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Sen. Landrieu's remarks on race anger Republicans[W:466]

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You do know that the Dixiecrats split away from the Democratic party back in 1948? They felt that the democrats party as a whole gave too much support to the civil rights movement and that their southern way of life was in trouble. Now ask yourself, where are these Dixiecrats now? They carried Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and South Carolina. But after the Civil Rights bill was signed, Those states went from blue states to deep red.

Hmmm, now where are they today :unsure13:

Sir you are gravely mistaken and in need of a good history lesson. If it wasn't for the Republican Party, Johnson would not have had the votes to pass the Civil Rights Bill even though Democrats had the majority in the both houses of Congress. Below is a picture of Johnson signing the Civil Rights Bill into law. The man on the left is Everett Dirksen, Senator from Illinois Republican. Previously he had served in the House where he first started on trying to pass Civil Rights legislation. The final version that Johnson signed was much of Everett Dirksen's words. Johnson gave Dirksen the first pen used in signing the bill and shortly after the Republican Ohio Representative Mccullough for his key role on the House Judiciary. That was no accident for if it were not for these men the bill may not have been passed due to the objection of so many Southern Democrats. In fact Johnson after signing the bill has been quoted to say in passing the bill he may have given the South to the Republicans for a very long time. And he was correct as the people who opposed the civil rights bill were voted out of office.
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This year marked 50 years and it is still a sea of red in the South.
How the Civil Rights Bill Almost Died

As Paul Harvey would have said....."And now you know the rest of the story".

What Ms. Mary's comments show is someone who is very desperate. She's going down. :mrgreen:
 
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Racism in the USA will not disappear anytime soon.

It's too deep-rooted.
 
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Republicans are calling on Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu to apologize after she suggested Thursday that President Obama's deep unpopularity in the South is partly tied to race.

Read more here: Sen. Landrieu's remarks on race anger Republicans

Anyone in the GOP who doesn't recognize the fact that the GOP has close to zero support from Blacks in the USA Is out of touch with reality

Does anyone have any idea why so few Blacks support the GOP/




"Better days are coming." ~ But not for today's out of touch, running out of time, GOP

Sen. Landrieus was asked a specific question, towhich:

Why [does President] Obama has such low approval ratings in Louisiana?

She then answered:

1. The president's energy policies are deeply disliked by residents of the oil and gas-rich state.

And...

2. (I'll be very, very honest with you.) The South has not always been the friendliest place for African-Americans. It's been a difficult time for the president to present himself in a very positive light as a leader."

Now, should she have limited her remarks strictly to her state? Yes! But that doesn't mean that her 2nd answer isn't true. It just means she shouldn't have injected race into the equation when asked specifically why the President's approval ratings and/or popularity wasn't high in her state. In short, she shouldn't have spoke for the entire south whether her accusation is true or not.
 
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Racism in the USA will not disappear anytime soon.

It's too deep-rooted.
Show me a country where racism doesn't exist. As for racism in the US, it exists, will likely always exist in the minds and actions of some, but this is not 1954, it is 2014. Liberals try to pretend that there is no significant difference between those two years. But they know there is. They just cant let blacks know there is. The only way liberals can keep blacks on the liberal plantation is to keep them believing that it is racism that holds them back and only liberals can save them. The truth is quite the opposite, however. Liberals keep them down, and only liberty can save them. The day blacks come to realize that is the last day democrats run anything in this country.
 
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Some people in the GOP can't deal with the truth. But in the future the truth will deal with the GOP.

'What goes around, comes around." No one can stop time, and/or change.

That's a good reason for collectivists to stop pretending we're living in the Red Thirties, and that, as many intellectuals thought then, the U.S. should be more like the USSR. They are living in the wrong country, so they want to remake it by diktat to suit their tastes. Because the Constitution is a constant obstacle to their dreams of creating a centrally-controlled social utopia, they, like this sorry excuse for a President, disdain it in favor of lawless rule.

Leftists are trying to peddle old, discredited ideas, while condescending to blacks as lesser people who can't compete on their own. They pimp for blacks' votes to keep themselves in power by promising to give them money earned by other people. They could not care less if this degrades and divides this country--as their constant derision of all things American shows, most of them don't much like it anyway.
 
