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Barbour Campaign Shows GOP's Racist Side
The Boston Globe ^
| 10/29/2003
| Derrick Z. Jackson
Posted on 10/29/2003 3:25:14 AM PST by johnny7
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:10:58 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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THE BIGGER the elephants, the more visible the underbelly of the Republican Party. Its stampede into Mississippi on behalf of gubernatorial candidate Haley Barbour continued this week with Vice President Dick Cheney telling 1,200 people, "We are proud to know your next governor, and we are proud of the campaign he has run: positive, hopeful, and optimistic."
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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: barbour; barf; racist
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posted on
10/29/2003 3:25:14 AM PST
by
johnny7
To: johnny7
The implication that the GOP is inherently racist is ridiculous, but having said that I've got to admit that Barbour's embracing of the CofCC is incredibly stupid. This isn't the SCV or the League of the South. The Council of Conservative Citizens embraces some disgusting causes in the U.S. and especially overseas. Barbour didn't need them to win, I just hope that it doesn't cause him to lose.
To: johnny7
Demoncraps from SS Oldsmobile's state wants to play
false race card.
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posted on
10/29/2003 4:13:43 AM PST
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
(CCCP = clinton, chiraq, chretien, and putin = stalin wannabes)
To: Non-Sequitur
You know when the Left has run out of reasonable arguments when they pull out the race card. Calling someone a raciest is always the scum at the bottom of the barrel.
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posted on
10/29/2003 4:13:59 AM PST
by
Rob45and2
To: johnny7
When they bring it up, just ask them about the Rainbow Coalition, NAACP, and every other racist organization on the left.
To: Non-Sequitur
One thing to stand up against the tyrannical forces of "political correctness", and another to allow yourself to be associated with K3 attitudes and conceits. Not that I think the Democrats are any less unwilling to dissociate themselves from the Farrakan types . . .
. . . Education Secretary Rod Paige; and former Oklahoma congressman J.C. Watts have all been there.It has to be said that something about this doesn't pass the smell test. I'm not prepared to believe that J.C.W. is looking for a chance to endorse the KKK. I notice that the article doesn't include a link to the purportedly putrid web site, and I don't take the word of a journalist (or any other Democrat for that matter) on political matters at face value. "Trust but Distrust until you verify."
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posted on
10/29/2003 4:15:15 AM PST
by
conservatism_IS_compassion
(The everyday blessings of God are great--they just don't make "good copy.")
To: johnny7
Fer Pete's sake. That again?
What next? Homophobic, beats animals, eats children?
This is getting so completely old.
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posted on
10/29/2003 4:28:42 AM PST
by
OpusatFR
(The leftwing lies because the truth would kill them all off.)
To: johnny7
The GOP will once again crush any hope or optimism that Americans can walk into a polling place without race being the silent lever in the voting booth.'Silent lever'???
What kind of lame malapropos metaphor is that?
"Silent lever?? WTF??
The 'Z' int he writer's name must stand for Zero.
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posted on
10/29/2003 4:45:54 AM PST
by
headsonpikes
(Spirit of '76 bttt!)
To: JohnnyZ; Theodore R.; Pubbie; Impy; LdSentinal; AuH2ORepublican; William Creel; fieldmarshaldj; ...
Here we go again. With 6 days before before the election, the RATS resort to last ditch smear tactics. I hope Barbour, Fletcher, and Jindal win big next month.
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posted on
10/29/2003 4:54:13 AM PST
by
Kuksool
To: johnny7
I wonder how many papers in Mississippi pick up his column?
My guess is that this is meant more for consumption within the 617 area code and on DU.
Comment #11 Removed by Moderator
To: johnny7
and former Oklahoma congressman J.C. WattsWell, here's a racist if I ever saw one!
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posted on
10/29/2003 5:44:41 AM PST
by
Coop
(God bless our troops!)
To: johnny7
This from the guy who looks the other way when the Democrats play the Race Card. I guess Derrick Z. Jackson awoke from his Rip Van Twinkle sleep to bash Republicans before falling asleep again. Talk about a low blow below the belt.
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posted on
10/29/2003 6:18:17 AM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: johnny7
The 'glob' doing it's best to bail out musgrove with bull shiite.
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posted on
10/29/2003 7:22:35 AM PST
by
jmaroneps37
(Jersey GOP needs your help we can win back the Assembly two weeks to go, step forward)
To: johnny7
In the 1980s, a brush with a "white-rights" group stained local Democrats, including Rep. Richard Gephardt, then-Rep. Bob Young and a host of St. Louis city officials........
you have to copy and paste into browser: http://nl9.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_dispstring=gephardt%20and%20"Metro%20South%20Citizens"%20&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=1999&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_adva
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posted on
10/29/2003 9:56:01 AM PST
by
rface
(Ashland, Missouri - Praying for Rush's and Harry's recovery)
To: johnny7
Those ^$(%&@ liberals are at it again. Haley Barbour is making a dumb mistake, but it's not evidence of racism. The 'Rats will say anything to win. But Trent Lott was subject to similar accusations, and his approval rating is 69%. Maybe this will backfire as well.
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