Comments on: Harry Reid,The New George Wallace?

By: Mr Pink Eyes

Mr Pink Eyes — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:59:37 +0000

Cpl. Booth, I am glad that you re-read this post. I agree with everything that you said in your rant.
I have also grown tired of people playing the race card all of the time. I opppose Obama for his policies not his color. I get sick and tired of Democrats accusing Republicans of racism and as someone who has been called a racist a few times here for opposing Barack Obama I couldn’t help myself from taking the chance to throw it back at them for once.
I don’t think that this had anything to do with race, but when I thought about the way Romney was treated for his Mormonism and contrasted that to Reid’s treatment in the press I decided to take this opportunity to contrast the way Democrats and Republicans are portrayed.
That was the purpose of this post. That and just a chance to show the Democrats how it feels to be wrongly accused of racism.

By: Cpl. Booth

Cpl. Booth — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:55:00 +0000

Yea OK, so I went off before truely reading the whole post. I have re-read it, a little calmer, and I may have missed your point.
Please excuse the vent. I still mean what I said, just not the right place to say it. I’ll look around at your past posts and see if I can find a fit.

By: Cpl. Booth

Cpl. Booth — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:49:02 +0000

Mr. PinkEyes,
While I agree with the overall point of this post, why the hell does it have to have anything, anything at all, to do with Burris being black?
I actually applaud, and am amazed, that the Dems stood by their vow to oppose any appointee made by Blago. Not that I agree that they have any standing in doing so, I just figured that they would back peddle all over each other as soon as it was a black man appointed. But they will find a way out without looking like they backed off over race.
I am sick to death of people bending over their own asses to appease the black man. I am not a racist, in fact, to give special consideration to a man because he is black, is racism. I base my opinions on my personal experience of and interactions with each individual. If I don’t happen to like a black man, then its not because of his color but rather because of his behavior.
And this is relevant in this case as so many people have asserted that the Dems in congress should recant their vow to oppose THIS appointee by Blago BECAUSE HE IS BLACK. It should not be about his being black, it should be about the fact that they are wrong. Or rather they are going about it the wrong way. If congress is of the firm opinion that anyone appointed by Blago is suspect and would undermine the integrity of congress, and I believe that it would, then there is a proper channel by which to address the issue. Seat the man and then vote him out, as you have pointed out they have the power and right to do.
Come on, we already elected a man to the highest position in the country who is underqualified, inexperienced and out of touch simply because he is black. And don’t try to tell me that it wasn’t about race, record numbers of blacks and hispanics turned out to vote just to vote for a non-white man. People that have never cared enough about this country to get out and vote before turned out in record numbers for the honor of voting for a black man, nervermind his lack of qualifications. That’s racism. And so is bringing up Burris’ race in this fiasco. Not saying that you are a racist, clearly you are not, just don’t see why you felt the need to bring it up. A bit out of character, from what I can tell from my limited experience of your character.
Booth.