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Oh for crying out loud !!!!

What does that have to do with what she said ???

"The South has not always been the friendliest place for African-Americans."

Is this statement TRUE or FALSE. Very simple
I live in the south... Last year for college I roomed with 5 people from middle of nowhere GA... never met them before. They put a Confederate flag in our living room, a bobcat fur figure in the corner.... and one of my roommates was black, who was from the same area as the five dudes...
They were all as southern redneck as you could get, house was decked with guns, weed, cocaine... Here I am just a suburb kid from Atlanta.

The point is.... They were the least racist people out there, the black roommate was best friends with one other, and we had large groups of people both white and black come in very often. They didn't hang out with any Asians or Latinos though.

Racism is a joke to them... no one takes it seriously, it's not something that was actually there. It's really down to earth. That group of people was WAAAAAYYYY too intense for me, but it was an interesting window.

The only places where you'll see racism is random old families that have been sheltered since the civil war.... and since the've been sheltered, you won't be seeing them around very much.

I've noticed a lot of times people are quick to jump the conclusions... Like I remember one day I was at a bar my sophomore year at a different college. This bouncer threw and punched this scrawny black guy out of this dance club.... my best friend (( who is Black, and yes, I've slept over his parents house before, and he IS the best friend I have)) Instantly disapproved what was going on, he assumed that the violence against the black was happening because he was black and the big bouncer white dude wanted to execute his anger on the gangsta dude.
But in reality... we had no idea what had happened before what caused this reaction, we had no idea of the issue that was going on.... but it was already assumed by someone who was black(my friend) that that was what was going on.

At the time I didn't say or do anything but say, "we don't know what's going on man" and we moved along to try to get into the club.

In ALL my time living in the South, 23 years... I have only encountered 1.... only ONE racist family.... and that was my ex-girlfriend of four years' family. They were from middle of nowhere Florida, had a large traditional family that was very sheltered for any kind of multiculturalism... and the younger generations of the family were drastically less racist, going on down.... and my Gf was not.

Although my family is not Southern, growing up here I've learned a lot about Southern culture... and they are people who believe in hard work and tough love. The Farming culture stems from the early philosophies of Thomas Jefferson, with strong independent responsibility, self-sustaining people. If you are not self-sustaining, not responsible, not hard-working, not tough.... this goes directly against a lot of core southern values.

Southerners are also realist... they don't care about hurting your feelings on issues... they will call out the elephant in the room. They are very aware of the slickness of political manipulation.

I really like the south and it's people and culture... I do not consider myself one, because I was raised in rich suburbs of Atlanta from a family that moved down from the north.

I have seen racism... The most racism I have seen actually is from Asians...The Asian cultures are of the most racist in my experience.... and the African American community would be second. It's the whole thing of "I don't feel comfortable unless I'm in a group of my own kind"....
That's the worst attitude.... EVER....I've been to dozens of parties where I was the only White guy... sure it can be weird at first, but I just embraced it and had fun and made friends.

The last year of college I had, I hung out with Indian people the most... I feel like I have a really unique perspective on this issue.




When you're paranoid about racism.... you'll magically start seeing it everywhere, even where it's not. The south is down to earth, and no more or less racist than any other place if we are talking about the mainstream people you'll be interacting with. The KKK didn't start in the south either.
 
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You do know that the Dixiecrats split away from the Democratic party back in 1948? They felt that the democrats party as a whole gave too much support to the civil rights movement and that their southern way of life was in trouble. Now ask yourself, where are these Dixiecrats now? They carried Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and South Carolina. But after the Civil Rights bill was signed, Those states went from blue states to deep red.

Hmmm, now where are they today :unsure13:
Of course she knows that. Republicans must be having a hard time keeping a straight face today being angry about racism since their boy Lee Atwater started using the "N" word in the South in the 1950s. I'd suggest if you want to enjoy the next 4 days, keep to yer own folks .
 
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This might honestly be the most shameful playing of the race card that I've ever seen and that's saying something.
 
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Oh so black people are more succeptable to brainwashing according to you, got it. Yea that sounds SOO much better :roll:

You just keep on digging your hole there. :lamo

And you keep in your little liberal bubble where you can speak in platitudes and never have to actually talk to a real black person.

