Harry Reid apologizes for "light skinned" ["with no Negro dialect"] remark about Obama

The Washington Post ^ | 1/9/10 | Chris Cillizza

[Dementio]

Apparently, Reid thinks that light-skin African-Americans are worth more in the eyes of God than darker ones. Unbelievable.

[Earthdweller]

Elitist busturd slips up again on his own excrement.

[Jazz1968]

Talk like that could land Harry as the next Dem VP.

Since he is a lib: No Harm, No Foul

[spectre]

Of course you know we're not supposed to say "colored" these days...but the NAACP can get away with it.

From Wikapedia:

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is one of the oldest and most influential civil rights organizations in the United States.(snip)

Its name, retained in accord with tradition, is one of the last surviving uses of the term "colored people". This is now generally viewed as dated and derogatory. In the historical context of the NAACP, however, the term is not considered offensive.

[onyx]

Excellent post, Miss Didi!

[jennyjenny]

Yup.

[GinaLolaB]

[clintonh8r]

Actually, that’s what the representative in the district adjacent to mine does. Alcee “Buckwheat” Hastings (Idiot, Florida) speaks “white” when addressing the press or a predominantly white audience. Then he speaks like a jive-ass mo-fo when addressing his constituents. I’ve seen it happen. You can also hear it on the phone taps that were used to impeach and convict him as a disgraced federal judge (yet he’s re-elected without serious opposition).

[Miss Didi]

Thanks, onyx...thanks to Matt Drudge!

[Fresh Wind]

If Sheets Byrd wasn’t forced to resign for saying the “n-word” twice on a cable news program, then I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for Hairy Greed to resign.

[onyx]

I might have to buy this book and I didn’t want to! LOL.

[JohnBrowdie]

the fourth paragraph from the reuters story:

Reid said he has been a proud and enthusiastic supporter of Obama and has throughout his career worked to promote adversity in his home state of Nevada and in the Senate.

unintentional truth alert.

[TigersEye]

Admitted cocaine and pot user, Barack 0bama, is clean, articulate, light-skinned and doesn’t speak in the negro dialect unless he wants to. What’s not to like? Even a pasty-faced northeastern liberal could vote for him. - DNC talking points memo circa 2007

[Farmer Dean]

Prisons are full of people like that.Oh,and the DNC too...

[paulycy]

[Stultis]

C'mon. What are you talkin' about? Have some perspective already!

Harry only used demeaning "minstrel show" racial stereotypes to refer to a black, sitting U.S. Senator and Presidential candidate.

It's not like he did anything that rises to the level of a resigning offense! You know, really bad stuff, like uttering a nonsense word, "macaca," or referring favorably to an inconsequential political contest and party from the 1940's!

[savedbygrace]

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) apologized today for referring to President Barack Obama as "light skinned"

He meant to say "thin skinned".

[Pharmboy]

If you’re a dem and/or African American, the rules are different.

[okie01]

Would it matter to you if Ronald Reagan was a "dark skinned African American"? Would you have voted for Jimmy Carter if that was the case?

"Of course not" is the answer to both questions. Well put.