Posted on 01/22/2007 6:02:26 AM PST by steve-b
First came "macaca," followed by Virginia Sen. George Allen's angry response to a question about his Jewish heritage.
Then U.S. Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr., a Republican whose district stretches from Charlottesville to Danville, generated headlines over his comments about keeping Muslims out of Congress.
And now Del. Frank D. Hargrove Sr. (R-Hanover) is on the defensive after saying last week that blacks "should get over" slavery instead of pushing for an official state apology. He compounded the incident by asking, "Are we going to force the Jews to apologize for killing Christ?
Taken together, the string of perceived racial and ethnic insults has led some Northern Virginia Republicans to say the GOP's image has been badly tarnished. They wonder whether the party's candidates will have trouble winning votes this fall in the diverse, well-educated region even if an agreement on transportation funding is reached....
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Why doesn't "The Washington Post" just call itself "The Washington Post Democrat" and get it over with already?
My God, 652 days away from the election and already The Post is schmearing Republicans.
Will "Macaca-Gate" ever end?
Not at the The Post.
Sounds to me like a bunch of liberals who want to limit the first amendment.
As long as media outlets such as this one give ALL Dems a pass on "racial slurs", they may as well print their paper in Arabic because I won't read it.
When dhimmicrats make statements like Boxer did about Condi, they get a pass. When Republicans speak the truth about muslimes or blacks they get crucified. muslims are the enemy from within and slavery ended over 140 years ago. The ones that want reparations for it are just looking for another handout. In some ways they are still slaves; to their nanny state thinking and way of life.
Re: Goode and Hargrove; So this is the lesson, as always: Do not have an opinion that falls outside of the Washington Post's (leftist, PC) rules of normalcy. Hargrove offered his opinion; an opinion, no doubt, shared by the majority of the constituents who overwhelmingly elected him back into office. Not that this was his intent, but why can't we have honest, forward moving, logical debate on what remains to be said of slavery (effectively ended in this country 150 years ago...)
What an ignorant hussy! She's is essentially saying that rural Virginia (Conservative) Republican voters are too stupid and hickish to understand the issues and that only liberal RINOs from Northern Virginia can lead the Republican way back into power. I've got news for Davis--the Commonwealth does NOT end at Manassas and Fredericksburg, and there are plenty of well-educated patriotic people in Southwest Virginia who subscribe to family values and "get it" when it comes to the terrorist threat to this nation and the consequences of illegal immigration. They are not the "Beverly Hillbillies" and are surprisingly well-informed, courtesy of the internet, satellite TV, and Fox News.
To suggest that good Conservative folks in the rest of the Commonwealth are too dumb to "understand" is the height of arrogance and hypocrisy. She should just join the Democrat Party and take the rest of Northern Virginia (which has become Democratic largely because of an influx of Northeastern Liberal types anyway) with her.
But the status and privileges afforded many black "leaders" (Jackass, Dullton, et al) are tied to keeping slavery outrage whipped up. Even here in Idaho, where relations between all races are better than anywhere else in the nation that I've seen, the black leaders used the King observance to decry treatment of minorities. Their power and prestige is tied to continued racial unrest.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
That's the general view of Northern Virginians toward the rest of the state, but I was surprised to see her say it out loud. ;)
The general view of NoVA toward the rest of the state is that the rest of the state is a bunch of welfare bums -- and the balance of money flow bears that out.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
Of course, crickets were chirping in the Compost's newsroom when Boxer made her remarks about Condi.
It was fun slamming the phone down.
The GOP party will never get these voters. The GOP needs to stand for something and defend its stance instead of apologizing for every Xword the demos make a scandal of. They are letting the demos define the GOP party instead of the GOPs defining the GOP party.
This is just more "culture of corruption" nonsense slurs from the Dims, anything to paint Pubs as racist.
As far as that goes, I don't imagine that there any Jews left alive (or Romans either for that matter) who had a hand in the crucifixion.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
"Well, it's back to Republicans being the only ones capable of racism. Of course, crickets were chirping in the Compost's newsroom when Boxer made her remarks about Condi."
What did Boxer say that was racist? I must have missed it.
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