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Did Edwards say what I thought he said? (Video at #31)
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Posted on 09/27/2007 5:26:57 PM PDT by cjmae
A lib buddy of mine called me and told me to turn on MTV. John Edwards was taking questions from young students. I wasn't but half way paying attention when I heard a young lady ask him something about his solution for inner city crime. Edwards said something like we can't build enough prisons to hold all of the criminals or eventualy there will be no black people left because they would either be in jail or dead. I'm paraphrasing of course and I don't want to start something that's not accurate but if that is what he said that has got to be either one of the most racist or stupidest things I've ever heard a politician say. Did anyone else hear it?
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To: Old Sarge
Just Wow! So according to Breck Girl, all the black men in America that are not in prison or dead is because they haven’t been caught yet. LoL, that platform may actually help him with the left.
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posted on
09/27/2007 6:01:21 PM PDT
by
txroadkill
( http://iraqstar.org)
To: agooga
“Whats most funny is that the brain-dead audience just accept it as gospel, theres even some little trollip writing notes. Not a single brow raised.”
They thought he was great according to the MTV web site.
Amazing
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posted on
09/27/2007 6:01:35 PM PDT
by
cjmae
(Sanity was not equally distributed)
To: All
This is nothing more than a botched joke. Nothing to see here.
(sarcasm/off)
63
posted on
09/27/2007 6:01:58 PM PDT
by
abishai
To: WakeUpAndVote
Someone rip this link! The only thing accessible is the adbar!
64
posted on
09/27/2007 6:03:09 PM PDT
by
struggle
((The struggle continues))
To: cjmae
Yes—and poor people are poor because nuclear power plants are polluting the air.
65
posted on
09/27/2007 6:04:23 PM PDT
by
rbg81
(DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
To: struggle; WakeUpAndVote; y'all
It’s still there as of this moment, I can get to it - but I can’t rip it, somebody help!
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posted on
09/27/2007 6:05:04 PM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(This tagline in memory of FReeper 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub)
To: Enchante
On second viewing... I heard this differently.
I heard him say that IF the only proposed solution to the inner-city crime problem is to build more prisons, then all young African Americans will either be dead or in prison—that OTHER solutions are required (universal healthcare, yadiyadiya...)
Granted, he said it in a way that could be used against him, but I think it may bite those in the rear that try to do so.
67
posted on
09/27/2007 6:05:20 PM PDT
by
calcowgirl
("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
To: Old Sarge; M. Thatcher
Guess it’s time to ping Paul Shanklin.
68
posted on
09/27/2007 6:05:49 PM PDT
by
txhurl
(Yes there were WMDs)
To: cjmae
69
posted on
09/27/2007 6:06:06 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Fred Dalton Thompson for President)
To: donnab
“just heard it ..thanks for the link
has anyone sent this to michelle or to fox?”
I just emailed it to Laura Ingraham and Glen Beck.
To: txroadkill
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posted on
09/27/2007 6:07:56 PM PDT
by
Boiler Plate
("Message received, is message sent" Claire Cooper)
To: WakeUpAndVote
Yes, we have to preserve this before MTV takes it down.
To: calcowgirl
I am not hearing “if” in there.
To: cjmae; Admin Moderator
Thanks, Admin, for updating the title thread. :^)
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posted on
09/27/2007 6:09:23 PM PDT
by
KJC1
To: WakeUpAndVote; All
Nice work!! What a maroon that Edwards is. Of course, he’ll just say he was speaking hypothetically, more believable by the sheeple than if a Republican had said the same thing.
To: cjmae
This is the main quote that I jotted down, in response to question about what Edwards would do for inner city youth....
"We start with the President of the United States saying to America 'we cannot build enough prisons to solve this problem'.... The idea that we just keep incarcerating and incarcerating.... pretty soon we're not gonna have an African-American male population in this country.... they're all gonna be in prison or dead."
Then he went into a whole lotta pandering about education, health care, then crime statistics -- he pulled the usual leftist trick of citing only outcomes, i.e., he whined that black males are charged and convicted at higher rates and get longer sentences without any reference to actual CRIMES committed.
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posted on
09/27/2007 6:11:47 PM PDT
by
Enchante
(Democrat terror-fighting motto: "bleat, cheat, retreat & defeat, we suck on liberal teat")
To: diverteach
77
posted on
09/27/2007 6:12:07 PM PDT
by
donnab
To: Enchante
Ah, you just beat me to that.
To: cjmae
Maybe he went kamikaze. It looks like he is standing on the Japanese Rising Sun.
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posted on
09/27/2007 6:14:29 PM PDT
by
Shqipo
(Anonymous Sedition is a helluva read....)
To: cjmae
80
posted on
09/27/2007 6:15:07 PM PDT
by
RDTF
(Republicans believe every day is July 4th, but Democrats believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
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