stuckincincy Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 You might not of heard of this, but then again, Rangel is a Democrat, so there will be no rushing to judgment nor wide coverage. "JACKSON, Miss. - A Democratic congressman from New York says he wasn't trying to insult Mississippi in published remarks Thursday, but a Republican colleague from Mississippi says Rep. Charles Rangel should apologize to the state. Rangel, D-N.Y., was quoted in a Thursday article in The New York Times, saying: "Mississippi gets more than their fair share back in federal money, but who the hell wants to live in Mississippi?" ." http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/new...te/15972549.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 You might not of heard of this, but then again, Rangel is a Democrat, so there will be no rushing to judgment nor wide coverage. "JACKSON, Miss. - A Democratic congressman from New York says he wasn't trying to insult Mississippi in published remarks Thursday, but a Republican colleague from Mississippi says Rep. Charles Rangel should apologize to the state. Rangel, D-N.Y., was quoted in a Thursday article in The New York Times, saying: "Mississippi gets more than their fair share back in federal money, but who the hell wants to live in Mississippi?" ." http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/new...te/15972549.htm 832808[/snapback] If he was a Republican instead of a left wing dem, they be yelling for investigations of his racism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverNRed Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Is it really that much different from this post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Actually this story has been covered by CNN, if that counts, and I also saw it in the local newspaper. It isn't a big deal, because the elections are over, nobody outside of a few Mississipians cares...but don't pretend, because there is no outrage, that it hasn't been reported. News is like everything else. If people don't care about a story, it dies pretty quickly. Why not make a big deal that the week that the president's evangalist buddy was exposed for his extramarital gay affair, the biggest story on FOX (where more Americans get their news than anywhere else) the lead story, night after night, was "John Kerry hates our troops"! I know, the media has this huge liberal agenda...don't you guys ever get tired of trying to dig things up to prove your tired points? As president Bush admitted the day after the election, politicians say whatever they need to say, to get the election results they want. Rangel is no different. Just as Karl Rove concetrated his efforts in the last few elections, on the far right lunatic fringe of the Republican party (and won), the Democrats concentrated their campaign efforts on traditional strongholds that they had lost (ie: not the South), so they could retake the house and senate...Mississippi apparently wasn't one of the states Democrats were worried about winning. As far as Wacka's claim, what is racist about what Rangal said? He just said that the state of Mississippi sucked! Nothing "racialist" about it. He didn't use a deragatory term to refer to someone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Liberals are so tolerant of different lifestyles As long as those lifestyles vote for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Liberals are so tolerant of different lifestyles As long as those lifestyles vote for them 832880[/snapback] That will look good on a bumper sticker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blzrul Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 So by my count there are 3-4 of you who would gladly uproot and live in Mississippi? And of course NONE of you have ever made statements like "who'd wanna live there", "who'd wanna ____her", etc. I don't recall you all being up in arms when GOP ads were "smearing" people as latte-drinking Volvo-driving yuppies. If this "news" is all you've got (that and a sucky football team) how pitiful indeed are your lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 So by my count there are 3-4 of you who would gladly uproot and live in Mississippi? And of course NONE of you have ever made statements like "who'd wanna live there", "who'd wanna ____her", etc. I don't recall you all being up in arms when GOP ads were "smearing" people as latte-drinking Volvo-driving yuppies. If this "news" is all you've got (that and a sucky football team) how pitiful indeed are your lives. 832899[/snapback] And if a Republican had mad a similar comment about Compton or The Castro, the left would be raising hell about racists or homophobes i don't really care what he said about MS, i thought it was kinda funny myself. what gets me tho is the double standard when a member of one party puts their foot in their mouth vice when a member of the other party puts their foot in their mouth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 I'd rather live in Mississippi than in 90% of NY's sh--hole 15th district. How fitting that Rikers Island is part of Charlie's district. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 I'd rather live in Mississippi than in 90% of NY's sh--hole 15th district. How fitting that Rikers Island is part of Charlie's district. 833299[/snapback] So that's how he keeps getting re-elected.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RkFast Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 So by my count there are 3-4 of you who would gladly uproot and live in Mississippi? Thats not what this is about...but nice soundbyte. And of course NONE of you have ever made statements like "who'd wanna live there", "who'd wanna ____her", etc. None of us are senior members of Congress, last time I checked. I don't recall you all being up in arms when GOP ads were "smearing" people as latte-drinking Volvo-driving yuppies. Since when is whats said in political ads carry the same weight as whats said by actual members of Congress? If this "news" is all you've got (that and a sucky football team) how pitiful indeed are your lives. Says the moonbat who spends her time holding teaparties for Moveon.org members and fits herself for a new tinfoil hats at Kos conventions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBTG81 Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Says the moonbat who spends her time holding teaparties for Moveon.org members and fits herself for a new tinfoil hats at Kos conventions. 834551[/snapback] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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