At least we treat them with respect and as people. Your side uses them as pawns in a political game only.
 
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She also said she was a victim of sexism.

I was addressing the "race card" accusation being thrown around.
 
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And you keep in your little liberal bubble where you can speak in platitudes and never have to actually talk to a real black person.

At least we treat them with respect and as people. Your side uses them as pawns in a political game only.

WTF !!!!!! REALLY !!!!!

If you truly believe this then it is you who is in a bubble
 
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And you keep in your little liberal bubble where you can speak in platitudes and never have to actually talk to a real black person.

At least we treat them with respect and as people. Your side uses them as pawns in a political game only.

Oh yeah you treat them resepect alright, you call them easily brainwashed :lamo

Keep digging your hole, you're getting deeper :lamo

The sad part is you side with the GOP, I don't side with the Dems or the GOP. Your comments only continue to show ignorance on your part.
 
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I live in the south... Last year for college I roomed with 5 people from middle of nowhere GA... never met them before. They put a Confederate flag in our living room, a bobcat fur figure in the corner.... and one of my roommates was black, who was from the same area as the five dudes...
They were all as southern redneck as you could get, house was decked with guns, weed, cocaine... Here I am just a suburb kid from Atlanta.

The point is.... They were the least racist people out there, the black roommate was best friends with one other, and we had large groups of people both white and black come in very often. They didn't hang out with any Asians or Latinos though.

Racism is a joke to them... no one takes it seriously, it's not something that was actually there. It's really down to earth. That group of people was WAAAAAYYYY too intense for me, but it was an interesting window.

The only places where you'll see racism is random old families that have been sheltered since the civil war.... and since the've been sheltered, you won't be seeing them around very much.

I've noticed a lot of times people are quick to jump the conclusions... Like I remember one day I was at a bar my sophomore year at a different college. This bouncer threw and punched this scrawny black guy out of this dance club.... my best friend (( who is Black, and yes, I've slept over his parents house before, and he IS the best friend I have)) Instantly disapproved what was going on, he assumed that the violence against the black was happening because he was black and the big bouncer white dude wanted to execute his anger on the gangsta dude.
But in reality... we had no idea what had happened before what caused this reaction, we had no idea of the issue that was going on.... but it was already assumed by someone who was black(my friend) that that was what was going on.

At the time I didn't say or do anything but say, "we don't know what's going on man" and we moved along to try to get into the club.

In ALL my time living in the South, 23 years... I have only encountered 1.... only ONE racist family.... and that was my ex-girlfriend of four years' family. They were from middle of nowhere Florida, had a large traditional family that was very sheltered for any kind of multiculturalism... and the younger generations of the family were drastically less racist, going on down.... and my Gf was not.

Although my family is not Southern, growing up here I've learned a lot about Southern culture... and they are people who believe in hard work and tough love. The Farming culture stems from the early philosophies of Thomas Jefferson, with strong independent responsibility, self-sustaining people. If you are not self-sustaining, not responsible, not hard-working, not tough.... this goes directly against a lot of core southern values.

Southerners are also realist... they don't care about hurting your feelings on issues... they will call out the elephant in the room. They are very aware of the slickness of political manipulation.

I really like the south and it's people and culture... I do not consider myself one, because I was raised in rich suburbs of Atlanta from a family that moved down from the north.

I have seen racism... The most racism I have seen actually is from Asians...The Asian cultures are of the most racist in my experience.... and the African American community would be second. It's the whole thing of "I don't feel comfortable unless I'm in a group of my own kind"....
That's the worst attitude.... EVER....I've been to dozens of parties where I was the only White guy... sure it can be weird at first, but I just embraced it and had fun and made friends.

The last year of college I had, I hung out with Indian people the most... I feel like I have a really unique perspective on this issue.




