PC. Because most Americans of darker complexion were not born in Africa. I know a woman at work who is blond and white but was born and grew up in South Africa. Is she an African American (she's naturalized)? I grew up in the south (Arkansas) and never understood this ... odd distinction of race naming. Besides I'm not 'white' I'm caucasian with Native American heritage (1/16 ... 1/32 ... whatever). Does that faction really make me Native American (not Indian, that offends me)? If it does than all of you owe me a lot of rent.

"Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end." - Unknown

Beats the "Niggers for McCain" event Sarah Palin put together in Alabama last year.

I can't wait to see Reid run for re-election. Should be like Daschle when he got crushed

That noted watching the racist rtards work up a real lather of faux outrage here in order to play politics and try and use this as an excuse to get Reid to step down is hilarious.
| Posted by dethspud at 2010-01-12 07:09 AM

You're right only a "retard" would do that

"It seems to be that we can forgive a 100-year-old senator for some of the indiscretion of his youth, but, what is more difficult to forgive is the current president of the U.S. Senate (Lott) suggesting we had been better off if we had followed a segregationist path in this country after all of the battles and fights for civil rights and all the work that we still have to do," said Obama

Hilarious!

what is more difficult to forgive is the current president of the U.S. Senate (Lott) suggesting we had been better off if we had followed a segregationist path in this country

True.

ShitzuEric can't see that Trent Lott implying that segregation was a good move is far more contemptible than Reid calling Obama a Negro?

Hilarious!

:>D

Be Well.

The next time The Dems be a Majority leader in the Senate they should pick one from a state that will blindly vote Democrat> ust like Dascle, Reid will lose

Somebody has to serve the food and bus the tables for Harry.

I can't even answer this article here without getting censored...

Funny how the anti "PC" crowd is all of a sudden concerned with political correctness.

Somebody has to serve the food and bus the tables for Harry.

~Whizzgobbler

But yer not racist, right?

Be Well.

The term African American is racest, when the fuck did Africa become a race? I now want to be known only as a German Irish American and anyone who does not refer to that as my "race" is nothing but a racest pig.

If what Wisgod just said is racist, then Howard Dean's a racist.

"You think the RNC could get this many people of color into a single room?" he marvels. "Maybe if they got the hotel staff in there."

But yer not racist, right?

Be Well.

#41 | Posted by dethspud

No more than Harry Reid is.

No more than Harry Reid is.

Harry already apologized fer his remarks.

Yer turn.

Either that or admit yer a bigger racist.

w/e

Be Well.

Harry Reid is a hypocrite for apologizing. I'm not.

Harry Reid said a simple political truth-do you really think a guy who looked like Al sharpton and sounded like Busta Ryhmes would get elected?
Even the GOP knows they need to to run a guy with most of his teeth and a basic sbility to speak like a high school graduate in the south, even if he is white.

Harry Reid is a hypocrite for apologizing.

Cos Reid who's worked fer years helping minorities recieve their equal rights under the law is a racist?

And thus apologizing fer his racism makes him a hypocrite?

I'm not.

So yer a racist but at least yer not a hypocritical racist?

That really wot yer going with fer an argument?

LOL.

Be Well.

What's wrong with America's black people, don't they know when they should be offended???
Fortunately white conservatives feel their pain for them, even when they don't feel it themselves.

Spud, Danni and the rest of you double standard hypocrites defending this assholes racist remarks are completely laughable. If a Republican said the same thing you would be relentlessly pursuing them being fired. I guess Reid saying racist things is acceptable like blacks calling eachother a"nigger". I don't give a shit who says racist things it is unacceptable period. Reid should at the least be relieved from his position. Then again he will be this fall regardless.

Not surprised though. Spud, Danni and the rest still have no problem with senator Byrd

Spud, too many wot fer coz yer in #48. I try to decipher it during lunch. Does it translate to "Be sure to drink your Ovaltine"?

Give a group enough money and guberment cheese, and they will cheer you for just about anything. How could someone that gives us so much of other peoples (aka white peoples) money be racist? The stupid people are the ones that think Harry or any of the others care about any minority for anything other than their vote.

The fact of the matter is, harry was right in what he said about little o. The sad part about it is, many people are offended by the truth.

maybe but again

the real offense was against white people...

and there ARE some blacks who are calling for him to step down..this stephen smith guy for one..

HOWEVER>..harry ried is coming to texas and there are already some groups who will be there to "meet" him

RCADE>..he is supposed to be in the dallas area for a fund raiser....get by there and interview him..
or better yet..get him on here. I have some things to say to him....

