Senator Harry Reid: Obama Has "No Negro Dialect"

[blzrul]

So something that was said in 2008 is all the wingnuts have to freak out over?

 

I guess Reid coulda said "ebonics"? If he was commenting about someone from Texas who could "drawl" to the Texans and lose the accent in speaking to the rest of us...would it still be an insult?

 

Fact is when I lived in Dallas more than one person commented on my drawl, which I didn't use elsewhere unless it suited me. Whoop de doo.

 

On the other hand I guess I COULD have been really insulted if someone called me Texan.

 

Yawn.

[IDBillzFan]

So something that was said in 2008 is all the wingnuts have to freak out over?

Yeah. That's all they have.

 

The reality is that Reid could call Obama a negro to his face during a prime-time joint session of Congress and Obama would do nothing. But it's funny how any time someone disagrees with Obama, the liberal talking heads would say it's racist, but his own guy calls him a negro and it's a yawner to you.

 

Not that anyone should be surprised.

[LeviF]

Meanwhile, "negro" is offered as a race choice on the 2010 census.

 

http://wcbstv.com/national/negro.census.form.2.1409469.html

 

Question #9 on the this year's census asks about your race. One of the boxes you can choose is "black," "African American," or "negro," all placed next to the same box.

[PearlHowardman]

Which of the two "negro" Obama girls has the light skin? The older "negro" girl, right?

 

And does Michelle Obama have any "negro dialect" that anyone has noticed?

[ExiledInIllinois]

Yeah. That's all they have.

 

The reality is that Reid could call Obama a negro to his face during a prime-time joint session of Congress and Obama would do nothing. But it's funny how any time someone disagrees with Obama, the liberal talking heads would say it's racist, but his own guy calls him a negro and it's a yawner to you.

 

Not that anyone should be surprised.

 

It is a double standard and rightly so. Big boo hoo. Same thing when AA's use the N-word. They can, you and I may not without raising eyebrows.

 

Why is this so hard to understand? Trent lot has no credibility using it, Reid and others like Hillary Clinton do. Get over it.

 

Quit whining about this double standard BS. Dems can do it, repubs can't. Plain and simple. There is absolutely no two way street when it comes to this matter, stop trying to make it a two-way street.

 

And... There is nothing wrong with the term negro, that is a race classification that is neither offensive or bad when Dems use it.

 

I am sorry that your panties are all in an uproar that some have more credibility with using certain language than others do. Hey, the republicans dug themselves in this hole with the ideology shift many years ago.

[ExiledInIllinois]

Which of the two "negro" Obama girls has the light skin? The older "negro" girl, right?

 

And does Michelle Obama have any "negro dialect" that anyone has noticed?

 

I don't know... I haven't looked lately. But I will tell you the answers when I check.

 

In the old days, one drop of negro blooded ANYWHERE in the family line consituted a person being considered negro. Heck, you and I may even be a negro.

[RkFast]

It is a double standard and rightly so. Big boo hoo. Same thing when AA's use the N-word. They can, you and I may not without raising eyebrows.

 

Why is this so hard to understand? Trent lot has no credibility using it, Reid and others like Hillary Clinton do. Get over it.

 

Quit whining about this double standard BS. Dems can do it, repubs can't. Plain and simple. There is absolutely no two way street when it comes to this matter, stop trying to make it a two-way street.

 

And... There is nothing wrong with the term negro, that is a race classification that is neither offensive or bad when Dems use it.

 

I am sorry that your panties are all in an uproar that some have more credibility with using certain language than others do. Hey, the republicans dug themselves in this hole with the ideology shift many years ago.

 

So Republicans must accept the racist label thrown on them and must "get over it".

 

Thats !@#$ing ridiculous.

 

Of course, f someone even suggests that a modern Democrat has an ounce of socialist tendencies in their ideology, thats bad right?

[ExiledInIllinois]

So Republicans must accept the racist label thrown on them and must "get over it".

 

Thats !@#$ing ridiculous.

 

Of course, f someone even suggests that a modern Democrat has an ounce of socialist tendencies in their ideology, thats bad right?

 

Yep. Because their constituents don't have the credibility along with thier Republican party. The party and many of their following (notice I didn't lump all) have been known to act on racist agenda.

 

If the republicans can build up their credibility, they too can be granted more leeway when it comes to language used.

 

Hey... I am just calling it what it is. There is absolutely no equality when it comes to what the parties can get away with... And rightly so.

[keepthefaith]

Yep. Because their constituents don't have the credibility along with thier Republican party. The party and many of their following (notice I didn't lump all) have been known to act on racist agenda.

 

If the republicans can build up their credibility, they too can be granted more leeway when it comes to language used.

 

Hey... I am just calling it what it is. There is absolutely no equality when it comes to what the parties can get away with... And rightly so.

 

Poppycock. The difference is simply that both Reid and Obama are in the same party. If one or the other were Republican, the sparks would be flying. Frankly, I don't know why this is such a big deal since what Reid said is absolutely the truth.

[ieatcrayonz]

Let me explain something to you people. Harry Reid is not a racist. He also is a racist. This is because Harry Reid and many others like him from both parties, use what is convenient for their own purposes at any given point in time.

 

Politicians of certain levels view themselves as perfect, and EVERYONE else as somewhere below them. Some people are right below them and some people are way below them, but EVERYONE is below them. Not only do they have this mentally distorted view of reality, but they act on it 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

 

Every person on the planet has millions of discernable traits. The permutations of these traits dictate that no two people are exactly alike. It also dictates that you can take any two people and find lots of common traits. Dirt bag politicians like Reid take advantage of this in both directions. They are keenly aware of all their own traits but also know that nobody else knows everything about them. Reid might be about as smart as the average Canadian, but if you just met him he might be able to tell you he invented Yale. When Reid and people like him are with a group of people, they latch on to real or perceived common traits, and use them to denegrate people with different traits.

