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| Congressional Black Caucus Chair: Dems Lost Midterms Because of Racist White Southerners |
| 2014-11-15 |
| The Chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus said Democrats got walloped in the midterm elections because white Southern voters are racists. "We lost because of ideological differences within the Democratic Party and with our Administration. We lost because our party has, to some extent, lost white Southerners due in part to the race of our President," Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH) said, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Tell me that's an alias, please! Fudge's remarks echo those of Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA), the Democrat who is in a runoff with Republican Bill Cassidy in Louisiana. Landrieu blamed racism for Obama's low approval ratings when asked why President Obama has "a hard time in Louisiana." But she wants all those nasty racists to vote for her. “Let me be very, very honest with you," Landrieu responded in an interview before the midterms. "The South has not always been the friendliest place for African-Americans. It's been a difficult time for the president to present himself in a very positive light as a leader." To Fudge, black voters were not the reason for the losses. She urged critics to "find another scapegoat" and "Don't blame us!" I don't blame you, Madam Fudge. Neither would I vote for you or for any Democrat under any circumstances with the possible exception of a gun to my head. "Our community organizations and churches mobilized to encourage early voting opportunities with programs like 'Souls to the Polls,' and African American activists and state leaders stood ready to combat any instance of voter intimidation or fraud," she said. "Black elected officials crisscrossed the country to discuss the urgency and importance of this election. We phone banked, knocked on doors and held 'Get Out the Vote' rallies. Our losses were not a referendum on African American political engagement. We did our part, so don't blame us!" If 12 percent of the population calls the other 88 percent bad names, why would the 12 percent expect the 88 percent to vote for their candidate, regardless of color or even species? |
| Posted by:Beavis |
| #9 Sorry dems, the Race Card Train broke down and doesn't stop here any more. Grab a seat and watch it turn to rust as you sit. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2014-11-15 12:58 |
| #8 To the mods - none of the buttons seem to work in the posting dialog box - well at least not for me, so I'm putting the source of my comments at the end. -Titus It's not just you, and Fred has been notified. In the meantime, those who know a skitch of HTML are doing it manually, with angle brackets < > and opening and closing statements (if that's what they're called). Thus: bold: strong, /strong italics: em, /em link: a href="URL">text the reader sees /a that last with angle brackets around the /a as well, if that makes any sense. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-11-15 11:38 |
| #7 Racists White Southerners were involved in the Walker win in Wisconsin? Senate win in Alaska? In a a hundred other Republican victories north of the Mason Dixon line? Utter rot. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2014-11-15 11:15 |
| #6 Racers of the South - NASCAR - could have been called MOONSCAR - Moon Shiners Carrying Alcohol Racing - but it didn't have the Snap, NASCAR Does. Regarding CBC well, I agree with Allen West. The Democratic Party is full of communists, says U.S. Rep. Allen West of Florida, a Tea Party favorite and sole Republican member of the Congressional Black Caucus. Unless you talk to the American Communist Party itself. At a Tuesday town hall meeting in Palm City, Fla., West said that he believes there are "about 78 to 81 members of the Democratic Party that are members of the Communist Party." The comments came after a member of the audience asked him what percentage of the American legislature are "card-carrying Marxists." After a drawn-out pause, West clarified his claim, saying, "It's actually called the Congressional Progressive Caucus." Source: http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2012/04/12/rep-allen-west-sees-red-calls-democratic-caucus-communist To the mods - none of the buttons seem to work in the posting dialog box - well at least not for me, so I'm putting the source of my comments at the end. -Titus |
| Posted by: Titus Angavick9195 2014-11-15 10:52 |
| #5 Yeah.... which is why Mia Love and Tim Scott won in the south. Racists all of the south. Yep. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2014-11-15 09:36 |
| #4 Like they say down South. "A hit dog will holler." |
| Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2014-11-15 06:27 |
| #3 http://takimag.com/article/ethnomasochism_the_musical#axzz3J2GPY8n7 |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-11-15 03:24 |
| #2 A clear vindication of the writings of the late J. Philippe Rushton, professor of psychology at the University of Western Ontario. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-11-15 02:07 |
| #1 So... Democrats lost because of.... (wait for it...) ... democrats. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2014-11-15 01:12 |