"we're all racist"

Dems are the biggest race hustlers ever. They target a group of people based on some stereotype usually race but not always, call them underprivileged victims and bribe them with something, then use them for votes. That's how they created dependencies and keep them down. They actually despise these groups and are only using them. Bring it bitches!

"fuck senator byrd.

if he has to be wheeled in to vote, he shouldn't even be a senator."

Let's undo Strom Thrurmond's and Jesse Helms' votes too.

Harry already apologized fer his remarks.

Yer turn.

#45 | Posted by dethspud

I am sorry for calling you a dumb fuck. I don't want to insult all the dumb fucks out there.

Yer turn potato head.

Bill Clinton's comments can be explained away too, right?

So let me get this straight. A white man "compliments" president Obama by saying Obama is an electable African American because he is "light skinned" and has "no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one" and that's not racist?!?! Are you kidding me? What he is basically saying is dark skinned African Americans that speak with a "negro" dialect are inferior. Hmmm, sounds a bit racist to me. I can buy the part about speech; white, black, brown, purple, if you can't understand them it's going to be hard for them to get elected. Slack could be cut on that if it weren't for the out right racist comment about being light skinned. He might as well have said "he's black, but he looks kinda white, and he doesn't sound like the rest of the negros, so he's got a shot at getting elected!"

SO who IS worse? Lott or Reid (we could throw in Byrd, but nevermind, he's a reformed racist)? Saying that Obama is acceptable as president because he is light-skinned and speaks well for a negro while working "fer years helping minorities recieve their equal rights under the law" (SPUD) kind of reeks of an underlying "white man's burden." For the life of me I can't see how some here can justify flogging Lott while turning the other cheek to Reid. But let's say for the sake of arguement (ignoring the words that came out of his mouth) that he's not racist, he should step down from his leadership position for being such a dumbass. He should continue to follow Lott's example by saying stupid shit, and then stepping down because of it!

JWL-
re: What he is basically saying is dark skinned African Americans that speak with a "negro" dialect are inferior. Hmmm, sounds a bit racist to me.

No. He basically stated that "dark skinned African Americans that speak with a "negro" dialect" are unelectable to national office, because you wouldn't vote for them. Which is probably true, given your constant freakout over Barack Obama.

For the life of me I can't see how some here can justify flogging Lott while turning the other cheek to Reid.

What Lott said was that if the rest of the country, like white Mississippians, had vote for the segregationist in 1948, "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.", a clear endorsement of segregation.

What Reid clumsily said in his stupid anachronistic way was that Obama avoided the stereotype and transcended race to an extent that even you might consider voting for him, JW.

Hey, by Harry's definition, I'm African American! I have light skin and I don't speak with a 'Negro' dialect!! Bring on the 2010 Census questionnaire!!

Hmmm, wait, my family has been in what is now the USA since 1640, so maybe I'm a Native American? I'm not sure how many generations you have to have in your ancestry to qualify.....

Hell, the more I think about it, if I just had 13 girlfriends and a short game, I'd be Tiger Woods!!!

#63 | Posted by BetelG

Had you first hit him in between the eyes with a shovel, and then said that, it might have registered.

Mule Edumacation Technique #43

Reid wasn't being racist... he was implying the unwashed masses were racist and would never vote for "President Camacho".

He really shouldn't speak so poorly of the Goreacle's pappy.

Corky-
Maybe, but you're ever the optimist.

***"No. He basically stated that "dark skinned African Americans that speak with a "negro" dialect" are unelectable to national office, because you wouldn't vote for them. Which is probably true, given your constant freakout over Barack Obama."***

Please point out my constant freek-outs over President Obama. Do disagreements with some of his policies count as freak-outs? I can't wait for the exciting extrapolation that by me disagreeing with President Obama, I am now a racist! You guys are good at that, listening to someone's words and either finding some hidden meaning, or covering up the explicit meaning. I guess it just depends on the who's saying what and which letter is behind the name. And check my senority on this site, you can hardly say I do anything constantly here.

#63 I know exactly what lott said

Reid was right. America would rather have a light skinned black that was bred with the masters like the house slaves were as opposed to some darked skinned cotton picker that looked like Michael Clark Duncan

And he was forced out of leadership by his own party. (and he should have been)

#63 I know exactly what lott said

#68 | Posted by jwil72 at 2010-01-13 02:49 PM | Reply | Flag:

Really? And how do you interpret it?

JW-
You did state this:

For the life of me I can't see how some here can justify flogging Lott while turning the other cheek to Reid.

But, you claim you know and comprehend what Lott said?

Please explain.

Segregation Now
Segregation Tomorrow
Segregation Forever

Lott should've said...

"Happy Birthday you old racist fuck, now drop dead"

Harry should've said:

"Americans are too stupid, narrowminded and liberal to ever vote for a real negro"

Timbi's first mistake was going to Juarez for the lobotomy.

