Senate Majority Leader Reid has racist comments towards Obama come to light

[GMScud]

Funny how everyone is "so sorry" as soon as they get caught. Things continue to look up for the GOP in the mid-term elections this fall...

Tisk tisk Mr. Reid. I mean, who uses the word "negro" anymore anyway??

Reid apologizes for 'no Negro dialect' comment - Yahoo! News

[hooskins]

The truth is many of these politicians, from both sides, are from super rich white, out of touch with reality, families. They have very little in common with the average minority and probably have limited interactions with them too.

Hence these types of comments.

[hooskins]

No one uses negro, except blacks on occasion. But even that is rare.

A white person saying negro is almost as bad as Michael Richards calling blacks Afro-Americans.

[cpayne5]

Originally Posted by hooskins

No one uses negro, except blacks on occasion. But even that is rare.

A white person saying negro is almost as bad as Michael Richards calling blacks Afro-Americans.

Actually, it's on the 2010 US Census. People are asked to pick Black, African American, or Negro.

[The Goat]

Originally Posted by cpayne5

Actually, it's on the 2010 US Census. People are asked to pick Black, African American, or Negro.

No kidding?!

What is w/ Senate leaders...they always turn out to be dbags. Was Frist just before Reid or further back? I remember seeing a documentary how his "family business" which I believe is Health South had taken the government and general public for billions in bogus claims etc. He was the same POS moron who stood on the Senate floor and swore his diagnosis of Terri Schiavo (sp?) proved she had full mental capacity... and then like two weeks later the autopsy showed she was brain-dead. Sooooo yeah not only a crook but a really shitty doc as well.

[Nomad]

Originally Posted by cpayne5

Actually, it's on the 2010 US Census. People are asked to pick Black, African American, or Negro.

Really? I am a Black man, not Negro, or Nigger, African American, I know who I am and what I am, I don't need anymore label's to describe me, I can careless about the racist here or anywhere, I wouldn't doubt that some of you here said it behind close door's or in presence of your good "ole boy buddies", You are what you are, simple minded and stupid, and I am sure if you feel like that now, you will feel that way forever.

[DynamiteRave]

Originally Posted by cpayne5

Actually, it's on the 2010 US Census. People are asked to pick Black, African American, or Negro.

I wonder who checks off the Negro box? I mean really...

[Eknox]

blacks?

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by GMScud

Funny how everyone is "so sorry" as soon as they get caught. Things continue to look up for the GOP in the mid-term elections this fall...

Tisk tisk Mr. Reid. I mean, who uses the word "negro" anymore anyway??

Reid apologizes for 'no Negro dialect' comment - Yahoo! News

No biggie. Reid apologized, Obama's not tripping off it.

Oh, don't count your chickens just yet for the mid-terms. Lots of politics left before we go to the polls.

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

No biggie. Reid apologized, Obama's not tripping off it.

Oh, don't count your chickens just yet for the mid-terms. Lots of politics left before we go to the polls.

No biggie? Strongly disagree there. If it was someone on the other side of the aisle, Rham and Co would be up in arms big time. Obviously Obama isn't going to be doing his party any favors if he flips out on his own Senate Majority Leader. You are African-American, right? Would you be upset if a close co-worker said these things about you?

As far as the mid-terms, the Dems are gonna lose their 60-40 for sure. Check this out:

Democrats face midterm elections exodus | World news | The Guardian

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by GMScud

No biggie? Strongly disagree there. If it was someone on the other side of the aisle, Rham and Co would be up in arms big time. Obviously Obama isn't going to be doing his party any favors if he flips out on his own Senate Majority Leader. You are African-American, right? Would you be upset if a close co-worker said these things about you?

As far as the mid-terms, the Dems are gonna lose their 60-40 for sure. Check this out:

Democrats face midterm elections exodus | World news | The Guardian

No biggie as far as this won't have a big impact on Reid's chances of winning or losing his seat in Nevada. He's already down in the polls and I don't think this comment will sink him any further. But I guess that remains to be seen. He certainly didn't do himself any favors that's for sure. Further, this is hardly Harry Reid's first bone headed comment. He has foot in mouth disease about as much as Joe Biden does, but for some reason Reid's comments tend to fly under the radar.