When you're paranoid about racism.... you'll magically start seeing it everywhere, even where it's not. The south is down to earth, and no more or less racist than any other place if we are talking about the mainstream people you'll be interacting with. The KKK didn't start in the south either.

excellent post!....I was born and raised in the south...I'v lived in 6 southern states and visited many others and everybody is pretty much excactly how you have described. I once worked a guy from the west coast and he said that racism in the south isnt nearly what people in other parts of the country claim it to be...in fact it was worse in those other parts
 
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I live in the south... Last year for college I roomed with 5 people from middle of nowhere GA... never met them before. They put a Confederate flag in our living room, a bobcat fur figure in the corner.... and one of my roommates was black, who was from the same area as the five dudes...
They were all as southern redneck as you could get, house was decked with guns, weed, cocaine... Here I am just a suburb kid from Atlanta.

The point is.... They were the least racist people out there, the black roommate was best friends with one other, and we had large groups of people both white and black come in very often. They didn't hang out with any Asians or Latinos though.

Racism is a joke to them... no one takes it seriously, it's not something that was actually there. It's really down to earth. That group of people was WAAAAAYYYY too intense for me, but it was an interesting window.

The only places where you'll see racism is random old families that have been sheltered since the civil war.... and since the've been sheltered, you won't be seeing them around very much.

I've noticed a lot of times people are quick to jump the conclusions... Like I remember one day I was at a bar my sophomore year at a different college. This bouncer threw and punched this scrawny black guy out of this dance club.... my best friend (( who is Black, and yes, I've slept over his parents house before, and he IS the best friend I have)) Instantly disapproved what was going on, he assumed that the violence against the black was happening because he was black and the big bouncer white dude wanted to execute his anger on the gangsta dude.
But in reality... we had no idea what had happened before what caused this reaction, we had no idea of the issue that was going on.... but it was already assumed by someone who was black(my friend) that that was what was going on.

At the time I didn't say or do anything but say, "we don't know what's going on man" and we moved along to try to get into the club.

In ALL my time living in the South, 23 years... I have only encountered 1.... only ONE racist family.... and that was my ex-girlfriend of four years' family. They were from middle of nowhere Florida, had a large traditional family that was very sheltered for any kind of multiculturalism... and the younger generations of the family were drastically less racist, going on down.... and my Gf was not.

Although my family is not Southern, growing up here I've learned a lot about Southern culture... and they are people who believe in hard work and tough love. The Farming culture stems from the early philosophies of Thomas Jefferson, with strong independent responsibility, self-sustaining people. If you are not self-sustaining, not responsible, not hard-working, not tough.... this goes directly against a lot of core southern values.

Southerners are also realist... they don't care about hurting your feelings on issues... they will call out the elephant in the room. They are very aware of the slickness of political manipulation.

I really like the south and it's people and culture... I do not consider myself one, because I was raised in rich suburbs of Atlanta from a family that moved down from the north.

I have seen racism... The most racism I have seen actually is from Asians...The Asian cultures are of the most racist in my experience.... and the African American community would be second. It's the whole thing of "I don't feel comfortable unless I'm in a group of my own kind"....
That's the worst attitude.... EVER....I've been to dozens of parties where I was the only White guy... sure it can be weird at first, but I just embraced it and had fun and made friends.

The last year of college I had, I hung out with Indian people the most... I feel like I have a really unique perspective on this issue.




When you're paranoid about racism.... you'll magically start seeing it everywhere, even where it's not. The south is down to earth, and no more or less racist than any other place if we are talking about the mainstream people you'll be interacting with. The KKK didn't start in the south either.

Let me first start by saying that is good that you enjoy being around other races. I grew up that way in California when I was a kid. My crowd was always multicultural and we always crack jokes on each other stereo types. However, with all due respect, I have to disagree with you on a few points.

1) You normally will not see a lot of racism in college driven cities. I went to school in Nashville and rarely had any problems there. However, when I drove to areas like Knoxville, it is a different beast.

2) The south is down to earth, but still very segregated. When I was in LA, I saw mix race groups all the time hanging out. It was a melting pot. I don't get the same vibe here in Texas. Both side stick with their own for the most part.

3) You said that the most racism you encountered were from Asians and Blacks. And I'm to assume that it was towards you. This is the bulk of the problem with this country. Nobody believe that something like racism exists unless it happens to them. I laugh when a white person always say "racism does not exist because I would see it" or when black people say "black people can't be racist". has it ever occurred to either side that you don't experience it because you are not the target of it?

