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How Mark Kirk Re-Segregates the Senate
NBC 5 Chicago ^ | 11/29/10 | Edward McClelland

Posted on 11/29/2010 12:23:12 PM PST by Dengar01

When Mark Kirk is sworn in this afternoon, the U.S. Senate will once again have no African-Americans.

Since Reconstruction, there have only been four black senators. Three of them -- Carol Moseley Braun, Barack Obama and Roland Burris -- have held the seat that Kirk is about to occupy.

For reasons that go back more than a century, all the way to the First Great Migration from the South, Illinois has led the nation in black political empowerment. We’ve elected more black statewide officials than anyone else. We produced the first black president. And it was a matter of pride among many Illinoisans that we kept the Senate integrated. In 2004, we picked such a great black senator that he went on to integrate the presidency.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcchicago.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: burris; diablo; effingrino; illinois; kirk; posrino; rino
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To: Dengar01

Reminds me of the song “Guilty of Being White” by a 80s’ punk band Minor Threat.


21 posted on 11/29/2010 12:40:27 PM PST by mrmeyer ("When brute force is on the march, compromise is the red carpet." Ayn Rand)
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To: Dengar01

So why not whine over the seat now being occupied by that cracker John F. Kerry which used to belong to an African-American long before Carol Mostly Fraud moved into the Illinois seat won by Mark Kirk?


22 posted on 11/29/2010 12:40:47 PM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: PhilCollins

They are really American Africans, but for some reason they frown on being called that.


23 posted on 11/29/2010 12:41:13 PM PST by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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To: Dengar01

“...Carol Moseley Braun, Barack Obama and Roland Burris...”

Don’t know about Roland, but the other two are sure sleazebag cheats that could get nowhere without voter crime, and money laundering (felons, even, if our justice system had a chance of ever working again...)

If you want blacks in there with honor and integrity, try Clarence Thomas, Thomas Sowell, Walter Williams, and just about every black I’ve known.

Carol and Barack can stuff it up their smelly Obamas.


24 posted on 11/29/2010 12:43:19 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: Da Coyote

Sen. Edward Brooks R-MA is strangely not mentioned in the article. Hmmmmmmm.


25 posted on 11/29/2010 12:45:49 PM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Dengar01
This writer is a racist.

He keeps naming black politicians who are scandal plagued crooks implying all black politicians should be allowed to steal with both hands.

There is a new standard for excellence in service by members of our race. The human race,that is.

Allen West.

26 posted on 11/29/2010 12:46:08 PM PST by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it freedom has a flavor the protected will never know .F Trp 8th Cav)
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To: Dengar01

I hope that, in 2012, Dan Seals, State Sen. Terry Link, and State Sen. Susan Garrett will run, in the 10th District. If all of them run, that will cause disunity, among Democrats.


27 posted on 11/29/2010 12:47:00 PM PST by PhilCollins
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To: Dengar01

They traded one democrat for another.


28 posted on 11/29/2010 12:48:23 PM PST by darkangel82 (I don't have a superiority complex, I'm just better than you.)
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To: massgopguy

Not really worth mentioning, since his record was slightly right of Kennedy’s.


29 posted on 11/29/2010 12:50:14 PM PST by darkangel82 (I don't have a superiority complex, I'm just better than you.)
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To: Beagle8U

About 2/3 of Blacks, I know, dislike being called African-Americans. They know that, since a dictionary definition of “African” is “a resident of Africa,” an African-American is anyone who was born in Africa, immigrated to the U.S., and became an American citizen. This definition includes a few races, so whether someone is an African-American can’t be determined by his or her skin color.


30 posted on 11/29/2010 12:50:26 PM PST by PhilCollins
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To: Dengar01

So I’m sure this writer will be supporting Michael Williams when he runs for Senate from Texas in 2012.


31 posted on 11/29/2010 12:53:22 PM PST by TexasNative2000 (Uncertainty: it's the new normal)
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To: Dengar01

sounds racist to me....


32 posted on 11/29/2010 12:54:55 PM PST by SouthernBoyupNorth ("For my wings are made of Tungsten, my flesh of glass and steel..........")
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To: PhilCollins

I said American African, big difference.


33 posted on 11/29/2010 12:56:55 PM PST by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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To: Dengar01
The guy who ran against Mark Kirk:

Looks pretty white to me.
34 posted on 11/29/2010 12:57:34 PM PST by ari-freedom (Islam is at war against America, while America is at the mall.)
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To: PhilCollins
Dan Seals is like Oberweiss he doesn't realize that he will never win an election. I hope he runs again and makes it an easy win again. The guy is obviously an egomaniac to run THREE times in a row and lose each time, and this cycle wasn't even close.

I guarantee he'll run again, he is so self absorbed that he doesn't care that it will cost the dems the seat so I say "Run Dan Run", "Run Dan Run"!

35 posted on 11/29/2010 1:00:31 PM PST by Dengar01 (Go Blackhawks!!! Go Bears!!!)
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To: Beagle8U

I knew that you said American African. I was agreeing with you.


36 posted on 11/29/2010 1:02:14 PM PST by PhilCollins
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To: Dengar01

What would be their response if Obama replaced Clarence Thomas with a white communist?

“Oh, no!! The Supreme Court is re-segregated! Oh, woe is us.”

Of sourse, that’s nonsense. The issue is really not about race, it’s about the goals of socialism and of the destruction of the United States and our way of life. This is just a hit piece on a RINO. If they can’t take him down in the short term, maybe they can shame him into agreeing with Obama’s complete and total agenda: OTHERWISE THE IMPLICATION IS HE IS A RACIST.

“RACISM, RACISM, RACISM, RACISM, RACISM, RACISM, RACISM, RACISM, RACISM” See a theme here? IT WILL BE USED OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN THE COMING MONTHS.


37 posted on 11/29/2010 1:03:39 PM PST by SC_Pete
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To: Dengar01
Carol Moseley Braun, Barack Obama and Roland Burris were all reprehensible failures and unrepentant Socialists.

Hurray for the cracker.


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

38 posted on 11/29/2010 1:05:29 PM PST by The Comedian (Government: Saving people from freedom since time immemorial.)
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To: Dengar01

If Alex Giannilouias had been elected they wouldn’t have played the race card, even though he’s also a white guy. Only Republicans can be racist.


39 posted on 11/29/2010 1:05:29 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Dengar01

YEah, I wouldn’t worry about that one seat. If Burris was the only afro, then it wasn’t “integrated” before he left office and it didn’t suddenly become “segregated” now.


40 posted on 11/29/2010 1:06:48 PM PST by ichabod1 (Hail Mary Full of Grace, The Lord Is With Thee...)
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