Harry Reid said of Obama: "light skinned" and "with no Negro dialect"

[Dude!]

regardless of your political leanings
you have to admit
Harry Reid is the biggest jackass
on the face of the earth

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100109/ap_on_el_se/us_obama_reid

[A.J.]

"Negro dialect"? It's called "ebonics".

[Tenbatsuzen]

regardless of your political leanings
you have to admit
Harry Reid is the biggest jackass
on the face of the earth

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100109/ap_on_el_se/us_obama_reid

Harry Reid is also the asshole who helped destroy the American Insurance industry for a year last year with his comments.

[KatPw]

Harry Reid is also the asshole who helped destroy the American Insurance industry for a year last year with his comments.

What?

[Tenbatsuzen]

What?

When the bailout was being debated in the autumn of 2008, after AIG, Wamu, and Wachiovia failed, Reid made some highly inflammatory public comments that another American insurance company was going to fail unless the bailout was approved. (but wouldn't name the company)

Since the American stock market is powered by speculation and panic, all Insurance stocks lost massive amounts of value which they are still not recovered from.

Long story short - there was plenty of rumors of AIG, Wamu, and Wachovia failing before they actually did. There was no other insurance company that was rumored to fail; Reid made comments out of his ass that eventually screwed the other companies that were doing just fine.

[opie's twisted balls]

This weasel is issuing an apology now for something he said in 2008? Fuck sakes, he needs to get his to do list under control.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

I hope the people in NV will wake up and flush that piece of garbage out in Nov. Former Majority Leader, Reid has a nice ring to it

Saying goodbye to Reid is like saying goodbye to a bad rash

[Ogre]

It is pathetic how the left uses race and "outrage" only when it convenient to their cause.

Funny how the left and the media portrays conservatives and Tea Party attendees as the knuckle dragging racists, when the truth of the matter is the some of biggest ones exist in the Elite left.

This event does not help the cause or fit the false narrative so it gets a pass.

Where's the Congressional Black Caucus and the NAACP ? Sharpton speaks for all people of color? Huh?

Sharpton, Reid, Pelosi, Obama....charlatans all.

[landarch]

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[WRESTLINGFAN]

It is pathetic how the left uses race and "outrage" only when it convenient to their cause.

Funny how the left and the media portrays conservatives and Tea Party attendees as the knuckle dragging racists, when the truth of the matter is the some of biggest ones exist in the Elite left.

This event does not help the cause or fit the false narrative so it gets a pass.

Where's the Congressional Black Caucus and the NAACP ? Sharpton speaks for all people of color? Huh?

Sharpton, Reid, Pelosi, Obama....charlatans all.

Add Queef Slobberman to the list. Lets see if he has a "special comment" on this. If Jim Demint said this all the usual suspects would have crawled out of the woodwork with pitchforks and torches. Slobberman would have a fucking meltdown on MSNBC

[jauble]

Saying goodbye to Reid is like saying goodbye to a bad rash

You use a lotion?

[Ritalin]

Reid should go.

Negro? Who uses the term Negro anymore?

Plus, he's pretty inert as Majority Leader, anyway.

[pennington]

Obama turned up the "Negro dialect" when he was speaking to black audiences. In his defense, though, Hillary did the same thing.

It was time for Reid to retire before this puzzling phraseology.

[epo]

Reid has always been a bit of a gaffe machine, but I'm not mad at him for that.

I'm mad at him because he's been given the magic number 60 and he isn't efficient with it.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

The Dems should have given someone with a lot more energy the Maj leader position. Reid always sounds likes hes heavily sedated

[A.J.]

Trent Lott was forced to step down as Majority Leader after he praised Strom Thurmond by saying he would have made an excellent President (he ran as a segragationalist in 1948). Reid used the word Negro.

Double standard much?

[epo]

Trent Lott was forced to step down as Majority Leader after he praised Strom Thurmond by saying he would have made an excellent President (he ran as a segragationalist in 1948). Reid used the word Negro.

Double standard much?

