Clinton Pandered to Segregationist Whites

News Max ^ | Dec. 18, 2002 | With Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[concerned about politics]

BTW, Gore was being sued while VP by 4 secret service men for refusing to hire black body guards.
Did Gore decide not to run for president before or after the race baiters attack on Lott?

[Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit]

This is irrelavant. This is not about the RATS we know they are hypocritical liars. This is about the GOP shedding its legacy of racism.

Lott is a sacrificial lamb. But, if getting rid of him helps the GOP 1. to attract more minorities and 2. to be able to say the truth about what race baiters and blackmailers are really doing without people believing we are just harboring bigotted attitudes, it will have been a good sacrifice.

I am so sick and tired of hearing "Oh the Rats do it too wah wah wah". We hold ourselves to higher standards around here.

[ex-Texan]

I agree with your views about latent racism and saving the GOPby dumping lott. Well said, 'Einigkeit Recht Freiheit'!

[concerned about politics]

"Oh the rats do it" - Hear what Clinton had to say today! Now that's Hypocracy!

[woodyinscc]

This whole situation smells to high heaven!
To give any credence to a man with the character of Bill Clinton is beyond the pale. The democratic spin will be that Guinier still has a bone to pick with Clinton.
The press will be sure to highlight this fact.

[Illbay]

I'd like some firm examples of "Republican legacy of racism," please.

I mean, I keep hearing this, but I never see any examples.

I can think of hundreds on the Demcorat side, but I can't for the life of me think what you're talking about when you say "Republican legacy."

[woodyinscc]

Right! Lott is using the wrong piece of ground to make his stand. He was never a leader to begin with and his actions in the last week have shown this.

[concerned about politics]

I am so sick and tired of hearing "Oh the Rats do it too wah wah wah". We hold ourselves to higher standards around here.

On the contrary, we should expose every left wing racist we can find.
It isn't about Lott anymore. The Left has gone beyond that.
So far, all Republicans are racist, the people in the south are racist, Reagan was a racist. I think they also said Frist voted like Lott, therefore, he's a racist too. How many others voted like Lott? That makes them racist, too!
According to the leader of NOW, Lott is also a sexist and homophobe for not passing gay marrage. So, using left wing propaganda mentality, all Republicans will also be sexists and homophobes soon.
If you're not liberal, you're not fit to be in a leadership position.(barf-o-rama)
Why not expose them? We've never been givin a better opportunity to expose them for what they really are. They brought it up!

[Mike Darancette]

I'd like some firm examples of "Republican legacy of racism," please.

Well you know, It's just something, that you know, is common knowledge, wink wink. Republicans became racists at the same time Democrats became freedom fighters, you know at the time the South stopped voting solid Democrat.

That's what they say.

[twyn1]

But it doesn't MATTER if there are no concrete examples of a Republican legacy of racism -- it's what the "people" hear from "their" news anchors and other "heros" that matters (folks like Alec Baldwin, Sean Penn & the "real" president, Martin Sheen). If Clinton says ALL southern Republicans meet in back rooms to suppress black votes, secretly plan to burn black churches and harbor dreams of Dixiecrat wins, then it MUST be true -- after all President Clinton would NEVER lie to us -- would he ??

I had never before heard about Al Gore and the Secret Service suit -- E.D. Hill mentioned it this morning on Fox & Friends -- she also mentioned Clinton being sued by a minority group, Sen. Byrd and the "N"-word and how the entire uproar over Lott is purley political -- I could have kissed the screen, it's a shame that we're not hearing these things from "serious" anchormen

That said -- Lott needs to step down as SML -- he's already mumbling about "compromise" and "new focus" and will be an albatross around the neck of the Republican party if he hangs on. It may not be "fair" but it's the only way to stop the bleeding.

[ravingnutter]

FYI...

In the 26 major civil rights votes after 1933, a majority of Democrats opposed civil rights legislation in over 80 percent of the votes. By contrast, the Republican majority favored civil rights in over 96 percent of the votes.

Newsmax

[concerned about politics]

That said -- Lott needs to step down as SML -- he's already mumbling about "compromise" and "new focus" and will be an albatross around the neck of the Republican party if he hangs on. It may not be "fair" but it's the only way to stop the bleeding.

That's true, but it won't stop there. This is their "get out the black vote for 2004."
That's why the "history" of left wing racism needs to be exposed, as well as their current anti-black policies.
We need TV right wing talking heads of Biblical proportions!

[hchutch]

Agreed. Trent Lott was cutting too many bad deals, now there is this.

[randita]

We hold ourselves to higher standards around here.

It's not just "higher standards" anymore. It's "impossible standards".

No man or woman is perfect. People do have slips of the tongue. Bush's tongue slips on an almost daily basis, yet we forgive him for his misstatements and mispronunciations because we know his heart is in the right place.

We defend Bush when his opponents label him as stupid. I don't hear Republicans crying for Bush to step down for stupid misstatements that he should know better than to make. Yet the argument given why Lott should step down is that "he should know better" than to make such stupid statements.

I am way more angry at my fellow conservatives over this than I am at Lott.

Why must we always make the good the enemy of the perfect.

[woodyinscc]

That said -- Lott needs to step down as SML -- he's already mumbling about "compromise" and "new focus" and will be an albatross around the neck of the Republican party if he hangs on. It may not be "fair" but it's the only way to stop the bleeding.

Yes! No matter who is right, Lott is compromised as SML.
Life is not fair and we have bigger fish to fry.

[twyn1]

That's why the "history" of left wing racism needs to be exposed

Agreed -- but who's going to do it ?? Not Dan Rather or Peter Jennings, that's fer sure -- and any "conservative" who brings it up will be called a "hater" and told to stop being so "negative" and "devisive" (people's FEELINGS might be hurt) -- if that doesn't work they'll just say the "right wingers" are "stupid"...and drag out 55 (lefty--but not mentioned as such) "pundits" who will tell us the "real" truth

[freedumb2003]

>>But it doesn't MATTER if there are no concrete examples of a Republican legacy of racism <<

That means we are dealing with a PERCEPTION of racism, not a LEGACY of racism. As we all know, the Republican party was the party that fought FOR Civil Rights and AGAINST the racist Democrats (the Dixicrats were a splinter of the Democrat party).

It was when the Republicans would not buy into the politics of victimhood and large government patronage for the "poor," most of who were minorities, that the incorrect perception of racism emerged.

Be careful on the use of some words. There is no "legacy of racism" and I resent this improper and incorrect title.

[woodyinscc]

Yet the argument given why Lott should step down is that "he should know better" than to make such stupid statements.

No! The argument is about Lott's being weakened and his ability to carry forward the Presidents agenda.

[Yardstick]

Lott has become a big red button labelled "Democrats, Press Here for Concessions".

[concerned about politics]

and any "conservative" who brings it up will be called a "hater" and told to stop being so "negative" and "devisive" (people's FEELINGS might be hurt) -- if that doesn't work they'll just say the "right wingers" are "stupid"...and drag out 55 (lefty--but not mentioned as such) "pundits" who will tell us the "real" truth

That's how FOX got to be #1.
They at least get out both sides of the story, and the voter decides.
People hate bickering, and if the right keeps their heads and sticks to the facts, the liberals will get so peeved they'll self destruct. Name calling is childish, and people don't like hearing it. It's exactly what we need.
Maybe FReeping Fox might just help them get back to "fair and balanced reporting."