African Americans for Harry Reid

[DarrinS]

I wonder how many black people will attend this free event?


http://washingtonscene.thehill.com/in-the-know/36-news/1405-scheduled-weeks-ago-african-americans-for-harry-reid-will-go-on-as-planned




The Senate's embattled majority leader is moving ahead with an “African Americans for Harry Reid” event this week as he seeks to weather a political firestorm sparked by his racially insensitive remarks about President Barack Obama.

The timing of the launch of the “African Americans for Harry Reid” campaign group, which is scheduled for Thursday in Las Vegas, is coincidental. The luncheon had been scheduled for weeks.

Reid has apologized for remarks he made in 2008 that described Obama as "light skinned" and "with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one." The comments were reported in a new book titled, “Game Change.”

Despite the controversy playing out in the national media, Democratic political strategist Donna Brazile is scheduled to headline the group's launch event in Nevada. She told The Hill in an e-mail Monday that the launch "is still on, and I'm still on track to go."

The Reid staffer who's number is listed as the RSVP line for the luncheon said her phone has been "ringing off the hook all day" with replies for the event.

Reid's campaign told The Hill that the senator has been reaching out to leaders in the African American community over the past few days. Reid is facing a challenging reelection race this year.

There's also a Facebook group called African Americans for Harry Reid where details of the launch are posted, but Reid's campaign characterized the Facebook group as a "community group," not an official campaign entity.

Reid's campaign would not speculate on how many guests they expect, or how many had been invited. The guest list for the Facebook group is also hidden. The event is free of charge.




Here's a photo from the "African Americans for Harry Reid" Facebook page

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=50797552&op=1&o=global&view=global&subj=120714816233&id=23450932

http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs182.snc3/18963_878902076265_23450932_50797552_7203219_n.jpg

:lmao

[Marcus Bryant]

Hypocrisy at its finest, but of course this is the stuff that we pay attention to...

[spursncowboys]

Shouldn't it be Negroes for Harry Reid?

[jack sommerset]

Shouldn't it be Negroes for Harry Reid?

Only if they are light skinned.

[Winehole23]

The event is "free of charge".

[Winehole23]

Will there be a cash bar?

[Winehole23]

I wonder how many black people will attend this free event?African-Americans number roughly 150,000 (http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=n&_lang=en&qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1&ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&geo_id=04000US32) in Nevada. About 55,000 (http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/32/3240000.html) of them live in Las Vegas, plus another 39,000 (http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/32/3251800.html) or so in North Las Vegas. Another 10,000 (http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/32/3231900.html) live nearby, in Henderson.

So of a total pool of 150K in the whole state, the lunch is accessible perhaps, to somewhere north of 105,000 black people.

The size of the room they rented for the lunch should give the clew. Having the lunch in Las Vegas appears to be a no-brainer.

[Wild Cobra]

Shouldn't it be Negroes for Harry Reid?
No, it should be "House Negroes for harry Reid."

Afterall, that's how he thinks of the ones that can speak english well. You know, the ones that grew up in their masters house as servants rather than as field slaves.

That's how his remark is meant if you ask me.

[Winehole23]

http://www.austinchronicle.com/binary/cdc6/screens_video-10153.jpeg

[iggypop123]

insert birth of a nation joke here:

[ChumpDumper]

No, it should be "House Negroes for harry Reid."

Afterall, that's how he thinks of the ones that can speak english well. You know, the ones that grew up in their masters house as servants rather than as field slaves.

That's how his remark is meant if you ask me.A racist could certainly interpret it that way.

[Winehole23]

insert birth of a nation joke here:Guess my reference to School Daze went over WC's head. I wonder if he gets yours.

[Wild Cobra]

Sorry, didn't see either movie.

[Winehole23]

It's not required.