...when he could have owned slaves. What a complete idiot.
The [private hedge fund] conference featured a debate between Donna Brazile, former campaign manager for Al Gore’s unsuccessful presidential run and prominent member of the Democratic Party, and Karl Rove, a Republican strategist and commentator best known as the chief political adviser to George W. Bush.
At a certain point in the discussion Rove offered this “joke” to Brazile, who is black:
The [private hedge fund] conference featured a debate between Donna Brazile, former campaign manager for Al Gore’s unsuccessful presidential run and prominent member of the Democratic Party, and Karl Rove, a Republican strategist and commentator best known as the chief political adviser to George W. Bush.
At a certain point in the discussion Rove offered this “joke” to Brazile, who is black:
"I did you a great favor bringing you into politics in the 1860 campaign and this is how you repay me? We’re happy you got the right to vote but it wasn’t your current party that was responsible for it."
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/06/06/3785193/donna-brazile-karl-rove-1860-campaign-joke/
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/06/06/3785193/donna-brazile-karl-rove-1860-campaign-joke/