"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me
Than have a frontal lobotomy..."

There won't be a hub cap left in Vegas.

I guess this is a bad time for Vegas to also host the "Spades and Hoes Gardening Expo," huh?

Yes Tad, that one was just for you =P

***"Really? And how do you interpret it?"***

I see it for what it was and what it could have been. What it was was a dumbass attempt at a compliment, for which he lost his job. It could have been some veiled reference to segregation, but I don't know, I'll leave the mind reading to you. Either way he rightfully lost his leadership position, for being stupid and/or racist. So should Reid.

Kisses and hugs to the blog.

XXX000.

Had to return for this:

It could have been some veiled reference to segregation, but I don't know.

Thurmond ran on a segregationist platform. That was the central theme of his candidacy.

I am going to say it again, his ignorance is seconded only by the pride he has in it.

Later.

Again, Bill Clinton's "bring us coffee" comment...What is in the leftwing playbook on excusing that one away?

Oh, I love how it's OK to be racially insensitive as long as you're a Dem speaking the truth.

Try mentioning blacks and any unflattering facts in regards to crimes, welfare, unemployment, and bastard children and see how understanding our leftwing Reid defenders are.

Reid's comments were ridiculous, and the only reason they're getting any coverage at all is because Republicans tried to take a page out of the Dem playbook and make something out of nothing.

#65

Words of wisdom from possibly the biggest dipshit on this site.

***"But, you claim you know and comprehend what Lott said?

Please explain."***

Comprehension and inference are two different things. I comprehend the words he spoke, but I do not infer he was strictly referring to segregation. I also understand that people such as yourself will make that inference, mistaking inferrence for comprehension. I need no powers of inference with regards to Reid, he referred to the way many black Americans speak as "negro dialect" and inferred (his power, not mine) that because he (Obama) was light skinned, he was more electable. True or not, racist or not, at the very least he's a dumbass, and if you want that for your leadership, by all means, have him.

So should Reid.

#79 | Posted by jwil72

well, his great, great, great grandfather was hanged as a horse thief!

Beats the "Niggers for McCain" event Sarah Palin put together in Alabama last year.

#33 | POSTED BY LETUSPREY AT 2010-01-12 11:46 PM | REPLY | FLAG:

Funny how you like to paint conservatives as racist with shit like this. If both parties had the power to snap their fingers and take all of minorities and make them totally self reliant without any help from big brother I guarantee you he Left would Not the Right would. The Left would not because they need to have these people dependent an their help so they can also get their votes

Timbi's first mistake was going to Juarez for the lobotomy.

#75 | Posted by Corky

Where did you get your good one?

and bastard children

#85 | Posted by 101Chairborne

You noticed that too?

From one Black woman to you White folk on this sight: THERE ARE A FEW OF US WHO REFUSE TO DRINK THE PRESIDENTIAL KOOL-AID!! So stop assuming because I'm Black, I voted for him.

So stop assuming because I'm Black, I voted for him.
#91 | Posted by Tanya

Funny, you don't have a Negro accent. Why, I'll bet you're pretty clean, too.

Doc, lucky for you...you'll never know.. *rolling eyes*

"Timbi's first mistake was going to Juarez for the lobotomy."

Where did you get your good one?
#89 | Posted by Sniper

Nice to see you opiting for quality this go-around.

Harry really appreciates the thoughtfulness of the the blacks for having this appreciation shindig. He said he hopes there is music, dancing, and singing because he knows they do have rhythm and he really likes to hear the darkies sing....

Congressional Black Caucus should read: "Congressional Negro Caucus".

~ Dingy Harry Reid

My housekeeper is black. I guess if I was Harry Reid I would call her my house negro

Please point out my constant freek-outs over President Obama. Do disagreements with some of his policies count as freak-outs? I can't wait for the exciting extrapolation that by me disagreeing with President Obama, I am now a racist! You guys are good at that, listening to someone's words and either finding some hidden meaning, or covering up the explicit meaning. I guess it just depends on the who's saying what and which letter is behind the name. And check my senority on this site, you can hardly say I do anything constantly here.

#63 I know exactly what lott said

#68 | Posted by jwil72
------------------------------
I don't know why your arguing with these idiots because most of the usual suspects have said because we disagree with the liberal messiah that our disagreements amount to racism. They are quick to lay down the racism charge on us and write Harry Reid a pass.

Lonnie

Doc, lucky for you...you'll never know.. *rolling eyes*

#93 | Posted by Tanya at 2010-01-13 05:38 PM
Translation for DOC

Yo Doc Niggah, you dont know shit, dumb mo fo.