Reid has a thing for race and ethnicity.
What did he say about Barack?
Light skinned “negro” with no dialect?
And now THIS?
He should be easy to cream.
What a lowdown, nasty thing to say.
He’s desperate .. and I hope reality
confirms that.
Real Clear Politics
RCP Average: Reid +2.2
RCP Ranking: Toss Up
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2010/senate/nv/nevada_senate_angle_vs_reid-1517.html
I hope Angle gets her act together.
Sen. Harry Reid appeared in 2007 with President Obama, then an Illinois senator, for a press conference on ethics reform.
Sen. Harry Reid appeared in 2007 with President Obama, then an Illinois senator, for a press conference on ethics reform.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
* Sen. Harry Reid is quoted as commenting on Obama’s lack of “Negro dialect”
* Obama accepts Senate majority leader’s apology, says “I know what’s in his heart”
* Reid offered apologies to several prominent African-Americans, an aide says
* Comments appear in new book by journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, “Game Change”
Washington (CNN) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid apologized Saturday for making racially insensitive remarks about Barack Obama during the presidential campaign.
Journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann reported the remarks in their new book, “Game Change,” which is scheduled to be in bookstores Tuesday.
The authors quote Reid as saying privately that Obama, as a black candidate, could be successful thanks, in part, to his “light-skinned” appearance and speaking patterns “with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.”
“He [Reid] was wowed by Obama’s oratorical gifts and believed that the country was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially one such as Obama — a ‘light-skinned’ African American ‘with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one,’ “ Halperin and Heilemann say.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/01/09/obama.reid/index.html
SEN. HARRY REID: Ray, you can’t have it both ways. The president said, “Let’s send some more troops over there, and that will give the Iraqis the time to take care of themselves.” We sent other troops over there, and there are a lot of reasons the surge certainly hasn’t hurt. It’s helped. I recognize that.
But also, on your radio program, public radio today, there was a story about the fact that one of the academics said — it was a long interview — that said, you know, the ethnic cleansing has taken place all over Iraq. There is not the conflict because there is separation. There’s segregation in effect.
So it’s time that the American people were given the benefit of the doubt and not have to spend all this borrowed money, start bringing our people home. When is enough enough?
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec07/reid_12-21.html
Apparently, Harry Reid’s on tape in conversations with Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich shortly before his arrest insisting no black replace Obama in the Senate. Reid wanted either Tammy Duckworth or Lisa Madigan, since Reid believed (correctly) that Jesse Jackson Jr., Emil Jones, Danny Davis, or other black politicians won’t be able to win election in their own right in 2010.
http://hillbuzz.org/2009/01/03/is-harry-reid-a-racist/
Speaking on the floor of the Senate, Reid blasted GOP leaders who have urged Democrats opt for a slower, incremental approach to reform instead of the mega-bill the majority hopes to push through the Senate by Christmas
Reid started by mimicking Republicans whom he claims have said: “’Slow down, stop everything, let’s start over.”
“You think you’ve heard these same excuses before? You’re right,” he continued. “In this country...there were those who dug in their heels and said, ‘Slow down, it’s too early. Let’s wait. Things aren’t bad enough’ “ - about slavery.
When women wanted to vote, he went on, opponents said, “ ‘Slow down, there will be a better day to do that — the day isn’t quite right.’ “
He finished with: “When this body was on the verge of guaranteeing equal civil rights to everyone, regardless of the color of their skin, some senators resorted to the same filibuster threats that we hear today.”
While being interviewed on the NBC News program “Meet the Press” on December 5, Senator Reid was asked about the possibility of Justice Thomas replacing current Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who is currently being treated for thyroid cancer. Reid called Thomas “an embarrassment to the Supreme Court” and said his “opinions are poorly written.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1301558/posts
“[Franklin] Raines, who you’re talking about, worked for Fannie Mae, was there for a while. The only connection that people could bring up about Raines and Barack Obama is they both are African-American, other than that there is nothing.”
Reid, in his 1993 press statement, was quoted saying, “Safeguards like welfare and free medical care are in place to boost Americans in need of short-term assistance. These programs were not meant to entice freeloaders and scam artists from around the world.”
Even worse, he said, “Americans have seen heinous crimes committed by individuals who are here illegally.”
(Indirect link)
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/lynn-davidson/2007/12/26/controversial-study-illegal-immigration-be-released-tomorrow
The man is a senile old racist.