But let's cut to the chase with this. Do I think Reid is a racist, I don't know for sure but I'm inclined to say no. Reason being is his legislative record has been towards social justice, which primarily benefits minorities and people of color, and the fact that he has no track record, that I'm aware of, that suggest otherwise. I think Harry Reid is just culturally disconnected. That's my take on it. And I don't think he's disconnected on the issue of race alone.

Is there a double standard, I'm not so sure on that one either. When I think of the recent Republican history, names like Strom Thurman, Senator Jim Demint, Maj. Leader Trent Lott, AG John Ashcroft, Gov. Haley Barbour, and Sen. George Allen have either delved into playing racial politics or displayed racially insensitive behavior. More recently Chip Saltsman, who was running for RNC Chair, was circulating the Barack the Magic Negro tape. That was, what, seven months ago? It's through that lens which most people, indeed minorities, tend to view the GOP when it comes to race. It's not entirely justified, as we know that Republicans aren't racists, but many in the GOP until this day still refuse to denounce the confederate flag. So the seemingly double standard has it's roots in recent history.

As far President Obama and Rahm jumping all over some comment made by either side, I disagree. The president has gone out of his way to avoid controversial statements like this from both sides, and I can assure you they have more important issues to worry about than who's tossing around the word negro. If that were they case, they would have pounced on Joe Biden, and a few others, during the campaign when Biden called Obama clean and articulate, but they didn't. The last thing the president and the White House want to get bogged down with is the issue of race.

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

No biggie as far as this won't have a big impact on Reid's chances of winning or losing his seat in Nevada. He's already down in the polls and I don't think this comment will sink him any further. But I guess that remains to be seen. He certainly didn't do himself any favors that's for sure. Further, this is hardly Harry Reid's first bone headed comment. He has foot in mouth disease about as much as Joe Biden does, but for some reason Reid's comments tend to fly under the radar.

But let's cut to the chase with this. Do I think Reid is a racist, I don't know for sure but I'm inclined to say no. Reason being is his legislative record has been towards social justice, which primarily benefits minorities and people of color, and the fact that he has no track record, that I'm aware of, that suggest otherwise. I think Harry Reid is just culturally disconnected. That's my take on it. And I don't think he's disconnected on the issue of race alone.

Is there a double standard, I'm not so sure on that one either. When I think of the recent Republican history, names like Strom Thurman, Senator Jim Demint, Maj. Leader Trent Lott, AG John Ashcroft, Gov. Haley Barbour, and Sen. George Allen have either delved into playing racial politics or displayed racially insensitive behavior. More recently Chip Saltsman, who was running for RNC Chair, was circulating the Barack the Magic Negro tape. That was, what, seven months ago? It's through that lens which most people, indeed minorities, tend to view the GOP when it comes to race. It's not entirely justified, as we know that Republicans aren't racists, but many in the GOP until this day still refuse to denounce the confederate flag. So the seemingly double standard has it's roots in recent history.

As far President Obama and Rahm jumping all over some comment made by either side, I disagree. The president has gone out of his way to avoid controversial statements like this from both sides, and I can assure you they have more important issues to worry about than who's tossing around the word negro. If that were they case, they would have pounced on Joe Biden, and a few others, during the campaign when Biden called Obama clean and articulate, but they didn't. The last thing the president and the White House want to get bogged down with is the issue of race.

Then maybe he'll find ways to get his party to drive out Reid while he focuses on bigger things.

Obama in '02: 'The Republican Party itself has to drive out Trent Lott' | The Weekly Standard

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by GMScud

Then maybe he'll find ways to get his party to drive out Reid while he focuses on bigger things.

Obama in '02: 'The Republican Party itself has to drive out Trent Lott' | The Weekly Standard

slightly diff comments lol

one dealt with stereotypical dialect and the other was based on a complete ideology

[budw38]

Originally Posted by GMScud

Funny how everyone is "so sorry" as soon as they get caught. Things continue to look up for the GOP in the mid-term elections this fall...

Tisk tisk Mr. Reid. I mean, who uses the word "negro" anymore anyway??

Reid apologizes for 'no Negro dialect' comment - Yahoo! News

Maybe he will say " sorry for how horribly we have failed the American people the past 3 years " .... but I doubt that . Not many in Nevada like him anymore .

[Longtimefan]

Sorry is a word used to remorse accidental situations and circumstances. In this particular instance the word is not appropriately being applied.