Right now, the best thing that can happen for the dems is to have Reid step down as majority leader and install somebody who can actually get the job done.

[SonOfSmeagol]

Mr. Reid said he believed the country would support a black presidential candidate, particularly Mr. Obama, whom he privately explained was “a light-skinned” African-American “with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.”

So is he saying that had the president been a “dark -skinned” African-American with a “Negro dialect” he would’ve had less of a chance to be elected?

[Dude!]

So is he saying that had the president been a “dark -skinned” African-American with a “Negro dialect” he would’ve had less of a chance to be elected?

um-ha
dat right massa

[TeeBone]

Was his comment better or worse than Trent Lott's? If you answer honestly, should he also be removed from his position?

What Republican Trent Lott said at Strom Thurmond's birthday - "I want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years, either."

What Democrat Harry Reid said, while describing Obama's chances at securing the Presidential Nomination - He described Obama as a “light-skinned” African American “with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.”
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Trent Lott resigned after the fallout of what he said and Harry should not resign? The precedent has been set. Do us all a favor and LEAVE, HARRY !!!! I guess its OK for Harry to be that way as long as he apologizes, right?

What a bunch of BULLSHIT.

[Serpico1103]

So is he saying that had the president been a “dark -skinned” African-American with a “Negro dialect” he would’ve had less of a chance to be elected?

What do you think?

[Furtherman]

Reid is an white, old, privileged politician who doesn't know shit about a lot of people he's supposed to serve, and there are A LOT of guys like him in Washington. He should go with such primitive, but not surprising, comments.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Maxine Waters, Sheila Jackson Lee and others are silent. Gee what a surprise

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Obama turned up the "Negro dialect" when he was speaking to black audiences. In his defense, though, Hillary did the same thing.

It was time for Reid to retire before this puzzling phraseology.

Barry wasn't black enough back in Feb 2007, their gal was Hillary

[Furtherman]

Hillary would have been worse, the Clinton-Bush agenda would have continued. The agenda was helping their contributors. They had the same.

[SonOfSmeagol]

What do you think?

I think he was somehow trying to “compliment” the president for not being “too dark and too Negro” to win. Yet he apologized to the president. Shouldn’t he have apologized to all the “dark-skinned" people who talk like "Negroes” who in his view apparently have “less” chance to win?

[JimBeam]

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jan/10/top-democrat-defends-reid/?feat=home_headlines

Another example of the two-faced attitude in politics that I hate.

If a Republican had said these same words he's have been forced to resign in a matter of minutes.

"I think if you look at the reports as I have, it was all in the context of saying positive things about Senator Obama," said Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine. "It definitely was in the context of recognizing in Senator Obama a great candidate and future president."

That's considered a compliment.

Couldn't he have just said " He's very articulate for one of them. " ?

I don't remember exactly what it was Trent Lott said years ago but I know it caused quite enough of a stink for his own party to force him out of his role and I don't remember ir being nearly as cut and dry prejudice ( I won't use racism because I don't think it was ).

Maybe I'm getting it confused in perspective but it's not like I'm some kinda Trent Lott supporter.

[west milly Tom]

Its another clear example of the racial double standard in politics. Nothing will happen to Reid and the agenda referred to in a previous post will roll on until everyone finally has enough. Reid finally has a filibuster proof majority and still has to steal votes. The guy is a clown but liberals love clowns, just look at who they vote for. Enjoy a few more months libs the party is coming to an end.

[underdog]

The guy is a clown but liberals love clowns, just look at who they vote for.

http://inplacenews.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/bush-door-china.jpg

[Furtherman]

As if everyone who voted for Obama is a "Lib". :laugh:

[WRESTLINGFAN]

http://inplacenews.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/bush-door-china.jpg

BHO thought there were 57 states, thought that kids should get breathylyzers who have asthma and tons of other gaffes, so your man isnt the polished professional everyone thought he was. Off teleprompter the man is a stumbling buffoon

[underdog]

BHO thought there were 57 states, thought that kids should get breathylyzers who have asthma and tons of other gaffes, so your man isnt the polished professional everyone thought he was. Off teleprompter the man is a stumbling buffoon

Why's he my man? I didn't vote for him.

