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Op-Ed: Allen West “The Liberal Roots of Harry Reid’s “Negro Talk” Comment”
Hip Hop Republicans ^ | January 10, 2010 | Lt Col Allen West

Posted on 01/11/2010 10:14:25 AM PST by don-o

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1 posted on 01/11/2010 10:14:25 AM PST by don-o
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To: HonestConservative

ping


2 posted on 01/11/2010 10:15:21 AM PST by don-o (My son, Ben - Marine Lance Corporal is in Iraq.)
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To: VaRepublican

Ping!


3 posted on 01/11/2010 10:16:14 AM PST by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus ("A politician who is poor is a poor politician." - Hank Gonzales)
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To: don-o

Why do they have to work “Hip-Hop” into it?


4 posted on 01/11/2010 10:18:48 AM PST by ichabod1 ( I am rolling over in my grave and I am not even dead yet.)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus; don-o; All

And how ‘bout that Harry Reid?
Clean, Articulate, Light-Skinned, and No Negro Dialect!

Jan. 9, 2010
http://newsblaze.com/story/20100109184501lill.nb/topstory.html

[snip]It also happens to be the same Harry Reid who declared that those who favored English as America’s official language were racist.

Reid’s latest display of brain-dead hypocrisy is reported, in part, at Yahoo.com:

“WASHINGTON - The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate apologized on Saturday for comments he made about Barack Obama’s race during the 2008 presidential bid and are quoted in a yet-to-be-released book about the campaign.

Reid, now an impassioned champion of amnesty for 20 million illegal aliens in America, once called illegal aliens “free loaders and scam artists” which he proposed to deal with in his Immigration Stabilization Act in the United States Senate in 1993.

That proposed legislation was introduced to the floor of the US Senate with the following press release, in part, issued by Reid’s office on August 5, 1993.

“In response to increased terrorism and abuse of social programs by aliens, (I) today introduced the first and only comprehensive immigration reform bill in Congress. Currently, an alien living illegally in the United States often pays no taxes but receives unemployment, welfare, free medical care, and other federal benefits. Recent terrorist acts, including the World Trade Center bombing, have underscored the need to keep violent criminals out of the country.”

Harry Reid: Not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but the senator from Nevada does have has a way with words!


5 posted on 01/11/2010 10:22:32 AM PST by AuntB (If Al Qaeda grew drugs & burned our forests instead of armed Mexican Cartels would anyone notice?)
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To: ichabod1
Why do they have to work “Hip-Hop” into it?

Just a guess - maybe there are some black hip hop fans who identify with the Republican party? Does that bother you, on some level?

6 posted on 01/11/2010 10:25:57 AM PST by don-o (My son, Ben - Marine Lance Corporal is in Iraq.)
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To: don-o

YEah. Because as long as they have to set themselves apart, use code language, (and “hip-hop” is a code name here for negro), or try to “appeal” or “relate” to “the brothas” with that kind of language, they are NEVER going to be fully accepted. This seems like Michael Steele sort of Republicanism - show what a “n” he is for street cred, but he just ends up looking like a doofus.

Who’s Allen West, anyway? I know I’ve heard of him.


7 posted on 01/11/2010 10:52:52 AM PST by ichabod1 ( I am rolling over in my grave and I am not even dead yet.)
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To: don-o

No question about it!

If anyone thinks that liberals act like elitists only with respect to white conservatives, they are sadly mistaken.

If you have to be in the presence of liberals in unguarded, private moments, you may be shocked and stunned not only by racist attitudes that they routinely express but also by out-and-out racial epithets the equal of any that you’d hear in a redneck bar anywhere in the South.

They actually appear to think that supporting certain policy positions and legislation gives them an exemption from having to act with basic civility.

At least that has been my experience with libs, which is one reason why I despise them.

Anyone else encounter similar behavior on the left?


8 posted on 01/11/2010 10:56:43 AM PST by Scanian
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To: don-o
I couldn't care less about the "negro" comment. The only reason this is remotely interesting is the juxtaposition between the way that Republicans and Democrats are judged as the result of such a pseudo-gaffe.

The Democrats invented left-wing "political correctness". When they get caught in one of their own PC snares, it should be embarrassing, but their sanctimony doesn't extend to their fellow travelers.

10 posted on 01/11/2010 11:07:37 AM PST by Kenton
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To: don-o

I love what this guy says! I really hope he wins his bid for election!


11 posted on 01/11/2010 11:16:44 AM PST by daisy mae for the usa
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To: ichabod1; Mrs. Don-o
they are NEVER going to be fully accepted.

I don't understand. Accepted by whom? Electoral politics is about coalition building. Every campaign I have ever seen includes many ad hoc support groups, based on all sorts of criteria - professions, locality, religion, hobbies, etc. Last time I checked, we need every vote we can get to wrest power from the Democrat Party. I'll take Hip Hop votes all day.

show what a “n” he is for street cred, but he just ends up looking like a doofus.

Please point out specific passages that make Col West look like a doofus. (I'll save you time - there aren't any.)

12 posted on 01/11/2010 11:21:30 AM PST by don-o (My son, Ben - Marine Lance Corporal is in Iraq.)
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To: MHGinTN

Shame on you.


13 posted on 01/11/2010 11:23:13 AM PST by don-o (My son, Ben - Marine Lance Corporal is in Iraq.)
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To: daisy mae for the usa; HonestConservative
I love what this guy says!

Our very own Honest C has been working hard for a long time supporting Col West's candidacy. I expect to see her on the thread.

14 posted on 01/11/2010 11:25:44 AM PST by don-o (My son, Ben - Marine Lance Corporal is in Iraq.)
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To: MHGinTN
Do some research before you use such harsh language. You might inlighten your feable mind.
15 posted on 01/11/2010 11:33:10 AM PST by GranTorino
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To: Scanian
Anyone else encounter similar behavior on the left?

Can't say that I do, Scan. But, my social life is in areas where political discussion is strongly discouraged; and I like it that way. I do admire folks who have the fortitude to have liberal friends.

16 posted on 01/11/2010 11:34:46 AM PST by don-o (My son, Ben - Marine Lance Corporal is in Iraq.)
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To: GranTorino

The sad thing is that the research is a matter of two mouse clicks

One - to the source of this thread.
Two - on Col West’s name at the end of his article.


17 posted on 01/11/2010 11:38:24 AM PST by don-o (My son, Ben - Marine Lance Corporal is in Iraq.)
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To: don-o
UPDATE 2


18 posted on 01/11/2010 11:39:16 AM PST by paulycy (The Liberals' Racial DOUBLE-STANDARDS are HATE CRIMES.)
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To: GranTorino

The term is not what you think it is; the sense of sarcasm is apparently lost on you; empty your hand if you want to communicate with me.


19 posted on 01/11/2010 11:39:19 AM PST by MHGinTN (Obots, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when they are deceived.)
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To: Scanian

I am in a ‘mixed race’ marriage (my wife is creole). We have noticed over the years that it is only the ‘liberals’ with whom we come in contact who ever mention our differences. The conservatives we know (many of them) have never made even casual mention of it. The libs are always surprised at her very strong right of center politics, they think she must have been brain-washed (somebody actually said that). That is because libs see categories and conservatives see people.


20 posted on 01/11/2010 11:40:25 AM PST by wtc911 ("How you gonna get down that hill?")
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