Congresswoman apologizes for 'great white hope' comment

[LnGrrrR]

How is doing this any different than the Bush/Obama card that people bring up?

[LnGrrrR]

Use the terms racial/racist incorrect. I don't really care. Technically, there is a difference, and I even use them wrong. My bet is that she just doesn't know any black people who she considers presidential, and if she did, the comment would not have been made. Still, she deserves to be chastised.

You are a master at putting thoughts behind words WC. Masterful.

"She probably just couldn't think of a single presidential black Republican... no big deal!"

Yeah, because there sure isn't any negative connotation to voters with THAT explanation...

[Thompson]

Wait, does this mean we get to paint all conservatives as racist due to the words of one stupid Republican, as some on the other side of the fence due when a Democrat is stupid?

No one is calling you stupid because of something someone else did.

[exstatic]

#2 needs to be a progressive yet conservative candidate. The GOP is mainly coposed of grumpy old white men who resist reform, unless its reform back to the 1800's. Those demographics dont hold up well when even a young white population is looking towards progressive ideas.

True and agreed.

The only problem is that Bubba won't vote for such a candidate, and the GOP has no strategy other than the Southern one. It's the Catch 22 that is causing the GOP to head into this downward spiral. They can't make progress because their "base" doesn't want them to.

[SpurNation]

hmmm.

[DarkReign]

The only problem is that Bubba won't vote for such a candidate, and the GOP has no strategy other than the Southern one. It's the Catch 22 that is causing the GOP to head into this downward spiral. They can't make progress because their "base" doesn't want them to.

Define progress.

I dont equate progress with a compe ion between political parties hinging on the gender or ethnicity of their candidate.

If that is what national politics has boiled down to...well, I guess it was really bad to begin with anyway, so it.