 

Reid essentially said:

 

Hey, we're all white here but we have to realize this Obama dude is not as black as some others.

 

He simultaneously propped up Obama and put him down. He did it based on race. This makes him a racist. Or does it? Not really. If Obama were a white jew, Reid could have used that or any of millions of other traits like:

 

education

profession

sex

sexual orientation

family

ethnicity

home town

personal hygiene

and on and on

 

Reid is a racist when it suits him, he is tolerant when it suits him. He is a dirt bag all of the time. Unfortunately, this does not make him unique.

[Chef Jim]

Yep. Because their constituents don't have the credibility along with thier Republican party. The party and many of their following (notice I didn't lump all) have been known to act on racist agenda.

 

If the republicans can build up their credibility, they too can be granted more leeway when it comes to language used.

 

Hey... I am just calling it what it is. There is absolutely no equality when it comes to what the parties can get away with... And rightly so.

 

Can a black Republican call his black Repulican buddy a !@#$?

[keepthefaith]

Can a black Republican call his black Repulican buddy a !@#$?

 

I don't like that word coming from anyone's mouth.

[Jim in Anchorage]

What I find interesting is Reid referred to Obama as a light skinned Negro as if it where a positive.

What if he was a dark skinned Negro? Is that therefore a negative?

This Democrats being the the"enlightened" party on race is bull dung. They hated Clarance Thomas, they hated Condoleezza Rice, and of course they hate Michael Steele.

The Democrats have a long history of using blacks as tools, convenient when they suit there agenda, discarding them when they do not.

[GG]

Why is this so hard to understand? Trent lot has no credibility using it, Reid and others like Hillary Clinton do. Get over it.

 

I'm sorry, but exactly what "credibility" does Harry Reid have in using derogatory terms?

[Jim in Anchorage]

It is a double standard and rightly so. Big boo hoo. Same thing when AA's use the N-word. They can, you and I may not without raising eyebrows.

 

Why is this so hard to understand? Trent lot has no credibility using it, Reid and others like Hillary Clinton do. Get over it.

 

Quit whining about this double standard BS. Dems can do it, repubs can't. Plain and simple. There is absolutely no two way street when it comes to this matter, stop trying to make it a two-way street.

 

And... There is nothing wrong with the term negro, that is a race classification that is neither offensive or bad when Dems use it.

 

I am sorry that your panties are all in an uproar that some have more credibility with using certain language than others do. Hey, the republicans dug themselves in this hole with the ideology shift many years ago.

Interestingly enough,during your usual drifting babble, you forgot to mention that Lott was censored for praising a man [sen. Strom Thurmond] who was a Democrat when he ran for president as a segregationist.

He said nothing about blacks one way or the other. He was simply patting a 100 year old man on the back at his birthday party.

[Chef Jim]

I don't like that word coming from anyone's mouth.

 

Hey, if you can use the word poppycock.......

[/dev/null]

What I find interesting is Reid referred to Obama as a light skinned Negro as if it where a positive.

What if he was a dark skinned Negro? Is that therefore a negative?

 

Depends who you talk to. Skin tone is an issue among some blacks.

[blzrul]

I don't know... I haven't looked lately. But I will tell you the answers when I check.

 

In the old days, one drop of negro blooded ANYWHERE in the family line consituted a person being considered negro. Heck, you and I may even be a negro.

This gives me yet another opportunity to recommend "Kingsblood Royal" by Sinclair Lewis.

 

I agree Reid's words were ill-chosen. Yet, if the truth be told...he was stating the obvious. Obama is light-skinned, and in America there are still people (who'd never admit it) who are offended by folks with coal-black skin. Obama also knows how to speak like an educated man, which he is. Yet, he can lapse into certain "vernacular" (is that the right word?) when he thinks it's appropriate.

 

So Reid's thinking was "if America is ever going to have a black president, THIS man could be it, for these reasons".

 

Lott's statement expressed HIS thoughts that if Strom Thurmond had been president we'd never have to worry about a black guy ever being president.

 

If the GOP ever admits why Sarah Palin was chosen for Veep (she's "hot" and shoots guns for fun) will you freak out over that too? It's just as insensitive...and just as true.

 

Get on with it.

[Chef Jim]

This gives me yet another opportunity to recommend "Kingsblood Royal" by Sinclair Lewis.

 

I agree Reid's words were ill-chosen. Yet, if the truth be told...he was stating the obvious. Obama is light-skinned, and in America there are still people (who'd never admit it) who are offended by folks with coal-black skin. Obama also knows how to speak like an educated man, which he is. Yet, he can lapse into certain "vernacular" (is that the right word?) when he thinks it's appropriate.

 

So Reid's thinking was "if America is ever going to have a black president, THIS man could be it, for these reasons".

 

Lott's statement expressed HIS thoughts that if Strom Thurmond had been president we'd never have to worry about a black guy ever being president.

 

If the GOP ever admits why Sarah Palin was chosen for Veep (she's "hot" and shoots guns for fun) will you freak out over that too? It's just as insensitive...and just as true.

 

Get on with it.

 

And there we have it folks, 38 posts in we've got Sarah Palin.

[RkFast]

Depends who you talk to. Skin tone is an issue among some blacks.

 

A lot of blacks doint dig on Barry becuase he aint dark enough. At least thats what Ive heard...Im just a cracka.