The race card, the reverse race card... we should come up with a card game!
Posted on 12/23/2002 8:24:47 AM PST by Apolitical
I think it's time for us to take the offense in this area. When referring to our opposition to any kind of racial preferences, we need to start by saying, "as Martin Luther King said," and then quote the not-color-of-skin-but-content-of-character phrase. Then we can go on to explain our positions. When the other side complains in outrage over our use of Martin Luther King, we should say, "But he said exactly what we are saying. Don't you agree with Dr. King or believe in his vision for the world?" When they say that racial preferences are needed for whatever reason, we should say, "So you don't believe that blacks and hispanics are smart enough to compete on their own? We completely reject that mischaracterization of a large class of Americans. Those are the same beliefs that Dr. King and so many others (including the large majority of Republicans at the time and today) strenuously rejected."
The day after the election, one of her former students stopped by for a visit at the start of class. He told her he had a brief lesson to teach us. He went to the blackboard, picked up a piece of chalk, and wrote two huge numbers next to each other -- "12%" and "88%"
"Politics is really very simple," he said, "The party that panders to this voting group . . ." (he drew a big circle around the 12%) ". . . at the expense of this one . . . (he drew a big square around the 88%) ". . . generally gets its butt kicked on Election Day."
Even the teacher couldn't help laughing at that one.
Hillary Clinton and the Democrat Party turned their back on Carl McCall. When the Democrat Party had to replace two Senate candidates they turned to two old white guys. The Maryland Governor's race had an African-American on one of the tickets and it wasn't the Democrat's. Harold Ford's run at House minority leader sure was short lived. The head of DNC could have easily been a person of color had the Clinton's not gotten their way. Finally Al Sharpton's presidential campaign threatens to split the Black vote.
Miss Marple put together a great visual yesterday on this subject. Ping her for the details.
Let the Dems play the race card. The Pubbies can trump it if they chose to.
I thought after the Free Republic PC'ers rampage against Trent Lott the whole world would be a better place.
What a Joke.
The NAACP, Jesse, Al, Hillary, and all the rest of the liberal race baiters, are laughing their asses off.
We dumped Lott because we wanted to squash any idea that we were not the party of the minority. We wanted to look Polically Correct. Now that we caved once more to the Dem's lets be patient, I'm sure we'll find another cause to shoot ourselves in the other foot.
We wouldn't get the black vote even if we'd give them reperations.
Oh GOSH, I wish I wouldn't have mentioned that word. Now they'll do it for the Vote.
AND
THE OTHER FOOT.
Stay tuned folks the republicans will self destruct over their own voting records. They threw Trent Lott out because of his past voting record so, wait till they attack all the others. Correct me if I'm wrong but, don't most republicans like most Dems vote the same? What's good for Lott is good for the rest
We are so cool
They are settiing the Republicans up like they always have.
Lets just set back and watch. My guess is they will cripple Frist before the New Senate gets sworn in.
Lets just watch the Dem's RACE BAITING MACHINE TAKE THE TRENT LOTT ISSUE TO LEVELS "UN-KNOWN TO MAN". OR SHOULD I HAVE SAID "UNKNOWN TO THE REPUBLICANS".
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i've said for years that the naaLcp is ONLY about gathering more POLITICAL POWER for the LEFTISTS & $$$$$$$$$$$$$$. nothing more,nothing less.
i am NOW ashamed that i USED to be a dues-paying member.
free dixie,sw
Are you saying what I have believed all along - the Republican engaged in a race baiting campaign in order to get rid of Trent Lott because they didn't like his leadership?
It will be a shadow over everthing we need done in the congress - that is assuming the Republicans intend to do anything conservative.
The race card, the reverse race card... we should come up with a card game!
The Clintons were sued by the NAACP during their 5 term governorship over Arkansas.
Hillary and Bill never once made any effort to remove the star of the confedracy form the State flag,official documents or emblems.
Democrat Senators Robert Byrd and Ernest Hollings are staunch segragationists in word and deeds.
see Does the Democratic Aprty Owe reperations
-The 1924 Democartic Convention was known a s the KLANBAKE as was so heavily attended by KKK Democarts.
- So strong was the Texas Democratic Party’s commitment to maintaining its whites-only primary, it took four direct orders from the United States Supreme Court spanning four decades to remove the racist institution
- House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt was reported by Newsmax.com to have attended meetings with and even solicited the endorsement of a St. Louis area “white rights” organization during his first campaign.
- Byrd wrote to the notorious white supremacist Senator Theodore Bilbo, another Democrat, in 1946 announcing that he would rather “die a thousand times” than see desegregation in the U.S. military.
- In 1964, Byrd filibustered, along side Senator Al Gore, Sr., for 14 hours against the Civil Rights Act.
- Sen Fullbright Bill Clintons mentor was a staunch segragationists and Bill Clintom awarded him the Medal of Freedom !
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