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Congressman: Obama's Senate Replacement Must Be Black
FoxNews.com ^ | Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Posted on 12/02/2008 5:50:46 PM PST by Joiseydude

The race to replace Barack Obama as Illinois' junior senator heated up Tuesday as Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., called on Gov. Rod Blagojevich to name a black man or woman to the seat.

By invoking race, Rush, who is black, drove a potential wedge between the prospective white and black contenders for the seat. Rush said it would be a "national disgrace" if Obama's seat were not filled by an African American.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: 111th; bho2008; bobbyrush; il2008; illinoisracist; obamatransitionfile; racism; racist; racistdemocrat; racistmracism
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1 posted on 12/02/2008 5:50:46 PM PST by Joiseydude
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To: Joiseydude

What?


2 posted on 12/02/2008 5:53:18 PM PST by Lorianne
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To: Joiseydude

Affirmative action Senators...

Makes sense I guess...

Now that we have an affirmative action President...


3 posted on 12/02/2008 5:53:22 PM PST by DB
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To: Joiseydude
Is Carol Moseley Braun still available?
4 posted on 12/02/2008 5:53:58 PM PST by Cowboy Bob
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To: Joiseydude

So is it a national disgrace that George W. Bush will not be succeeded by a caucasian-American?????


5 posted on 12/02/2008 5:54:06 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Joiseydude

“Post-racial” doncha know.


6 posted on 12/02/2008 5:54:36 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: Joiseydude

I nominate Snoop Dog.


7 posted on 12/02/2008 5:54:43 PM PST by xcamel (The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
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To: Joiseydude

If you elect the POTUS completely based on skin color it stands to reason all elected offices are to be filled the same way.


8 posted on 12/02/2008 5:54:47 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Der neuen Fuhrer: AKA the Murdering Messiah: Keep your powder dry, folks)
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To: Joiseydude
Fine.


9 posted on 12/02/2008 5:55:14 PM PST by BGHater (Obama is a Neocon.)
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To: Joiseydude

Gimme a break.


10 posted on 12/02/2008 5:55:40 PM PST by littlehouse36 (Gather up ye seeds of truth at Free Republic; then spread them far and wide.)
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To: Joiseydude

It sounds as though little Bobby isn’t buying Martin Luther King Jr.’s “color blind America” stuff. What a dirtbag.


11 posted on 12/02/2008 5:56:46 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (For more information on America's "new direction" read The Road to Serfdom. by Friedrich A. Hayek.)
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To: BGHater

lol - Good response.


12 posted on 12/02/2008 5:56:58 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: Joiseydude

so much for the content of their character

Martin Luther King’s dream is dead


13 posted on 12/02/2008 5:57:02 PM PST by Blogger
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To: Joiseydude

Import Cynthia McKinney!


14 posted on 12/02/2008 5:57:22 PM PST by dynachrome (Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir)
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To: Joiseydude

How about a muslim instead?


15 posted on 12/02/2008 5:58:47 PM PST by gotribe (obama just sucks - your wealth away)
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To: dynachrome
AAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!
16 posted on 12/02/2008 5:59:53 PM PST by Sarajevo (I hear moon crickets...........chirping.)
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To: DB
Hey - we got an Affirmative Action President whose going to create Affirmative Action States, Affirmative Action Consumers, Affirmative Action Credit Card Holders and Affirmative Action Automobile Companys all financed with Affirmative Action Banks.....

...all with your taxes. Aren't you proud?

17 posted on 12/02/2008 6:00:30 PM PST by HardStarboard ("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule - Mencken knew Obama)
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To: Joiseydude

I wish we could judge someone by the content of their character & not the color of their skin.


18 posted on 12/02/2008 6:00:50 PM PST by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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To: Joiseydude

Well, I demand that President Bush’s replacement be white.


19 posted on 12/02/2008 6:00:58 PM PST by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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To: gotribe

They should be more specific. It must be someone born in Kenya.


20 posted on 12/02/2008 6:01:01 PM PST by Jet Jaguar (Who would the terrorists vote for?)
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