These are just my opinions.
 
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This might honestly be the most shameful playing of the race card that I've ever seen and that's saying something.

You missed Nixon's Southern Strategy? How about the blatant use of Willie Horton for weeks on end to turn an election--Gore's use being minimal--then there's Reagan's "black bucks" and "welfare queens". And Obama being the food-stamp President, since he invented them .
 
Re: Sen. Landrieu's remarks on race anger Republicans

Republicans are calling on Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu to apologize after she suggested Thursday that President Obama's deep unpopularity in the South is partly tied to race.

Read more here: Sen. Landrieu's remarks on race anger Republicans
Mary is desperate. And desperation in politics is ugly.
Run the race/sex card up the flag pole and see who salutes it! Well guess what Mary? I don't know about the Sex card, but the race card doesn't have the power it used to have. People aren't falling for it anymore. You can thank the Bungler-in-Chief for that. The fool wore that sucker out over the last 6 years.


Does anyone have any idea why so few Blacks support the GOP
I know this one!
Because the GOP doesn't support near-unlimited welfare spending?
 
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There may still be some racism in the South, but nowhere near what Landrieu is piddling about.

What's Bobby Jindal's skin color?
Hint: It ain't White.
 
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There may still be some racism in the South, but nowhere near what Landrieu is piddling about.

What's Bobby Jindal's skin color?
Hint: It ain't White.

As you bring up Jindal, and I'll add Haley, you've really missed out on what Southern GOPs have said about both of these Indian-Americans; or have you? Mayor Mitch Landrieu will be going against retiring Sen. "Diapers" Vitter next year for Governor .
 
Re: Sen. Landrieu's remarks on race anger Republicans

Republicans are calling on Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu to apologize after she suggested Thursday that President Obama's deep unpopularity in the South is partly tied to race.

Read more here: Sen. Landrieu's remarks on race anger Republicans

Anyone in the GOP who doesn't recognize the fact that the GOP has close to zero support from Blacks in the USA Is out of touch with reality

Does anyone have any idea why so few Blacks support the GOP/




"Better days are coming." ~ But not for today's out of touch, running out of time, GOP

She's a three term Senator...and female. Many elected officials in the state are not white males....including the governor.

It was desperate race baiting. Essentially she's saying people should vote for her to prove they aren't sexist.

Pathetic.
 
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He's not white. Kathy Blanco isn't an old white guy. Mary Landrieau is a 3 term incumbant and she isn't an old white guy.

Guess he's not colored dark enough to matter...
 
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What has the democratic party done for black people? What good is it to them to vote democrat? I just don't get it.

The MSM won't report it, but I am seeing increasing grumbling from the black community elsewhere. Obama has given all of his lip service and support to such things as gay marriage, amnesty for illegals, and propping up and/or protecting Muslims in other countries and almost none to the black community and labor who have supported him unquestionably through two elections. And now some of the black leadership is openly admitting that unemployment in the black community is higher now than when Obama took office, incomes among the working are lower, and absolutely nothing has been done regarding crime that ravages their neighborhoods.

Will that mean they'll go stampeding to the polls to vote for a Republican? Probably not. But if they don't show up to vote for the Democrat, that does not bode well for the Democrats. And I don't think race baiting by Landrieu and others will help. We can only hope.

MIAMI: Black disappointment with Obama threatens Democrats | Elections | McClatchy DC
 
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Some people in the GOP can't deal with the truth. But in the future the truth will deal with the GOP.

'What goes around, comes around." No one can stop time, and/or change.

The real truth is constant empty promises from the dems.
Show where the left has elevated the blacks over the last 50 years.
Unemployment
Welfare and food stamps
Single parent homes

Yes, the left has only empty promises.
 
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Mary is desperate. And desperation in politics is ugly.
Run the race/sex card up the flag pole and see who salutes it! Well guess what Mary? I don't know about the Sex card, but the race card doesn't have the power it used to have.

Well, I do...and it's a losing hand. Landrieu's remarks were pathetic, not to mention ironic. I mean, there she stood, an incumbent female Senator who represents a state whose governor is a person of color whose family is from India. Louisiana surely has a problem with race and gender.
 
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