Posted on 08/19/2012 3:06:03 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
When Vice President Joe Biden warned a Virginia rally of hundreds of African Americans that Republican efforts to loosen bank regulations meant Theyre going to put yall back in chains, Stephanie Cutter, Team Obamas deputy campaign manager, said the president would have no problem with those comments.
But imagine if Republican Paul Ryan uttered comments like that. Mitt Romneys pick for vice president would be pilloried for racial insensitivity and so would Romney. In the fight for civility and substance over pointless hyperbole, Biden may not be the worst offender. But hes an offender nonetheless, and he should apologize.
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Liberals routinely dismiss Bidens gaffes as the rhetorical excesses of an overly exuberant speaker its Joe being Joe. And there can be something appealing about a politician who throws caution and the script that goes with it to the winds. Yet when conservative speakers get overly exuberant and cross a rhetorical line, they are presumed racist or culturally insensitive, rather than refreshingly free-spirited. One standard should apply.
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The double standard is alive and well and protected by the MSM.
Charlie is clearly in the running for the worst quote of the Century, and certainly the decade.
Biden knew exactly what he was saying. And he wasn’t just speaking to the blacks. He was also speaking to the brainwashed whites in this country. Bottom line is “If you vote for a republican you’re a racist.” It worked in 2008 and they hope it’ll work in 2012. It’s all they had then and it’s all they got now. Sadly, it may work again.
Damn, that’s funny!
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