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Daschle on Defensive Over Kennedy's 'Neanderthal' Outburst
NewsMax ^ | 11/15/03 | Limbacher

Posted on 11/16/2003 11:04:13 AM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection

Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle said Sunday that his Democratic colleague, Sen. Ted Kennedy, didn't mean to use racially offensive language when he called President Bush's judicial nominees - including two minority candidates - "Neanderthals."

Asked about Kennedy's racially charged outburst, Daschle insisted to "Fox News Sunday" he was talking about politics and not ethnicity.

"I think that there are a lot of nominees who are on the far, far right of the political and philosophical spectrum," he told FNS host Tony Snow. "I think that's what Sen. Kennedy was referring to."

But when Snow pressed, "Then why did he use the term Neanderthal?" Daschle turned defensive, telling the FNS host, "Invite him on the show and ask him. That's a question for him and not me."

Noting that Bush nominees Janice Rogers Brown and Miguel Estrada are African-American and Hispanic respectively, Republicans have seized on Kennedy's "Neanderthal" remark, complaining that he was getting a pass for using words that would have been career-ending for a member of their party.

After Democrats prevailed in their judicial filibuster standoff against Republican Senators on Friday, Kennedy boasted, "What has not ended is the resolution and the determination of the members of the United States Senate to continue to resist any Neanderthal that is nominated by this president of the United States for any court, federal court in the United States."

Though controversy over Kennedy's outburst continued to swirl on Capitol Hill throughout the weekend, press coverage of the incident has been sparse.

A Lexis-Nexis search on Sunday showed that Kennedy's remark has been covered by just three newspapers nationwide.



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To: BlessedBeGod
Fox News covered it, sorta.
81 posted on 11/17/2003 8:39:21 PM PST by GummyIII (It's still half full.........)
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To: nicmarlo
Well sorry didn't cut it for finer men that that sot. He needs to step down from his Senate seat. He lacks the sensitivity to fairly and ably represent all his constituents.
82 posted on 11/17/2003 9:36:21 PM PST by MissAmericanPie
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To: MissAmericanPie
He lacks the sensitivity to fairly and ably represent all his constituents.

But, he's very sensitive, in fact, he's continually disappointed.....or deeply saddened.

83 posted on 11/18/2003 4:27:45 AM PST by nicmarlo
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To: nicmarlo
Nic-Nic-Nic...look, this is *how* it's done, man!!
Deny, obfuscate, spin, lie & twist in the wind but never, ever tell the truth if you're one of the pack of 'Rats, today.

*Another* great example of the pathological 'Rat behavior was evidenced yesterday when someone asked the august Jay Rockafeller about "The" memo.
Jay's response?
[paraphrased] "Yes, its been reported Republicans have been stealing confidential Democratic memos."

~and nary a *peep* outa the Liberal-Socialist quislings in the lamestream rags, either.

...*surreal*, man. {g}

84 posted on 11/18/2003 6:00:32 AM PST by Landru
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
A Lexis-Nexis search on Sunday showed that Kennedy's remark has been covered by just three newspapers nationwide.

Bais media ALERT!!!

85 posted on 11/18/2003 8:12:34 AM PST by OXENinFLA
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To: OXENinFLA
Bais=Bias
86 posted on 11/18/2003 8:13:18 AM PST by OXENinFLA
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To: demkicker
A Lexis-Nexis search on Sunday showed that Kennedy's remark has been covered by just three newspapers nationwide.

Unbelievable, no I guess it's all too believable. But of course there is no media bias.

87 posted on 11/18/2003 8:17:53 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Landru
The Rats disgust me.
88 posted on 11/18/2003 10:23:08 AM PST by nicmarlo
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To: FITZ
"At least the Neanderthals weren't thin-chested scrawny democrat types. Can you imagine what the Neanderthals would have done to Clinton, Carter, or Daschle --- or Kennedy if they'd ever met up with them?"

LOL, good point! Hey maybe we jumped on Ted too soon, perhaps he was just speaking from reasonable fear!


89 posted on 11/18/2003 8:32:27 PM PST by jocon307
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
I'm sure Teddy was drunk. (Do a put a sarcasm tag on or not? It could go either way....)
90 posted on 11/19/2003 10:21:50 AM PST by b4its2late (I'm not as think as you drunk I am.)
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