Uh...what was that you said about brushing up on the English language, fucktard? Your spelling is as wanting as your logic.....dajodo2 said:
Racist Black American Voters.
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This is not how to win over black voters...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/04/mccain-booed-heckled-at-m_n_95079.html
McCain voted against the creation of a holiday honoring King in 1983, a vote which was supported by a large number of Republicans. McCain claimed this week that he was largely unaware on the importance of King's work at the time, due to his Vietnam-era service overseas. Speaking on Thursday to reporters, he explained that his conversion occurred around 1990:
"I voted in my...first year in Congress against it and then I began to learn and I studied and people talked to me. And I not only supported it but I fought very hard in my home state of Arizona for recognition against a governor who was of my own party."
But McCain's voting record since 1990 doesn't support this explanation. In addition to voting to oppose a state holiday in 1987 (which he later supported) and a federal holiday in 1989, McCain voted in 1994 to cut funding for the commission that promoted King's holiday.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/04/mccain-booed-heckled-at-m_n_95079.html
McCain voted against the creation of a holiday honoring King in 1983, a vote which was supported by a large number of Republicans. McCain claimed this week that he was largely unaware on the importance of King's work at the time, due to his Vietnam-era service overseas. Speaking on Thursday to reporters, he explained that his conversion occurred around 1990:
"I voted in my...first year in Congress against it and then I began to learn and I studied and people talked to me. And I not only supported it but I fought very hard in my home state of Arizona for recognition against a governor who was of my own party."
But McCain's voting record since 1990 doesn't support this explanation. In addition to voting to oppose a state holiday in 1987 (which he later supported) and a federal holiday in 1989, McCain voted in 1994 to cut funding for the commission that promoted King's holiday.
http://www.democrats.org/a/2008/04/john_mccains_re.php
John McCain on the Confederate Flag
Late 1999: McCain Said He Wasn't Offended By the Flag. In 2000, McCain said of the flying of the Confederate Flag in South Carolina, "To me personally, I understand how it could be offensive to some people, but I had ancestors who fought in the Confederate army and I thought they fought honorably." [AP, 11/5/1999]
Early 2000: McCain Called The Confederate Flag "Offensive" And A Symbol Of Slavery. McCain appeared on "Face The Nation" and recognized the offensive symbolism of the Confederate flag. McCain said, "The Confederate flag is offensive in many, many ways, as we all know. It's a symbol of racism and slavery." [CBS News, Face The Nation, 1/9/00]
A Day Later, Aides Say He Misspoke. The next day, "McCain reversed himself and called the flag 'a symbol of heritage'…Aides said he had misspoken in the television interview." [New York Times, 1/12/2000]
2006: McCain Conceded He Lied In 2000 To Win Political Points With The Confederate Flag, Called It "An Act Of Cowardice." Following the 2000 South Carolina primary, McCain admitted that he had lied about his position on the confederate flag in order to win political points while battling George Bush in the South Carolina. McCain admitted, "I feared that if I answered honestly, I could not win the South Carolina primary, so I chose to compromise my principles. I broke my promise to always tell the truth." Speaking on the incident in 2006, McCain went further, saying, "The flag in South Carolina. I said that that was a state issue [in 2000]. It's not a state issue. It's a symbol that should not fly over the state capitol anywhere in America. … I said that it really wasn't any of my business, was basically what I said. That was an act of cowardice." [New York Times, 4/20/2000; CNN, 5/24/2006]
John McCain on the Confederate Flag
Late 1999: McCain Said He Wasn't Offended By the Flag. In 2000, McCain said of the flying of the Confederate Flag in South Carolina, "To me personally, I understand how it could be offensive to some people, but I had ancestors who fought in the Confederate army and I thought they fought honorably." [AP, 11/5/1999]
Early 2000: McCain Called The Confederate Flag "Offensive" And A Symbol Of Slavery. McCain appeared on "Face The Nation" and recognized the offensive symbolism of the Confederate flag. McCain said, "The Confederate flag is offensive in many, many ways, as we all know. It's a symbol of racism and slavery." [CBS News, Face The Nation, 1/9/00]
A Day Later, Aides Say He Misspoke. The next day, "McCain reversed himself and called the flag 'a symbol of heritage'…Aides said he had misspoken in the television interview." [New York Times, 1/12/2000]
2006: McCain Conceded He Lied In 2000 To Win Political Points With The Confederate Flag, Called It "An Act Of Cowardice." Following the 2000 South Carolina primary, McCain admitted that he had lied about his position on the confederate flag in order to win political points while battling George Bush in the South Carolina. McCain admitted, "I feared that if I answered honestly, I could not win the South Carolina primary, so I chose to compromise my principles. I broke my promise to always tell the truth." Speaking on the incident in 2006, McCain went further, saying, "The flag in South Carolina. I said that that was a state issue [in 2000]. It's not a state issue. It's a symbol that should not fly over the state capitol anywhere in America. … I said that it really wasn't any of my business, was basically what I said. That was an act of cowardice." [New York Times, 4/20/2000; CNN, 5/24/2006]
Since there never before has been a black man nominated as a parties candidate for president it would only be natural for black voters to give him serious consideration for their vote, given the civil rights history of the US
I would have been surprised had they not voted in high proportion for Obama.
Its human nature
I would have been surprised had they not voted in high proportion for Obama.
Its human nature
Ok then, it was racial bigotry or racial disrimination.genintoronto said:Racism is commonly understood by most social scientists as a set of culturally sanctioned beliefs (ideology) and practices which combined with institutional power work to defend and sustain the privileges and advantages of some 'race'-based groups (whites) over others (people of color) . In other words, racism cannot be reduced to racial bigotry or racial discrimination.
Race certainly played a significant role in who voted for whom. But black people voting for Obama because he's black doesn't make it racism. Unless you are ready to argue that we live in a black-supremacist world.
Our minds are at ease now.
LOL that was SO bad.....lol next time you see Obama he'll be totin' a pimp cup, walkin' stick and one of those big floppy pimp hats....oh yeah, and his next speech he will be referrin' to the white house as his "crib"Robio1971 said:I am looking forward to seeing the US motorcade with large chrome rim spinners
He's already in the KKK. I hear they allow 12 year olds.The Bandit said:You should go join the southerners, the skinheads, or the KKK.
