Science Chic wrote: I think you might actually have some participation if you didn't frame this whole thread as baiting and trolling. I realize from reading the OP that you worded it in such a way as to include current leaders as well as historical ones, but many of your threads recently have been about historical facts regarding political parties and race, and frankly, I could care less myself. The past is the past, and while we can certainly learn from it, it has little to do with what individuals are like in the parties today. I'm sure there are racists, sexists, and more in all of the parties; when I'm voting I care about the individual and their record, and their actions.
No answer probably has more to do with the questioner than the question. Based on your previous posts, no one wants to play your little game.
When you plant ice you're going to harvest wind. - Robert Hunter
I'm assuming you watched the whole ten minutes... is there something in there that's relevant to the OP's question? I skimmed it... what is the overall point in your opinion?
How do you know it's "liberal spin" if you didn't bother to watch it? Or is anything that doesn't conform to your preset conservative beliefs "liberal spin"?
Raees wrote: How do you know it's "liberal spin" if you didn't bother to watch it? Or is anything that doesn't conform to your preset conservative beliefs "liberal spin"?
Science Chic wrote: Nope, Jill Stein. I don't care if there's not enough support that we'll get only 5% of the votes - that's a mindset that needs to change if we're going to get out of the mess that we're in (that what we try to do on an individual level is ineffective). And honestly, it's not the presidency that matters a bit, it's the Congressional election that does.
Kate wrote: I'm temporarily returning to reply to this, Arlen:
1. Ann Coulter Says, “Our Blacks Are Better Than Their’s”
When comparing Herman Cain to President Barack Obama, Coultier (pictured right) made a statement that could have been made by a slave owner. Does the Republican party own “Blacks” and what exactly makes your “Blacks” better than African-American Democrats? Her statement was both racist and condescending.
2. Pat Buchanan Says, “Blacks Bought A Lot Of Propaganda On The Liberal Plantation.”
Making a slavery reference to justify why African Americans support Democrats, Buchanan used language also parroted by Black republicans, Allen West and Herman Cain, comparing modern day African Americans to slaves who weren’t allowed or empowered to make their own political decisions.
3. Rush Limbaugh Calls Obama “Oreo Cookie”
Rush Limbaugh decided to mock President Obama’s biracial heritage by calling him an Oreo cookie on his talk show:
"Well, it — what it’s going to be here, it’s actually a biracial cookie. You’ve got three of the chocolate wafers, and then you’ve got the white vanilla cream — the cream…. And Kraft comes up with the Or-Bam-eo, the triple double-dipper."
4. Republican Calls Obama A “Tar Baby”
Republican congressman Doug Lamborn of Colorado said that working with President Obama on the debt ceiling was like “touching a tar baby.” Perhaps he was not familiar that “tar baby” is considered a racial slur.
5. Rush Limbaugh Accuses Michelle Obama Of “Uppityism”
After Michelle Obama was booed at a NASCAR event, Limbaugh defended the booers, saying that they booed her because she’s uppity. “Uppity” was a word used by racists during Jim Crow to describe African Americans who didn’t know their place.
6. 'Your Boy,' the President
MSNBC commentator Pat Buchanan refused to apologize for calling President Obama a "boy" on national television while speaking to the Rev. Al Sharpton about the rancorous debt-ceiling negotiations. The incident sparked an on-air fight that went viral on the Internet. Who is the real boy in this scenario? On the one hand you have the president, and on the other a washed-up commentator.
7. Slavery Kept Black Families Intact
Slavery wasn't all bad, according to GOP presidential contender Michele Bachmann, who signed a pledge that said the institution kept black families intact. The pledge (pdf) reads, in part, "sadly a child born into slavery in 1860 was more likely to be raised by his mother and father … than was an African-American baby born after the election of the USA's first African-American president." Sadly, Bachmann has a warped understanding of history.
8. Rick Perry's "Ni**erhead" Ranch.
The racist slur appeared on a rock outside the Texas hunting campground which Perry's family once leased. Rick Perry was under fire after it was revealed that he hosted friends at the hunting ground.
Is that enough? Of course, if you were so interested in learning about racism in the Republican ranks, Arlen, you could have googled "racist quotes by Republicans." There's a bevy of quotes to choose from.
Look at what political correctness has done to the English language. Some of these "quotes" are only racist if you see racists behind every tree.
I don't care if there's not enough support that we'll get only 5% of the votes - that's a mindset that needs to change if we're going to get out of the mess that we're in (that what we try to do on an individual level is ineffective). And honestly, it's not the presidency that matters a bit, it's the Congressional election that does.
