Republicans move away from "racist" label

[LnGrrrR]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/...dup/index.html

So board Republicans... was the GOP wrong? Or are they merely cowards and refuse now to speak the truth?

[jman3000]

Non elected officials will continue to say it. Elected officials will not. If Cornyn had gone out and said that he agreed with Limbaugh and Gingrich... he'd be out of office when he's up for re election. He's from San Antonio and went to Holmes, so I'd assume he has the backing of a large portion of this city's hispanics. you can't alienate a very large voting bloc and expect to continue getting re elected. Gingrich and Limbaugh don't have to worry about that crap because the majority of their fans are fat, white, old, males just like themselves.

[PixelPusher]

So a couple of elected Republicans are hip to the idea that racism isn't just a rhetorical club anybody can use, but actually carries context and history.

Maybe they'll also figure out everyone else this country can spot the subtext when they on Sotomayor as the "unqualified, affirmative-action pick".

Nah, who am I kidding.

[boutons_deux]

Repugs and conservatives, WRONG, WRONG, WRONG, again, and again and again.

They flip-flop at calling the it the Democratic Socialist party, now that back off the Sotomayor-is-a-racist slime.

What a bunch of ing mental midgets lost in the their own bankrupt, sterile, hate-soaked ideology.

[angrydude]

Repugs and conservatives, WRONG, WRONG, WRONG, again, and again and again.

They flip-flop at calling the it the Democratic Socialist party, now that back off the Sotomayor-is-a-racist slime.

What a bunch of ing mental midgets lost in the their own bankrupt, sterile, hate-soaked ideology.

wow, all that huh?

There is nothing bankrupt about the right's ideology. Its just that the people running the show are complete buffoons.

[Yonivore]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/...dup/index.html

So board Republicans... was the GOP wrong? Or are they merely cowards and refuse now to speak the truth?

I quickly scanned the article looking at the Republican quotes. They all still seem troubled by her remarks but, want to give her a chance to explain. And, as far as I know, none of the Republicans quoted ever said more than that?

How is this moving away from "racist" label.

Those who feel her statement in the speech, her ruling in Ricci, and her association with La Raza as well as Hispanic Legal Extortion, er Defense, organization (I don't think it was MALDEF) are racist, still believe that. Me included.

She's got to explain herself out of a very deep hole as far as I'm concerned.

[LnGrrrR]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090531/...ions_sotomayor

Well, let's just say it probably doesn't look too good for the GOP to start slinging the term 'racist' around towards the first Hispanic selection to SCOTUS, even if it were true.

[Yonivore]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090531/...ions_sotomayor

Well, let's just say it probably doesn't look too good for the GOP to start slinging the term 'racist' around towards the first Hispanic selection to SCOTUS, even if it were true.

Why? Who's it going to hurt them with? Democrats?

[boutons_deux]

"Who's it going to hurt them with"

voters. Outside of the racist South, Repug are pretty much dead in the water now.

[FaithInOne]

The left uses racism to its benefit. If racism is not playing a role, it will play a role, they will make sure of it.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Outside of the racist South, Repug are pretty much dead in the water now.

that's mighty white of you.

[LnGrrrR]

Why? Who's it going to hurt them with? Democrats?

Hispanics, I'm guessing? Do you think the majority of hispanic (in fact, the majority of Americans) keep up with news? Or will they just hear a bunch of white GOP senators calling Sotomayor racist?

Look at the optics of it for a moment and tell me what you think the average person will think. Will they agree with the GOP? Or will they think the GOP is racist?

[Yonivore]

Hispanics, I'm guessing? Do you think the majority of hispanic (in fact, the majority of Americans) keep up with news? Or will they just hear a bunch of white GOP senators calling Sotomayor racist?

Look at the optics of it for a moment and tell me what you think the average person will think. Will they agree with the GOP? Or will they think the GOP is racist?

Did Democrats lose black votes or hispanic votes for opposing Clarence Thomas, Janice Rogers Brown, or Miguel Estrada on grounds that made them appear racist?

[George Gervin's Afro]

Did Democrats lose black votes or hispanic votes for opposing Clarence Thomas, Janice Rogers Brown, or Miguel Estrada on grounds that made them appear racist?

Yoni's right. This is a winning issue for the GOP.

[Yonivore]

Yoni's right. This is a winning issue for the GOP.

So, what you're saying is Obama could have nominated an hispanic female bigot and no one should oppose her because she's an hispanic female?

That's pretty much the case here.

[hope4dopes]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090531/...ions_sotomayor

Well, let's just say it probably doesn't look too good for the GOP to start slinging the term 'racist' around towards the first Hispanic selection to SCOTUS, even if it were true.

So even IF? she is racist it's O.k. as far as the the obamanations are concerned. Well I'm not a republican and it's not O.K. for me it not O.K. with me that obama is a racist I think the left is digging themselves into a big hole with this one.
This is the democratic parties attempt to legitamize racisim.... when do you guys get your very own brown shirts.

[Yonivore]

www.barackobama.com

"I hope we have arrived at a point in our country's history where Black folks can be criticized for holding views that are out of the mainstream"

Apparently, Mr. President, only if you're a Democrat.

I know he said Black folks but, I'm sure he meant any minority. No?

[hope4dopes]

You know it must be a truly ugly and hate full mind white liberals must have toward "people of color" to produce so much white guilt in them.

[Yonivore]

You know it must be a truly ugly and hate full mind white liberals must have toward "people of color" to produce so much white guilt in them.

Well, they have the legacy of Robert "Sheets" Byrd to overcome; now, don't they?

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Well, they have the legacy of Robert "Sheets" Byrd to overcome; now, don't they?

. just look at the beginnings of the KKK. people tend to forget that.

[George Gervin's Afro]

She's going to be confirmed.

[Yonivore]

She's going to be confirmed.

I've never said she wouldn't be. That doesn't change the argument.

[ChumpDumper]

What argument?

All I see is whining.

[LnGrrrR]

Did Democrats lose black votes or hispanic votes for opposing Clarence Thomas, Janice Rogers Brown, or Miguel Estrada on grounds that made them appear racist?

No, but it's different because they were Republicans, and it's generally true that the Democrats have been successful in putting out the public opinion that Republicans are racist.

Even if it IS racist to support policies like affirmative action, you have to look at the context Yoni. Most people are willing to accept a handout, if it's aimed at them.

Who do you think they're going to be more likely to believe are racist... the ones supporting a platform that will help out minorities, or the ones railing against illegal immigrants?

I'm not talking about the TRUTH of who's racist and who's not; I'm just talking about each party looks politically to minorities.

If you look at the early 2000s, Republicans had much more minority support than they do now. That all changed when illegal immigration became a push button issue for the GOP. Look at the polls. http://people-press.org/report/?pageid=81

In 2000, the Gore/Bush vote preference was nearly even. Jump to today, and the Democrats have a 30% gain on the Republicans in party ID.

[LnGrrrR]

So even IF? she is racist it's O.k. as far as the the obamanations are concerned. Well I'm not a republican and it's not O.K. for me it not O.K. with me that obama is a racist I think the left is digging themselves into a big hole with this one.
This is the democratic parties attempt to legitamize racisim.... when do you guys get your very own brown shirts.

First, it would help if you could type some sort of recognizable English.

Second, you missed my point entirely.