Shannon Reeves' Response to Bill Back (CRP's own Lott) Email Fiasco

email | 1/8/03

[Bella_Bru]

Cali ping list, please!

[mhking]

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[Poohbah]

Good grief.

I was in the room when a Hispanic GOP member whose family had been Americans since they found themselves in the United States as a result of the Mexican-American War spoke against prominently tying the GOP to Proposition 187 on tactical grounds.

One of the state GOP convention delegates shouted, "Go back to Tijuana, mojado!" A bunch of folks laughed.

Well, the guy told to go to TJ didn't; instead, he became a member of the Libertarian Party.

We've tolerated too many people who, if they aren't racist a$$holes, delight in acting as if they are.

[hchutch]

Agreed. There seem to be some others who seem bound and determined to ignore this fact. I won't mention names, but they seem to think that they want to turn the clock back to the 1920s.

They need to wake up and see reality before it kicks them in the rear. Beat a dog too much, and it might decide it has nothing to lose. The GOP does far better with Hispanics in Texas than it does in California.

Would anyone like to venture a guess as to why that might be the case?

[AppyPappy]

I don't think forwarding an email constitutes being a racist.

[Poohbah]

I don't think forwarding an email constitutes being a racist.

Agreeing with the sentiment of the email (which is implied by forwarding it, unless you specifically disavow doing so when you forward it) may very well be racist, however.

[Bella_Bru]

I was in the room when a Hispanic GOP member whose family had been Americans since they found themselves in the United States as a result of the Mexican-American War spoke against prominently tying the GOP to Proposition 187 on tactical grounds. One of the state GOP convention delegates shouted, "Go back to Tijuana, mojado!" A bunch of folks laughed.

Are you sh*tting me?!!?!?

[hchutch]

Good grief... if this is true then Pete Wilson was the best person the Demcorats ever had in California...

[Poohbah]

I s**t thee not, bubba-san.

[AppyPappy]

I don't think that forwarding it means you agree with everything in the email. It is best to ASK the person instead of jumping to conclusions.

[Bella_Bru]

If you are in a high profile position, you need to cya at all times. He could have sent the email out with a disclaimer, such as, "I do not agree, but I thought this would make for interesting conversation" or something like that. Sending it without a disclaimer can be interpreted at agreement.

[Bella_Bru]

What a bunch of idiots. Just more embarassing fools that need to go.

[hchutch]

The fact is, sending the e-mail WITHOUT the disclaimer was stupid. The guy left himself open for misrepresentation, which is, IMO, felony stupid in this case, particularly when the GOP just got off the Lott fiasco.

The stupidity alone warrants making sure this guy's candidacy ends ASAP.

[Poohbah]

I don't think that forwarding it means you agree with everything in the email.

Forwarding it without comment is, like all silence, assent.

[AppyPappy]

That's not what we are talking about. The issue is whether he is a racist because he forwarded an email.

[AppyPappy]

I disagree. I forwarded the article about the peacenik who died in Iraq. That doesn't mean I agree with peaceniks.

[Tribune7]

There are a lot of a$$holes in the GOP, which may be our biggest problem.

[aristeides]

The guy left himself open for misrepresentation, which is, IMO, felony stupid in this case, particularly when the GOP just got off the Lott fiasco.

Unless I am mistaken, Back forwarded the e-mail a couple of years ago, i.e., a couple of years before the Lott incident.

I think we're seeing that this purge is not going to stop with Lott. A lot of people do things that can be characterized as stupid. People who never do anything of that kind are presumably terminally timid.

The article makes a big deal about who speaks at Bob Jones University. Didn't a certain occupant of the White House do so not so long ago?

[Bella_Bru]

It gives the appearance. Politics is high profile. It isn't some guy sending around emails to close friends. Back hasn't exactly tried to explain his views or actions.