[A.J.]

I wonder what George Allen thinks about all of this.

[Dude!]

BHO thought there were 57 states, thought that kids should get breathylyzers who have asthma and tons of other gaffes, so your man isnt the polished professional everyone thought he was. Off teleprompter the man is a stumbling buffoon

ha ha...
Underdog is a Bush-lover!

[underdog]

ha ha...
Underdog is a Bush-lover!

You know me so well.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Blago made his own comments


http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-us-blagojevich-esquire,0,4271878.story?track=rss

[Dude!]

hell...
i'm blacker than obama

[Zorro]

My favorite line from all this was Sharpton on NY1. Saying "we judge a man by his deeds not his words." I thought Imus must be spinning under his hat

[JimBeam]

What about Mark Furman ?

In the process of sending a double murderer to jail yet we were worried about what dirty words he might've uttered.

[Serpico1103]

I think he was somehow trying to “compliment” the president for not being “too dark and too Negro” to win. Yet he apologized to the president. Shouldn’t he have apologized to all the “dark-skinned" people who talk like "Negroes” who in his view apparently have “less” chance to win?

No.
It is the truth. However, using the phrase "negro dialect" was inappropriate.
Are you going to pretend that appearance (whether it's race or height) doesn't play a part in how people vote?

What was the average height during every election? Are presidents usually above or below that height? Coincidence?
Do you want to apologize to shorter people?

[vjr97]

he needs to be fired
the left needs to cut the phoney shit
:flush:

[Crispy123]

Seriously all people who listen to the Virus should come together and demand that Harry Reid be fired for making statements about another human being. Maybe a poltical movement of some sort?

[TeeBone]

Looking on the Foxnews web-site, I naturally found a wealth of examples of famous political racists. I know it is an awful thing to say, but Earl Butz's comment, whereas incendiary; might be the funniest thing I have ever read.

http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/politics/2010/01/11/history-backpedaling?slide=9

It sounds like a line from, Eastbound and Down.

"The only thing the coloreds are looking for in life are tight pussies , loose shoes and a warm place to shit," Butz reportedly said. Apparently his comments came after he told a joke about a dog fucking a skunk.

Dig this Fuck up and run him in 2012!!!! He's no better or worse than the loathsome rabble we have representing us now.

[Dude!]

Looking on the Foxnews web-site, I naturally found a wealth of examples of famous political racists. I know it is an awful thing to say, but Earl Butz's comment, whereas incendiary; might be the funniest thing I have ever read.

http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/politics/2010/01/11/history-backpedaling?slide=9

It sounds like a line from, Eastbound and Down.

"The only thing the coloreds are looking for in life are tight pussies , loose shoes and a warm place to shit," Butz reportedly said. Apparently his comments came after he told a joke about a dog fucking a skunk.

loose shoes...WTF

hey, at least he said 'colored'
usually a joke like that
uses a different word

[KnoxHarrington]

What does he mean, "the coloreds"? That's pretty much all I want from life myself.

[SatCam]

its funny because he said what we were all thinking

[EliSnow]

My favorite line from all this was Sharpton on NY1. Saying "we judge a man by his deeds not his words." I thought Imus must be spinning under his hat

Yeah, Sharpton is being a hypocrite. If a conservative politician/talking head had make this remark, he wouldh have been all over them.

[JimBeam]

I didn't see the 60 Minutes segment on this book but apparently there was no mention of either Reid's comment or the one attributed to Bill Clinton.

The authors of the book were on Imus this morning and said that Ted Kennedy, who was supposedly the person to whom Clinton made the comment, was extremely upset by it.

I'm sure good old drunk Teddy had rolled off a few prejudicial comments in his day.

I heard that one of Reid's initila defenses about the comment were that he thought it was " off the record ".

Does that make the comment less damaging or more ?