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Russert Amazed Black Republicans Seek Tea Party Support ...
newsbusters ^ | 5/5/10 | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 05/05/2010 3:45:00 PM PDT by Nachum

Listen to the surprise in Luke Russert's voice as he reports that many African-American Republican candidates for congress are seeking support from the Tea Party. After all, says Luke, the Tea Party is a group that "a lot of folks have claimed to be racist against African-Americans."

Russert expressed his amazement on MSNBC this morning, discussing a New York Times article that reports that at least 32 black Republicans are running for Congress.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: amazed; black; bloggersandpersonal; republicans; russert

1 posted on 05/05/2010 3:45:00 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

He still doesn’t get it, huh.


2 posted on 05/05/2010 3:46:31 PM PDT by bgill (how could a young man born here in Kenya, who is not even a native American, become the POTUS)
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To: bgill

I guess he stopped learning when he died ...


3 posted on 05/05/2010 3:48:55 PM PDT by x
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To: bgill

Isn’t ol’ Luke...how do I put it?...an imbecile?

If he were Luke Smith, he’d be staring longingly at the counter to see what his take of the Starbucks tip jar will be at the end of the day.


4 posted on 05/05/2010 3:48:57 PM PDT by AmishDude
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To: Nachum
After all, says Luke, the Tea Party is a group that "a lot of folks have claimed to be racist against African-Americans."

People will claim a lot of things to get what they want. Mr. Russert, welcome to planet Earth.
5 posted on 05/05/2010 3:49:37 PM PDT by Julia H. (Freedom of speech and freedom from criticism are mutually exclusive.)
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To: Nachum
a group "a lot of folks have claimed to be racist against African-Americans."

These black candidates know the truth that "a lot of folks" are wrong.

6 posted on 05/05/2010 3:51:09 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (The Obama magic is <strike>fading</strike>gone.)
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To: Nachum

The ‘folks’ would be very wrong, Russert. I was at Searchlight and virtually all ethnic and racial groups were well represented. You might try attending one before you open your piehole.


7 posted on 05/05/2010 3:53:19 PM PDT by stilloftyhenight
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To: Nachum

That is because activists in the tea party judge a man by ‘the content of his character NOT the color of their skin’...


8 posted on 05/05/2010 3:53:45 PM PDT by Fred (Vote for a REID FREE NEVADA....)
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To: Nachum

Nepotism/sentimental hire....


9 posted on 05/05/2010 3:57:17 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Times Square: Intelligence failure facilitated law enforcement success.)
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To: Nachum
He needs to come out here almost any Saturday afternoon when all my daughter and son in law's friends show up.

They come in all sizes, shapes and colors. I suspect a few of them are democrats!

10 posted on 05/05/2010 3:58:32 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, A Matter Of Fact, Not A Matter Of Opinion)
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To: Nachum
"Shocked, I am Shocked!"


11 posted on 05/05/2010 4:02:43 PM PDT by SparkyBass
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To: Nachum

They believe their own propaganda. That’s sad.


12 posted on 05/05/2010 4:03:50 PM PDT by I still care (I believe in the universality of freedom -George Bush, asked if he regrets going to war.)
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To: stilloftyhenight

Hear, hear. Whatever happened to going to a tea party rally TO SEE FOR YOURSELF? The way these morons posing as newsjournalists simply parrot what their “enlighted” friends tell them amazes me.


13 posted on 05/05/2010 4:10:02 PM PDT by Amberdawn
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To: bgill

This is what happens when you inherit a position instead of earning it.


14 posted on 05/05/2010 4:10:44 PM PDT by MsLady (If you died tonight, where would you go? Salvation, don't leave earth without it!)
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To: Nachum

anyone got an email for russert


15 posted on 05/05/2010 4:16:47 PM PDT by conservativesister
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To: Nachum

Things that might surprise the left about Black folk:

1) Many prefer NASCAR over the NBA
2) Many are avid NRA members
3) Many prefer country music over hip-hop
4) Many LOVE the USA
5) many like white folks
6) Many loathe Ebonics
7) many listen to Rush Limbaugh
8) Many believe Obama is a hustler


16 posted on 05/05/2010 4:21:57 PM PDT by Le Chien Rouge
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To: Le Chien Rouge

The left knows people like that but they don’t call them ‘black’. They have other names for them.
And sometimes it’s not that derogatory but there is an undertone about it.
I’ll never forget when after the gov. debate between Strickland and Blackwell, the news stations described Ken as an ‘angry black man’. I knew the election was lost at that moment even though the description was wrong!!
I’ll never ever forget it! I’ve held a grudge ever since.


17 posted on 05/05/2010 4:45:58 PM PDT by griswold3
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To: Nachum

Get your head out of the sand, Luke, and maybe you won’t get kicked in the butt so much. (Or, get your head out of your . . . never mind)


18 posted on 05/05/2010 7:56:52 PM PDT by YHAOS (you betcha!)
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