Reid apologizes for 'no Negro dialect' comment

usaloyal2theend said:
Can anyone say: Trent Lott?
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Michael Steele can.

GOP: Response To Reid Remark Is Double Standard

by The Associated Press

January 10, 2010

Republicans on Sunday accused Democrats of a double standard by accepting Sen. Harry Reid's apology for racial remarks about Barack Obama instead of demanding Reid's ouster as majority leader.

In a private conversation reported in a new book, Reid described Obama during the 2008 presidential campaign as a "light-skinned" African-American "with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one."

Reid (D-NV) apologized to Obama on Saturday, and the president issued a statement accepting the apology and saying the matter was closed.

GOP Chairman Michael Steele, in appearances on two Sunday news programs, compared Reid's predicament with the circumstances that led Senate Republican leader Trent Lott to step down from that post in 2002. Lott had spoken favorably of the 1948 segregationist presidential campaign of Strom Thurmond, and in spite of apologies for those remarks at Thurmond's 100th birthday, Lott was forced out as leader.

"There is this standard where the Democrats feel that they can say these things and they can apologize when it comes from the mouths of their own. But if it comes from anyone else, it's racism," said Steele, who is black. "It's either racist or it's not. And it's inappropriate, absolutely."

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said in a statement that Reid should step down, calling his comments "embarrassing and racially insensitive."

"It's difficult to see this situation as anything other than a clear double standard on the part of Senate Democrats and others," Cornyn said.

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NigelTufnel said:
So supporting a black presidential candidate is the same as supporting a segregationist candidate? Yikes.

The more I think about it the more I think George Fucking Will is right. For once.
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Nice try Nigey. The point, beside being on top of your head, is that the Dems get away with scathing shit, while the Repubs are raked over the coals for even thinking of the shit Reid said.

Go to your box.
 
Damocles said:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122401622&ft=1&f=1014

Michael Steele can.

GOP: Response To Reid Remark Is Double Standard

by The Associated Press

January 10, 2010

Republicans on Sunday accused Democrats of a double standard by accepting Sen. Harry Reid's apology for racial remarks about Barack Obama instead of demanding Reid's ouster as majority leader.

In a private conversation reported in a new book, Reid described Obama during the 2008 presidential campaign as a "light-skinned" African-American "with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one."

Reid (D-NV) apologized to Obama on Saturday, and the president issued a statement accepting the apology and saying the matter was closed.

GOP Chairman Michael Steele, in appearances on two Sunday news programs, compared Reid's predicament with the circumstances that led Senate Republican leader Trent Lott to step down from that post in 2002. Lott had spoken favorably of the 1948 segregationist presidential campaign of Strom Thurmond, and in spite of apologies for those remarks at Thurmond's 100th birthday, Lott was forced out as leader.

"There is this standard where the Democrats feel that they can say these things and they can apologize when it comes from the mouths of their own. But if it comes from anyone else, it's racism," said Steele, who is black. "It's either racist or it's not. And it's inappropriate, absolutely."

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said in a statement that Reid should step down, calling his comments "embarrassing and racially insensitive."

"It's difficult to see this situation as anything other than a clear double standard on the part of Senate Democrats and others," Cornyn said.

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I know Steele said it. Since we're here on this board, I wanted to see an honest Dem say it.

Imagine that!

Deafening silence....

Who'duh thunk it?? :palm:
 
Mrs. Feinstein also said that "I saw no Democrats jumping out there and condemning Sen. Lott."

But several Democrats — including Mrs. Feinstein and Mr. Reid — did target Mr. Lott after his remarks, and some quickly called for his resignation.

"This statement casts a dark shadow over Sen. Lott's ability to be a credible party leader," Mrs. Feinstein said in 2002, according to an Inland Valley Daily Bulletin news report.

"I can tell you, if a Democratic leader said such a thing, they would not be allowed to keep their position," Sen. Mary L. Landrieu, Louisiana Democrat, said of Mr. Lott in 2002.

Sen. John Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, also called on Mr. Lott to resign, saying, "I simply do not believe the country can today afford to have someone who has made these statements again and again be the leader of the United States Senate," according to a Boston Globe article.

According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Mr. Reid at the time denounced Mr. Lott's remarks as "not good for America; it's repugnant." When Mr. Lott resigned his leadership post, Mr. Reid observed that the Mississippi Republican "had no alternative" because he had "dug himself a hole."
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But for Reid's comments... just a misstatement... nothing to see here... move along
 
Superfreak said:
says the complete party hack.
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Hello, pot. Kettle here. Nice to meet ya.

If you can't distinguish between an observation on the reality of American presidential politics and a statement that we would be better off today if a segregationist were elected president, I can't help you.
 
NigelTufnel said:
Hello, pot. Kettle here. Nice to meet ya.

If you can't distinguish between an observation on the reality of American presidential politics and a statement that we would be better off today if a segregationist were elected president, I can't help you.
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LMAO... really? Lott said we would be better off if a segregationist were elected President?

Please, do provide that quote for us.
 
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