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I would then conclude that the liberal was the one making a racist statement.

with all due respect, your conclusions are not the problem.

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with all due respect, your conclusions are not the problem.

With all due respect, I have zero desire to sink down to the levels occupied by the likes of Tom Daschle, Jesse Jackson and Terry McAuliffe.

Kennedy made a disgusting and asinine statement. But it was not in any way racist.